Kalokuokmaile was Keoua's first-born son and was deemed "Ka Keiki o Kona wa Heuole," which means the offspring of his beardless youth.
At age three his father return to his ancestral home on the Big Island of Hawaii and left Kalokuokamaile to be raised by his mother.
[1]: 15–17 Years passed and he grew up to be athletic, of good and mild nature, with no selfish or ambitious motives and to take care of his people as the ruler when his mother died.
He had taken a wife from the neighboring district of Kahikinui and Honuaula, ruled over by a chiefly family of which Kaloiokalani was the only daughter.
When the wedding had taken place and feasting and dancing ended, Kalokuokamaile made preparations to return to Hana.