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Peleuli
Peleuli (fl. 19th century), formally Peleuli-i-Kekela-o-kalani, was a Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawaii as a wife of king Kamehameha I. Biography She was a daughter of High Chief Kamanawa and High Chiefess Kekelaokalani. Her father, along with his brother Kameʻeiamoku, were known as one of the "royal twins" who helped Kamehameha I come to power and served as advisors. Her mother was the daughter of High Chief Kauakahiakua, son of Lonomakahonua and Kahapoohiwi, and High Chiefess Kekuʻiapoiwa I, once the wife of King Kekaulike of Maui. She had three brothers: Koahou, Noukana and Amamalua, and a half-sister Piʻipiʻi Kalanikaulihiwakama. In 1920, Elizabeth Kekaaniau published a book accounting the history of the descendants of Keōua. In the book, Elizabeth Kekaaniau stated that Piʻipiʻi Kalanikaulihiwakama and Peleuli were the daughters of Keōua and Kekuʻiapoiwa II, therefore full-blood sisters of Kamehameha I. Many sources also incorrectly call her an aunt of Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaukuna Kahekili
Kaukuna Kahekili, often called Kehikili or Kehikiri in earlier sources, was a Hawaiian high chief during the early period of the Kingdom of Hawaii. His parentage and ancestry are disputed. Most source said he was descended from the Kings of Maui, although it doesn't tell how. While another source claim that not only was he descended from the last king of Maui, probably Kalanikūpule or Kahekili II, but that he had Spanish blood in his vein, citing the legend of a shipwreck Spanish captain and his daughter who married into the aliʻi class. One source says he was the son of Kawelookalani and Peleuli. Peleuli was the daughter of High Chief Kamanawa, one of the royal twin and trusted advisor of Kamehameha I, and his wife Kekelaokalani. Peleuli was a former queen of Kamehameha I. Kawelookalani's was Kamehameha's half-brother and son of High Chief Keōuakupuapāikalani and High Chiefess Kamakaeheukuli. He had a brother by the name of Kaiko (sometimes written Kakio) who later married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kīnaʻu
Princess Kalani Ahumanu i Kaliko o Iwi Kauhipua o Kīnau, also known as Elizabeth Kīnau ( – April 4, 1839) was Kuhina Nui of the Kingdom of Hawaii as Kaahumanu II, queen regent and dowager queen. Life Her father was King Kamehameha I and her mother was Kalākua Kaheiheimālie. She was born probably in 1805 on the island of Oahu at Waikiki. She was given in '' hānai'' to her stepmother Peleuli and her second husband Kawelookalani, her father's half-brother. Peleuli named her Kīnau after her son Kahōanokū Kīnau (her half-brother) and took her back to the island of Hawaii after Kamehameha moved his capital back to Kailua-Kona. Kīnau was first married to her half-brother Liholiho (1797–1824) who ascended in 1819 as King Kamehameha II. In 1824, at around 19 years of age, she became Dowager Queen when Kamehameha II died in London with his favorite wife (her sister) Queen Kamāmalu. Her second husband was Kahalaia Luanuu, a grandson of Kamehameha I. She had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamanawa
''For other persons with this name, please see Kamanawa II.'' Kamanawa (died c. 1802?) was a Hawaiian high chief and early supporter of King Kamehameha I, known as one of the royal ''Nīʻaupiʻo'' twins with his brother Kameeiamoku. He later became the stepfather of Kamehameha by marrying his mother. Life Kamanawa's father was Keawepoepoe. His mother was Kanoena, sister of his father. His namesake grandnephew Kamanawa II (grandson of his twin) was grandfather of the last two ruling monarchs of the Kingdom. The name ''ka manawa'' (sometimes spelled "Ka-manawa") means "the season" in the Hawaiian language. His first wife was named the High Chiefess Kekelaokalani of Maui, the daughter of his aunt, Queen Kekuiapoiwanui of Maui Maui (; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2). It is the List of islands of the United States by area, 17th-largest in the United States. Maui is one of ..., by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamehameha I
Kamehameha I (; Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; to May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C., as one of two statues it is entitled to install there. Birth and childhood Paternity and family history Kamehameha (known as Paiʻea at birth), was born to Kekuʻiapoiwa II, the niece of Alapainui, the usurping ruler of Hawaii Island who had killed the two legitimate heirs of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku during civil war. By most accounts he was born in Ainakea, Kohala, Hawaii. His father was Keōua Kalanikupuapa'ikalaninui; however, Native Hawaiian historian Samuel Kamakau says that Maui monarch Kahekili II had ''hānai'' adopted (traditional, informal adoption) Kamehameha at birth, as was the custom of the time. Kamakau beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koahou
Koahou (died 1826) was a Hawaiian high chief who succeeded his father Kamanawa as one of the chief counselors of Kamehameha I. Life He was the son of High Chief Kamanawa and High Chiefess Kekelaokalani. His father Kamanawa, along with Koahou's uncle Kameʻeiamoku, were known as the "royal twins" and helped Kamehameha I come to power and served him as advisors. His mother Kekelaokalani was the daughter of High Chief Kauakahiakua, son of Lonomakahonua and Kahapoohiwi, and High Chiefess Kekuʻiapoiwa I, the former wife of King Kekaulike of Maui. His siblings included two brothers: Noukana and Amamalua, a sister Peleuli, who became one of the wives of Kamehameha I, and a half-sister Piʻipiʻi Kalanikaulihiwakama. After the death of his father and the passing of the last of the four warrior chiefs that supported Kamehameha I, the sons of the four were chosen to replace them in the Council of Chiefs. They included Koahou, son of Kamanawa, Hoapili, son of Kameʻeiamoku, Keeaumoku II, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kekuʻiapoiwa I
Kekū‘iapoiwa I was a chiefess of the island of Hawaii and Maui. She was also known as Kekū‘iapoiwa Nui ("Kekū‘iapoiwa the Great"). Her full name was Kekū‘iapoiwa-nui Kalani-kauhihiwakama Wanakapu. Biography Kekū‘iapoiwa was born as a daughter of the High Chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi, who lived in the late 18th century and early 19th century. She was thus a niece of the king Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and granddaughter of the queen Keakealaniwahine. Her father was the king Kaulahea II of Maui. She remained on Maui and married her half-brother Kekaulike, founding the Kekaulike Dynasty of Maui which produced many chief politicians and nobles in the early days of the Kingdom of Hawaii. She was also a sister of Alapainui and Haae and aunt of Kekuiapoiwa II, mother of the great king Kamehameha I. She was a mother of Kamehamehanui Ailuau, and Kahekili II and grandmother of Kalanikūpule, the last of the longest line of ''Alii Aimoku'' in the Hawaiian Islands. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kekauʻōnohi
Keahikuni Kekauʻōnohi (c. 1805–1851) was a Hawaiian high chiefess who was a member of the House of Kamehameha. She was granddaughter to King Kamehameha I and one of the wives of Kamehameha II. Her Christian name is disputed; it is given as Mikahela in the 1848 Mahele Book and as Miriam in later sources. Biography She was born circa 1805 at Lahaina, Hawaii, Lahaina, Maui. Her father was Kahōanokū Kīnau, Kahōʻanokū Kīnaʻu. Her mother was Wahinepio, Kahakuhaʻakoi Wahinepio, sister of Boki (Hawaiian chief), Boki and Kalanimoku and granddaughter of Alii Nui, Kekaulike of Maui. Her father was a son of Kamehameha I and his wife Peleuli, daughter of Kamanawa, one of the royal twins. She married her uncle Kamehameha II. She was one of his five wives. Others were Kamāmalu, Kalanipauahi, Pauahi, Kīnaʻu, and Kekāuluohi. She was the youngest, but Kamāmalu was Liholiho's favorite. She was at the famous meal when the ''Kapu (Hawaiian culture), kapu'' system was overturned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kānekapōlei
Kānekapōlei was a Native Hawaiian '' aliʻi wahine'' (queen) and wife of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, ''aliʻi nui'' (king/supreme ruler) of the Island of Hawaii and aunt of Kamehameha I, who were all present at Captain James Cook's death. She called attention to the kidnapping of her husband by Cook and his men, attracting his royal attendants to the beach, answering her calls for help. Birth and ancestry Kānekapōlei's father was Kauakahiakua and her mother, ʻUmiaemoku. Kauakahiakua was from the Maui royal family, a descendant of Puna-I-Mua, a grandson of ''Mōʻī'' (king), Lonohonuakini through his son Lonomakaihonua and brother of Kaʻulahea II, and Kahāpoʻohiwi. Kauakahiakua had several wives including his full blood sister Kāneikapōleikauila (w). Sibling relationships were sacred and produced the highest ranking ''niaupiʻo'' births. Kauakahiakua and Kāneikapōleikauila had a piʻo son named Kapuaahiwalani (k). Her mother, ʻUmiaemoku, was one of three sisters that included Ik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahinepio
Kahakuhaʻakoi Wahinepio (died 1826) was a Hawaiian chiefess and member of the royal family during the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Wahinepio means ''captive women'' in Hawaiian language, Hawaiian. Sometimes she is called Wahineopiʻo, or an extra ʻokina is added, calling her Kahakuhaʻakoʻi. She was also called Kamoʻonohu. She was considered Kamehameha I's third favorite wife and served as female Governors of Maui, Governor of Maui, an act unheard of at the time in the western world, but common in Hawaiian history. Life She was born on the island kingdom of Maui. Her father was Kekuamanoha, and her mother was Kamakahukilani, the niece of her father. Through her father she was a granddaughter of Kekaulike, the King or Alii nui of Maui, Moʻi of Maui. Her mother was the daughter of Kauhiaimokuakama, the eldest son of Kekaulike, who was denied the right of succession to the throne of Maui due to his mother Kahawalu's inferior rank in contrast to Kekaulike's other wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haʻaheo Kaniu
Haʻaheo Kaniu or Kaniuʻopiohaʻaheo (late 18th century – ) was a high chiefess (aliʻi) and member of the royal family of the Hawaiian Kingdom. She was also known as Lydia Haʻaheo Kaniu. Genealogy and family Haʻaheo Kaniu was born in the late 18th-century. Sources on Haʻaheo Kaniu's genealogy are conflicting. An 1858 court case named Kalailua as the mother of Haʻaheo Kaniu and stated Kalailua was sister of ʻAikanaka (maternal grandfather of her future ''hānai'' son Kalākaua). An 1874 account in the Hawaiian language newspaper ''Ka Nuhou Hawaii'' listed her parent as Kalailua and Keaweaimoku and further specified that Kalailua was the child of Kaoo and Kamakaeheikuli. Historian Abraham Fornander named High Chiefess ʻAkahi as her mother, who was a sister of Keawemauhili, Aliʻi Nui of Hilo and a rival of King Kamehameha I who conquered the Hawaiian Islands into a unified kingdom by 1810. This ʻAkahi was the foster mother of Keawemauhili's orphan daughter Kapiʻo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leleiohoku I
William Pitt Leleiohoku I (March 31, 1821 – October 21, 1848) was a Hawaiian noble during the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kingdom of Hawaii who married two notable princesses and served as Governors of Hawaii (island), Royal Governor of Hawaii island. Leleiohoku was born on March 31, 1821, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He was the son of the Prime Minister Kalanimoku who was called ''The Iron Pillar of Hawaii'' and took the English name of William Pitt after British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. His mother was Kiliwehi, the daughter of King Kamehameha I and Peleuli. She named him in honor of the date of death of Kamehameha on the Hawaiian calendar, on the night of ''Hoku, Kaelo'' (May 14); ''Leleiohoku'' means ''"Fled in the time of Hoku"'' in the Hawaiian language. Other accounts give his mother as Kuwahine, who was another wife of Kalanimoku and a daughter of Governor Kaikioʻewa of Kauai and Piʻipiʻi Kalanikaulihiwakama, Kamehameha I's half-sister. He was considered of the highes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalākua Kaheiheimālie
Kalākua Kaheiheimālie, later known as Hoapili Wahine (–1842) was a member of Hawaiian royalty who was one of the queen consorts at the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaii. She was the mother of another queen consort, and grandmother of two future kings. Some sources call her Kaheihei''maile'' rather than Kaheihei''mālie''. "Mālie" means serene while the " maile" is the vine ''Alyxia olivaeformis''. The second spelling seems to be older and more appropriate. Life She was born c. 1778 into a noble ('' ali'i'') family of Maui. Her father was Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, a noble from Hawaiʻi Island. Her mother was Nāmāhānaʻi Kaleleokalani, the former consort of her half-brother the late king of Maui, Kamehameha Nui. From her mother she was a member of the royal house of Maui. Her siblings included Hawaiʻi island Governor John Adams Kuakini, Queen Kaʻahumanu, Maui Governor George Cox Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II, and Lydia Namahana Piʻia. Her father became an advisor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
