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The Kamehameha Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1782 - 1819 H.M.
Kalani-Paiea-Wohi-o-Kaleikini-KeAlii-Kui-Kamehameha-o-Iolani-i-Kaiwikapu-Kau-i-Kaliholiho-Kunuiakea
Kamehameha I the Great, King of the Hawaiian Islands. b.
at Kohala, Hawaii Island, November 1737, son of Alii
Keoua Kalani-kupu'uapai-kalani-nui Ahilapalapa, by his
first wife, Alii Kekuiapoiwa II, daughter of Alii
Ha'ae-a-Mahi, educ. privately. Succeeded on the
death of his brother as Alii of Kohala and Kona,
July 1782. Seized Kau and Hilo, 1790. Defeated Maui at
the battle of Nu'uanu, uniting Maui, Molokai, Lanai and
Oahu under his sway, 1791. United all the islands of the
archipelago and was proclaimed King of the Hawaiian
Islands, 1810. m. (first) Alii
Kalola-a-Kumuko'a (m. second, Alii
Kekuamanoha, of Maui. m. third, Ka'aikumoku, and d.s.p.),
daughter of Alii Kumuhea [Kumukoa], by his first
wife, Kaulahoa. m. (second) 1775, H.M. Queen
Elizabeth Ka'ahumanu, Kuhina-Nui (b. in a
cave, at Kauiki, Hana, Maui, 17th March 1768
(trad.); m. second 9th October 1821,
H.M. George KaumuAlii, King of Kauai and Niihau, m.
third, 1825 (div.) H.H. Prince Keali'iahanoui, of
Kauai, and d.s.p. at her residence
in the Manoa Valley, Oahu, 5th June 1832, bur.
Royal Mausoleum, Kawananakoa, Nu'uanu Valley), Kuhina-Nui
from 6th June 1825, daughter of The Hon. Alii
Ke'eaumoku Papaiahiahi, Governor of Maui, by his
wife, Alii Namahana'i Kalele-o-kalani, younger
daughter of Kekaulike, 22nd Mo'i of
Maui. She served as Regent for her husband's eldest
surviving son, 1819. m. (third) ca. 1782 (div.),
his half sister, H.M. Queen Kekuiapoiwa Liliha (b.
ca. 1746; m. third, Pueo, and d. at Kau,
1815, bur. at Kealakekua), widow of Kiwalao, 7th
Alii of Kohala, 5th Alii
of Kona and 3rd Alii of
Kau, and third daughter of Alii Keoua
Kalani-kupu'uapai-kalani-nui Ahilapalapa, by his third
wife, Alii Kalola Pupuka-o-Honokawailani,
daughter of Kekaulike Kalani-nui-Kui-Hono-i-Kamoku, 23rd
Mo'i of Maui. m. (fourth) ca. 1791 (div.
before 1818), H.M. Queen
Keopuolani-Ahu-i-Kekai-Makuahine-a-Kama-Kalani-Kau-i-Kealaneo
(b. at Wailuku, Maui, 1778; m. second,
before 1818, Alii 'Ulu-maheihei Hoapili-kane, Alii
of Lahaina, Governor of Maui, and d. at Lahaina,
Maui, 16th September 1823), the principal
Queen, only daughter of Kiwalao, 7th Alii
of Kohala, 5th Alii of
Kona and 3rd Alii of Kau, by
his wife and half sister, H.M. Queen Kekuiapoiwa Liliha,
third daughter of Alii Keoua
Kalani-kupu'uapai-kalani-nui Ahilapalapa. She had issue,
eleven children. m. (fifth) (div. before
1818) H.M. Queen Lydia Namahana Pi'ia (m. second,
before 1818, Gideon Peleioholani La'anui - see above),
youngest daughter of The Hon. Alii Ke'eaumoku
II Papaiahiahi, Counsellor of State to H.M. Kamehameha
the Great, by his wife, Alii Namahana'i
Kalele-o-kalani, younger daughter of Kekaulike
Kalani-nui-Kui-Hono-i-Kamoku, 23rd Mo'i of
Maui. m. (sixth) H.M. Queen Ka-hei-hei-malie
Kalakaua [Hoapili-wahine] (m. third, at Honolulu,
Oahu, 19th October 1823, Alii
'Ulu-maheihei Hoapili-kane, Alii of Lahaina,
Governor of Maui, and d. on Maui, 16th
January 1842, bur. Waini Royal Cemetary, Lahaina),
Governess of Maui 1840-1842, former wife of his half
brother Alii Kala'imamahu, Chief Priest of Io
and Kane, and daughter of The Hon. Alii Ke'eaumoku
II Papaiahiahi, sometime Governor of Maui, by his wife,
Alii Namahana'i Kalele-o-kalani, younger daughter
of Kekaulike Kalani-nui-Kui-Hono-i-Kamoku, 23rd
Mo'i of Maui. m. (seventh) H.R.H. Princess
Kahakuha'akoi Wahine-pio (m. second, her step-son,
H.R.H. Prince Kahoanuku Kinau - see below), daughter of Alii
Kekuamanoha, of Maui by his wife, Alii
Kamakahukilani. m. (eighth) at Kamakahonu, Kailua,
Kona, Hawaii Island, 1817, H.R.H. Princess Miriam
Auhea-Kalani-Kui-Kawekiu-o-Kekauluohi-Keali'iuhiwaihanau-o-Kalani-Makahonua-Ahilapalapa-Kai-wikapu-o-Kaleilei-a-Kalakaua
(b. 27th July 1794; d. from
influenza, at "Pohukaina", Honolulu, Oahu, 7th
June 1845, and bur. at sea, off Waikiki), Kuhina-Nui
as Ka'ahumanu III from 5th April 1839, only
daughter of his uncle, Alii Kala'imamahu,
sometime Chief Priest of Io and Kane, by his first wife
Queen Ka-hei-hei-malie Kalakaua, Governess of Maui,
daughter of The Hon. Alii Ke'eaumoku
Papaiahiahi, Counsellor of State. m. (ninth)
(div.) Manono II (m. second, H.R.H. Prince
Ka'owa Kekua-o-Kalani, sometime Keeper of the war god
Kukailimoku, and d. at her husband's side at
Kuamo'o, Hawaii, December 1819), daughter of Alii
Kekuamanoha. m. (tenth) his aunt, H.M. Queen
Peleuli-i-Kekela- o-kalani (m. second, 1820, his
half-brother, Alii Kawelo-o-kalani), elder
daughter of Alii Kamanawa I, by his wife, Alii
Kekela-o-kalani, daughter of Alii
Kauakahiakua-o-Lono, of Maui. m. (eleventh) Alii
Kekikipa'a (m. second, Keawe-mauhili, Alii
of Hilo), younger daughter of The Hon. Alii
Kame'eiamoku, Counsellor of State to King Kamehameha I
the Great. He d. at Kamakahonu, Kailua, Kona,
Hawaii Island, 8th May1819, having had issue,
seven sons and seven daughters (eight of whom predeceased
him):Copyright©Christopher Buyers, August 2000 - October 2008