Individual Details
Liliha
(Abt 1802 - 25 Aug 1839)
LINEAGE
Conflict: Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 299 list Ka-heihei-malie as mother, but was probably step-mother (see p 300). Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 103 indicates foster mother.
Conflict: She was adopted by her step-father Mataio Kekuanaoa and his young wife Kalilikauoha (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 180,217).
LIFE
A. Liliha means "the fat of hogs" (Jarves, History of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands, p 214). Liliha means "disgust" (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
B. Fragment: Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 67 indicates she was the second mate of Kahalaia "until his uncle Boki took her away."
Conflict: Ahlo et al, Kamehameha's Children Today, p 128 infers that she was mated to Liholiho.
C. She accompanied Liholiho to England (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 256).
D. She was governess of Oahu, with her mate Boki (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 204). Governess of Oahu in 1829 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi). Before sailing to New Hebrides, Boki transferred his functions as governor to her. This included taking care of the young king, which she did until she was seen drunk (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 297).
E. No children with Boki (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 50).
F. The 1830 rebellion against Kaahumanu was started in defense of her. She was banished by Kaahumanu for misguiding King Kamehameha III in his youth (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 300-302, 307).
G. Fragment: S.M. Kamakau states that as she died, she gave her two children to her step-mother Hoapili-wahine to raise (Kuokoa 3 Aug 1867, as translated in Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 87).
H. "She inherited land from her Hoapili, some of which she gave to the Punahou School" (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 217).
I. She was loved by the commoners. She died at Leleo, Oahu in 1839, said to be poisoned (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 351). She was 37 years old (Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract).
Events
| Birth | Abt 1802 |  | |||
| Death | 25 Aug 1839 | Honolulu, Oahu | | ||
| Alt name | Kuini Liliha | |
Families
| Spouse | Poki (1787 - 1829) |
| Father | Ulumaheihei (1775 - 1840) |
| Mother | Kailikauoha ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
2. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 351..
3. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
4. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 284..
5. The Polynesian, 13 May 1848, p 1, Hawaiian Chronological Table..
6. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
7. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 284..
8. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1986), vol. 2., p 72..