Individual Details

LINEAGE
Conflict: Mele for Keohohiwa, Genealogies, Heiau Prayers, G-5, p 3 and Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 25 June 1864, p 1, He ku Auhau o na‘lii kahiko list mother as Kai.
Conflict: Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 30 July 1864, p 4, Moolelo Kuauhau o ka hanauna o na'lii mai ka po mai a puka mai i ka Moi Kamehameha V (signed P.S. Pakele) lists mother as Kaleikauikaalaneo.
LIFE
A. Conflict: Richards, Memoir of Keopuolani, Late Queen of the Sandwich Islands,” p 13 states he was born in 1796.
Conflict: Jarves, History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, p 199 indicates birth year as 1795. Ellis, A Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii in 1823, p 336 also indicates 1795 or 1796.
B. Kamehameha I brought in Papa (father of John Ii) and Keleiheana, chiefs of Kona, to rear Liholiho (Record of foster parents of the Kamehamehas and other chiefs, HEN v1 p 763-765).
C. Kamehameha chose him to be successor at the advisement of his counselors, who said that "in order to keep the kingdom united as he left it and prevent its falling to pieces at his death, he must consolidate it under one ruler and must leave it to an heir who was in the ruling line from his ancestors. He should therefore appoint Liholiho his heir and his younger brother, Kau-i-ke-aouli, to succeed him because, although they came from the side of the defeated chiefs who were his enemies and not one of whom had aided him to gain the kingdom, they were pi'o chiefs belonging to the line of chiefs who owned the rule from their ancestors.... The inheriting of the kingdom by these two chiefs put an end to rebellious thoughts and gave peace to the country" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 429-430).
D. He was "placed on the throne in 1819 under the name King Kamehameha II" (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 10). He became monarch in May. In October, 1819 it is noted that he had two mates (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 431). Stokes, New Bases for Hawaiian Chronology, p. 57 reveals he had 5 in 1819. However, in 1810 he had none.
He started his reign on May 21, 1819 at the age of 20 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 219).
E. Queen-Consort Kamamalu I was his sister of half-blood (Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I, Hms G65, Chart 8-A-2). Kamamalu was his first wife when he was 17 or 18, and "he soon took four more wives" (Corley, Queen Kamamalu’s Place in Hawaiian History, p 41). "When the missionaries persuaded King Kamehameha II to put aside all but one of his wives, he chose his half-sister Kamamalu" (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 114).
F. Queen Kaahumanu informed the new king Liholiho that when he returned from his mourning period in Kawaihae, "she would openly set the gods at defiance and declare against the tabu." "In the latter part of the reign of the first Kamehameha the gods and tabus of the priesthood began to lose something of their sanctity in the estimation of the masses. Although Christian missionaries to the islands did not arrive until nearly a year after the death of Kamehameha I," the natives observed of the sailors and traders of the two preceding decades that "the foreigner's disregard of the tabu brought with it no punishment." So he was not surprised by Kaahumanu's assertion. He had learned that even his mother had failed to respect the tabu on recent occasion. He knew that he would be compelled to either defend or renounce the gods of his fathers. At a great feast, he broke the tabu by joining his mother at the women's table and ordered fish, meats, and fruits to be brought to the table, which was clearly against the tabu (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 432-437).
G. He moved his family to Oahu from Kona during the first year of his rule (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 250).
H. He was baptized a Roman Catholic some months before March 1820 (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 28).
I. He had no children (Genealogy of John Young 2/28/1942, U171)
J. He died on July 13, 1824 in London, England at the age of 26 "having ruled four years and some months" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 257). His 3 surviving mates were: Pauahi, Keahikuni Kekauonohi, and Kinau (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 346).
Conflict: Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract;
Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 327;
Kwan, et al, Na Lani Kamehameha, p 3;
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 17 March 1899, p 4, Na iwi alii maloko o keia hale ilina
state he died on July 14, 1824.
K. Contemporaries: "Many of the old chiefs were still alive in Liholiho's day. On Oahu were descendants of Pele-io-holani, Kama-hano, Ka-neoneo, and Kapueo; on Maui were those of Ke-kau-like. There were chiefs and lesser chiefs of Hawaii descended from Kamehameha. From Ke'e-au-moku there remained Ka-'ahu-manu, Ka-heihei-malie, Ka-niu, Ka-hekili Ke'e-au-moku, Ka-lua-i-Konahale, and Ke-kua-i-pi'ia and their children; <- more in (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 221).

Birth	1797	Hilo, Hawaii
Death	13 Jul 1824	London, England
Alt name		Iolani Liholiho
Alt name		Kamehameha II
Alt name		Kalani Kua Liholiho
Alt name		KaleiaimokuoKaiwikapuoLaameaiKauikawekiu Ahilapalapa KealiikauinamokuoKehekili KalaninuiiMamao IolaniiKaliholiho.
Alt name		Liholiho Iolani
Alt name		Iolani
Alt name		KalaniKaleiaimokuoKaiwikapuoLaameaiKauikawekiuAhilapalapaKealiikauinamokuoKahekiliKalaninuiiMamaoIolaniiKaliholiho
Alt name		Kalaninuiliholiho

Spouse

Kamamalu (1802 - 1824)

Spouse

Kahoanoku Kinau (1805 - 1839)

Spouse

Miriam Keahikuni Kekauonohi (1801 - 1847)

Spouse

Kekauluohi (1794 - 1845)

Spouse

Pauahi ( - 1826)

Spouse

Kekaihaakulou ( - )

Father	Kamehameha I (1736 - 1819)
Mother	Keopuolani (1778 - 1823)
Sibling	Laamea ( - )
Sibling	Kukaoo ( - )
Sibling	Kauikeaouli (1813 - 1854)
Sibling	Nahienaena (1815 - 1836)