Individual Details

LINEAGE
Conflict: Mele for Keohohiwa, Genealogies, Heiau Prayers, G-5, p 3 lists 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. He was considered still-born, but Kaikiowea brought his kahuna Kamalo-ihi aka Kapihe, who revived the child (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 263). "He was born at Keauhou at North Kona, Hawaii, on ... August 17, 1813 by the English calendar, although some claim March 17 as the date" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 422)
Conflict: McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 10;
Dynasty of Kamehameha, G-6;
Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 327; and Fornander, Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History;
Cartwright, The Genealogy of the Kamehameha Dynasty, p 21
state the birthdate as August 11, 1813.
Conflict: Ahlo et al, Kamehameha's Children Today, p 54 indicates the birth year as 1814.
Conflict: Jarves, History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, p 205 was born 1816.
Conflict: Ahlo, Kamehameha's Children today, p 5 and Kwan, et al, Na Lani Kamehameha, p 5 state the birth year as 1814.
B. Keopuolani called him Kiwalao after her father. He was taken at birth, adopted by high chief Kaikioewa (Kwan et. al, Na Lani Kamehameha, p 5). Kaikioewa (his kahu) called him Keaweaweuli "The red tail" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 263-264). Kauikeaouli means "hanging in the blue sky" (Jarves, History of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands, p 214).
"His complete name is recorded as: Kalani-Kaleimalokuloku-o-Kauakahi-I-Paikalaninui-Ahilapalapa-Kaiwikapunui-o-Kaleiopuu Laniokamalalawalu-Kalanimaikapomai-I-Kauikeouli-Kiwalao" (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 119).
C. He was chosen by Kamehameha I to succeed Liholiho (See note under Liholiho). He "ascended to the throne on June 6, 1825, and reigned under the title of Kamehameha III" (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 10). This was after the bodies of Liholiho and his queen arrived from England (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 273). "He attained to the ruling power when he was but eleven years of age" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 422).
D His guardians as a youth were: Kaikioewa, Kahouokalani (sister of Keaweamahi?), and Kapolohu (chief) (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 262). Another was Ka-lau-alu, after Kapolohu died in 1820 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 265).
E. "The young king was fully determined to have his people educated." There were schools established all over Oahu, which taught literacy along with the Christian faith (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 270).
F. Following the death of Kaahumanu, and as a young man, he indulged in riotous living and turned Oahu away from the laws that had been established on Christian principles. This caused division in the kingdom during 1833-1836 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 335-341).
G. He was distraught at hearing of the death of his sister Harriet Nahienaena. He considered his ways and decided to change. He married Kalama Kapakuhaili on February 14, 1837 in a Christian ceremony (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 341). Rev. Hiram Bingham officiated the marriage (Rubincam, America's Only Royal Family, p 83).
Conflict: McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 10 states he married Kalama on February 2 1837.
"their offspring died" (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 2, p 94).
H. During his reign, there was no sedition or civil war, but there was much foreign trouble with the Kingdom. The French Government sought reparations for the ill treatment of their Roman Catholic priests and converts. The British Government laid claim on the island chain. And there was trouble between British and American citizens living in Hawaii (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 356-366).
I. He oversaw the division of Hawaiian lands in 1845-1855 (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 256-257).
J. "his greatest achievement was the change in the form of government to a constitutional monarchy and to a kingdom based upon law. Without this change the kingdom of learning and the kingdom that worshipped God could not have had peace" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 427).
K. He was "so beloved by the whole people and by the men of other races who lived in the country. Perhaps no king born to the throne ever made a better ruler .... He made all men free and equal" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 419).
L. He ruled for almost 30 years, the longest reign in the history of the Hawaiian monarchy (Kwan, et. al, Na Lani Kamehameha, p 5)

Birth	17 Aug 1813	Kona, Hawaii
Marriage	14 Feb 1837	Kalama Kapakuhaili
Death	15 Dec 1854	Honolulu, Oahu
Alt name		KiwalaoiKauikeouli
Alt name		Kamehameha III
Alt name		Kalani Kauikeaouli
Alt name		Kiwalao
Alt name		Keaweaweuli
Alt name		Kauikeouli
Alt name		KaleimalokulokuoKauakahiiPaikalaninui Ahilapalapa KaiwikapuoKaleiopuu KalanimaikapomaiiKauikeouli
Alt name		Kalaniwaiakua Kalanikauiokikilo Kiwalaoikekapu

Spouse	Jane Lahilahi (1813 - 1862)
Child	Albert Kunuiakea (1851 - 1903)
Child	Edward KiwalaoiKauikeouli ( - )
Child	Keliimaikai ( - 1851)
Child	Alexander Kunuiakea ( - 1903)

Spouse	Kalama Kapakuhaili (1817 - 1870)
Child	Keaweaweulaokalani (1842 - 1842)
Child	Keaweaweula ( - )
Child	Keaweaweula II ( - )

Spouse	Kinau ( - )
Child	Liholiho ( - )

Spouse

Kaulumae Ouipoa ( - )

Father	Kamehameha I (1736 - 1819)
Mother	Keopuolani (1778 - 1823)
Sibling	Liholiho (1797 - 1824)
Sibling	Laamea ( - )
Sibling	Kukaoo ( - )
Sibling	Nahienaena (1815 - 1836)