Individual Details
Kekauluohi
(Jul 1794 - 7 Jun 1845)
LIFE
A. Complete name Miriam Auhea-Kalani-Kui-Kawekiu-Kekauluohi-Kealii-Uhiwaihanau-Kalani-Makahonua-Ahilapalapa-o-Kaiwikapu-o-Kalele-Kalakaua; and Ka-hahai-ka-aoao-kapu-o-ka means passing over to the side of the rising one - i.e. Kamehameha I (Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I, Hms G65, Chart 8-A-1).
Auhea means literally "where," from her mournful repetition of the word after Kamehameha's death
(Jarves, History of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands, p 214).
B. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 385 states she was born 16 July 1794, but p 391 states 27 July 1794 in Kona, Hawaii. She was the firstborn child of her mother (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 88).
C. She was the oldest daughter of Kaheiheimalia (The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 21 Dec 1872, p 3, This is the Truth).
D. "She was a fine girl with a fine physique, pretty youthful features, a fair skin, and a rather husky voice... She came to Oahu when Kamehameha sailed with the peleleu fleet, and there, through cholera, lost all her family except her grandmother Namahana, and her brothers. In 1809 Ke-ka-ulu-ohi became Kamehameha's wife at 'Apuakehau, Waikiki" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 394).
E. She was joined to Kamehameha in her young age and him in his old age (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 208). No children with Kamehameha (Ahlo, Kamehameha's Children Today, p 5). Conflict: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 21 Dec 1872, p 3, This is the Truth states Kamehameha was her father.
F. "Kamehameha I had Kalai-kua-hulu teach genealogies to Ke-ka-ulu-ohi and Hoapili-wahine." Kamakau learned from them (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 79). "Studied the old customs and genealogical lines of the chiefs under Kalai-ku-ahulu and Ka-holo" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 394).
G. She had been selected by Kamehameha to be the wive of Pomare I, king of Tahiti, but he died before the intermarriage could be made (Ellis, A Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, p 70).
H. She was one of Liholiho's 5 mates when he moved to Oahu (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 250). He gave her to his friend Kanaina as mate (p 253). Both he and Liholiho may have been her mate at the same time (p 346). Rubincam, America's Only Royal Family, p 84 suggests that she was mate to Liholiho until he was influenced by Christian ministers to keep only 1 wife.
I. She had 7 husbands in all (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 177).
J. She was baptized into the Kawaiaha'o church on 2 March 1828 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 394).
K. Visited John I'i at Waipio, Oahu in 1830 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 297).
L. "Succeeded her half-sister, Kinau, in the office of kuhina nui" (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 298; Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 331). When Kinau died, she had no children, so Kamehameha III searched for family of Kaahumanu to become premier (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 356). She was premier 1839-1845 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
M. During her premiership from 1839 until her death, 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).
Events
| Birth | Jul 1794 | Kona, Hawaii |  | ||
| Marriage | 1825 | Charles Kanaina | | ||
| Death | 7 Jun 1845 | Honolulu, Oahu | | ||
| Alt name | Miriam Auhea Kekauluohi | | |||
| Alt name | Auhea | | |||
| Alt name | Kekauluwohi | | |||
| Alt name | Miriam Kekauluohi | | |||
| Alt name | KekauluohioMano | ||||
| Alt name | Miriam KekauluohioMano | | |||
| Alt name | Miriam Auhea Kalani Kui Kawekiu Kekauluohi Kealii Uhiwaihanau Kalani Makahonua AhilapalapaoKaiwikapuoKalele Kalakaua | | |||
| Alt name | Kaahumanu II | | |||
| Alt name | Kauluohi | |
Families
| Spouse | Charles Kanaina (1801 - 1877) |
| Child | William Charles Lunalilo (1835 - 1874) |
| Child | Kaaikumoku ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kamehameha I (1736 - 1819) |
| Spouse | Liholiho (1797 - 1824) |
| Father | Kalaimamahu ( - ) |
| Mother | Kaheiheimalie (1778 - 1842) |
Endnotes
1. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 385..
2. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
3. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 366..
4. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 324..
5. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
6. The Polynesian, 13 May 1848, p 1, Hawaiian Chronological Table..
7. A. Forbes, "A Chronological Table of Remarkable Events Connected with the History of the Hawaiian Islands," in A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, ed. Lorrin Andrews (1865)..
8. Chronology- 1784-1859 and 1555-1730. G1.4. (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..
9. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
10. Thomas G. Thrum. "Chronological Table of Important Events." Hawaiian Almanac and Annual. (1876): 12-23..
11. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 203..
12. Bruce Cartwright, "The Genealogy of the Kamehameha Dynasty: Supplement to the History of Oahu Island," Paradise of the Pacific. January 1925., p 21..
13. He Buke Kuauhau Alii: No na alii o Hawaii nei. HMS G6a. Bishop Museum Archives., p 4..
14. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-8, Buke ku Auhau Hawaii., p 18..
15. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 31..
16. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 356..
17. Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I. HMS G65 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., Chart 8-A-1..
18. Bruce Cartwright, "The Genealogy of the Kamehameha Dynasty: Supplement to the History of Oahu Island," Paradise of the Pacific. January 1925., p 21..
19. Charles A., Walker, J. and Johnson, R. K., Kamehameha's Children Today, 2nd ed. (Honolulu: Native Books Inc, 2016)., p 167..