Individual Details
Kahalaia
( - Apr 1826)
LINEAGE
Conflict: Kamakau, "Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii," 1992, p. 274 and Ahlo et al, Kamehameha's Children Today, p 112 identify father as Kalai-mamahu.
LIFE
A. "Kahalaia was physically very attractive, and so popular and good to his people." Order of mates list Nahienaena, Lilliha (before she was joined with Boki), and Kinau (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 67).
B. After hearing of the death of Liholiho in 1824, "Luanu'u Kahala-i'a took under his protection Ka-lani-pauahi and Ka-ho'aon-ku Kina'u.... Within a few years, Pauahi became the mate of Keku-ana'oa, and Kina'u of Kahala-i'a" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 346-347).
C. He became governor of Kauai after Kaumualii's death (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 212). He replaced Keeaumoku after his death (Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract) He was quickly replaced after the rebellion of Kauai's chiefs (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 267-269). His anger toward Kaahumanu was well-known (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 275). He became governor of Kauai in 1824 (Bingham, Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xv).
D. He became Kamehameha III's kahu when he became king (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 258).
E. He died approximately during Kamehamameha III's thirteenth year in the epidemic of the whooping cough of 1826 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 278, 347).
F. His contemporaries when he became governor of Kauai: Kekauonohi, Kekaihaakulou, Niau, Namahana (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 266).
Events
| Death | Apr 1826 |  | |||
| Alt name | Luanuu Kahalaia | |
Families
| Spouse | Nahienaena (1815 - 1836) |
| Spouse | Kahoanoku Kinau (1805 - 1839) |
| Father | Kahoanoku Kinau ( - 1809) |
| Mother | Kahakuhaakoi ( - 1826) |
| Sibling | Miriam Keahikuni Kekauonohi (1801 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Kanonohi ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 347..
2. The Polynesian, 13 May 1848, p 1, Hawaiian Chronological Table..
3. 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)..
4. Chronology- 1784-1859 and 1555-1730. G1.4. (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..
5. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
6. Thomas G. Thrum. "Chronological Table of Important Events." Hawaiian Almanac and Annual. (1876): 12-23..
7. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 258..