Kamehameha I

Kamehameha I
Portrait of Kamehameha (ca.1758-1819), King of the Sandwich Islands by Louis Choris, 1816.
King of the Hawaiian Islands
Reign1795 – May 8, 1819
SuccessorKamehameha II
Aliʻi nui of Hawaii
ReignJuly 1782 – 1795
PredecessorKīwalaʻō
BornPaiʻea
between 1736–1761
Kapakai, Kokoiki, Moʻokini Heiau, Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island
DiedMay 14, 1819 (aged 53–78)
Kamakahonu, Kailua-Kona, Kona, Kingdom of Hawaii
Spouses(Partial list)
Issue(Partial list)
Names
Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea
HouseKamehameha
FatherKeōua Kalanikupuapaʻīkalaninui Ahilapalapa
MotherKekuʻiapoiwa II

Kamehameha I (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəmehəˈmɛhə]; Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; c. 1736 – c. 1761 to May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great,[2] was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C., as one of two statues it is entitled to install there.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ahlo, Charles; Johnson, Rubellite; Walker, Jerry (2016). Kamehameha's Children Today. Native Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9967803-0-8.
  2. ^ A 19th-century Italian biographer calls him King Tammeamea and his son Rio-Rio (Kamehameha II). Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 249.