| Likelike | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Rik%C3%A9riki,_femme_du_chef_Kra%C3%AFmokou_by_Alphonse_Pellion.jpg) Rikériki, femme du chef Kraïmokou, part of an engraving by J. Alphonse Pellion | |
| Died | March 4, 1821 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Burial | unknown |
| Spouse | Boki Kalanimoku |
| Issue | Lanihau |
| Father | Kaikioʻewa |
| Mother | Nahaukapu |
Likelike (Hawaiian pronunciation: [likeːlikeː]; died March 4, 1821) was a high chiefess and member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Before the standardization of the Hawaiian language, her name was sometime written as Rikériki.[1] She was the favorite wife of Prime Minister Kalanimoku, a powerful chief and statesman during the early years of the Hawaiian monarchy, and she would accompany him on his interactions with visiting Western explorers and American missionaries to Hawaii. Likelike and her newborn son Lanihau died shortly after the baby’s birth due to the shock caused by cannons fired to celebrate the royal birth. Her funeral was conducted under traditional Hawaiian customs with the exception of a Christian sermon, which was the first performed on a Hawaiian royal.
- ^ Kam 2017, p. 9; Freycinet & Kelly 1978, p. 6; Freycinet & Rivière 2003, p. 102