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Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli) (March 17, 1814 – December 15, 1854) was the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. His full Hawaiian name was Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa and then lengthened to Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kīwalaʻō i ke kapu Kamehameha when he ascended the throne.
The young Kamehameha III, the boy king at the time, was needing a suitable royal bride.Many of the traditional chiefs wanted a union between the king and his sister Nāhienaena, as had been customary in the Hawaiian court since its beginning; however, the Christian missionaries and chiefs, who held significant political power, opposed this suggestion, calling it incest.
The Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was founded by Kamehameha I (known as Kamehameha the Great) in 1795 after conquering the major islands in the Hawaiian archipelago. His dynasty lasted until Liliʻuokalani was deposed by a pro-United States revolution in 1893. Kamehameha I had numerous wives, perhaps over 21, but Kaʻahumanu was his most favorite wife.
Kamehameha II May 20, 1819 – July 14, 1824 November 1797 Hilo, Hawaiʻi island son of Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani (1) Kamāmalu (2) Kīnaʻu (3) Kekāuluohi (4) Kalanipauahi (5) Kekauʻōnohi (6) Kekaihaʻakūlou: July 14, 1824 Caledonian Hotel, London, England aged 27 Kamehameha III June 6, 1825 – December 15, 1854 August 11, 1813
the- PL ahi fire ʻena ʻena red-hot nā ahi {ʻena ʻena} the-PL fire {red-hot} "the red-hot raging fires" Nāhiʻenaʻena was born in 1815 at Keauhou Bay, South Kona, island of Hawaiʻi. Her parents were Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani, the Queen consort. She had two older brothers, hiapo (first born) Liholiho, and Kauikeaouli, who later became Kings Kamehameha II and III. Nāhiʻenaʻena was ...
After their death and being rebuffed by his sister, Kamehameha III fell into a bout of depression and drunkenness, and attempted to commit suicide at his residence in Pu'uloa. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The events of 1834 ultimately culminated in a brief, unrecognized union between the two siblings, but they were eventually pressured to separate and marry ...
Kamāmalu Kalani-Kuaʻana-o-Kamehamalu-Kekūāiwa-o-kalani-Kealiʻi-Hoʻopili-a-Walu (c. 1802 –1824) was Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the wife of King Kamehameha II. Kamāmalu was short for Kamehamalu or Kamehamehamalu meaning "the Shade of the Lonely One", honoring her father, "the Lonely One". [ 2 ]
She later became a royal mistress of King Kamehameha III and bore him twin sons, Kīwalaʻō and Albert Kūnuiākea. Kīwalaʻō died as an infant but Albert lived to adulthood (1851–1903). Her son Albert was raised as a hānai (adopted) of Kamehameha III's queen, Kalama and lived on to be among the last in direct line of House of Kamehameha.