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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.
Meaning: Originally meaning "Great Chief" of a single island [3] [4] (not the same as a European king) [3] Kamehameha I Kamehameha II Kamehameha III: 1852–1887 Hawaiian: Aliʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina English: Monarch of the Hawaiian Islands: Kamehameha III Kamehameha IV Kamehameha V Lunalilo Kalākaua: 1863–1887
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.
Kamehameha II (November 1797 – July 14, 1824) was the second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1819 to 1824. His birth name was Liholiho and full name was Kalaninui kua Liholiho i ke kapu ʻIolani . [ 2 ]
The god Kū-ka-ili-moku was left to Kamehameha I by his uncle Kalaniʻōpuʻu. The origins of the House of Kamehameha stems from the progenitor, Keōua Kalanikupuapa`ikalaninui who was the sacred father of Kamehameha I and by the royal court of his brother Kalaniʻōpuʻu [3] who later became king and gave his war god Kuka'ilimoku to Kamehameha I. Kalaniʻōpuʻu's father was ...
Melech or Melekh (מלך) is a Hebrew word that means king, and may refer to: Melech (name) , a given name of Hebrew origin the title of "king" in ancient Semitic culture, see Malik
Ruth Ke‘elikōlani, or sometimes written as Luka Ke‘elikōlani, [2] also known as Ruth Ke‘elikōlani Keanolani Kanāhoahoa [1] or Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Ke‘elikōlani [3] (June 17, 1826 [3] [a] – May 24, 1883 [1]), was a member of the House of Kamehameha who served as Governor of the Island of Hawaiʻi and for a period, was the largest and wealthiest landowner in the Hawaiian ...
In 1809 she was chosen along with Manono II by Kamehameha I "to warm his old age". [9] When Kamehameha I died in 1819 she gave herself the name Auhea (where has he gone) in memory of her first husband. She would later marry her cousin Liholiho (who took the throne as King Kamehameha II) as one of his five consorts. She had no children from her ...