Kaikioʻewa Explained

Kaikioʻewa
Succession:Governor of Kauaʻi
Reign:1825–1839
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:Kahalaiʻa Luanuʻu
Successor:Keaweamahi
Spouse:Piʻipiʻi Kalanikaulihiwakama
Wauhaukapu
Keaweamahi
Issue:Kuwahine
Likelike
Kamehameha III (hānai)
Moses Kekūāiwa (hānai)
Harriet Kapu Kawaha'ea
Father:Kaʻianaukupe Kaolohaka-a-keawe)
Mother:Kekikipaʻa Kalanikauleleiaiwi)
Birth Place:Waimea, Kauai
Death Date:April 10, 1839[1]
Death Place:Honolulu, Oahu

Kaikioʻewa (- April 10, 1839)[2] was a cousin of Kamehameha I and the first governor of Kauai. He was born in Waimea in 1765. He moved to Hilo as a young man where he initially opposed his cousin until after the Battle of Hilo when he and other aliʻi joined Kamehameha. Kamehameha I saved Kaikioʻewa's life when he was about to be killed by another chief for stealing his wife. As Governor he was known as an easy target for merchants as he was known for spending a great deal on merchandise. He was married to Keaweamahi (w).[3] Kaikioʻewa served as the first governor of Kauai[4] from 1825 until his death, when his wife Keaweamahi would serve temporarily.[5]

References

  1. Book: Native Land and Foreign Desires . 1992 . Bishop Museum Press . Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa . 0-930897-59-5 .
  2. Book: The Hawaiian Journal of History . 1992 . 120 . Hawaiian Historical Society.
  3. Book: Edward Joesting. Kauai: The Separate Kingdom. 1 February 1988. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-1162-4. 150–154.
  4. Book: Stormy Cozad. Kauai. 11 August 2008. Arcadia Publishing. 978-1-4396-2016-8. 155.
  5. Book: Louis Thiercelin. Travels in Oceania: Memoirs of a Whaling Ship's Doctor, 1866. 1995. University of Otago Press. 335. 978-0-908569-71-7.