Namahana Piʻia Explained

Lydia Nāmāhāna Piʻia
Office:Governor of Oahu
Predecessor:Oliver Holmes
Successor:Boki
Birth Place:Hawaii
Death Place:Kingdom of Hawaii
Spouse:Kamehameha I
Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui
Parents:Keeaumoku Pāpaiahiahi
Namahanaʻi Kaleleokalani

Lydia Nāmāhāna Kekuaipiʻia (c. 1787 – 1829[1]) was a wife of King Kamehameha I of Hawaii. She was the daughter of Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, and her sisters Kaʻahumanu and Kalākua Kaheiheimālie were also Kamehameha's wives. Kamehameha and Kaʻahumanu later arranged Piʻia to marry Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui, who was ten years her junior. They were married by Hiram Bingham I in a Christian ceremony.[2]

Nāmāhāna Piʻia also served as Governor of Oahu.

Notes and References

  1. http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/hawaii/oahu.html Oahu
  2. Book: History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants . Elizabeth Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt . Elizabeth Kekaaniau . 1920 . Daniel Logan . Honolulu . republished by Kessinger Publishing . 2009 . 978-1-104-76661-0. 46.