KAUAI (Kingdom)


TITLE:  Ali'i nui then Mo'i AREA:  1,430 km2
LOCATION:  Hawai'i DYNASTY:  Mulieleali'i 
   
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Rulers were...
  1. Ali'i nui KAHAKUAKANE 

  2. Ali'i nui KUWALUPAUKAMOKU

  3. Ali'i nui KAHAKUMAKAPAWEO

  4. Ali'i nui KALANIKUKUMA

  5. Ali'i nui KAHAKUMAKALINA

  6. Ali'i nui KAMAKAPU

  7. Ali'i nui KAWELOMAHAMAHAIA

  8. Ali'i nui KAWELOMAKUALUA

  9. Ali'i nui KAWELOIAKANAKA

  10. Ali'i nui KAWELO'A'MAIHUNALI'I 

  11. Ali'i nui KUALI'I -/1730 (also of Oahu) 

  12. Ali'i nui PELEIOHOLANI 1730/1770 (also of Oahu)

  13. Ali'i nui Kamakahelei 1770/1795, she married 1stly, Mo'i KANEONEO, died 1785, 23rd Mo'i of Oahu, married 2ndly, Mo'i KAEOKULANI, 26th Mo'i of Maui, and had issue.
    • Ali'i nui Kawalu (by Kaneono), married 1stly, Ali'i Palikua, Chief of Koloa, married 2ndly, Ali'i nui Kaumuali'i, 23rd Moi of Kauai (see below), and had issue.
      • Ali'i nui Akahi-a-Kawalu (by Palikua), married? Ali'i nui Keoua Kalanikupuapa'ikalaninui Ahilapalapa, High Chief of Kohala, and had issue.
      • Ali'i nui Kapua'amoku Ka'apuwai (by Palikua), married Ali'i nui Kaumuali'i, 23rd Moi of Kauai, and had issue (see below).
    • Ali'i nui KAUMUALI'I (by Kaeokulani) (qv)

  14. Mo'i KAUMUALI'I 1795/1810, born about 1777 on Kaua'i, married (a), Ali'i nui Kawalu, daughter of Ali'i nui Kane'one'o, and his wife, Ali'i nui Kamakahelei (see above), married (b), Ali'i nui Kapua'amoku Ka'apuwai, daughter of Ali'i Palikua, Chief of Koloa, and his wife, Ali'i nui Kawalu (see above), married (c), Ali'i Naluahi, married (d), Ali'i Makua, married (e), Ali'i Kekai Ha'akuloni, married (f), 9th October 1821, Ali'i nui Elizabeth Ka'ahumanu, born about 1773 in Kauiki, Hana, Maui, died 5th June 1832 in Manoa Valley, Honolulu, daughter of Ali'i nui Ke'eaumoku Papaiahiahi, and his wife, Namahana'i'Kaleleokalani, and had issue. He died 26th May 1824 in Honolulu, Oahu. 
    • Ali'i George Humehume Kaumuali'i (by Kawalu), born 1798 on Kaua'i, he started a rebellion on Kauaʻi, challenging the rule of King Kamehameha II, but was defeated and forced to flee, only to be captured and exiled to Oahu where he died; married Elizabeth Peke Davis, born 12th February 1803, daughter of Isaac Davis, and his wife, Ali'i Kalukuna, and had issue. He died 1826.
      • Ali'i Harriet Wahinekipi Kaumuali'i, born 1823 on Kaua'i, married 28th March 1837 in Honolulu, John Meek Jr., and had issue. She died 3rd September 1843 on Maui and lies buried at the Maria Lanakila Catholic Church on Maui.
        • Eli Meek, born 1839, married Kahanu'ulani Amoy, died 1930. He died 1875.
        • Robert Meek
        • Elizabeth Meek
    • Ali'i nui Keali'iahonui (by Kapua'amoku), High Chief of Kaua'i, married 1stly, Opunuiokalani, married 2ndly, about 1825, Ali'i nui Elizabeth Ka'ahumanu, born about 1773 in Kauiki, Hana, Maui, died 5th June 1832 in Manoa Valley, Honolulu, daughter of Ali'i nui Ke'eaumoku Papaiahiahi, and his wife, Ali'i nui Namahana'i'Kaleleokalani, and had issue. He died after 1845.
      • Ali'i La'amea Keali'iahonui (k), born 28th January 1825.
    • Ali'i nui Kinoiki Kekaulike (by Kapua'amoku), married Ali'i nui Kuhio Kalaniana'ole, High Chief of Hilo, and had issue.
    • Ali'i Kuki'iahu (w) (by Naluahi)
    • Ali'i Nahinu (w) (by Makua)
    • Ali'i Kamahelelani (k) (by Kekai Ha'akuloni)

GOVERNORS OF KAUAI

  • Honourable Ali'i nui KAUMUALI'I, Governor of Kauai [1795] – [26.5.1824] (see above)
  • Honourable Ali'i nui KAHALAI'A LUANU'U, Governor of Kauai [1824] – [1825], son of Ali'i nui Kala'imamahu (see Hawai'i Island), and his wife, Ali'i nui Kahikuha'akoi, married 1stly, Ali'i nui Kuini Liliha, married 2ndly, Ali'i nui Elizabeth Kinau [Ka'ahumanu II], and had issue. He died 27th April 1826.
  • Honourable Ali'i nui KAIKIO'EWA, Governor of Kauai [1825] - [1839]
  • Honourable Ali'i nui Emelia Keaweamahi, Governor of Kauai [1839] – [1842]
  • Her Excellency Ali'i nui Anna Keahikuni'ikekau'onohi, Governor of Kauai [1842] - [1844], born about 1805, daughter of HRH Prince Kahoanoku Kinau (see Hawai'i), and his wife, Ali'i Kahikuha'akoi. She died 1847.
  • His Excellency Ali'i PAULO KANOA K.C.K., K.C.H., Governor of Kauai [21.10.1846] - [4.1.1877], born 1802 in Kahalu'u, South Kona; started out as a clerk to the Governor of Oahu; Knight of the Royal order of Kamehameha Ist, Grand Officer of the Royal Crown Of Hawai'i; Member of the Privy Council of State; Member of the House of Nobles; married 1stly, Ali'i Kahana'auwai, married 2ndly, 8th October 1842, Ali'i nui Kapau (she married 1stly, Ali'i nui Ka'a'aikaulehelehe, and had issue, see below), and had issue. He died 10th November 1885 in Honolulu.
  • His Excellency JOHN EDWARD BUSH, Governor of Kauai [4.1.1877] - [1880], born 15th February 1843, Minister of Finance [20.5.1882] - [8.8.1882]; Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs [19.8.1880] - [22.9.1880]; Minister of the Interior [14.8.1880] - [27.9.1880] and [8.8.1882] - [14.5.1883]; married 1stly, Maryanne Peters, daughter of John Peters, and his wife, Mele Ka'aiawa'awa Napiwai, married 2ndly, Mary Julia Glennie, born 14th March 1868, died 7th June 1932, daughter of William Munson Glynnie, and his wife, Kealohapau'ole Kamakaiwi, and had issue. He died 28th June 1906.
    • John Edward Bush, born 31st January 1890.
  • His Excellency FRED WILLIAM KAHAPULA BECKLEY, Governor of Kauai [16.8.1880] - [7.1.1881], born 26th November 1845 in Waimea, son of William Charles Malulani Beckley, and his wife, Kahinu Ho'olulu (see Maui), married December 1867, Emmaline Kailikapulono Metcalf, born 5th March 1847 in Honolulu, died 21st April 1929 in Honolulu, daughter of Theophilus Metcalf, and hi's wife, Kailikapulono, and had issue. He died 7th January 1881 in Honolulu.
    • Sabina Kahinu'okekuaokalani'akea'olekeleke Beckley, born 17th October 1868 in Honolulu, married 30th December 1889, William K. Hutchinson, died 14th March 1943, and had issue. She died 25th January 1935 in Honolulu.
    • Charles Kapahukui Beckley, born December 1872 in Honolulu, died 29th April 1873.
    • Fred William Kahapula Beckley, born 7th May 1874 in Honolulu, married Alice Heanu, and had issue. He died 20th December 1943.
    • Charlotte P. Beckley, died 26th October 1895.
    • Emily R. Beckley, died 28th December 1904.
    • Fredericka Wilhelmina Kailikapuolou Beckley, born 1880, married 1905, William Farewell Jones Naki. She died 24th August 1911.
  • His Excellency PAUL P. KANOA, Governor of Kauai [12.1.1881] - [1886], son of Ali'i nui Ka'a'aikaulehelehe, and his wife, Ali'i nui Kapau (see above); he served as Minister of Finance [30.6.1886] - [1.7.1887].
  • His Excellency LANIHAU, Governor of Kauai [31.7.1886] - [1888]
  • His Excellency WILLIAM HYDE RICE, Governor of Kauai [8.2.1892] - [28.2.1893], born 23rd July 1846 in Punahoe, Honolulu, son of William Harrison Rice, and his wife, Mary Sophia Hyde, married 17th October 1872, Mary Waterhouse, born 26th July 1847, died after 1928, daughter of John Thomas Waterhouse, and his wife, Eleanor Dickenson, and had issue. He died 15th June 1924 in Hawai'i.
    • William Henry Rice, born 24th June 1874 in Lihue, Kaua'i, married 8th June 1897 in Honolulu, Mary Agnes Girvin, and had issue.
      • William Harrison Rice, born 26th January 1901, married Olivia Le Bosquet, died 25th June 1930, and had issue. He died 5th May 1974.
        • Henry Harrison Rice, born 26th February 1929, died April 1983.
      • Paul Girvin Rice, born 14th April 1903, died 14th May 1981.
      • Richard Hans Rice, born 20th May 1906, died 30th January 1966.
      • Mary Dorothea Isenberg Rice, born 26th January 1911, died 1st February 1988.
    • Charles Atwood Rice, born 12th September 1876 in Honolulu, died 1964.
    • Arthur Hyde Rice, born 25th July 1878 in Lihue, Kaua'i.
    • Mary Eleanor Kaonohilani Rice, born 25th November 1880 in Lihue, Kaua'i, died 22nd January 1923.
    • Anna Charlotte Rice, born 5th August 1882 in Lihue, Kaua'i.
    • Harold Waterhouse Rice, born 10th November 1883 in Waikiki.
    • Philipp La Vergne Rice, born 22nd July 1886 in Lihue, Kaua'i.
    • Emily Dorothea Rice, born 30th September 1889 in Lihue, Kaua'i, died 1975 in Honolulu.
 
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