Kahekili II

For the 13th Moʻi of Maui, see Kahekili I.

Kahekili nui ʻahumanu
Spouse	Kau Wahine Lauhiwa
Issue
Kalanikūpule Kalilikauoha Kaloa
Father	Waikīkī

Kahekili II, full name Kahekilinuiʻahumanu, (c. 1737–1794) was the twenty fifth King (Moʻi) of Maui. His name was short for Kāne-Hekili after the Hawaiian god of thunder. Because Kāne-Hekili was believed to be black on one side, Kahekili tattooed one side of his body from head to foot.^[1]

Family

He was born about 1710-1737 in Hāliʻimaile on the island of Maui. His father was Kekaulike Kalani-nui-Kui-Hono-i-Kamoku the 23rd Moʻi of Maui. His mother was Kekuaipoiwa-nui Kalani-kauhihiwakama Wanakapu (Kekuaipoiwa I, half-sister of Kekaulike). He had at least two wives, and three or four sons and two daughters.^[2]

Battles

His kingdom encompassed seven of the Hawaiian Islands except the Island of Hawaiʻi and paved the way for the creation of a unified Kingdom of Hawaii by Kamehameha I. He succeed his brother Kamehameha-nui Aiʻluau as king of Maui, Lanai and Molokaʻi in 1765. He conquered King Kahahana of Oʻahu and killed most of the Oʻahu chiefs that stood in his way, using their skeletons to construct a house of bones. This insurrection of the Oʻahu chiefs is known as Waipi‘o-Kimopo. He had influence on Kauaʻi through his brother Kaeokulani who was the consort of Kamakahelei, Queen regnant of Kauaʻi. After his death in Waikīkī in July 1794, war broke out between his son Kalanikūpule, King of Oʻahu, and his brother Kaeokulani over succession to Kingdom of Maui. Kalanikūpule enventually overcame his uncles on December 6, 1794.

As Kalanikupule's forces were weakened it gave Kamehameha a chance to conquer Maui. The Kingdom of Maui would eventually fall after Kamehameha defeated the combined forces of Oʻahu and Maui in the Battle of Nuʻuanu on May 1, 1795 less than a year after Kahekili's death.

References

1. ^ Hokoana, Kuʻulei; Norton, Kauʻi (2007). Kahekilinuiʻahumanu: Kahekili study guide. Kauahea Inc. and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. http://www.mauiarts.org/Kahekili/KahekiliStudyGuide07.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-03 
2. ^ Christopher Buyers. "Maui Genealogy". Royal Ark web site. http://www.royalark.net/Hawaii/maui.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-08. 

External links

Biography portal

• Chief Kahekili II at Find a Grave
• Henry Soszynski. "Kahekili II". web page on "Rootsweb". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/hawaii/i20.html#I20. Retrieved 2009-12-08. 
• Dean Kekoʻolani. "The Ali'i Nui of the Old Kingdoms". Kekoʻolani Ohana (Family) Web Site. http://www.kekoolani.org/Pages/Menu%20Section%20203%20Menu%20Alii%20Genealogy%20Charts/Section203Menu.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-08. 

Preceded by Kamehameha-nui Ai'luau	King of Maui 1765 - August 27, 1891	Succeeded by Kaeokulani
Preceded by Kahahana	King of Oʻahu 1783 - 1793	Succeeded by Kalanikūpule

Persondata
Name	Kahekili 02
Alternative names
Short description	Hawaiian royalty
Date of birth	1706
Place of birth
Date of death	1794
Place of death	Waikīkī