Namahana Piʻia

Hawaiian royal consort (d. 1829)

Lydia Nāmāhāna Piʻia
Portrait of Nāmāhāna Piʻia as "Queen of the Sandwich Islands", published in Otto von Kotzebue's A New Voyage Around the World, 1830.

Governor of Oahu
Preceded by	Oliver Holmes
Succeeded by	Boki

Personal details
Born	c. 1787 (1787-06-23UTC18:42:22) Hawaii
Died	1829 (aged 41–42) Kingdom of Hawaii
Spouse(s)	Kamehameha I Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui
Parent(s)	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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Namahana Piʻia

16. Kauakahilau

8. Lonoikahaupu

17. Kuluina

4. Keawepoepoe

18. Kaneikauaiwilani

9. Kalanikauleleiaiwi (= 29)

19. Keakealaniwahine

2. Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi

5. Kūmaʻaikū

1. Nāmāhāna Piʻia

24. Lonohonuakini

12. Kaulahea II

25. Kalanikauanakinilani

6. Kekaulike

26. ʻUmi-a-Liloa of Maui

13. Papaikaniau

27. Kuʻihewamakawalu

3. NāmāhānaʻiʻKaleleokalani

28. Kauaua-a-Mahi

14. Haʻae-a-Mahi

29. Kalanikauleleiaiwi (= 9)

7. Haʻaloʻu

30. Kaulahea II (= 12)

15. Kalelemauliokalani

31. Papaikaniau (= 13)

References

^ Oahu Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Elizabeth Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt (2009) [1920]. Daniel Logan (ed.). History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants. Honolulu: republished by Kessinger Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-104-76661-0.