Ruth Ke‘elikōlani,or sometimes written as Luka Ke‘elikōlani,also known as Ruth Ke‘elikōlani Keanolani Kanāhoahoa or Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Ke‘elikōlani,was a member of the House of Kamehameha who served as Governor of the Island of Hawaiʻi and for a period,was the largest and wealthiest landowner in the Hawaiian Islands. Keʻelikōlani's genealogy is controversial. Her mother's identity has never been in question but her grandfather Pauli Kaōleiokū's relationship to Kamehameha I is heavily disputed. While her father has been legally identified as early as 1864,disputes to that lineage continued as late as 1919. As one of the primary heirs to the Kamehameha family,Ruth became landholder of much of what would become the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate,funding the Kamehameha Schools.
Kuini Liliha was a High Chiefess (aliʻi) and noblewoman who served the Kingdom of Hawaii as royal governor of Oʻahu island. She administered the island from 1829 to 1831 following the death of her husband Boki.
Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili was a Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi alongside her husband,Kauikeaouli,who reigned as King Kamehameha III. She closed the baptismal name Hakaleleponi after the Biblical figure Hazzelelponi. Her name Kalama means "The Torch" in the Hawaiian language.
John Adams Kiʻiapalaoku Kuakini (1789–1844) was an important adviser to Kamehameha I in the early stages of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was responsible for contributing to the infrastructure among other changes in the Kona District during this era.
Keaoua Kekua-o-kalani was a nephew of the king Kamehameha I,the chief from Hawaii Island who unified the Hawaiian islands.
Princess Kalani Ahumanu i Kaliko o Iwi Kauhipua o Kīnaʻu,also known as Elizabeth Kīnaʻu was Kuhina Nui of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as Kaʻahumanu II,queen regent and dowager queen.
William Pitt Kalanimoku or Kalaimoku was a High Chief who functioned similarly to a prime minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom during the reigns of Kamehameha I,Kamehameha II and the beginning of the reign of Kamehameha III. He was called The Iron Cable of Hawaiʻi because of his abilities.
George Cox Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II or Keʻeaumoku ʻOpio (1784–1824) was part of an influential family at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaii. he served as a military leader,and then became a convert to Christianity and Royal Governor of Maui. He is sometimes called Keʻeaumoku III if Keʻeaumoku Nui is counted as Keʻeaumoku I and Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi is counted Keʻeaumoku II instead.
Keahikuni Kekauʻōnohi was a Hawaiian high chiefess who was a member of the House of Kamehameha. She was granddaughter to King Kamehameha I and one of the wives of Kamehameha II. Her Christian name is disputed;it is given as Mikahela in the 1848 Mahele Book and as Miriam in later sources.
William Pitt Leleiohoku I was a Hawaiian noble during the Kingdom of Hawaii who married two notable princesses and served as Royal Governor of Hawaii island.
John William Pitt Kīnaʻu was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the only surviving son of High Chief William Pitt Leleiohoku I and Ruth Keʻelikōlani. As a descendant of King Kamehameha I,he was chosen to attend the Chiefs' Children's School taught by the American missionary Amos Starr Cooke and his wife,Juliette Montague Cooke,alongside fifteen of his royal cousins. At a young age,he inherited the landholdings of his father and his adoptive grandfather including Huliheʻe Palace,but the prince died under mysterious circumstances before his seventeenth birthday.
Ulumāheihei Hoapili was a member of the nobility during the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a trusted military and political advisor to King Kamehameha I,known as "Kamehameha the Great". Although trusted with one of the last symbolic rites of the Hawaiian religion,he later became a supporter of Christian missionaries.
Likelike was a high chiefess and member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Before the standardization of the Hawaiian language,her name was sometime written as Rikériki. She was the favorite wife of Prime Minister Kalanimoku,a powerful chief and statesman during the early years of the Hawaiian monarchy,and she would accompany him on his interactions with visiting Western explorers and American missionaries to Hawaii. Likelike and her newborn son Lanihau died shortly after the baby’s birth due to the shock caused by cannons fired to celebrate the royal birth. Her funeral was conducted under traditional Hawaiian customs with the exception of a Christian sermon,which was the first performed on a Hawaiian royal.
Boaz Mahune was a 19th-century politician and civil servant of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He helped contribute to the writing of the 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii and was the author of its preamble the He Olelo Hoakaka,or the Declaration of Rights of 1839.
Jonah Kapena,also spelled Iona Kapena,was a royal advisor and statesman in the Kingdom of Hawaii who helped draft the 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii. In addition to his legislative career as a member of the House of Nobles,he also served as a judge and became an assistant judge of Hawaii's first Supreme Court.
Zorobabela Kaʻauwai was an early politician and judge in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Beginning as an assistant to the Hoapili,Governor of Maui,he served many political posts including Assistant Judge of the first Supreme Court of Hawaii,an original member of the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles,a multiple-term representative in the Hawaiian legislature and circuit judge for Maui. An early convert to Christianity and devout adherent of the Protestant faith,his first name is a Hawaiian form of the Biblical name Zerubbabel.
Levi Haʻalelea was a high chief and member of the Hawaiian nobility during the Hawaiian Kingdom. He initially served as a kahu and konohiki for High Chief Leleiohoku,one of the grandsons of Kamehameha I. He later became aa Hulumanu in the royal court of Kamehameha III and eventually served as Chamberlain for the court. He married Kekauʻōnohi,the granddaughter of Kamehameha I. These connections to the ruling dynasty gave him access to vast landholding during the land division of the Great Mahele in 1848. Active in politics,he was a member of the Privy Council of State and served in the House of Nobles. In later life,he helped the early Mormon missionaries to the islands by leasing them land and eventually converted to that faith.
Paul (Paulo) Kanoa was a Hawaiian high chief who served many political posts in the Kingdom of Hawaii,including Governor of Kauaʻi from 1847 to 1877.
Mele Kaʻauʻamokuokamānele or Kamānele was a high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the betrothed bride of King Kamehameha III. Her early death prevented the marriage from occurring. Her Hawaiian name Kamānele means "the sedan chair".
Ephraim Weston Clark was an American pastor and translator most remembered for his decades of work helping to translate the Bible into the Hawaiian language,and his subsequent work on the 1868 revision of the translation. He was the third Kahu (pastor) of Kawaiahaʻo Church in Honolulu,and served in that position 15 years. His early years as a missionary were spent on the Hawaiian island of Maui;while serving as Kahu of Kawaiahaʻo,he also spent several months with the Hawaiian Missionary Society in Micronesia.
