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His Highness, Charles Kanaʻina (sometimes referred to as Kanaʻina I) ( – March 13, 1877) was a high chief of the Kingdom of Hawaii and husband of Kekāuluohi, the niece and former wife of Kamehameha I. The couple's son was William Charles Lunalilo. Kanaʻina was descended from some of the most notable alii nui of ancient Hawaiian history, including Liloa, Hakau and Umi-a-Liloa of Hawaii Island as well as Piilani of Maui. He served on both the Privy Counsel and in the House of Nobles. He was named after his uncle Kanaʻina I,〔 a name that means "The conquering" in the Hawaiian Language. This uncle greeted Captain James Cook in 1778 and struck the first blow to the navigator before he was killed. His wife Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi was the former wife and niece of Kamehameha I. She was also Married to Kamehameha II but he gave her to his friend Kanaina to marry when they had all converted to Christianity in 1821. The couple lived in a traditional alii style home in a sacred neighborhood in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii called ''Pohukaina'' along with their other family members, Kekūanāoa, Kaʻahumanu and their offspring. The compound would eventually become the official Royal Residence of the Hawaiian Royal Family when Kekūanāoa would build ''Hale Aliʻi'' in the center of the families estates as a gift to his daughter Victoria Kamāmalu. The site would become the Iolani Palace and Palace Walk. Kanaʻina kept his property at the palace until his death and would be the only original owner to do so while the Palace was in use, living there from Kamehameha II up to Kalakaua. Because of Kekāuluohi's birth and genealogy, as well as her marriage to Kamehameha I and II, her son Lunalilo was of a high royal line and named by Kamehameha III as an heir to the throne of the kingdom ascending in 1873 while his father still lived, only to die only a year later, almost thirty years after his mother and three years before his father's death. Kanaʻina died on March 13, 1877. He had not re-written his will and when produced still left everything to his son Lunalilo. Having died intestate, probate hearings proceeded for 5 years. Final adjudication went to several of Kanaʻina's cousins including Ruth Keelikōlani and Bernice Pauahi Bishop. ==Early life and marriage== Kanaina was born circa 1801. His father was Eia and his mother Chiefess Kauwa. His mother's maternal grandparents were Kauhiahaki (Kauhiapiiao) and High Chiefess Iliki-a-Moana of Hawaii, the granddaughter of King Keakealanikane and Kaleiheana of Hawaii. Kauhiahaki and Iliki-a-Moana were cousins, both being also descended from King Piʻilani of Maui. Through Keakealanikane, Kanaina is descended from Liloa through the ancient rulers son Umi-a-Liloa. He is also descended from Liloa's son Hakau through his great, great, great grandmother Kaleiheana. His paternal grandparents were Kamakakaualii and Kapulaoa. He was named Kanaina, after a nickname of his uncle Kalaimanokahoowaha, the chief who was drawn by artist John Webber and who later is reputed to have first struck Captain James Cook before he was killed at Kealakekua Bay. In the Hawaiian language, ''ka naina'' means "the conquering". Kanaina married Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi in 1821 when Kamehameha II gave up all but one wife and gave Kekāuluohi to his friend Kanaina on Kauai for marriage. Kekāuluohi had been one of several wives of both Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II. However, under the influence of Christian missionaries, Kamehameha II renounced all his other wives except one. Kekāuluohi was then free to marry Kanaina after they both took Christian first names. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Kanaʻina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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