Kanaina
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Charles Kanaina 1801 - 1877 was a Hawaiian chief and father of King William Charles Lunalilo of Hawaiii.
He was born in 1801. He married Miriam Auhea Kekauluohi, the widow of both Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II. He served as a member of the House of Nobles which consisted of 15 counsellors of Kamehameha III in 1840. . Kanaina and Kekauluohi's son would become last of the Keoua line to reign as King of Hawaii. His son predeceased him. He died on March 13, 1877 in Honolulu, Oahu and was laid to rest at Kawaihao Church in the Lunalilo Mausoleum, next to his wife and son.[1]
