Kanaina

Charles Kanaʻina
Spouse Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi
Issue
William Charles Lunalilo
Father Eia
Mother Kauwa Palila
Born 1801
Died March 13, 1877(1877-03-13)
Honolulu, Oahu
Burial March 29, 1877[1]
Kawaiahaʻo Church

Charles Kanaʻina (1801–1877) was a Hawaiian noble during the Kingdom of Hawaii, and father of King William Charles Lunalilo.

Contents

Life

Kanaʻina was born circa 1801. His parents were nobility (aliʻi) who were from the non-ruling elite. Some sources give his father as chief Eia Kamakakaualii and his mother Kauwa Palila,[2][3] the 9th descendant of Piʻilani.[4] Other sources give his father as High Chief Kapalahaole and mother Princess Kaumaka-o-Kapaa.[5] He was named Kanaʻina, after a nickname of Kalanimanokahoowaha,[4] the chief who was portrayed by John Webber and who later is reputed to have killed Captain James Cook.[6] In the Hawaiian language, ka naʻina means "the conquering".[7]

Kanaʻina married Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi, who 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 Kanaʻina after they both took Christian first names.[8] They had at least one son, and perhaps other children. The couple were hānai parents to Queen Kalama (his maternal niece), the wife of Kamehameha III, and their second son Keaweaweulaokalani II.[9]

Kanaʻina served as a member of the House of Nobles (upper house of the legislature) of Kamehameha III from 1841 to 1876, on the Privy Council from July 29, 1845 to 1855, and on the Supreme Court from when it was first founded on May 10, 1842.[10] In the tradition of European royalty, he was granted the style (manner of address) of "highness".[11] His son William Charles Lunalilo was born on January 31, 1835, became last of the House of Keōua Nui to reign as King of Hawaii in 1873, but died one year later on February 3, 1874 .

Kanaʻina died March 13, 1877 in Honolulu, Oahu and was buried at Kawaiahaʻo Church in the Lunalilo Mausoleum, next to his wife and son who had both died before him.[12]

Legacy

Kanaʻina had acted as trustee of the royal lands inherited from his wife while his son was a minor, and after his son's death. However, when Kanaʻina died, the court appointed Sanford B. Dole, John Mott-Smith, and Edwin O. Hall as trustees.[13] Various lawsuits ensued over the property. Lunalilo had requested in his will to use the estate to fund a charity. The trustees favored splitting up the estate by selling it off, while others claimed the value of land was underestimated, and an endowment to run the charity could have been funded by lease income.[14] For example, Kanaʻina leased (and later his heirs would sell) thousands of acres of land on the island of Hawaii to businessman (and son of missionaries) William Herbert Shipman.[15]

The Hawaii public archives building, built in 1906 on the ʻIolani Palace grounds, was named the Kanaʻina building.[7] It is located at .[16] It held state offices in the 1950s, added as a contributing property of the Hawaii Capital Historic District and then was restored to be used for the Friends of ʻIolani Palace in 1990.[17] A Kanaina Avenue is named for him, located at between Kapiʻolani Park and Diamond Head.[7]

Family tree

Kekuiapoiwa II
 
 
 
 Keōua
 
 
 Kamakaeheikuli
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kalākua Kaheiheimālie
 
 Kalaʻimamahu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kamehameha I
(The Great)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Eia
 
 Kauwa Palila
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liholiho
Kamehameha II
 
 
 
 Kekāuluohi
Kaʻahumanu III
 
 
 
 Charles Kanaʻina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 William Charles
Lunalilo
 

References

  1. ^ David W. Forbes, ed (2001). Hawaiian national bibliography, 1780-1900. 3. University of Hawaii Press. p. 641. ISBN 0824825039. http://books.google.com/books?id=lB_F9CffeN8C. 
  2. ^ Henry Soszynski. "Hon. Ali'i Charles Kana'ina". web page on "Rootsweb". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/hawaii/i75.html. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Charles Kanaina". Our Family History and Ancestry. Families of Old Hawaii. http://familiesofoldhawaii.com/getperson.php?personID=I3859&tree=Ano. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Abraham Fornander and John F. G. Stokes (1880). An Account of the Polynesian Race. 1. Trubner & co. pp. 87, 193. http://books.google.com/books?id=tcQNAAAAQAAJ&ie=ISO-8859-1. 
  5. ^ Kapiikauinamoku (1956). "Kamehameha, Kalakua Wed in Hoao-Wohi Rites: Miriam the Princess Kalakua". in The Story of Maui Royalty (The Honolulu Advertiser, Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library). http://ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0somr-000Sec--11en&a=d&toc=0&d=D0.5.14&q=Kanaina. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  6. ^ Sheldon Dibble (1909). History of the Sandwich Islands. Honolulu: Thomas George Thrum. p. 61. http://books.google.com/books?id=VPlfhWzRz_IC&pg=PR1. 
  7. ^ a b c Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel Hoyt Elbert and Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of Kana'ina ". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?j=pp&l=en&q=Kana%27ina&d=. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  8. ^ Kapiikauinamoku (1955). "Kaleimamahu Married Prior to His Priesthood: The House of Keoua-Kaleimamahu—2". in The Story of Hawaiian Royalty (The Honolulu Advertiser, Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library). http://ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0sohr-000Sec--11en&a=d&toc=0&d=D0.4.91&q=Kanaina. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  9. ^ Katharine Luomala, University of Hawaii (1987). "Reality and Fantasy: The Foster Child in Hawaiian Myths and Customs". Pacific Studies. Brigham Young University Hawaii Campus. pp. 26. https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/viewFile/9449/9098. 
  10. ^ "Kanaina, Charles office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH0177/81bff49b.dir/Kanaina,%20Charles.jpg. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  11. ^ Kapiikauinamoku (1955). "Additional Investitures Made By Kamehamehas". in The Story of Hawaiian Royalty (The Honolulu Advertiser, Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library). http://ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0sohr-000Sec--11en&a=d&toc=0&d=D0.4.76&q=Kanaina. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  12. ^ David W. Forbes (2001). "Kanaina, Charles, Funeral". Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900: 1851-1880. University of Hawaii Press. p. 641. ISBN 9780824825034. http://books.google.com/books?id=lB_F9CffeN8C&pg=PA641. 
  13. ^ "Past Leaders". King William Charles Lunalilo Trust web site. http://www.lunalilo.org/?page_id=43. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 
  14. ^ Jon M. Van Dyke (2008). "The Lunalilo Trust". Who owns the Crown lands of Hawaii?. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 324–331. ISBN 9780824832117. http://books.google.com/books?id=IjZPcGb2R08C&pg=PA328. 
  15. ^ Emmett Cahill (1996). The Shipmans of East Hawaii. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-8248-1680-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=nVVmAAAAMAAJ. 
  16. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kanaina Building
  17. ^ "Old Archives (Kanaina Building)". Mason Architects web site. http://www.masonarch.com/projects/restoration/archives.html. Retrieved December 16, 2010.