| Kekauʻōnohi | |
|---|---|
| Queen Consort of the Hawaiian Islands and Princess of the Hawaiian Islands | |
| Illustration of the mourning Hawaiian royal family from Memoir of Keopuolani, late queen of the Sandwich Islands by William Richards. The two unidentified female could be her. | |
| Spouse | King Kamehameha II (as Queen) Kahalaiʻa Luanuʻu Kealiʻiahonui Levi Haʻalelea |
| Issue | |
| William Pitt Kinau II Abigail Maheha (hānai) Anna Kaʻiulani (hānai) |
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| Full name | |
| Anna Keahikuni-i-Kekauʻōnohi | |
| Father | Kahōʻanokū Kīnaʻu |
| Mother | Kahakuhaʻakoi Wahinipio |
| Born | c. 1805 Lahaina, Maui |
| Died | June 2, 1851 Honolulu, Oʻahu |
| Burial | June 30, 1866[1] Mokuʻula then Waineʻe Cemetery |
Anna Keahikuni-i-Kekauʻōnohi , sometimes called Miriam Kekauʻōnohi, (1805–1851) was a Hawaiian princess and queen consort, member of the House of Kamehameha and granddaughter King Kamehameha I.
She was born circa 1805 at Lahaina, Maui. Her father was Prince Kahōʻanokū Kīnaʻu of Hawaii. Her mother was Kahakuhaʻakoi Wahinepio, sister of Boki and Kalanimoku and granddaughter of King Kekaulike of Maui. Her father was son of King Kamehameha I and Queen Peleuli, daughter of Kamanawa one of the royal twins. She married her uncle Liholiho who ruled as King Kamehameha II. She was one of his five wives. Others were Queen Kamāmalu, Queen Pauahi, Queen Kīnaʻu, and Queen Kekāuluohi. She was the youngest, but Kamāmalu was Liholiho's favorite.[2] She was at the famous meal when the kapu system was overturned in 1819 known as the ʻAi Noa. After Liholiho's death in London, she went to Kauai and married her half-brother Kahalaiʻa Luanuʻu.[3]:108
Kekauʻōnohi served as a governor of the island of Kauai some time around 1840 - 1845[4] and was a stanch Protestant.[5] Kamehameha III created the House of Nobles in the Hawaiian Constitution of 1840.[6] She was among the first members along with the King, Hoapiliwahine, Pākī, Kōnia, Keohokalole, Kuakini, Kahekili, Leleiohoku I, Kekuanaoa, Kealiiahonui, Kanaina, Keoni Ii, Keoni Ana, and Haalilio.[7]
After the death of Queen Kaʻahumanu in 1832, she remarried Kealiiahonui, former prince of Kauaʻi and the son of King Kaumualiʻi of Kauaʻi. They had no children. After his death in 1849 she remarried Levi Haʻalelea, a relative of Queen Kalama (consort of Kamehameha III) and had a son named William Pitt Kīnaʻu who died young.[8] She inherited most of the land of her uncle William Pitt Kalanimoku. She died in Honolulu June 2, 1851 age 46. Stephen Reynolds in his Journal noted at her death that she was "the last of the old stock of chiefs – one of the best of them – good natured, benevolent, liberal and generous." She left her land to her husband. She was foster mother of her nieces Abigail Maheha and Anna Kaiʻulani.
