| Lydia Namahana Piʻia | |
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| Portrait of Namahana Piia as "Queen of the Sandwich Islands", published in Otto von Kotzebue's A New Voyage Around the World, 1830. | |
| Governor of Oahu | |
| In office 1824 – 1829?[1] |
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| Preceded by | Oliver Holmes |
| Succeeded by | Boki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hawaii |
| Died | 1829 |
| Spouse(s) | Kamehameha I Gideon Peleioholani Laanui |
Lydia Namahana Piʻia (c. 1787 - 1829[1]) was a wife of King Kamehameha I of Hawaii. She was the daughter of Keeaumoku Pāpaiahiahi, and her sister Kaʻahumanu was also Kamehameha's wife. Kamehameha and Kaʻahumanu later arranged Piia to marry Gideon Peleioholani Laanui, who was ten years her junior. They were married by Hiram Bingham I in a Christian ceremony.[2]
Namahana Piia also served as Governor of Oahu.
| Preceded by Oliver Holmes |
Royal Governor of Oahu | Succeeded by Boki |