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Namahana Piʻia

Namahana Piʻia

Hawaiian royal consort (d. 1829)

Lydia Nāmāhāna Kekuaipiʻia (c. 1787 – 1829[1]) was a wife of King Kamehameha I of Hawaii. She was the daughter of Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, and her sisters Kaʻahumanu and Kalākua Kaheiheimālie were also Kamehameha's wives. Kamehameha and Kaʻahumanu later arranged Piʻia to marry Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui, who was ten years her junior. They were married by Hiram Bingham I in a Christian ceremony.[2]

Quick Facts Lydia Nāmāhāna Piʻia, Governor of Oahu ...

Nāmāhāna Piʻia also served as Governor of Oahu.

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References

  1. [1]
    Oahu Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Elizabeth Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt (2009) [1920]. Daniel Logan (ed.). History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants. Honolulu: republished by Kessinger Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-104-76661-0.
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Oliver Holmes
 Royal Governor of Oahu Succeeded by
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