Kamehameha I
| Kamehameha | |||||
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Portrait of Kamehameha (ca.1758-1819), King of the Sandwich Islands by Louis Choris, 1816. | |||||
| King of the Hawaiian Islands | |||||
| Reign | 1795 – May 8, 1819 | ||||
| Successor | Kamehameha II | ||||
| Aliʻi nui of Hawaii | |||||
| Reign | July 1782 – 1795 | ||||
| Predecessor | Kīwalaʻō | ||||
| Born | Paiʻea between 1736–1761 Kapakai, Kokoiki, Moʻokini Heiau, Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island | ||||
| Died | May 14, 1819 (aged 57–83) Kamakahonu, Kailua-Kona, Kona, Kingdom of Hawaii | ||||
| Spouses | (Partial list) | ||||
| Issue | (Partial list) | ||||
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| House | Kamehameha | ||||
| Father | Keōua Kalanikupuapaʻīkalaninui Ahilapalapa | ||||
| Mother | Kekuʻiapoiwa II | ||||
Kamehameha I (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəmehəˈmɛhə]; Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; c. 1736 – c. 1761 to May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great,[2] was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C., as one of two statues it is entitled to install there.
- ^ a b c d e f Ahlo, Charles; Johnson, Rubellite; Walker, Jerry (2016). Kamehameha's Children Today. Native Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9967803-0-8.
- ^ A 19th-century Italian biographer calls him King Tammeamea and his son Rio-Rio (Kamehameha II). Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 249.