Biography on king kamehameha
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Kamehameha I
King of Hawaii from 1795 to 1819
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Portrait of Kamehameha (ca.1758-1819), King of the Sandwich Islands by Louis Choris, 1816. | |||
| Reign | 1795 – May 8, 1819 | ||
| Successor | Kamehameha II | ||
| Reign | July 1782 – 1795 | ||
| Predecessor | Kīwalaʻō | ||
| Born | Paiʻea between 1736–1761 Kapakai, Kokoiki, Moʻokini Heiau, Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island | ||
| Died | May 14, 1819 (aged 53–78) Kamakahonu, Kailua-Kona, Kona, Kingdom of Hawaii | ||
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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.
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H.M. King Kamehameha I
Queen Consort Kaʻahumanu,
wife of King Kamehameha the Great, although they had no children.
From the House of Keōua Nui, Paiʻea Kalaninui Kamehameha, became the most noted warrior and eventually conqueror of the whole Hawaiian archipelago, he was born at Kohala on the big island of Hawaiʻi and was the second son of Keōua Kalanikupuapaʻikalaninui by his second wife, she being his cousin Kekuʻiapoiwa, by lineage and blood, both paternally and maternally, Kamehameha was considered one of the highest of the high. From his infancy, Kamehameha always showed signs of bravery and a great desire for athletic contests, spear-wielding, ulu maika and other magnificent exercises of that period. He inherited the akua (god) Kūkaʻilimoku from his favorite uncle, the ruler, Kalaniopuʻu, brother of Keōua-nui. The significance of the name of the idol god bequeathed to him, "Kūkaʻilimoku" , the word itself meaning "I Conquer".
Kamehameha was already the conqueror of Hawai`i, as well as Maui, Kahoʻolawe, Lanaʻi and Molokaʻi. He moved across to Oʻahu and set at Waikiki and Waialae. In 1795, Kamehameha drove the warriors of Oʻahu's King Kalanikupule, up to Nuʻuanu valley as they plunged to their deaths over the Pali, eventu