Kekūanāoa

Kekūanāoa
Kekūanāoʻa
Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands and Governor of Oʻahu
Kekūanāoʻa
Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands
Reign December 21, 1863 - August 24, 1864
(247 days)
Predecessor Kaʻahumanu IV
Successor position abolished
Royal Governor of Oʻahu
Reign 1834 - 1868
Predecessor John Adams Kuakini
Successor John Owen Dominis
Spouse Kalehua
Pauahi
Kīnaʻu
Kaloloahilani
Issue
Paʻalua
Ruth Keʻelikōlani (probable)
David Kamehameha
Moses Kekūāiwa
Lot Kapuāiwa
Alexander Liholiho
Victoria Kamāmalu
Full name
Matiao Keawenui Kekūanaōʻa
Father Inaina
Born c. 1793
Died November 4, 1868(1868-11-04)
Honolulu, Oʻahu
Burial Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum
Signature

Mataio Kekūanāoʻa (1793–1868) was descended from the high chiefs of the island of Oʻahu. His name Mataio was the Hawaiian form of Matthew, although the former remain the most common form used to referred to him.

He was born in 1791 or 1793. His mother was High Chiefess Inaina, daughter of Pupuka, an Oʻahu chief who joined with Elani of Ewa in revolt against Kahekili II. His father was either Kalehunapaikua, or High Chief Kiʻilaweau, the grandson of the Hawaii Island Chief Alapa'inui, who was nephew of Keaweikekahiali`iokamoku who was son of Princess Kalanikauleleiaiwi who ruled alongside her brother Keaweikekahiali`iokamoku. He was the aikāne, or intimate companion of King Kamehameha II in his youth[citation needed], and followed him to England where the King and Queen Kamāmalu died of measles in 1824. He was able to escape the sickness and return to Hawaii, stabilizing himself in the court by marrying two wives of his late sovereign.

His first marriage to the High Chiefess Kalehua lasted from 1822 to 1825, and the product of this marriage was a son named Paʻaula. He married again to the widow of Kamehameha II, Princess Kalanipauahi. Their marriage lasted from 1825 to her death in 1826, and he was probably the father of her daughter Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani. He remarried Elizabeth Kīnaʻu, another Kamehameha II widow, who ruled as the Kuhina Nui at the time under the name Kaʻahumanu II. From her he fathered David Kamehameha, Moses Kekūāiwa, Lot Kapuāiwa, Alexander Liholiho, and Victoria Kamāmalu. His sons Alexander and Lot would become King Kamehameha IV and King Kamehameha V. His daughter would become the fifth Kuhina Nui as Kaʻahumanu IV. The third marriage lasted from 1827 until Kīnaʻu's death in 1839. After 6 years as a widower he remarried again in 1845, to the High Chiefess Kaloloahilani. Their marriage, lasting to his death, was issueless.[1]

He was the Royal Governor of Oʻahu 1839–1864.[2] On December 21, 1863 he was made the sixth Kuhina Nui, replacing his daughter who became Crown Princess and heir apparent to the throne. For most of his reign as Kuhina Nui he supported his son Kamehameha V's view of abolishing the position. He held the position until 1864 when the Constitution of 1864 abolished it. He also served as a member of the House of Nobles from 1841–1868, Privy Council 1845–1869, and as President of the Board of Education from 1860.[3] In 1866, Mark Twain praised Mataio Kekūanāoʻa as "a man of noble presence... seemingly natural and fitted to the place as if he had been born to it...."[citation needed]

The Territorial Building in the Hawaii Capital Historic District was named for him.[4]

Family tree

Kalaniʻōpuʻu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kalola
 
Keōua
 
Kekuʻiapoiwa II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kanekapolei
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kīwalaʻō
 
Kekuʻiapoiwa
Liliha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Keōpūolani
 
 
Kamehameha I
(The Great)
(died 1819)
 
 
Kalākua Kaheiheimālie
 
Kaʻahumanu
(1819–1832)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liholiho
Kamehameha II
(1819–1824)
 
Kamāmalu
 
 
 
 
 
 
Keouawahine
 
Pauli Kaʻōleiokū
 
Kahailiopua
Luahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kauikeaouli
Kamehameha III
(1825–1854)
 
Kalama
 
 
 
Elizabeth Kīnaʻu
Kaʻahumanu II
 
Mataio
Kekūanāoʻa
 
Kalanipauahi
 
Laura Kōnia
 
Abner Pākī
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Keaweaweʻulaokalani I
 
Keaweaweulaokalani II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen Emma
 
Alexander Liholiho
Kamehameha IV
(1854–1863)
 
Lot Kapuāiwa
Kamehameha V
(1863–1872)
 
Victoria Kamāmalu
Kaʻahumanu IV
(1855–1863)
 
Ruth Keʻelikōlani
 
Charles Reed
Bishop
 
Bernice Pauahi
Bishop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prince Albert
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Pitt
Kīnaʻu
 
Keolaokalani Davis
 
 

References

Preceded by
John Adams Kuakini
Royal Governor of Oʻahu
1839 - 1864
Succeeded by
John Owen Dominis
Preceded by
Kaʻahumanu IV
Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands
December 21, 1863 – August 24, 1864
Succeeded by
Position Abolished

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