David Kahalepouli Piikoi (1845–1880) was father of three royal princes of the Kingdom of Hawaii

Kingdom of Hawaii

The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...

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He was born in 1845. His father was High Chief Jonah Piikoi

Jonah Piikoi

Ionah Piikoi was a Hawaiian high chief, distantly descended from the King of Kauai. He was patriarch of a family of future nobles of the Kingdom of Hawaii.He served in the House of Nobles 1845–1859 and on the Privy Council 1852–1855...

, descended from the ancient Kings of Kauai. His mother was Kehakili, the daughter of High Chiefess Kamokuiki

Kamokuiki

Kamokuiki was grandmother of the last two ruling monarchs of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:She was born about 1795. She married High Chief Kamanawa II and had son Caesar Kapaakea with him...

 and High Chief Alapaimaloiki. Through his mother he was the nephew of Kapaakea

Kapaakea

Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaakea was a Hawaiian chief who was the patriarch of the House of Kalākaua that ruled the Kingdom of Hawaii during the last of its days.-Biography:...

 and first cousin of David Kalākaua

Kalakaua

Kalākaua, born David Laamea Kamanakapuu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua and sometimes called The Merrie Monarch , was the last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaii...

, Liliuokalani, Likelike

Likelike

Miriam Kapili Kekāuluohi Likelike was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaii, sister of the last two ruling monarchs, mother of Princess Kaiulani, last heir to the throne, and mistress of the [[ʻĀinahau]] estate.-Life:...

 and Leleiohoku II.

On February 25, 1861, he married Princess Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike

Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike

Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike II was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:She was born on May 12, 1843, the youngest daughter of her father High Chief Kūhiō Kalanianaole of Hilo, and her mother Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike I from Kauai island...

, the sister of Queen Kapiolani

Queen Kapiolani

Queen Kapiolani formally Esther Kapiolani or Esther Kapiolani Napelakapuokakae, was married to King David Kalākaua and reigned as Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:...

 the wife of his cousin Kalākaua. This marriage brought him closer to his cousin's newly elected royal family. They had three sons: David Kawānanakoa

David Kawananakoa

Prince David Laamea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa Piikoi , was the patriarch of the House of Kawānanakoa. He was in the line of succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii around the time of the kingdom's overthrow.-Life:...

, named after himself, Edward Abnel Keliiahonui, named after Prince Keliiahonui of Kauai, and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole, named after Piikoi's father and Kekaulike's father. His sons did not use the family surname of Piikoi, but each son used their own personal names as their surname. David's descendants would use the name Kawananakoa, Edward's descendants would use Keliiahonui, and Jonah's would use Kalanianaole.

Piikoi died in 1880. His wife was granted the title of Princess

Princess

Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....

 and style of Her Royal Highness, in 1883 during King Kalākaua's coronation. His three sons were also granted title of Prince

Prince

Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...

 and style of His Highness. Piikoi Street in Honolulu is named after him.