Kūhiō Kalanianaole was a Hawaiian high chief of Hilo and father 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:...

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He was born c. 1814 to Alii Elelule Laakeaelelulu and his wife Poomaikelani, daughter of Alii Kanekoa, of Waimea, by his first wife, Kalani-kau-lelei-awi, daughter of Kepoomahoe. His father was the son of Keawemauhili

Keawemauhili

Keawemauhili, spelled in old texts as Keawe-mau-hili, was an important member of the Hawaiian nobility at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:...

, the brother of King Kalaniʻōpuʻu of Hawaii Island, and joint ruler of the District of Hilo with his wife Ululani. His father's mother Ululani was the most renowned poet of her day, and his father's sister was Chiefess Kapiolani

Chiefess Kapiolani

High Chiefess Kapiolani was an important member of the Hawaiian nobility at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the arrival of Christian missionaries...

 who defied the volcano goddess Pele. He married the Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike

Kinoiki Kekaulike

Kinoiki Kekaulike I was a Princess of the island of Kauai during the transition from ancient Hawaii to the Kingdom of Hawaii.She was born in the early 19th century. Her father was King Kaumualii , descended from the royal family of Kauai through his mother Queen Kamakahelei and the royal family of...

 of Kauai, daughter of King Kaumualii

Kaumualii

Kaumualii was the last independent Alii Aimoku of Kauai and Niihau before becoming a vassal of Kamehameha I of the unified Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810...

 of Kauai

Kauai

Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...

 and Niihau

Niihau

Niihau or Niihau is the seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii, having an area of . Niihau lies southwest of Kauai across the Kaulakahi Channel. Several intermittent playa lakes provide wetland habitats for the Hawaiian Coot, the Black-winged Stilt, and the...

. He and his wife had three daughters who were all members of the Royal Court of King 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...

 in 1883. His daughters were Esther Kapiolani Napelakapuokakai

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:...

, named after her aunt, Virginia Kapo'oloku Po'omaikelani, named after Kūhiō's own mother, and 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...

, named after her mother. All of his daughters died issueless, except Victoria who gave birth to 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:...

, Edward Abel Keliiahonui and Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole

Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole

Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole Piikoi was a prince of the reigning House of Kalākaua when the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown by international businessmen in 1893...

, his namesake.