Kaʻahumanu

Kaʻahumanu ("The Feathered Mantle", March 17, 1768 – June 5, 1832) was queen consort and acted as regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom as Kuhina Nui. She was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha I and also the most politically powerful, and continued to wield considerable power as co-ruler in the kingdom during the reigns of his first two successors.

Infobox

Tenure

May 20, 1819 – June 5, 1832

Predecessor

Office Established

Successor

Kaʻahumanu II

Born

March 17, 1768Puu Kauiki, Hāna, Maui

Died

(1832-06-05)June 5, 1832 (aged 64)Mānoa Valley, near Honolulu, Oʻahu

Burial

Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla

Spouse

Kamehameha IKaumualiʻiKealiʻiahonui

Issue

David Kamehameha (hānai) Keʻelikōlani (hānai)Theresa Owana Kaheiheimālie Rives (hānai) Virginia Kahoa Kaʻahumanu Rives (hānai)

Names

NamesElizabeth Kaʻahumanu

House

KamehamehaKekaulike

Father

Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi

Mother

Nāmāhāna i Kaleleokalani

Tables

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First

Royal titles

First

Royal titles

Queen consort of the Hawaiian Islands 1810–1819

Royal titles

Succeeded byQueen Kamāmalu

Queen dowager of the Hawaiian Islands 1819–1832

Royal titles

Queen dowager of the Hawaiian Islands 1819–1832

Royal titles

Succeeded byQueen Kalama

Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands May 20, 1819 – June 5, 1832

Royal titles

Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands May 20, 1819 – June 5, 1832

Royal titles

Succeeded byKaʻahumanu II

Queen regent of Hawaiʻi 1824–1832

Royal titles

Queen regent of Hawaiʻi 1824–1832

Royal titles
First	Queen consort of the Hawaiian Islands 1810–1819	Succeeded byQueen Kamāmalu
	Queen dowager of the Hawaiian Islands 1819–1832	Succeeded byQueen Kalama
	Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands May 20, 1819 – June 5, 1832	Succeeded byKaʻahumanu II
	Queen regent of Hawaiʻi 1824–1832

References

"Queen Ka'ahumanu"
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/queen-ka-ahumanu.htm
Notable Women of Hawaii
https://books.google.com/books?id=rFevAAAAIAAJ
Paradise Past: The Transformation of the South Pacific, 1520–1920
https://books.google.com/books?id=klglH_7KkxsC&pg=PA113
A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands
https://books.google.com/books?id=T1VFAAAAYAAJ
National Register of Historic Places
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/75000622_text
www.hawaiihistory.org
https://web.archive.org/web/20160418204720/http://www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&CategoryID=253
Revitalizing Minority Voices
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-187-8_7
Honolulu Sketches of Life, Social, Political, and Religious, in the Hawaiian Islands from 1828 to 1861
https://archive.org/details/honolulusketches00juddrich/page/n3/mode/2up?
Hawaiian Kingdom 1778–1854, Foundation and Transformation
http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=kingdom1&l=en
Ironman web site
https://web.archive.org/web/20101017091126/http://ironman.com/events/ironman/worldchampionship/?show=maps
"Queen Kaʻahumanu Center"
http://www.queenkaahumanucenter.com
ʻAhahui Kaʻahumanu
http://www.kaahumanu.org/history/
Hana Hou!
http://www.hanahou.com/pages/magazine.asp?Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=390&MagazineID=24
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Nov/06/il/FP511060316.html
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Jun/11/ln/ln06a.html