Namahana Piia

Lydia Nāmāhāna Piʻia
Portrait of Nāmāhāna Piʻia as "Queen of the Sandwich Islands", published in Otto von Kotzebue's A New Voyage Around the World, 1830.

Governor of Oahu
In office 1824 – 1829?^[1]
Preceded by	Oliver Holmes
Succeeded by	Boki
Personal details
Born	Hawaii
Died	1829
Spouse(s)	Kamehameha I Gideon Peleioholani Laanui
Parents	Keeaumoku Pāpaiahiahi Namahanaʻi Kaleleokalani

Lydia Nāmāhāna Piʻia (c. 1787 – 1829^[1]) was a wife of King Kamehameha I of Hawaii. She was the daughter of Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, and her sisters Kaʻahumanu and Kalākua Kaheiheimālie were also Kamehameha's wives. Kamehameha and Kaʻahumanu later arranged Piʻia to marry Gideon Peleioholani Laanui, who was ten years her junior. They were married by Hiram Bingham I in a Christian ceremony.^[2]

Nāmāhāna Piʻia also served as Governor of Oahu.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Namahana Piia

16. Kauakahilau

8. Lonoikahaupu

17. Kuluina

4. Keawepoepoe

18. Kaneikauaiwilani

9. Kalanikauleleiaiwi (= 29)

19. Keakealaniwahine

2. Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi

5. Kūmaʻaikū

1. Nāmāhāna Piʻia

24. Lonohonuakini

12. Kaulahea II

25. Kalanikauanakinilani

6. Kekaulike

26. ʻUmi-a-Liloa of Maui

13. Papaikaniau

27. Kuʻihewamakawalu

3. NāmāhānaʻiʻKaleleokalani

28. Kauaua-a-Mahi

14. Haʻae-a-Mahi

29. Kalanikauleleiaiwi (= 9)

7. Haʻaloʻu

30. Kaulahea II (= 12)

15. Kalelemauliokalani

31. Papaikaniau (= 13)

References

1 2 Oahu
↑ Elizabeth Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt (2009) [1920]. Daniel Logan, ed. History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants. Honolulu: republished by Kessinger Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-104-76661-0.

Preceded by Oliver Holmes	Royal Governor of Oahu	Succeeded by Boki

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