Akahi

ʻAkahi
Died	October 8, 1877 Honolulu, Oahu
Spouse	Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II Kalanimoku J. W. Kapaa
Father	Pauwelua
Mother	Kaluai

ʻAkahi (died October 8, 1877) was a high chiefess and female landholder of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Also known as "Akahi-a-Pauwelua" or "Akahi-a-Kaleiwohi", she was named after her great-grandmother Akahi-a-Kuleana. ʻAkahi was also the name of Akahi-a-Kuleana, the mother of 15th-century Hawaiian king ʻUmi-a-Līloa. She inherited vast landholdings which later became part of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, which now funds the Kamehameha Schools.

Born in the late 18-th century or early 19th-century, her parents were Pauwelua and Kaluai. Her mother Kaluai was descended from the high chiefs of Waimea, Hawaii. From her father's family descent, she was a great-granddaughter of Keōua Kalanikupuapaʻīkalaninui Ahilapalapa, the father of King Kamehameha I who the progenitor the House of Kamehameha and the unifier of the Hawaiian Islands. She descended from Keōua's last wife Akahi-a-Kawalu (her great-grandmother and namesake), who became the mother of Kaleiwohi who married Kailipakalua and had Pauwelua. Through the Keōua line, according to Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau, ʻAkahi was the third cousin of Bernice Pauahi Bishop and the second cousin of herself. Akahi was also the cousin of Pauahi's mother Kōnia through their common grandmother Kailipakalua. In her final will, Pauahi called Akahi her aunt and historian George Kanahele also called her Pauahi's aunt.

ʻAkahi became one of the wives of High Chief Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II, a brother of the Kuhina Nui, Queen Kaʻahumanu. He was also the Governor of Maui in his own right and was known commonly by foreigners as "Governor Cox". After Keʻeaumoku's death in 1824, ʻAkahi married Prime Minister William Pit Kalanimoku, on June 28, 1825. This date was recorded in the journal of Spanish settler Don Francisco de Paula Marín while American missionary Samuel Ruggle claimed the marriage took place the year before. The marriage ceremony was held at the Kawaiahaʻo Church and attended by the chiefs and foreign residents. Her second husband Kalanimoku, who chose his Western name in honor of his English contemporary William Pitt the Younger, was known for his political savvy and military prowess and had served as Prime Minister under the reigns of three Hawaiian kings and the regency of Kaʻahumanu. ʻAkahi became a widow for the second time when he died February 7, 1827. Her final husband was J. W. Kapaa, who outlived her and died in Honolulu on March 3, 1890.

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