Hoapili

Ulumāheihei Hoapili
Hoapili, watercolor by Mrs. Clarissa Chapman Armstrong
Born	c. 1775
Died	January 3, 1840(1840-01-03) (aged 64) Lahaina, Maui
Burial	Waiola Church
Spouse	Kalilikauoha Keōpūolani Kalākua Kaheiheimālie
Issue	Kuini Liliha (hānai)? Nāhiʻenaʻena (step) Kekāuluohi (step) Lot Kapuāiwa (hānai)
Father	Kameʻeiamoku
Mother	Kealiʻiokahekili
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Ulumāheihei Hoapili (c. 1775 – January 3, 1840) was a member of the nobility during the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a trusted military and political advisor to King Kamehameha I, known as "Kamehameha the Great". Although trusted with one of the last symbolic rites of the Hawaiian religion, he later became a supporter of Christian missionaries.

Ulumāheihei (his original name) was born around 1775, during the reign of King Kalaniʻōpuʻu. His father was High Chief Kameʻeiamoku, known as one of the "royal twins" who helped Kamehameha I come to power. After his father's death, he inherited his father's counselor position in Kamehameha's court. In his youth he was athletic, standing about 6.5 feet (2.0 m) tall. A story was told of how he once wrestled down an attacking bull by its horns. A few years after the 1795 battle of Nuʻuanu when Kamehameha conquered Oʻahu and Maui, Hoapili was left in charge of the island of Oʻahu and the royal court settled at Kamakahonu in present-day Kailua-Kona. His first marriage was to Chiefess Kalilikauoha (daughter of King Kahekili II of Maui island). From her his daughter Kuini Liliha was born in 1802 or 1803, about the same time his father Kameʻeiamoku died. Other sources give Liliha as an adoptive daughter in the ancient Hawaiian tradition of hānai. He would definitely later become a respected foster parent for royal children. In 1810 the King of the island of Kauaʻi agreed to become a vassal, and Kamehameha had united all the Hawaiian islands.