Keeaumoku Pāpaiahiahi
| Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1736 |
| Died | March 21, 1804 |
| Spouse | Nāmāhānaʻi Kaleleokalani |
| Issue |
Kaʻahumanu Kalākua Kaheiheimālie Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II Kuakini Namahana Piʻia |
| Father | Keawepoepoe |
| Mother | Kūmaʻaikū |
Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi (1736–1804) was a Hawaiian high chief and the father of Kaʻahumanu. He was the principal agent in elevating Kamehameha I to the throne of Hawaiʻi and served in a capacity similar to commander in chief or Prime Minister. He is sometimes referred to as Keʻeaumoku II Pāpaʻiahiahi numbering Keʻeaumoku Nui as the first and his son as the third.
His father was Hawaiʻi island chief Keawepoepoe and his mother was Kūmaʻaikū. He was called Keʻeaumoku by the people which literally means the Island-climbing Swimmer. Keʻeaumoku was a warlike and ambitious chief of the Kona district of Hawaiʻi island. He was among the first of five Kona chiefs to back Kamehameha I against his cousin Kiwalaʻo. The four other Kona chiefs were: High Chief Kalua‘apana Keaweāheulu, Kamehameha’s uncle; Kekūhaupiʻo, Kamehameha's warrior teacher; Kame'eiamoku and Kamanawa, half-brothers of Keʻeaumoku on their father's side.
In 1782, at the Battle of Mokuʻōhai near Keʻei, Kona, Keʻeaumoku led Kamehameha's warriors to victory, and Kīwalaʻō was killed. Kīwalaʻō was wearing an ʻahu ʻula (red feather cloak), which then became the property of Kamehameha (this feathered cloak is now in the collection of the Bishop Museum). One account states that the injured Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiaheahe crawled to Kīwalaʻō, who also had been injured, and then Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiaheahe slit the neck of Kīwalaʻō with a leiomano (shark-tooth weapon). He was commander-in-chief of Kamehameha's forces in most of his war compaigns. He served as Counsellor of State and was Kamehameha's prime minister.
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