Kilinahe

Ke Aliʻi Kilinahe ( – December 11, 1878) was a kaukau aliʻi noble who served under the ruling ali'i nui of the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu, during the Kingdom of Hawaii. He is of the House of Moana and a collateral family of the House of Kamehameha. He performed his hana lawelawe or "service task" under Ka'ahumanu and Kamehameha III, starting as a kāhili bearer and royal attendant. He was brought into the Royal Court by Charles Kanaina to assume all of his duties and responsibilities. He toured Oahu with the Royal Circuit and managed the chief's goods. Kilinahe, in the Hawaiian language, means "light rain".

Birth, parentage and family Kilinahe was a kāhili bearer for Kaʻahumanu and Kamehameha III. Shown are some the royal standards of Kauikeaouli. Kilinahe was of a great grandson of Moana Wahine of the princely House of Moana, a collateral family of the House of Kamehameha. Kilinahe's natural father was Paihewa and his natural mother was called Maunakapu. His maternal grandmother, Kaleimanokahoowaha was a daughter of Moana Wahine and Palila Nohomualani, making him first cousin to Charles Kanaina, second cousin of Lunalilo and the grand nephew of Kanaina I. both of whom held Royal patents in Kilinahe's name.

Royal attendant, House of Kamehameha Charles Kanaina brought in Kilinahe as one of his closest relatives, to assume all of his service duties in the Royal Court of Kamehameha III. As an aliʻi who served the ruling Ali'i nui, Kilinahe performed his hana lawelawe (in the Hawaiian language "service task") under Ka'ahumanu while she served as Kuhina Nui alongside Kamehameha III, her co-ruler. He starting as a kāhili bearer and royal attendant. When Kanaina was elevated in the House of Kamehameha through his marriage to Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi, Kilinahe would take over all of his official responsibilities. Kilinahe would tour Oahu with the Royal Circuit and manage the chief's goods.

Kaʻahumanu died June 5, 1832. In November 1833, Kilinahe was one of two armed royal attendants that accompanied Kanaina, Kekūanaōʻa, Kīnaʻu, and Hoapili to the Kings home at Hale-uluhe on the Beretania grounds in order to convince him to name Kina'u Premier of the Kingdom instead of Liliha, Boki's wife. The very act of entering the Kings place was considered to be a death sentence but they were convinced by Hoapili that the guards would not fire upon them. The group entered the kings palace unannounced. When Kamehameha III saw them he fell into tears at seeing his foster mother's for the first time in many years. Hoapili begged the king that if he should proclaim Liliha premier that he should first kill him so that he should not be blamed for Liliha's accent. He presented Kina'u as the daughter of the house of Kamehameha and asked that she serve the King, who agreed but stated that Liliha should be informed. When called upon, Liliha was found drunk. A few days later it was made official. However, after being discharged he moved back to Lahaina, living there for almost 15 years until Kanaina would again bring him back to the Capitol just before both their deaths in 1877 and 78.

Estate Probates During the period of the late Hawaiian Kingdom, Lunalilo was known to be the largest land owner in Hawaii from inheritance passed to him from his mother, Kekāuluohi and from Kīnaʻu. All of the main family had died, leaving Kanaina to become the holder of the largest collection of lands in Hawaii by the time of his death. Kilinahe was brought back to Oahu to testify to the Supreme court on Kanaina's behalf over a lost will of Kekāuluohi and stayed until his death during the probate hearings of the Kanaina estate.

Kekāuluohi; lost will Kekāuluohi died June 7, 1845. In March 1876, Kanaina requested probate of a lost will by parole proof of its contents. It was stated that the will was destroyed after her death. The witnesses included Auwai, Kilinahe and Samuel Kamakau. Kilinahe would be brought back to Honolulu to testify for the proof of the last will and testament of Kekāuluohi, Kanaina's wife and the mother of Lunalilo. He remained in Honolulu until his death December 11, 1878.

Kanaina probate Charles Kanaina died intestate on March 13, 1877. Even though he had prepared a will, it left everything to his son, William Lunalilo, who himself had died several years before. Litigation through the Hawaiian Supreme Court over the span of several years took place in order to adjudicate heirs to the largest collection of private lands in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Kanaina's land was sold at auction and funds used to disperse his estate to eight heirs.

Petitioners to the court included King David Kalākaua for his two sisters, Liliuokalani and Likelike, Keʻelikōlani, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Kilinahe as well as several other distant relatives with their representatives.

Marriage, personal life and family Kilinahe was married several times. With his first wife, Wahineole, he had a son, Puahi who married Helelani and had three children, Mary Kapola, Kilinahe Puahi II and Kalikamaka. His second wife was Luika, who married Ai, and a third daughter named Kahihikua, married as well. Samuel married Daisy in 1903. The couple resided in the valley of Kalihi and had 12 children, while Samuel worked as a painter. Daisy Amoe was the daughter of Namakalele and her husband Ai. Sam Kaiapoepoe was Namakalele's brother, also listed as heir to Kilinahe (K) and His Highness, Charles Kanaina. He is the uncle of Daisy Amoe, Namakalele's daughter.

Ancestry Kilinahe was Moana Wahine's great grandson through his natural mother, Maunakapu.

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