# Koahou > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Koahou > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Koahou.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koahou > Source revision: 1173724632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Hawaiian high chief}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Koahou | image = | caption = | spouse = various | issue = | father = [Kamanawa](/source/Kamanawa) | mother = Kekelaokalani | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 1826 | death_place = Punahou, [Hilo](/source/Hilo%2C_Hawaii) }} '''Koahou''' (died 1826) was a Hawaiian high chief who succeeded his father [Kamanawa](/source/Kamanawa) as one of the chief counselors of [Kamehameha I](/source/Kamehameha_I). ==Life== He was the son of High Chief [Kamanawa](/source/Kamanawa) and High Chiefess Kekelaokalani.{{sfn|Fornander|1880|page=320}} His father Kamanawa, along with Koahou's uncle [Kameʻeiamoku](/source/Kame%CA%BBeiamoku), were known as the "royal twins" and helped [Kamehameha I](/source/Kamehameha_I) come to power and served him as advisors.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1965|page=53}} His mother Kekelaokalani was the daughter of High Chief Kauakahiakua, son of Lonomakahonua and Kahapoohiwi,{{sfn|Kamakau|1992|page=127}} and High Chiefess [Kekuʻiapoiwa I](/source/Keku%CA%BBiapoiwa_I), the former wife of King Kekaulike of Maui.{{cite news |last=Wilcox|first=Robert William|author-link= Robert William Wilcox |title= Some {{sic|Gene|ology|hide=y}} — R. W. Wilcox Corrects Statements in Ex-Queen's Book — Ancestry of Liliuokalani — Only Surviving Members of Royal School Destined to Be Rulers of Hawaii |newspaper= Hawaiian Gazette |date= May 27, 1898 |url= http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/3150/1/1898052701.pdf |page=5 |access-date= April 14, 2012 }} His siblings included two brothers: Noukana and Amamalua, a sister [Peleuli](/source/Peleuli), who became one of the wives of Kamehameha I, and a half-sister Piʻipiʻi Kalanikaulihiwakama.{{sfn|Kamakau|1992|page=221}} After the death of his father and the passing of the last of the four warrior chiefs that supported Kamehameha I, the sons of the four were chosen to replace them in the Council of Chiefs. They included Koahou, son of Kamanawa, [Hoapili](/source/Hoapili), son of Kameʻeiamoku, [Kahekili Keʻeaumoku](/source/Keeaumoku_II), son of [Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi](/source/Keeaumoku_P%C4%81paiahiahi) and [Naihe](/source/Naihe), son of [Keaweaheulu](/source/Keawe-a-Heulu). They were given the same honors, rights and powers that their fathers had held including any lands that were originally awarded to them as spoils of Kamehameha's conquest.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1965|page=53}}{{sfn|Kamakau|1992|page=190}} thumb|150px|Rev. Artemas Bishop, 1857 Koahou would continue to serve Kamehameha I's successor [Kamehameha II](/source/Kamehameha_II) and briefly served under the child monarch [Kamehameha III](/source/Kamehameha_III). His principal place of residence was [Hilo](/source/Hilo%2C_Hawaii), which was called [Byron's Bay](/source/Hilo_Bay) by the foreigners at the time after [George Byron, 7th Baron Byron](/source/George_Byron%2C_7th_Baron_Byron) who brought the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen [Kamāmalu](/source/Kam%C4%81malu) back from [London](/source/London) aboard [HMS ''Blonde''](/source/HMS_Blonde_(1819)). Even after the arrival of the [missionaries](/source/List_of_missionaries_to_Hawaii), Koahou never converted to [Christianity](/source/Christianity) or if he ever did, he didn't take their religious teaching very seriously. On December 25, 1825, Rev. Artemas Bishop complained how Koahou's behavior and continual practice of [polygamy](/source/polygamy) were discouraging the natives of Hilo from converting:
Preached morning and evening at the usual place of worship. The house was filled, and good attention paid in general to the word. But it is to be regretted, that no better example is set, and, in general, no more countenance given to religious things, by Koahou, the principal chief at this place. He still retains three wives, and revels in all the abominations of heathenism, while neither he, or his people, are often at church. Such an example, from a principal chief, has a pernicious effect upon the common people, and accordingly, there are found more open opposers among the natives at this, than at any other station....{{sfn|Bishop|1827|page=52}}
Koahou died in 1826, at a place called Punahou, near [Hilo](/source/Hilo%2C_Hawaii).{{sfn|Kamakau|1992|page=305}}{{sfn|Kameʻeleihiwa|1992|page=102}} It isn't known whether he left any descendants or what happened to his lands and properties after his death, but they were probably inherited by his sister Peleuli and her descendants.{{sfn|Kameʻeleihiwa|1992|page=107}} ==Ancestry== {{ahnentafel |collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-'''Kalaniopu'u''' |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1= 1. '''Koahou''' |2= 2. [Kamanawa](/source/Kamanawa) |3= 3. Kekelaokalani |4= 4. Keawepoepoe |5= 5. Kanoena |6= 6. Kauakahiakua |7= 7. [Kekuʻiapoiwanui](/source/Kekuiapoiwa_I) |8= 8. Lonoikahaupu (=#10) |9= 9. [Kalanikauleleaiwi](/source/Kalanikauleleaiwi) (=#11, 15) |10= 10. Lonoikahaupu (=#8) |11= 11. [Kalanikauleleaiwi](/source/Kalanikauleleaiwi) (=#9, 15) |12= 12. Lonomakaihonua |13= 13. Kahapoohiwi |14= 14. Kaulahea II |15= 15. [Kalanikauleleaiwi](/source/Kalanikauleleaiwi) =#9, 11 |16= 16. Kauakahilau =#16 |17= 17. Kuluina =#17 |18= 18. Kaneikaiwilani =#22, 30 |19= 19. [Keakealaniwahine](/source/Keakealaniwahine) =#23, 31 |20= 20. Kauakahilau =#20 |21= 21. Kuluina =#21 |22= 22. Kaneikaiwilani =#18, 30 |23= 23. [Keakealaniwahine](/source/Keakealaniwahine) =#19, 31 |24= 24. Lonohonuakini (=#28) |25= 25. Kalanikauanakinilani (=#29) |26= |27= |28= 28. Lonohonuakini (=#24) |29= 29. Kalanikauanakinilani (=#25) |30= 30. Kaneikaiwilani =#18, 22 |31= 31. [Keakealaniwahine](/source/Keakealaniwahine) =#19, 23 }} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==Bibliography== * {{cite book|last=Bishop|first=Artemas|chapter=Journal of Mr. Bishop, While on a Tour to Hilo |title=The Missionary Herald: Volume 23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5MUAAAAYAAJ|year=1827|publisher=American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions|pages=48–55 }} * {{cite book|last=Fornander|first=Abraham|author-link=Abraham Fornander|editor-last=Stokes|editor-first=John F. G.|title=An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I|year=1880|publisher=Trübner & Co|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcQNAAAAQAAJ}} * {{cite book|last=Kamakau|first=Samuel|author-link=Samuel Kamakau|title=Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=chiefs&l=en|edition=Revised|year=1992|orig-year=1961|publisher=[Kamehameha Schools](/source/Kamehameha_Schools) Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=0-87336-014-1}} *{{cite book |last=Kameʻeleihiwa|first=Lilikalā |author-link= Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa |title=Native Land and Foreign Desires |publisher=Bishop Museum Press |location= Honolulu |year=1992 |isbn=0-930897-59-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T9W5AAAAIAAJ }} * {{cite book |last= Kuykendall |first=Ralph Simpson |author-link= Ralph Simpson Kuykendall |title=The Hawaiian Kingdom 1778–1854, Foundation and Transformation |url= http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=kingdom1&l=en |volume=1 |location= Honolulu |publisher= University of Hawaii Press |year= 1965 |orig-year=1938 |isbn= 0-87022-431-X }} Category:Royalty of the Hawaiian Kingdom Category:Hawaiian Kingdom politicians Category:18th-century births Category:1826 deaths Category:Year of birth unknown --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Koahou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koahou) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koahou?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.