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house of moana napo opo o , hawaii his highness 250px 1801 kanaina sig.jpg kanaina -lrb- pp-97-12-002 -rrb- . jpg charles kanaʻina
 kana ina ii house of nobles privy counsel royal attendant kāhili bearer
charles kanaʻina

his highness , kanaʻina , charles kanaʻina -lrb- -- march 13 , 1877 -rrb- was a high chief of the kingdom of hawaii and husband of kekāuluohi , the niece and former wife of kamehameha i .
the couple 's son was william charles lunalilo .
kanaʻina was descended from some of the most notable alii nui of ancient hawaiian history , including liloa , hakau and umi-a-liloa of hawaii island as well as piilani of maui .
he served on both the privy counsel and in the house of nobles .
he was named after his uncle kanaʻina i , a name that means `` the conquering '' in the hawaiian language .
this uncle greeted captain james cook in 1778 and struck the first blow to the navigator before he was killed .
his wife miriam auhea kekāuluohi was the former wife and niece of kamehameha i .
she was also married to kamehameha ii but he gave her to his friend kanaina to marry when they had all converted to christianity in 1821 .
the couple lived in a traditional alii style home in a sacred neighborhood in honolulu , oahu , hawaii called `` pohukaina '' along with their other family members , kekūanāoa , kaʻahumanu and their offspring .
the compound would eventually become the official royal residence of the hawaiian royal family when kekūanāoa would build `` hale aliʻi '' in the center of the families estates as a gift to his daughter victoria kamāmalu .
the site would become the iolani palace and palace walk .
kanaʻina kept his property at the palace until his death and would be the only original owner to do so while the palace was in use , living there from kamehameha ii up to kalakaua .
because of kekāuluohi 's birth and genealogy , as well as her marriage to kamehameha i and ii , her son lunalilo was of a high royal line and named by kamehameha iii as an heir to the throne of the kingdom ascending in 1873 while his father still lived , only to die only a year later , almost thirty years after his mother and three years before his father 's death .
kanaʻina died on march 13 , 1877 .
he had not re-written his will and when produced still left everything to his son lunalilo .
having died intestate , probate hearings proceeded for 5 years .
final adjudication went to several of kanaʻina 's cousins including ruth keelikōlani and bernice pauahi bishop .
