Kekauonohi

Infobox Hawaiian Royalty
name =Kekauonohi
title =Queen Consort of the Hawaiian Islands and

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reign =
coronation =
spouse =Liholiho, King Kamehameha II
Prince Kahalaia Luanuokinau of Hawaii
Prince Kealiokinaiahonui of Kauaokinai
High Chief Levi Haokinaalelea
issue =High Chief William Pitt Kinau II
full name =Anna Keahikuni-i-Kekauokinaōnohi
titles ="HM" The Queen Consort
"HRH" The Queen Dowager
"HRH" The Princess
"HE" The Governor of Kauai
royal house =House of Kamehameha
father =Prince Kahoanoku Kinau of Hawaii
mother =Princess Kahakuha'akoi Wahini-pio of Maui
date of birth =c. 1805
place of birth =Lahaina, Maui
date of death =2 Jun, 1851
place of death =Honolulu, O'ahu
place of burial =Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum|

Anna Keahikuni-i-Kekauokinaōnohi (1805 - 1851) was a Hawaiian queen consort/princess, member of the House of Kamehameha and granddaughter King Kamehameha the Great.

She was born circa 1805 at Lahaina, Maui. She was the daughter of Prince Kahoanoku Kinau of Hawaii and Princess Kahakuha'akoi Wahini-pio of Maui, Her mother was sister of Boki and Kalanimoku and granddaughter of King Kekaulike of Maui. Her father was son of King Kamehameha the Great and Queen Peleuli-i-Kekela-o-kalani, daughter of Kamanawa one of the royal twins. She married her uncle Liholiho who ruled as King Kamehameha II. She was one of his five wives. There were Queen Victoria Kamamalu, Queen Kalani Pauahi, Queen Elizabeth Kinau, and Queen Miriam Auhea Kekauluohi. She was the youngest but Kamamalu was Liholiho's favorite. [A Residence in the Sandwich Islands By Charles Samuel Stewart.Page 147] She was present on the occasion of the famous meal at which the eating kapu was overturned and with it the entire kapu system in 1819 known as the Ai Noa.

Kekauonohi served as a governess of the island of Kauai (1840 - 1845) and was a stanch Protestant. [ Kauai: The Separate Kingdom By Edward Joesting.Page 146] Kamehameha III created the "House of Nobles" in the Hawaiian Constitution of 1840. She was among the first members along with the King, Hoapiliwahine, Paki, Konia, Keohokalole, Kuakini, Kahekili, Leleiohoku I, Kekuanaoa, Kealiiahonua, Kanaina, Keoni Ii, Keoni Ana, and Haalio. All laws in the Hawaiian Kingdom shall be passed only with their consent. [Travels in the Sandwich and Society Islands By S. S. Hill.Page 413]

She remarried Kealiiahonui, a Hawaiian noble, former prince of Kauai being the son of King Kaumualii and former husband of Kaahumanu. She had no issus with him. She later remarries to Levi Haalelea, a relative of Queen Kalama consort of Kamehameha III and had a son Alii William Pitt Kinau who died young. [Pratt, Elizabeth K. (March 27, 2000). Keoua : Father of Kings . Ke Ali'i Pub.Page 40] She inherited most of the land of her uncle William Pitt Kalanimoku. She died in Honolulu in June 2, 1851 age 46. Stephen Reynolds in his Journal noted at her death that she was "the last of the old stock of chiefs – one of the best of them – good natured, benevolent, liberal and generous." She left her land to her husband. She was foster mother of her niece Abigail Maheha and Anna Kaiulani, daughter of Keohokalole and Kapaakea.

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