15 Facts About Kilinahe

Kilinahe is of the House of Moana and a collateral family of the House of Kamehameha.

Kilinahe performed his hana lawelawe or "service task" under Ka'ahumanu and Kamehameha III, starting as a kahili bearer and royal attendant.

Kilinahe was brought into the Royal Court by Charles Kanaina to assume all of his duties and responsibilities.

Kilinahe toured Oahu with the Royal Circuit and managed the chief's goods.

Kilinahe was of a great grandson of Moana Wahine of the princely House of Moana, a collateral family of the House of Kamehameha.

Kilinahe stated; "I was born when Kamehameha 1st cultivated potatoes on round tops just after the Battle of Nuuanu".

Kilinahe was the hanai adopted son of Kahuakao and his mother Kalamaie, both of whom held Royal patents in Kilinahe's name.

When Kanaina was elevated in the House of Kamehameha through his marriage to Miriam Auhea Kekauluohi, Kilinahe would take over all of his official responsibilities.

Kilinahe 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.

Kilinahe was named an ali'i chief of land by Kamehameha The Great in 1808.

Kilinahe was brought back to Oahu to testify to the Supreme court on Kanaina's behalf over a lost will of Kekauluohi and stayed until his death during the probate hearings of the Kanaina estate.

Kilinahe would be brought back to Honolulu to testify for the proof of the last will and testament of Kekauluohi, Kanaina's wife and the mother of Lunalilo.

Kilinahe remained in Honolulu until his death December 11,1878.

Kilinahe heard the sound of one of the victims calling for help, pinned under the collapsed timbers in what was left of his room.

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