Wahinepio

Kahakuhaʻakoi Wahinepio
Illustration of a mourning Wahinepio from Memoir of Keopuolani, late queen of the Sandwich Islands by William Richards
DiedMay 20–26, 1826
Mokuʻula, Lāhainā, Maui
Burial
SpouseKamehameha I
Kalaʻimamahu
Kahōʻanokū Kīnaʻu
Kaukuna Kahekili
IssueKahalaiʻa Luanuʻu
Kekauʻōnohi
FatherKekuamanoha
MotherKamakahukilani

Kahakuhaʻakoi Wahinepio (died 1826) was a Hawaiian chiefess and member of the royal family during the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Wahinepio means captive women in Hawaiian.:5 Sometimes she is called Wahineopiʻo, or an extra ʻokina is added, calling her Kahakuhaʻakoʻi. She was also called Kamoʻonohu.:53 She was considered Kamehameha I's third favorite wife:11 and served as female Governor of Maui, an act unheard of at the time in the western world, but common in Hawaiian history.