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Also Known As Paiea • Kamehameha the Great
Born November 1758? • Kohala Mountains • Hawaii
Died May 8, 1819 • Kailua • Hawaii
Notable Family Members daughter Nahienaena • son Kamehameha III • son Kamehameha II

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Kamehameha I, detail of a coloured lithograph by D. Veelward, 1822, after an engraving by Louis Choris, 1816
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Kamehameha IV, c. 1862–63.
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Kamehameha V, 1865
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Kamehameha II, watercolour mounted on paper artist unknown; in the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu
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