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Prince Kūhiō

Reorganized the Royal Order of Kamehameha I

Born Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Pi‘ikoi on March 26, 1871, Prince Kūhiō was the youngest child of High Chief David Kahalepouli Pi‘ikoi and Victoria Kūhiō Kinoike Kekaulike (sister of Queen Kapi‘olani). Prince Kūhiō was named after his maternal grandfather Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole a High Chief of Hilo, and his paternal grandfather Jonah Pi‘ikoi, a High Chief of Kaua‘i. On the death of his parents (father in 1880 and mother in 1884) he was adopted (hānai) by his maternal aunt, Queen Kapio‘lani and husband King David Kalakaua.

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