Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; c. 1758? – May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Kamehameha (known as Paiea at birth), was born in Kohala, Hawaii to Kekuʻiapoiwa II, the niece of Alapainui, the usurping ruler of Hawaii Island who had killed the two legitimate heirs of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku during civil war; and the son of  Keōua Kalanikupuapa'ikalaninui.  

As soon as Kamehameha was born, Keku'iapoiwa wrapped him in kapa and placed him gently in the arms of Nae'ole, a chief of Kohala whom she trusted, to take to her cousin, Kaha'ōpulani. Nae'ole Hale is the name of the Middle School Boys' Dorm and Kaha'ōpulani Hale is the name of the Middle School Girls' Dorm.

Pauahi is the great-granddaughter of Kamehameha I and the last descendant of the Kamehameha line.