Peleuli (fl. 19th century), formally Peleuli-i-Kekela-o-kalani, was a Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawaii as a wife of king Kamehameha I.
She was a daughter of High Chief Kamanawa and High Chiefess Kekelaokalani. Her father, along with his brother Kameûeiamoku, were known as one of the "royal twins" who helped Kamehameha I come to power and served as advisors. Her mother was the daughter of High Chief Kauakahiakua, son of Lonomakahonua and Kahapoohiwi, and High Chiefess Kekuûiapoiwa I, once the wife of King Kekaulike of Maui. She had three brothers: Koahou, Noukana and Amamalua, and a half-sister Piûipiûi Kalanikaulihiwakama.
In 1920, Elizabeth Kekaaniau published a book recounting the history of the descendants of Keà Âua. In the book, Elizabeth Kekaaniau stated that Piûipiûi Kalanikaulihiwakama and Peleuli were the daughters of Keà Âua and Kekuûiapoiwa II, therefore full-blood sisters of Kamehameha I. Many sources also incorrectly call her an aunt of Kamehameha I because of Queen Liliuokalani's autobiography Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, which confused Peleuli's mother Kekelaokalani-a-Kauakahiakua with Kekuûiapoiwa II's mother Kekelakekeokalani-a-Keawe. Hawaiian historian Samuel Kamakau stated that Peleuli was the aunt of Keà Âpà «olani, whom she served as an attendant.
Peleuli was given in marriage to Kamehameha I by her father after the former's victory at the Battle of MokuÃȈ Âhai while Kamanawa took Kamehameha's mother Kekuûiapoiwa II as his wife, cementing an alliance between their families. She was his second wife because up to that point, Kamehameha had only one other wife Kalola-a-Kumukoûa.
According to Kamakau, she was considered his fifth favorite wife, behind Kaûahumanu, KalÃÂkua KaheiheimÃÂlie, Kahakuhaûakoi Wahinepio, and Keà Âpà «olani, his highest ranking consort. With Kamehameha I, she was the mother of four children, including: Maheha Kapulikoliko, a daughter, Kahà Âûanokà « Kënaûu, a son, who married Wahinepio; Kaikoûokalani, a son, who married Haûaheo Kaniu; and Kiliwehi, a daughter, who married of Kamehamehakauokoa and probably Kalanimoku. Her grandchildren were KekauÃȈ Ânohi by Kënaûu and Leleiohoku I by Kiliwehi. Her progenies with Kamehameha were his eldest children, with the exception of his illegitimate son Pauli KaÃȈ Âleiokà « by his aunt KÃÂnekapà Âlei, but they were passed over in the line of succession in favor of his descendants by Keà Âpà «olani and KalÃÂkua KaheiheimÃÂlie because of their superior rank.
She later married to Kaweloûokalani, her husband's younger half-brother and the son of Keà Âua and Kamakaeheikuli. This marriage occurred while Kamehameha was still alive and the couple lived in the King's household. She and Kaweloûokalani had no children, although one source says that Kaukuna Kahekili was the son of Kaweloûokalani and Peleuli. They adopted (hÃÂnai) the youngest daughter of Kamehameha I and KalÃÂkua KaheiheimÃÂlie. She named the child Kënaûu after her own son and took her back to the island of Hawaiûi after Kamehameha moved his capital back to Kailua-Kona. Another hÃÂnai child and namesake was Elizabeth Peleuli II, who became the ancestor of the Crowningburg family.
After Kamehameha I's death, his son Liholiho succeeded him as Kamehameha II and they were both included as a part of his court. The last mention of her or her husband states that they moved to Lahaina on the island of Maui, which had become the new capital, in the 1820s. Her husband Kawelo died around 1824, and she probably died soon after if she had not already predeceased him.