She was born on May 12, 1843, the youngest daughter of High Chief
Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of
Hilo, and Princess
Kinoiki Kekaulike from
Kauaʻi island. From her father she was cousin of the
Kamehameha Dynasty being in the line of Keawe and she was a cousin of Kalākaua through their common ancestor the High Chiefess
Ululani of Hilo. Her mother was the stepdaughter of the Queen Regent
Kaʻahumanu and the daughter of
Kaumualiʻi, the last king of Kauaʻi before he agreed to be a
vassal to
Kamehameha I in 1810. She was the youngest sister of
Kapiʻolani (later Queen Consort of Kalākaua) and Princess
Poʻomaikelani. She took the name Kekaulike from her mother and great-great grandfather, King Kekaulike of Maui. On February 25, 1861, she married High Chief
David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi and they had three sons. Her sons were granted the title of Princes and style His Highness. Her sister's husband became the king of Hawaii in 1874, so she was granted the title of
Princess and style of
Her Royal Highness, at 1883 at Kalākaua's coronation. In the coronation ceremony, she had the honor of carrying Kalākaua's royal
feather cape, passed down from the days of Kamehameha I. She handed the royal mantle to Chief Justice
Albert Francis Judd who placed it on the king's shoulders "as of the Ensign of Knowledge and Wisdom". She served from 1880 to 1884 as
Governor of Hawaii Island, succeeding
Princess Miriam Likelike, the sister-in-law of Queen Kapiʻolani. == Death ==