Caesar Kaluaiku Kamakaʻehukai Kahana Keola Kapaʻakea (1815 – November 13, 1866) was a Hawaiian chief who was the patriarch of the House of Kalākaua that ruled the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1874 to 1893.
His Christian name was spelled several different ways, such as "Ceaser" in the state archives,[3] or "Kaisera" in the style of the Hawaiian language.
He was a great-grandson of one of the five Kona chiefs who supported Kamehameha I in his uprising against Kīwalaʻō, Kame'eiamoku, one of the royal twins on the coat of arms of Hawaii.
[3] He also commanded the Punchbowl Battery, an artillery unit formerly under his father-in-law and held the rank of colonel[6] Kapaʻakea died November 13, 1866, aged 51 years, at Honolulu, Oahu.
Initially buried in the Kawaiahaʻo Cemetery, his son Kalākaua had his remains removed to the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii on November 30, 1875.