Career
He is remembered for composing the Hawaiian War Chant. He was initially named Kalahoʻolewa meaning "the day of the funeral" in Hawaiian because his birth coincided with the funeral of King Kamehameha III. He was the youngest brother of James Kaliokalani, David Kalākaua, Liliʻuokalani, Anna Kaiulani, Kaʻiminaʻauao, and Miriam K. Likelike. Leleiohoku means "Fled in the time of Hoku" in Hawaiian and commemorates the day Kamehameha I died on the Hawaiian calendar.
Princess Ruth also named Leleiohoku II heir to her vast holding of most of the Kamehameha lands but he predeceased her.
He was educated at the present day ʻIolani School, which was called the Saint Alban"s College at the time. On April 10, 1877 at the age of 23, Prince Leleiohoku died of rheumatic fever.
lieutenant was said that Keʻelikōlani had wished that Kalākaua had chosen her instead of Liliʻuokalani, but making her heir would make Bernice Pauahi Bishop next in line to the throne. He is buried in the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii.