Chief Kalehenui ( Hawaiian for "Kalehe the Great") was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman ( Aliʻi) of Tahitian ancestry, and he lived on Oahu. [1] [2]
He was a son of wizard Maweke [3] (chief of the highest known rank) and his wife Naiolaukea, and thus a brother of Chiefs Mulielealiʻi and Keaunui, [4] who was the father of the very High Chiefess Nuakea of Molokai. [5] [6]
It was Kalehenui who was a ruler of Koʻolau Range; dominion over Koʻolau was given to Kalehenui by Maweke.
Marriage
Chief Kalehenui had married a woman called Kahinao (or Kahinalo, Kahinalu). [7] [8]
The only known child of Kalehenui and his spouse was Princess Hinakaimauliʻawa, who was named after goddess Hina.
The grandchild of Kalehenui was Princess Mualani.
| Man | Woman | Child |
|---|---|---|
| Maweke | Naiolaukea | Mulielealiʻi |
| Keaunui | ||
| Kalehenui | ||
| Kalehenui | Kahinalo | Hinakaimauliʻawa |
| Kahiwakapu | Hinakaimauliʻawa | Mualani |
| Kaomealani | Mualani | Kuomua |
| Kapuaʻamua | ||
| Kuomua | Kapuaʻamua | Kawalewaleoku |
| Kawalewaleoku | Unaula | Kaulaulaokalani |
References
- ^ He is also known as Kalehunui or as Kalehenui-a-Maweke, which connects him to his father.
- ^ Māweke, A Voyaging Aliʻi
- ^ Family of Maweke
- ^ Kamakau, Samuel M., Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition). Appendix Genealogies (Kamehameha Schools Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961).
- ^ Kalākaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
- ^ Native Planters in Old Hawaii: their life, lore, and environment; by Edward Smith Craighill Handy; Elizabeth Green Handy; Mary Kawena Pukui. Honolulu, 1972.
- ^ Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865 Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei. Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.
- ^ Kamakau, Samuel M. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition), Appendix Genealogies (Kamehameha Schools Press, Honolulu, Hawaii 1961).