| Kawaokaohele | |
|---|---|
| Aliʻi of Maui | |
| Spouse | Kepalaoa |
| Issue | Piʻilani |
| Father | Kahekili I |
| Mother | Haukanuimakamaka |
| Religion | Hawaiian religion |
Kawaokaohele ( Hawaiian for "our days of poverty") was a High Chief who ruled the island of Maui in ancient Hawaii. [1]
Biography
Kawaokaohele was a son of Kahekili I and Haukanuimakamaka, who was a High Chiefess and is also known as Hauanuihonialawahine. [2] She was born on Kauai, but married Kahekili on Maui. Kawaokaohele succeeded his father. His reign was prosperous. [3] No war occurred during Kawaokaohele was ruler of the island. [4]
Kawaokaohele’s sister, beautiful Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi, was abducted and married into the noble family of Oahu. [5]
Marriage
Kawaokaohele had married Kepalaoa, whose pedigree is not remembered, but who was probably a Maui chiefess or an Oahu princess. She bore a famous son, Piʻilani, [6] and Kawaokaohele was succeeded by him. [7]
Legend
In one ancient legend, Kawaokaohele is represented as the foster father of Piʻilani.
According to this old story, god Kū was the biological father of Piʻilani.
Family tree
| Kahekili I of Maui | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kawaokaohele | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hauanuihonialawahine, Chiefess of Kauai | |||||||||||||||||||
| Piʻilani, King of Maui | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kepalaoa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Piʻikea, Chiefess of Maui and Hawaiʻi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kumalae, Chief of Hilo | |||||||||||||||||||
| ʻUmi-a-Liloa, King of Hawaiʻi | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Tales and Traditions of the People of Old: Na Mo'Olelo a Ka Po'E Kahiko by Samuel Kamakau
- ^ "Family of Haukanimaka". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
- ^ How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in ancient Hawaii by Patrick Vinton Kirch
- ^ Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
- ^ Pacific Passages: An Anthology of Surf Writing by Patrick J. Moser
- ^ Moku'ula: Maui's sacred island by P. Christiaan Klieger
- ^ The Stories of the Genealogies of Maui