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Kalanipehu

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Kalanipehu
King of Molokai
ConsortUnknown
IssuePrincess Kumakakaha
ReligionHawaiian religion

Kalanipehu (Hawaiian language: kalani = "heavenly") was a High Chief on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in the 17th century. His name is known from ancient chants.

Biography

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Molokai seen from the air.

Kalanipehu was the most powerful chief of Molokaʻi in the beginning of the 17th century. His parents are not known.[1]

Before his reign, this island had been ruled by his ancestors, who were descendants of Chief Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua and Chiefess Nuakea.[2]

The scholar Abraham Fornander implied that he was a descendant of Kamauaua, but it is not clear through whom.[citation needed]

Kalanipehu's daughter Kumakakaha married Kuikai, the chief of Puna who had moved to Molokaʻi. He was closely related to the ruling chiefs or Aliʻi of Hawaiʻi.[3]

Kumakakaha and Kuikai became the ancestors of the Kaiakea family.[4]

At the end of the 17th and in the early 18th century, the independence and autonomy of the island of Molokaʻi were destroyed.[clarification needed][citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Kalanipehu (Kalani-Pehu) (Molokai's High Chief)". Archived from the original on 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  2. ^ Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, volume 1 by Edith Kawelohea McKinzie
  3. ^ Abraham Fornander, An account of the Polynesian race: its origins and migrations
  4. ^ Nā Kua'āina: Living Hawaiian Culture by Davianna McGregor