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