Kawaokaohele
| Kawaokaohele | |
|---|---|
| King of Maui | |
| Spouse | Kepalaoa |
| Issue | Piʻilani |
| Father | King Kahekili I |
| Mother | Haukanuimakamaka |
| Religion | Hawaiian mythology |
Kawaokaohele (Hawaiian for "our days of poverty") was a High Chief who ruled the island of Maui in ancient Hawaii.[1]
Biography
Family
Kawaokaohele was a son of King 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.
He had a brother, Peʻapeʻa Makawalu I and was a grandson of King Kakae and his wife Kapohauola.[3]
Reign
Kawaokaohele succeeded his father as king of Maui. His reign was prosperous.[4]
No war occurred during Kawaokaohele was ruler of the island.[5]
His sister, beautiful Princess Keleanohoanaapiapi, was abducted and married into the noble family of Oahu.[6]
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, King Piʻilani,[7] and Kawaokaohele was succeeded by him.[8]
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
Notes
- ↑ Tales and Traditions of the People of Old: Na Mo'Olelo a Ka Po'E Kahiko by Samuel Kamakau
- ↑ Family of Haukanimaka
- ↑ Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, volume 2 by Edith Kawelohea McKinzie
- ↑ 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