Piʻilaniwahine

Piʻilaniwahine II (piʻilani = "ascent to heaven", wahine = "woman/wife") was a Hawaiian High Chiefess. She was of very noble ancestry and is known to us today from the old chants.^[1]

Maui

She lived in ancient Hawaii her mother was Kaneakaʻuhi and her father was Kalanikaumakaowākea.^[2]

Piʻilaniwahine had two husbands herself. She married Ahu-a-ʻI; their child was Queen Lonomaʻaikanaka of Hawaiʻi.

Another Piʻilaniwahineʻs husband was called Moana (son of Keākealani Kāne). Their son was named Lono after one god.

It is unknown when Piʻilaniwahine died.

Family tree of Piʻilaniwahine

High Chief Kanaloaikaiwilenakapulehu               Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku of Hawaiʻi                       Keakealaniwahine of Hawaii               Prince Kalaninuiamamao of Hawaiʻi, Chief of Kau                             High Chief Ahu-a-ʻI of Hilo               High Chiefess Lonomaaikanaka                       Piʻilaniwahine               Keawemauhili of Hilo                                   High Chief Kanaloaikaiwilenakapulehu               Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku of Hawaiʻi                       Keakealaniwahine of Hawaiʻi               Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalani of Hawaiʻi                             High Chief Hulu               High Chiefess Kauhiokaka                       Lonomaaikanaka               Chiefess Kapiʻolani                                         High Chief Kameʻeiamoku                             Kekikipaa                                   one of his wives (uncertain which)

References

1. Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I.
2. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei". Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.