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Kakae
Kakae was king of the island of Maui. Kakae‘s name is sometimes given as Kakaeloiki. Kakae is mentioned in old chants. Biography Kakae was a son of Chief Kaulahea I of Maui and his sister-wife, High Chiefess Kapohanaupuni of Hilo. His brother was Kakaalaneo. He and his brother appear to have jointly ruled over the islands of Maui and Lanai. Reign The brothers’ courts were at Lahaina which at that time still preserved its ancient name of ''Lele''. Kakae was surnamed Kaleo-iki, and was considered as deficient in mental qualities. Some traditions state that Luaia was his grandson, but most of the genealogies states Luaia was the grandson of Kakaʻalaneo. Marriage His wife’s name was Kapohauola, and she was also the wife of ʻEhu, the son of Kuaiwa, on Hawaiian Pili line, and thus established the contemporaneity of these islands’ monarchs. Kapohauola was said to have been Kakae’s maternal aunt. Kakae’s only known son was Kahekili I. His brother appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapohauola
Kapohauola was a High Chiefess in ancient Hawaii, Chiefess of Hawaii island and Queen consort of Maui. She is mentioned in ancient legends and was also called Kualua. Samuel Kamakau mentioned her in his book ''Tales and Traditions of the People of Old''. Biography Kapohauola was a sister of Princess Kapohanaupuni of Hilo. This means that her parents were King Kahokuohua and his wife Hiʻikawaiula. She was born around 1503. She married her nephew Kakae, King of Maui. Their son was famous King Kahekili I, who is also known as "Kahekili the Great". He impoverished his Kingdom and people by many war campaigns. Kapohauola was a grandmother of beautiful Princess Keleanohoanaapiapi who is the main character of one ancient chant, and Kawaokaohele, who was the King of Maui. She also married High Chief ʻEhu, son of the King Kuaiwa. She bore a son named ʻEhunuikaimalino, who was a Chief of Kona Kona or KONA may refer to: People *Kona (surname) * Dilshad Nahar Kona, Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaulahea I
Kaulahea I was a High Chief of the Hawaiian island of Maui. Reign During his reign, war did not occur between Maui and any of the other islands. This is a contrast to the disturbance in Kamaloohua's reign. Samuel Kamakau wrote that Kaulahea was born at Kukaniloko Birth Site. Family Kaulahea was a son of Kahokuohua, Chief of Molokai and Hikakaiula, the Chiefess. Kaulahea followed his grandfather Loe as ruler of Maui, and married his sibling, Kapohanaupuni. She bore two sons, Kakae and Kakaalaneo Kakaalaneo was chief of the island of Maui. Biography Kakaalaneo was a son of King Kaulahea I of Maui and Chiefess Kapohanaupuni of Hilo, Hawaii, Hilo. His brother was King Kakae. Kakaalaneo appears to be the center of the legends of that reign. ... to Kaulahea. Kaulahea's sons jointly ruled as Chiefs of Maui.''An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I'' References * Abraham Forn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakaalaneo
Kakaalaneo was chief of the island of Maui. Biography Kakaalaneo was a son of King Kaulahea I of Maui and Chiefess Kapohanaupuni of Hilo. His brother was King Kakae. Kakaalaneo appears to be the center of the legends of that reign. He and his brother, appears to have jointly ruled Maui and Lānai with his elder brother holding the title of ''Moi''. The brothers' courts were at Lāhainā. Tradition has gratefully remembered him as the one who planted the breadfruit trees in Lāhainā, for which the place in later times became so famous for. Legend of Kaululaʻau A marvelous legend is still told of one of Kakaalaneo's sons, named Kaululaau, who, for some of his wild pranks at his father's court in Lāhainā, was banished to Lānai, which island was said to have been terribly haunted by ''Akua-ino'', ghosts and goblins. Kaululaau, however, by his prowess and skill, exorcised the spirits, brought about peace and order on the island, and was in consequence restored to the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahekili I
Kahekili I was a king of Maui. He was a noted warrior chief who nearly destroyed his country. He was styled Kahekilinui or "Kahekili the Great" even though his greatness was small in comparison to his descendant Kahekili II. His name was short for Kāne-Hekili after the Hawaiian god of thunder. Biography Kahekili was a son of Kakae and High Chiefess Kapohauola Accessed 9 Oct 2004. and succeeded his uncle Kakaalaneo as the ruler of Maui. Kahekili was known to have impoverished his people by his many war campaigns. He married Haukanuimakamaka or Haukanimaka from Kauai. Kahekili was known to have had two children from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanai
Lanai ( haw, Lānai, , , also ,) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island's only settlement of note is the small town of Lanai City. , the island was 98% owned by Larry Ellison, co-founder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or is privately owned homes. Lanai is a roughly apostrophe-shaped island with a width of in the longest direction. The land area is , making it the 43rd largest island in the United States. It is separated from the island of Molokai by the Kalohi Channel to the north, and from Maui by the Auau Channel to the east. The United States Census Bureau defines Lanai as Census Tract 316 of Maui County. Its total population rose to 3,367 as of the 2020 United States census, up from 3,193 as of the 2000 census and 3,131 as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Fornander
Abraham Fornander (November 4, 1812 – November 1, 1887) was a Swedish-born emigrant who became an important journalist, judge, and ethnologist in Hawaii. Early life and education Fornander was born in Öland, Sweden on November 4, 1812, to Anders (1778–1828) and Karin Fornander (1788–1872). His education was under his father, a local clergyman, except for the years 1822–1823 when he studied Latin, Greek, and Hebrew at gymnasium in Kalmar. His mother's surname was spelled Foenander, so his surname is sometimes spelled that way. In 1828, he began studying theology at the University of Uppsala, transferring in 1830 to the University of Lund. In 1831, he left university to attend to his family, which had fallen under hard times. While providing for his family, he fell in love with his mother's youngest sister, who was four years his senior. After a short affair, Fornander left Öland, traveling to Malmö and then Copenhagen, from where he traveled to America. Hawaii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pili Line
Pili line (House of Pili, Pili dynasty; Hawaiian language: ''Hale o Pili'') was a royal house in ancient Hawaii that ruled over the island of Hawaiʻi with deep roots in the history of Samoa and possibly beyond further to the west, Ao-Po ("gathering of night"; metaphorically: "extreme west", "the land of the dead"), in Pulotu, the Samoan Underworld. It was founded on unknown date by King Pilikaʻaiea (Pili), who either was born in or came from either Upolu, Samoa or Uporu, Tahiti, but came to Hawaii and established his own dynasty of kings (''Aliʻi''). The overall arc of his career describes a brilliant young chief from foreign lands who was eager to share his abundant knowledge of advanced technology with distant frontier rustics. Some stories relate how his ambition got the better of him and damaged his relationships with his subjects. These stories cast him as a libidinous, restless and petty tyrant ever on the move searching for new conquests. According to Samoan lore, Pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state geographically located within the tropics. Hawaii comprises nearly the entire Hawaiian archipelago, 137 volcanic islands spanning that are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. The state's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lānai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii—the last of these, after which the state is named, is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaii Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the United States' largest prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuaiwa
Kuaiwa was a High Chief of Hawaii from 1345 to 1375. Kuaiwa was son of Kalaunuiohua and his wife, Kaheka. Kuaiwa followed his father as sovereign of Hawaii. Kuaiwa had two wives, Kumuleilani and Kamanawa. The former descended from Luaehu; the latter descended from Maweke According to the Hawaiian chants, Chief Maweke (also spelled Māweke in Hawaiian; Hawaiian pronunciation: ''MAH-WEH-KEH'') was a chief of the highest known rank who lived in the 11th century. He is described in the legends as a wizard (or priest, '' ... of the Nanaulu line. Kamanawa's name means "the season". With Kamuleilani, Kuaiwa had three children, Kahoukapu, Hukulani, and Manauea, and with Kamanawa, Kuaiwa had son, ʻEhu, all of whom became heads of aristocratic families. References {{s-end House of Pili Hawaiian chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ʻEhu
ʻEhu was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman (''Aliʻi'') and the Chief of Kona (a place on the island of Hawaiʻi Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only s ...). Life ʻEhu was most likely born on the island of Hawaiʻi. His parents were the High Chief Kuaiwa of Hawaiʻi and one of his wives, Kamanawa-a-Kalamea. ʻEhu became the ruler of Kona, one part of Hawaiʻi. He married Kapohauola, and their son was ʻEhunuikaimalino. Another wife of ʻEhu was a woman called Kahoʻea (Ka-hoʻea), and they had a son named Kama-ʻiole. After the death of ʻEhu, his son ʻEhunuikaimalino became the Chief of Kona. See also * Kuaiwa * Alii nui of Hawaii References External links Ehu ('Ehu) (Alii-o-Kona) {{Authority control Royalty of Hawaii (island) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahaina, Hawaii
Lahaina ( haw, Lāhainā) is the largest census-designated place (CDP) in West Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, United States and includes the Kaanapali and Kapalua beach resorts. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a resident population of 12,702. Lahaina encompasses the coast along Hawaii Route 30 from a tunnel at the south end, through Olowalu and to the CDP of Napili-Honokowai to the north. During the tourist season, the population can swell to nearly 40,000 people. Lahaina's popularity as a tropical getaway has made its real estate some of the most expensive in Hawaii; many houses and condominiums sell for more than $5 million. History In days of native rule Lahaina was the royal capital of Maui Loa, ("high chief") of the island of Maui, after he ceded the royal seat of Hana to the ruler of Hawaii Island. In Lahaina, the focus of activity is along Front Street, which dates back to the 1820s. It is lined with stores and restaurants and often packed with tourists. The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maui
The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which also includes Molokai, Lānai, and unpopulated Kahoolawe. In 2020, Maui had a population of 168,307, the third-highest of the Hawaiian Islands, behind that of Oahu and Hawaii Island. Kahului is the largest census-designated place (CDP) on the island with a population of 26,337 , and is the commercial and financial hub of the island. Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and is the third-largest CDP . Other significant places include Kīhei (including Wailea and Makena in the Kihei Town CDP, the island's second-most-populated CDP), Lāhainā (including Kāanapali and Kapalua in the Lāhainā Town CDP), Makawao, Pukalani, Pāia, Kula, Haikū, and Hāna. Etymology Native Hawaiian tradition gives the origin of the island's na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
