The ''Alii nui'' were high chiefs of the four main

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. The rulers of

Molokai Molokai or Molokai ( or ; Molokaʻi dialect: Morotaʻi ) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its g ...

, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claimed descent from

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Wākea. The traditional history of Molokai is fragmentary. The island was not of major political importance. Its importance lay in the connections its royal family made by marriage, and, in later years, the reputation of its sorcery and '' kahunas''. Molokai is the fifth largest of the eight main

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an isles, and its size hindered it in its struggle for power and survival among the other islands of

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, Oahu, Kauai and

. By the end of the 17th century, as interisland conflict grew worse and worse, Molokai suffered many blows from the powerful monarchs of other isles; notably Kapiiohookalani, Peleioholani and Kahekili II. Molokai finally, and completely, succumbed to the might of Maui prior to the end of the

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an era.

List of ''Alii'' of Molokaʻi

* KamauauaCatherine C. Summers. "Molokai: A Site Survey". Pacific Anthropological Records, No. 14. Honolulu, HI: Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 1971. * Keʻoloʻewa *

Kapau-a-Nuʻakea Kapau-a-Nuakea was a Chiefess of Molokaʻi. Kapau-a-Nuʻakea was the only known child of Chief Keʻoloʻewa and Chiefess Nuʻakea. Kapau-a-Nuakea and her husband Lanileo’s daughter, Kamauliwahine Kamauliwahine (''wahine'' = “woman”) wa ...

(female) *

Kamauliwahine Kamauliwahine (''wahine'' = “woman”) was Chiefess of Molokaʻi.''Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History''. Vol. 6. Kamauliwahine was the only known child of Lanileo and Chiefess Kapau-a-Nuʻa ...

(female) *

Hualani Hualani (''hua lani'' = "heavenly fruit") was a High Chiefess of Molokai in ancient Hawaii. Hualani‘s parents were Chiefess Kamauliwahine and Laniaiku. When Hualani discovered that a man named Kanipahu was a chief, she married him. Kanipahu a ...

(female) *some number of generations * Kahokuohua *some number of generations * KalanipehuDarlene Kelley (2000) ''Historical Collections of The Hawaiian Islands – Molokai''. *some number of generations * Kanealai (female)

References

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