Chief Kalehenui (

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an for "Kalehe the Great") was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman (

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) of

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an ancestry, and he lived on

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. He was a son of wizard

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, '' ...

(chief of the highest known rank) and his wife Naiolaukea, and thus a brother of Chiefs

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and

Keaunui Keaunui (Hawaiian for "Keau the Great") was a High Chief of ʻEwa, Waiʻanae and Waialua in ancient Hawaii. He was a member of the Nanaulu line and is also known as Keaunui-a-Maweke. His mother was High Chiefess Naiolaukea, also known as Naiola ...

, who was the father of the very High Chiefess Nuakea of

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. It was Kalehenui who was a ruler of

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; dominion over Koʻolau was given to Kalehenui by Maweke.

Marriage

Chief Kalehenui had married a woman called Kahinao (or Kahinalo, Kahinalu).Kamakau, Samuel M. ''Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii'' (Revised Edition), ''Appendix Genealogies'' (Kamehameha Schools Press,

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, Hawaii 1961). The only known child of Kalehenui and his spouse was Princess

Hinakaimauliʻawa Hinakaimauliʻawa (also spelled as Hina-kai-mauli-ʻawa) was an ancient Hawaiian High Chiefess, a Princess of Koʻolau Range on the island of Oahu. She was a member of the royal house of Maweke, who was of Tahitian ancestry, and also the first co ...

, who was named after

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. The grandchild of Kalehenui was Princess

Mualani Mualani (also called Muolani or simply Mua; ''lani'' = "heaven/sky" in Hawaiian) was a Hawaiian High Chiefess who lived on the island of Oahu and was a Princess of Koʻolau. She was a daughter of Princess Hinakaimauliʻawa of Koʻolau, who was ...

References

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