Kaulaulaokalani

Kaulaulaokalani (also written as Ka-ʻulaʻula-o-kalani; o ka lani = "of the sky") was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman (Aliʻi), who was the High Chief of Koʻolau on the island called Oahu.[1][2]

Ka-ʻulaʻula-o-kalani
High Chief of Koʻolau
WifeKalua-i-Olowalu
IssueKaimihauoku
FatherKawalewaleoku
MotherUnaʻula
The family tree of Kaulaulaokalani

Life

Kaulaulaokalani was born on Oʻahu as a son of Aliʻi Kawalewaleoku (Ka-walewale-oku) of Koʻolau[3] and his spouse, Unaʻula, and was thus a descendant of the wizard Maweke of Tahiti. Kaulaulaokalani's grandparents were Kua-o-Mua and his wife, Kapua-a-Mua, who were the children of the Chiefess Mualani of Koʻolau and her spouse, Kaomealani I. Kawalewaleoku, being born out of the marriage between full siblings, was considered a deity and was one of the rulers of Koʻolau.

Reign and marriage

After his father's death, Kaulaulaokalani ruled over Koʻolau. During his time, over other parts of Oʻahu ruled High Chief Lakona and High Chiefess Maelo of Kona. Wife of Kaulaulaokalani was called Kalua-i-Olowalu;[4] her parents are not known today. She and Kaulaulaokalani were the parents of the High Chiefess Kaimihauoku of Koʻolau, who was her father's successor. Kaimihauoku married a man named Loe, whose genealogy is unknown. Their son was Moku-o-Loe,[5] ruler of Koʻolau.[6]

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. "They probably ruled over the Kona side of the island, while Kaulaulaokalani, on the Maweke-Kalehenui line, ruled over the Koolau side..."
  2. Rubellite Kawena Johnson (Ku Pa'a Publishing, 1981). Kumulipo: The Hawaiian Hymn of Creation.
  3. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie. Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. Here is given the genealogy of Ka-ʻulaʻula-o-kalani on p. 17.
  4. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei Helu 14" (The History of Hawaii No. 15).
  5. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (newspaper). 1865. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei". Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.
  6. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Bishop Museum Press, 1920.
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