Haho of Maui

Haho[2][3] (born c. 1098 in Hawaii[4]) was an ancient Hawaiian High Chief (Alii),[5] who was a Moʻi of Maui. He is mentioned in legends and old chants and is also called Hoaho.[6]

Haho
OccupationKing of Maui[1]
Spouse(s)Kauilaʻanapa
ChildrenPalena of Maui
Parent(s)Paumakua of Maui
Manokalililani

Family

Haho was a son of Paumakua of Maui and High Chiefess Manokalililani, who was a daughter of Chiefess Hoʻohokukalani II (named after the goddess Hoʻohokukalani) and sister of Paumakua.[7]

He married High Chiefess Kauilaʻanapa (also called Kauilaianapu in chants). Their son was Palena of Maui and his daughter-in-law was Hikawai-Nui, who was a daughter of Kauilaʻanapa and her other husband, Limaloa-Lialea.[8]

Haho and his son are mentioned in chant Kumulipo.[9]

Legacy

Haho was remembered as the founder of the Aha-Aliʻi, an institution which literally means "the congregation of chiefs".

Preceded by
Paumakua of Maui		 Moʻi of Maui Succeeded by
Palena of Maui

Notes
  1. Kings of Maui
  2. Very rare name. It means "thin" or "to fail".
  3. History of the Sandwich Islands: By Sheldon Dibble
  4. Haho's family
  5. Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes (ed.). 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. Trübner & Co.
  6. It is also possible that he was called Hōʻaho.
  7. Hoohokukalani
  8. Family of Kauilaanapa
  9. The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant by Martha Warren Beckwith
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