Hinakaimauliʻawa

Hinakaimauliʻawa (also spelled as Hina-kai-mauli-ʻawa) was an ancient Hawaiian High Chiefess,[1] 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,[2] and also the first cousin of very High Chiefess Nuakea of Molokai.[3][4]

See also Hina (chiefess).
Hinakaimauliʻawa was a ruler of Koʻolau Range (it can be seen on this image)

Her parents were Chief Kalehenui of Koʻolau and his spouse, Chiefess Kahinao (Kahinalo).[5][6] Hinakaimauliʻawa is their only known child mentioned in the chants and was named after goddess Hina.

Hinakaimauliʻawa married a man named Kahiwakapu (Ka-hiwa-ka-ʻapu), whose parents are unknown.

The only known child of Hinakaimauliʻawa and her husband was Princess Mualani of Koʻolau, a successor of her mother.[7]

Preceded by
Kalehenui		 Princess of Koʻolau Succeeded by
Mualani

References
  1. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Bishop Museum Press, 1984.
  2. Māweke, A Voyaging Aliʻi
  3. Family of Maweke
  4. Kalākaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
  5. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865 Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei. Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.
  6. Kamakau, Samuel M. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition), Appendix Genealogies (Kamehameha Schools Press, Honolulu, Hawaii 1961).
  7. Family tree of Hinakaimauliawa
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