Kanipahu
Kanipahu was an ancient Hawaiian chief who ruled as the Alii Aimoku of Hawaiʻi 1215–1245. He was of the Pili line of Hawaiian chiefs.
| Kanipahu | |
|---|---|
| Aliʻi of Hawaiʻi | |
| Consorts | Hualani of Molokai Alaʻikauakoko (half-aunt) |
| Issue | Kanaloa Kalahumoku I Kalapana of Hawaiʻi? |
| Father | Kaniuhu, Chief of Hawaiʻi |
| Mother | High Chiefess Hiliamakani |
Kanipahu was a son of Kaniuhu[1][2] and Hiliamakani.
After Kanipahu lived on Molokaʻi and it was discovered that he was a chief, he was taken (as husband) by Hualani, the ruling chiefess of Molokai.[3] One of the neverforgotten fact of Kanipahuʻs descendants was this marriage. Hualani was the great-granddaughter of Nuakea, who was the granddaughter of Maweke. Beside Hualani, of Molakaʻi and Oʻahu descent above mentioned, he also married his aunt Alaʻikauakoko, who at one time, whether previously or subsequently cannot now be ascertained, was the wife of Lakona of Oʻahu. With one of them he fathered two sons: Kanaloa, father of Kalapana of Hawaiʻi, and Kalahumoku I, ancestor of Akahiʻakuleʻana.
David Malo said Alaʻikauakoko was the mother of Kalapana, making Kalapana Kanipahu's son instead of grandson. Malo skips this generation, showing Kalapana as the son of Kanipahu.[4]
References
- The family tree of the Chief Kanipahu. "Kanipahu (Chief of Hawaii Island)... married Alaikauakoko (Kanakoko)."
- Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila (1906). Genealogy of the Robinson family, and ancient legends and chants of Hawaii, Honolulu Bulletin Publishing Company.
- Catherine C. Summers, "Molokai: A Site Survey," Pacific Anthropological Records, No. 14, (Honolulu, HI: Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1971).
- David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951.
- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969