The ''Alii nui'' were high chiefs of the four main

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. The rulers of

Molokai Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length an ...

, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claimed descent from god Wākea. The traditional history of Molokai is fragmentary. The island was not of major political importance. Its importance lay in the connections its royal family made by marriage, and, in later years, the reputation of its

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and '' kahunas''. Molokai is the fifth largest of the eight main Hawaiian isles, and its size hindered it in its struggle for power and survival among the other islands of

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, Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii. By the end of the 17th century, as interisland conflict grew worse and worse, Molokai suffered many blows from the powerful monarchs of other isles; notably Kapiiohookalani,

Peleioholani Peleioholani (1690–1770) was a Hawaiian High Chief, Alii nui of Kauai and Alii nui of Oahu. He ruled an empire stretching from Niihau to Molokai. According to ancient traditions, Peleʻioholani was a descendant of Hema and thru Māweke. Rei ...

and Kahekili II. Molokai finally, and completely, succumbed to the might of Maui prior to the end of the ancient Hawaiian era.

List of ''Alii'' of Molokaʻi

Kamauaua High Chief Kamauaua was a member of Hawaiian aristocracy and a ruler of Molokai. Although Kamauaua’s name appears as the first one on the list of Molokai’s rulers, it’s likely Kamauaua was not the first monarch of Molokaʻi. The names of ...

Catherine C. Summers. "Molokai: A Site Survey". Pacific Anthropological Records, No. 14. Honolulu, HI: Department of Anthropology,

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. 1971. *

Keʻoloʻewa Keʻoloʻewa was a Native Hawaiian and a High Chief of Molokai (a Hawaiian island). Because of his father, Keʻoloʻewa is also known as Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua, since Keʻoloʻewa's parents were Lord KamauauaRubellite Kawena Johnson. ''Kumulipo, ...

Kapau-a-Nuʻakea Kapau-a-Nuakea was a Chiefess of Molokaʻi. Kapau-a-Nuʻakea was the only known child of Chief Keʻoloʻewa and Chiefess Nuʻakea In Hawaiian mythology, Nuakea is a beneficent goddess of milk and lactation. This name was also a title for a wet ...

Kamauliwahine Kamauliwahine (''wahine'' = “woman”) was Aliʻi nui of Molokai, Chiefess of Molokaʻi.''Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History''. Vol. 6. Kamauliwahine was the only known child of Lanileo and Ch ...

* Hualani *some number of generations *

Kahokuohua Kahokuohua (born ca. 1462) was a High Chief of the Hawaiian island of Molokai in the 15th century, and he is mentioned in old chants. His title was ''Aliʻi Nui''. Biography Kahokuohua was a son of ''Aliʻi'' Loe and his wife Wahaʻakuna, who is ...

*some number of generations *

Kalanipehu Kalanipehu (Hawaiian language: ''kalani'' = "heavenly") was a Aliʻi, High Chief on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in the 17th century. His name is known from Chant, ancient chants. Biography He was the most powerful Alii nui of Molokai, chief ...

Darlene Kelley (2000) ''Historical Collections of The Hawaiian Islands – Molokai''. *some number of generations *

Kanealai Kaneʻalai (also known as Kane-a-Laʻe) was a Queen regnant of the Hawaiian island of Molokai, who lived in the 18th century. She ruled as Alii nui of Molokai. She was a daughter of Luahiwa II (of the reigning family of Kauai) and Ka-hoʻoia-a-P ...

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