The Aliʻi of Koʻolau were the rulers of

Koʻolau Range Koolau Range is a name given to the dormant fragmented remnant of the eastern or windward shield volcano of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1972. Geology It is not a mountain range in the normal ...

on the island of

Oahu Oahu () (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering place#Island of Oʻahu as The Gathering Place, Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over t ...

, in

ancient Hawaii Ancient Hawaii is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawaii by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, researchers estimated the first settlement of the Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadicall ...

. Ancient Hawaiians

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that the Chiefs of Koʻolau were the descendants of the god named

Wākea In the Hawaiian religion, Wākea, the Sky father weds Papahānaumoku, the earth mother. The two are considered the parent couple of the ruling chiefs of Hawaii. ''Wākea'' was the eldest son of Kahiko ("Ancient One"), who lived in Olalowaia. ...

. Chiefs could have different noble ranks; those who were born from the unions of full siblings had the highest known rank. The first ruler of Koʻolau was High Chief

Kalehenui Chief Kalehenui (Hawaiian for "Kalehe the Great") was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman (Aliʻi) of Tahitian ancestry, and he lived on Oahu. He was a son of wizard Maweke (chief of the highest known rank) and his wife Naiolaukea, and thus a brother of C ...

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— child of

Maweke According to the Hawaiian chants, Chief Maweke (also spelled Māweke in Hawaiian; Hawaiian pronunciation: ''MAH-WEH-KEH'') was a chief of the highest known rank who lived in the 11th century. He is described in the legends as a wizard (or priest, '' ...

(a wizard from

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Hinakaimauliʻawa ::''See also Hina (chiefess).'' Hinakaimauliʻawa (also spelled as Hina-kai-mauli-ʻawa) was an ancient Hawaiian High Chiefess, a Princess of Koʻolau Range on the island of Oahu. She was a member of the royal house of Maweke, who was of Tahitian a ...

(female) — child of Kalehenui and Kahinalo *

Mualani Mualani (also called Muolani or simply Mua; ''lani'' = "heaven/sky" in Hawaiian) was a Hawaiian High Chiefess who lived on the island of Oahu and was a Princess of Koʻolau. She was a daughter of Princess Hinakaimauliʻawa of Koʻolau, who was Ch ...

(female) — child of Hinakaimauliʻawa and Kahiwakaʻapu *Kua-o-Mua — child of Mualani and Kaomealani I *Kawalewaleoku — child of Kua-o-Mua and his sister, Kapua-a-Mua; considered a deity *

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. Life Kaulaulaokalani was born on Oʻahu as a so ...

— child of Kawalewaleoku and Unaʻula *Kaimihauoku (female) — child of Kaulaulaokalani and Kalua-i-Olowalu *Moku-o-Loe''Memoirs of the

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Bernice Pauahi Bishop KGCOK RoK (December 19, 1831 – October 16, 1884), born Bernice Pauahi Pākī, was an '' alii'' (noble) of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well known philanthropist. At her death, her estate was the la ...

Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History''. Bishop Museum Press, 1920. — son of Kaimihauoku *Kalia-o-kalani (Kahoakalani-o-Moku) — child of Moku, and husband of Kua-a-ʻohe *Ke-opu-o-lani (Kupualani) — consort of Kaohi-a-kanaka *Kupanihi — husband of Kahua-o-kalani *Lua-poluku — son of Kupanihi, and husband of Mumu-ka-lani-ohua *Ahu-kai *Maʻe-nui-o-kalani *Kapikiʻo-kalani *Holaulani (Kauaohalaulani) (female) *Laninui-a-Kaʻihupeʻe *Hoalani *Ipuwai-o-Hoalani (female)

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