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Hina (chiefess) Hina may refer to: People and deities * Hina (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Hina (chiefess), a name given to several noble ladies who lived in ancient Hawaii * Hina (goddess), the name assigned ...

".'' Hineuki (also called Hinakeʻuki or simply Hina; ''keuki'' = "tantalizer") was a Hawaiian noble lady and Chiefess of the island of Hawaiʻi as the wife of

Kukohou Kukohou (or Kukohoa) was High Chief of the Island of Hawaiʻi in ancient Hawaii. His title was ''Alii Nui'' — "Chief of the island". His famous descendant was King Kamehameha I. A member of the Pili line, Kukohou was son of Loʻe and his wif ...

, ''Aliʻi Nui'' of Hawaiʻi. She was named after the goddess

Hina Hina may refer to: People and deities * Hina (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Hina (chiefess), a name given to several noble ladies who lived in ancient Hawaii * Hina (goddess), the name assigned to ...

, who was one of the most important deities in the

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

of the Ancient Hawaiians.

Life

Lady Hineuki — named after Hina — was a daughter of Aliʻiponi and his consort, Lady Hinamaileliʻi (Hinamaiheliʻi), who was a daughter of Ko and his sister, Lady Hinaʻauamai — children of the Chief

Pilikaʻaiea Pilikaʻaiea (or Pili-auau; the short form: Pili) was '' Aliʻi Nui'' of Hawaiʻi. He was a sovereign chief, who deposed the indigenous chief, Kapawa. Name The Hawaiian word ''pili'' is the native Hawaiian name of ''Heteropogon contortus''. B ...

(often simply called Pili) and his sister, Lady Hina-au-kekele. Pili was succeeded by the High Chief

, who was his descendant; Hineuki was Kukohouʻs maternal half-sister. Kukohou and Hineuki were

married Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

, according to the customs of the Hawaiian chiefs, and their union was considered sacred. Their son was High Chief

Kaniuhu Chief Kaniuhu ( Hawaiian: ''Aliʻi Kaniuhu'') was an ancient Hawaiian noble and the High Chief (Hawaiian: ''Aliʻi Nui'') of the Island of Hawaiʻi (the "Big Island"). He was a member of the “ Pili line”, as a descendant of Chief Pilikaaiea ...

, a successor of his father, and through him, Hineuki was a grandmother of Chief

Kanipahu Kanipahu was an ancient Hawaiian chief. He was of the Pili line. Kanipahu was a son of Chief Kaniuhu and Hiliamakani. After Kanipahu lived on Molokaʻi and it was discovered that he was a chief, he was taken (as husband) by Hualani, the rul ...

, an ancestor of King

Kamehameha I Kamehameha I (; Kalani Paiea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiikui Kamehameha o Iolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; – May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. T ...

, the first ruler of the

Kingdom of Hawaii The Hawaiian Kingdom, or Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ( Hawaiian: ''Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina''), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands. The country was formed in 1795, when the warrior chief Kamehameha the Great, of the independent island ...

. The other husband of Hineuki was called Pokai;Family of the Lady Hineuki.
"''Hinaakeuki (Hineuki) was born about 1318 in the Ulu- Hema Genealogy (Big Island). She married Pokai. The genealogist S.L.K. Pelioholani calls her Hinaakeuki''." his parents are not known today. Their child was High Chiefess Alaʻikauakoko, ''Aliʻi Wahine'' 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 ...

and Hawaiʻi—the mother of Kalapana, ''Aliʻi'' of Hawaiʻi, and Kapaealakona, ''Aliʻi'' of Oʻahu. Hineuki died in Hawaiʻi and she has been buried there.

References

{{Reflist Hawaiian chiefesses House of Pili