Kalanikaumakaowākea (or Kalanikaumaka-o-Wākea) was an ''Aliʻi nui'' of the island of

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. He was named after the

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called

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, who is the Sky father in

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and mythology.

Family

Kalanikaumakaowākea was the son of the ''Aliʻi'' Kauhiakama and his wife, Queen Kapukini III (daughter of Chief Makakaualiʻi); however, some accounts have him the ''piʻo'' (the sacred child of the siblings) son of Kauhiakama and his sister Piʻilanikapo. He was a member of the Paumakua dynasty. Kalanikaumakaowākea married a woman named Kekaikuihala (Kaneakaula), whose parents were Chief Kuhinahinau of

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and his wife Keakahiwaʻakama. These are the children of Kalanikaumakaowākea and Kekaikuihala: * Piʻilaniwahine II, mother of Queen

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*King Lonohonuakini of Maui, named after

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*Kalanikauanakikilani Kalanikaumakaowākea also had a second wife named Makakuwahine (''wahine'' = "woman"), who was the daughter of Kanelaʻaukahi and Kamaka, of the

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-a-

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-Laakona family. With Makaku, Kalanikaumakaowākea had a son named ʻUmi-a-Liloa II. Another son named Kauloaiwi has an unknown mother.

References

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