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Kalanipehu (
He was the most powerful chief of Molokaʻi in the beginning of the
17th century. His parents are not known.
Before his reign, this island had been ruled by his ancestors, who were descendants of Chief Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua and Chiefess Nuakea.
The scholar Abraham Fornander implied that he was a descendant of
Hawaiian language
Hawaiian (', ) is a Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language o ...
: ''kalani'' = "heavenly") was a High Chief
A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
Tribe
The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia.
Tribal societies are sometimes categorized a ...
on the Hawaiian island 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 ...
in the 17th century. His name is known from ancient chants.
Biography
He was the most powerful chief of Molokaʻi in the beginning of the
17th century. His parents are not known.
Before his reign, this island had been ruled by his ancestors, who were descendants of Chief Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua and Chiefess Nuakea.
The scholar Abraham Fornander implied that he was a descendant of 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 ...
, but it is not clear through whom.
Kalanipehu's daughter Kumakakaha married Kuikai, the chief of Puna who had moved to Molokaʻi. He was closely related to the ruling chiefs or ''Aliʻi'' of Hawaiʻi.
Kumakakaha and Kuikai became the ancestors of the Kaiakea family.''Nā Kua'āina: Living Hawaiian Culture'' by Davianna McGregor
At the end of the 17th and in the early 18th century, the independence and autonomy of the island of Molokaʻi were destroyed.
References
{{Reflist 17th-century deaths Royalty of Molokai 17th-century monarchs in Oceania Year of birth unknown