High Chief Kamauaua was a member of Hawaiian aristocracy and a ruler 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 ...

. 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 Kamauaua’s parents are unknown, but it’s known Kamauaua was married to Lady Hinakeha, who bore sons to Kamauaua: * Kaupeʻepeʻe-nui-kauila *

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, ...

Nathaniel Bright Emerson Nathaniel Bright Emerson (July 1, 1839 Waialua, Oahu – July 16, 1915, at sea) was a medical physician and author of Hawaiian mythology. He was the son of Protestant missionaries John S. Emerson and Ursula Newell Emerson, and father of artist Ar ...

. ''Pele and Hiiaka''. *Haili *Uli-hala-nui

succeeded his father, although he wasn’t the oldest son, because Kaupeʻepeʻe-nui-kauila didn’t wish to rule. Kamauaua’s female descendants

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 ...

and

Hualani Hualani (''hua lani'' = "heavenly fruit") was a High Chiefess of Molokai in ancient Hawaii. Hualani‘s parents were Chiefess Kamauliwahine and Laniaiku. When Hualani discovered that a man named Kanipahu was a chief, she married him. Kanipahu ...

were “Princesses” of Molokaʻi, being the rulers, not the royal consorts, since gender didn’t play a large role in Hawaii, at least not regarding the succession.

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