Kukohou (or Kukohoa) was High Chief of the Island of Hawaiʻi 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 ...

. His title was ''Alii Nui'' — "Chief of the island". His famous descendant was

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 ...

. A member of the

Pili line Pili line (House of Pili, Pili dynasty; Hawaiian language: ''Hale o Pili'') was a royal house in ancient Hawaii that ruled over the island of Hawaiʻi with deep roots in the history of Samoa and possibly beyond further to the west, Ao-Po ("gathe ...

, Kukohou was son of Loʻe and his wife, Hinamaileliʻi, and he succeeded his great-grandfather

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 ...

. Wife of Kukohou was his half-sister

Hineuki ::''See also "Hina (chiefess)".'' 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, ''Aliʻi Nui'' of Hawaiʻi. She was named after ...

(Hina-keʻuki). Their son was named

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 ...

, and he ruled after Kukohouʻs death.According to one chronology, Kukohou died in 1185.

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Abraham Fornander Abraham Fornander (November 4, 1812 – November 1, 1887) was a Swedish-born emigrant who became an important journalist, judge, and ethnologist in Hawaii. Early life and education Fornander was born in Öland, Sweden on November 4, 1812, to An ...

. ''An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations''. Charles E. Tuttle Company. 1969. *

David Malo David Malo or Davida Malo (1795–1853) was a chiefly counselor, a Hawaiian intellectual, educator, politician and minister. He is remembered by subsequent generations of Hawaiian people and scholars primarily as a Native Hawaiian historian of the ...

. ''Hawaiian Antiquities''. Bishop Museum Press. 1951. House of Pili Hawaiian chiefs