Loe ( Hawaiian: ''Loe o Maui'') was a High Chief 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 ...

. Loe was the sovereign chief of the island of

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

, mentioned in old chants, and ancestor of Kalahumoku II.

Life

Loe was a son of the Chief

Kamaloohua Kamaloʻohua (also called Kamalu-Ohua) (ca. 1416) was a High Chief in ancient Hawaii, according to Hawaiian mythology, and is mentioned in old legends and chants. He was ''Moʻi'' - King of the island of Maui. He was the king of Maui island. It ...

by his consort, Kapu of Maui, and thus a grandson of

Kuhimana In Hawaiian mythology, Kuhimana was a High Chief who ruled as the 7th known Moʻi of Maui. He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of Maui and is mentioned in old chants as semi-mythical person. Not much is said about him in ancient le ...

. He followed his father as chief of Maui. Although war did not occur between Maui and any of the other islands during his reign, there was a disturbance in his father's reign. He married a woman named Wahaʻakuna,The Kumulipo: a Hawaiian creation chant
Page 240. Here is given the family tree of Loe. who is mentioned by

Samuel Kamakau Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau (October 29, 1815 – September 5, 1876) was a Hawaiian historian and scholar. His work appeared in local newspapers and was later compiled into books, becoming an invaluable resource on the Hawaiian people, Hawaiian ...

. She bore him a son named Kahokuohua, who was a

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

of Molokai island. Loe is considered to be the great progenitor of the Maui chiefdom. His successor was his grandson,

Kaulahea I Kaulahea I was a Tribal chief, High Chief of the Hawaiian island of Maui. Reign During his reign, war did not occur between Maui and any of the other islands. This is a contrast to the disturbance in Kamaloohua, Kamaloohua's reign. Samuel Kamaka ...

References

The family tree of Loe, Chief of Maui
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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''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Loe Of Maui Hawaiian monarchs