Kalanikaumakaowākea (or Kalanikaumaka-o-Wākea) was an ''Aliʻi nui'' of the island of
Maui
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in
ancient Hawaii
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. He was named after the
god
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called
Wākea, who is the
Sky father
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in
Hawaiian religion 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
Kawaihae and his wife Keakahiwaʻakama.
These are the children of Kalanikaumakaowākea and Kekaikuihala:
*
Piʻilaniwahine II, mother of Queen
Lonomaʻaikanaka
*King
Lonohonuakini of Maui, named after
Lono
*Kalanikauanakikilani
Kalanikaumakaowākea also had a second wife named Makakuwahine (''wahine'' = "woman"), who was the daughter of Kanelaʻaukahi and Kamaka, of the
Keaunui-a-
Maweke-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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Hawaiian chiefs