Mulielealiʻi (Hawaiian pronunciation: ''MUH-LEEH-EH-LEH-ALEEH''), also known as Miʻi-i-ele-aliʻi, was an ancient Hawaiian High Chief who lived on the island of
Oahu
Oahu (, , sometimes written Oahu) is the third-largest and most populated island of the Hawaiian Islands and of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oahu's southeast coast. The island of Oahu and the uninhabited Northwe ...
, and is mentioned in ancient chants and writings by
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 ...
. His title is ''Aliʻi Nui''.
He was a son of wizard
Maweke According to the Hawaiian chants, Chief Maweke (also spelled Māweke in Hawaiian; Hawaiian pronunciation: ''MAH-WEH-KEH'') was a chief of the highest known rank who lived in the 11th century. He is described in the legends as a wizard (or priest, '' ...
and his spouse Naiolaukea and was thus of Tahitian ancestry.
His famous brother was Chief
Keaunui, a father of very High Chiefess
Nuakea, Consort of
Molokai
Molokai or Molokai ( or ; Molokaʻi dialect: Morotaʻi ) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its g ...
.
Mother of Mulielealiʻiʻs niece Nuakea was Chiefess called Wehelani, who also married Mulielealiʻi, and bore him:
*High Chief
Moʻikeha of
Kauai
Kauai (), anglicized as Kauai ( or ), is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.
It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauai lies 73 m ...
*High Chief
Kumuhonua
Chief Kumuhonua (or Kumu-Honua) was a High Chief in ancient Hawaii, who was ''Aliʻi Nui'' ("king") of Oahu, one of the Hawaiian Islands, and is mentioned in the chants. He was named after the first man in Hawaiian mythology.
Biography
Kumuhon ...
, "King" of Oahu
*High Chief ʻOlopana, who had two wives and went to
Tahiti
Tahiti (; Tahitian language, Tahitian , ; ) is the largest island of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of t ...
*High Chiefess Hainakolo, wife to a man named Keanini
[Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865. ''Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei Helu 14'' (''The History of Hawaii No. 14'').]
References
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Hawaiian chiefs