Hinakaimauliʻawa

Hinakaimauliʻawa was a ruler of Koʻolau Range (it can be seen on this image)

Hinakaimauliʻawa (also spelled as Hina-kai-mauli-ʻawa) was an ancient Hawaiian High Chiefess,[1] a Princess of Koʻolau Range on the island of Oahu. She was a member of the royal house of Maweke, who was of Tahitian ancestry,[2] and also the first cousin of very High Chiefess Nuakea of Molokai.[3][4]

Her parents were Chief Kalehenui of Koʻolau and his spouse, Chiefess Kahinao (Kahinalo).[5][6] Hinakaimauliʻawa is their only known child mentioned in the chants and was named after goddess Hina.

Hinakaimauliʻawa married a man named Kahiwakapu (Ka-hiwa-ka-ʻapu), whose parents are unknown.

The only known child of Hinakaimauliʻawa and her husband was Princess Mualani of Koʻolau, a successor of her mother.[7]

Preceded by
Kalehenui		 Princess of Koʻolau Succeeded by
Mualani

References

  1. ↑ Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Bishop Museum Press, 1984.
  2. ↑ Māweke, A Voyaging Aliʻi
  3. ↑ Family of Maweke
  4. ↑ Kalākaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
  5. ↑ Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865 Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei. Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.
  6. ↑ Kamakau, Samuel M. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition), Appendix Genealogies (Kamehameha Schools Press, Honolulu, Hawaii 1961).
  7. ↑ Family tree of Hinakaimauliawa
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