Hualani

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Hualani
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Spouse Kanipahu
Issue Kalahumoku I
Kanaloa?
FatherLaniaiku
Mother Kamauliwahine

Hualani (hua lani [1] = "heavenly fruit") [2] was a High Chiefess of Molokai [3] [4] in ancient Hawaii [5] . [6]

Hualani‘s parents were Chiefess Kamauliwahine and Laniaiku. [7]

When Hualani discovered that a man named Kanipahu was a chief, she married him. Kanipahu and Hualani’s son was Kalahumoku I.

References

  1. Hawaiian pronunciation: HOOH-AH-LAH-NEEH
  2. Hawaiian given names
  3. Notes for Hualani
  4. According to one chronology, Hualani was born c. 1076 on Molokaʻi.
  5. Samuel M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, Revised Edition. Kamehameha Schools Press.
  6. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations
  7. "Hualani's family". Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.