Kanipahu was an ancient Hawaiian chief. He was of the Pili line.
| Kanipahu | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Hawaiʻi | |
| Consorts | Hualani of Molokai Alaʻikauakoko (half-aunt) |
| Issue | Kanaloa Kalahumoku I Kalapana of Hawaiʻi? |
| Father | Kaniuhu, Aliʻi of Hawaiʻi Island |
| Mother | Hiliamakani |
Kanipahu was a son of Aliʻi Kaniuhu[1] and Hiliamakani.
After Kanipahu lived on Molokaʻi and it was discovered that he was a chief, he was taken (as husband) by Hualani, the ruling chiefess of Molokaʻi .[2] One of the neverforgotten fact of Kanipahuʻs descendants was this marriage. Hualani was the great-granddaughter of Nuakea, who was the granddaughter of Maweke. Beside Hualani, of Molakaʻi and Oʻahu descent above mentioned, he also married his half-aunt, Alaʻikauakoko, who at one time, whether previously or subsequently cannot now be ascertained, was the wife of Lakona of Oahu. With one of them he fathered two sons: Kanaloa—father of Kalapana of Hawaiʻi—and Kalahumoku I,[3] ancestor of Akahiʻakuleʻana.
David Malo said Alaʻikauakoko was the mother of Kalapana, making Kalapana Kanipahu's son instead of grandson. Malo skips this generation, showing Kalapana as the son of Kanipahu.[4]
References
edit- ^ Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila (1906). Genealogy of the Robinson family, and ancient legends and chants of Hawaii, Honolulu Bulletin Publishing Company.
- ^ Catherine C. Summers, "Molokai: A Site Survey," Pacific Anthropological Records, No. 14, (Honolulu, HI: Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1971).
- ^ Parents of Kalahumoku. ″Kanipahu (Chief of Hawaii Island). He married Hualani (Hulani II) (Molokai Chiefess)."
- ^ David Malo. Hawaiian Antiquities.
- Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.