Kūkaniloko

Kūkaniloko was the 11th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. She reign as the titluar chieftain or Queen of the island of Oahu and all its territories it may of claim at the time. She was Oahu's first queen regnant and of all eight islands. Her name should not be confused with the Kūkaniloko birth site on Oahu which is of older origin; if she was name after it, there is no reference in legend of her being born there.

She was the daughter of Piliwale, 10th Alii Aimoku of Oahu, and his wife Paakanilea, whose descent is now not know. Her only sibling was a sister named Kohipalaoa, who married Kaholi-a-Lale, her cousin, and son of Lo-Lale and Keleanohoanaapiapi. She succeed to the position of Moi of Oahu after her father's death. She was the first Mo'i Wahine (Female Sovereign) or Queen regnant in Hawaiian history because her father, Piliwale, chose her as his successor rather than let the position fall to a male of junior lineage.^[1] Of her reign the legends of Old Hawaii are equally meagre and those of her father's. Although, she is frequently referred to as a great and powerful queen, who kept the Kingdom of Oahu quiet and orderly.

Her husband was a Maui chief named Luaia, grandson of Kaka'alaneo. Luaia was the great-great-grandson of Hanalaa, the 4th Alii Aimoku of Maui. They had two children, Kalaimanuia, a daughter, and Kaiiwahimakaweo, of who, nothing further is known. Her daughter Kalaimanuia succeed as the Queen of Oahu.

References

• Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Page 91, 272

References

1. ^ USA Substates (Hawai)