Kakaʻalaneo was the 12th Moʻi of Maui. He was the titular chieftain or king of the island of Maui.
He was son of Kaulahea I of Maui. His brother was Kakae. Kakaʻalaneo appears to be the center of the legends of that reign. He and his brother, appears to have jointly ruled Maui and Lānaʻi with his elder brother holding the title of Moʻi. The brothers courts were at Lāhainā which at that time still preserved its ancient name of Lele. Tradition has gratefully remembered him as the one who planted the breadfruit trees in Lāhainā, for which the place in later times became so famous for.
A marvelous legend is still told of one of his sons, named Kaululaau, who, for some of his wild pranks at his father's court in Lāhainā, was banished to Lānaʻi, which island was said to have been terribly haunted by Akua-ino, ghosts and goblins. Kaululaau, however, by his prowess and skill, exorcised the spirits, brought about peace and order on the island, and was in consequence restored to the favour of his father. It was said that Kaululaau's mother was Kanikaniaula of the Molokai Kamauaua family, through Haili, a brother of Keoloewa. One legend mentions six children of Kaululaau by the names of Kuihiki, Kuiwawau, Kuiwawau-e, Kukahaulani, Kumakaakaa, and Ulamealani. No further record of them are kept, however.
With another wife, named Kaualua, Kakaʻalaneo had a son Kaihiwalua, who was the father of Luaia, who became the husband of the noted Kukaniloko, daughter of Piliwale, the Moʻi of Oʻahu, son of Kalona-iki, and brother of Lo-Lale. Kakaʻalaneo is also said to have had a daughter named Wao, who caused the watercourse in Lāhainā called Auwaiawao to be dug and named after her.
He was succeeded by his nephew Kahekili I, son of his brother Kakae.
| Preceded by Kakae |
Moʻi of Maui | Succeeded by Kahekili I |