Kalehenui

Kalehenui was a northern Hawaiian chief. The second son of Maweke and brother of Mulielealii and Keaunui. He was of the Nanaulu line being lineal descendant of Nanaulu, the brother of Ulu, from whom the southern chiefs claim their descent.

Kalehenui, and his family, according to legend, was said to have chiefly resided on the Koolau side of the island of Oahu. His wife was Kahinalu and they had a daughter named Hinakaimauliawa.^[1] Nothing very remarkable is related of the descendants of Kalehenui during this early period, except that tradition informs that during the time of Mualani, the granddaughter of Kalehenui, while she and her husband Kaomealani lived at Kaopulolia in Kaneohe, Oahu, there arrived at the promonory of Mokapu, in Kaneohe aforesaid, a vessel with foreigner (haole) on board. Tradition gives the vessels's name as Ulupana and of the crew are mentioned the chief or captain, Mololana, and his wife, Malaea, and three others. Whether they remained in the country or left again is not known.

Other notable descendants, besides Mualani, includes Laninui-a-kaihupee, chief of Koolau, Oahu, and son-in-law of Piilani of Maui; Kaulaulaokalani, chief of Koolau during Lakona's days; and Kualoakalailai, mother of Kaunui-a-Kanehoalani, wife of King Kaihikapuamanuia.

Genealogy of the Koolau Chiefs

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References

1. ^ Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language p. 26
2. ^ Hawaiian Genealogy p.17

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