Kānehoalani of Oahu was a High Chief of Oahu and District Chieftain or King of Koolau. Kānehoalani means Kāne's Heavenly Companion.[1] He was the son of Lo Alii Kaholialale and Princess Kohe-palaoa of Oahu. Through his mother he was grandson of King Piliwale and first cousin of Queen Kalaimanuia. His rule over Koolau derived through his wife, the High Chiefess Kualoakalailai of Koolau. With Kualoa-ka-laʻilaʻi he had a daughter named Kaunuiakanehoalani, who later became the consort of Kaihikapu-a-Manuia.[2][3] Through this daughter, he was the maternal grandfather of Kakuhihewa; and Kānehoalani had the honor of taking his grandson from the Kūkaniloko birth site to the Hoolonopahu Heiau.