Loe of Maui
Loe Chief of Maui | |
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Father | Kamaloohua |
Mother | Kapu of Maui |
Wife | Wahaʻakuna |
Issue | Kahokuohua |
- This is an article about Hawaiian chief. For other meanings, see Loe.
Loe was a semi-mythical chief in ancient Hawaii and he ruled as the 9th known King of Maui (Moʻi). He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of Maui, mentioned in old chants, and ancestor of Kalahumoku II.[1]
Family
Loe was a son of Kamaloohua, grandson of Kuhimana, great-grandson of Alau, great-great grandson of Mauiloa. He followed his father as chief of Maui.
No legends remember Loe. Although war did not occur between Maui and any of the other islands during his reign, there was a disturbance in his father's reign.
He married a woman named Wahaʻakuna, who is mentioned by Samuel Kamakau. She bore him a son named Kahokuohua, who was a King of Molokaʻi island.
His grandson Kaulahea I would succeed him as King of Maui.
Loe is considered to be the great progenitor of the Maui chiefdom.
References
- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
- ↑ History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-kalani-nui, Father of Hawaii Kings, and His Descendants, with Notes On Kamehameha I, First King Of All Hawaii by Elizabeth Kekaaniau
Preceded by Kamaloohua |
Moʻi of Maui | Succeeded by Kaulahea I |