Kahaʻimaoeleʻa

Kahaʻimaoeleʻa was a Hawaiian chief, who ruled as the aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi from 1285 to 1315. He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of Hawaiʻi. He is sometimes referred as Kahai IV or Kahiamoeleaikaʻaikupou.

Waipiʻo Valley was first occupied as a royal residence by Kahaimoelea.

Kahaʻimaoeleʻa was a son of Chief Kalapana of Hawaiʻi by his wife, Lady Malamaʻihanaʻae. He followed his father as the sovereign of Hawaiʻi and fathered Kalaunuiʻōhua by his half-sister Kapoʻakaʻuluhailaʻa (Kapo-a-Kauluhailea).

References

↑ The legends and myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange people by David Kalakaua (King of Hawaii)
↑ Fornander (1878), p. 191.

Bibliography

Fornander, Abraham (1878). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. Vol. 1. London: Trübner & Company.

General references

David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951.
Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969

Preceded by

Kalapana of Hawaiʻi

Aliʻi Nui of Hawai‘i
1285 – 1315

Succeeded by

Kalaunuiohua

[1] The legends and myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange people by David Kalakaua (King of Hawaii)

[2] Fornander (1878), p. 191.