Individual Details

Kualii

( - Bef 1730)



LIFE
A. Ruler of Oahu (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 278).
B. Flourished during "the close of the seventeenth century" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 287). "delighted in war and whose passion for it was inherited by his son Ka-lani-opu'u, (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 130).
C. Had visited Kahiki where the white men dwelt. During his time, "the only lands bordering on the Pacific that were held by the white man, the Haole, were the western coast of America, the Ladrone Islands, and different places in the Philippine Islands." Fornander asserts that Kahiki was east of Hawaii (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 286-288).
D. "Kualii is said to have lived to an extremely old age... upwards of ninety years old." (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 283). "He is said to have lived 165 years" (Peleioholani, Genealogy of the Robinson Family and Ancient Legends and Chants of Hawaii, p 23).
E. Contemporary with Keakealaniwahine, ruler of Hawaii (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 281) and with Lonoikahaupu-Kauokalani (vol 2 p 296).

Events

DeathBef 1730Kailua, Oahu
Alt nameKu
Alt nameKuikealaikauaokalani
Alt nameKuikealaikauaokalani Kunuiakea Kualii
Alt nameKualiilanipipililanioakaiakunuiakealuanuuokuhaliiikahalau
BirthKalapawai, Oahu

Families

SpouseKalanikahimakeialii ( - )
ChildKapiiohookalani ( - 1736)
ChildPeleioholani (1688 - 1770)
ChildKukuiaimakalani ( - )
ChildLonokahikini ( - )
SpouseKaihikapu ( - )
ChildKapaku ( - )
SpouseKukuiaimakalani ( - )
ChildKaapuwai ( - )
FatherKauakahi ( - )
MotherMahulua ( - )

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