Individual Details

Kanahaokalani

(Abt 1731 - Abt 1738)



LINEAGE
Conflict: Conflict: Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 400 lists mother as Kawelolauhui.
LIFE
A. Birth year 1731 estimated.
B. Conflict: Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 137 identifies as female.
C. He succeeded father as ruler of Oahu at the age of 6 (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 138).
D. Alapainui’s forces killed his father Kapiiohookalani on Molokai and proceeded to Oahu when he heard that they were without a ruling chief. However, Alapai was repelled by the forces of Kapiiohookalani’s 6-year old son Kanahaokalani, who “directed his forces by the voice alone, from the shoulders of his attendant” (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 71).
E. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 13 July 1865, p 4, Ka papa kuhikuhi makahiki o na mea Kaulana o Hawaii nei! (Kamakau) indicates death year as 1737.

Events

BirthAbt 1731Oahu
DeathAbt 1738Oahu

Families

FatherKapiiohookalani ( - 1736)
MotherKalanikahimakeiahi ( - )

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