Individual Details

LINEAGE
Conflict: Kamakau, "Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii," 1992, p. 75,110 states he is the son of Peleioholani (and that is why he would not fight with the chiefs of Oahu), but that conflicts with Kamakau's other statements of parentage. Kamakau, "Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii," 1992, p. 130 states he is son of Kualii, father of Peleioholani.
LIFE
A. "Kalaniopuu was a later name given him by the people of Ka'u. The name means 'A young fighting cock,' because he was a chief who was fond of battling.... the mother of the child, did not call him that for as soon as she gave birth to him she named him Ka-lani-I-ku-mai-ewia-ka-moku [meaning A ruler (over nine districts)]..... Ka-lei-opu'u [meaning A bud-shaped ivory pendant] was the name given him by Peleioholani; Kalaniopu'u by the people" (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 104). "Hawaii-wa'a-ole (Hawaii-without-canoe) was given by Keawe-i-kekahi-alii-o-ka-moku (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 100). Cook referred to him as Terreeohoo (Richards, Memoir of Keopuolani, p 10).
B. Alapainui brought him and his brother Keoua up to be a commanders of his army (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 66,71). It seems odd that Kalaniopuu and Keoua would be loyal commanders of Alapai after he killed both their fathers (see Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 76).
C. He rebelled against Alapa'i and became chief of Kau and Puna (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 76-77).
D. He was chief and ruler of Hawaii and contemporary with Keawemauhili (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 64,134). He won by conquest over Keaweopala, assisted by Keeaumoku (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 78; Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 355) His reign of the island of Hawaii was estimated to be 1754-1782 A.D. (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 31). He ruled Hawaii and East Maui when Captain Cook arrived (Dibble, History of the Sandwich Islands, p 51). King of Hawaii 1778 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi). Cook was killed while seeking to bring Kalaiopuu on board his ship, as a ransom for a boat stolen by the natives (Ellis, A Narrative Tour of Hawaii, p 98).
E. "he loved war and display and had no regard for another's right over land." Irrespective for his mate Kalola's Maui family, Kalaniopuu invaded East Maui in 1759. There was continual fighting with Kahekili of Maui from 1775 to 1779 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 79,84). Ahlo, Kamehameha's Children Today, p 42 suggest why Kalaniopuu continually fought Kahekili in eastern Maui. "From Kumulaenuia'umi down to Alapa'inui's time, Kohala district on Hawai'i and Hana district on Maui were one unified district. It was critical to Hawai'i's chiefs, who then had access to the bay, Pueokahi, below Kau'iki Hill on the windward route to Moloka'i and O'ahu. Having lost access to a stopping place which had belonged to their dominion for two hundred years pierced Kalani'opu'u's heart to the root, because it had been lost on his watch."
F. Contemporaries: Those chiefs who assisted his 2nd invasion of Maui were Keawemauhili, Kalanimanookahoowaha, Keawe-a-Heulu, Nuuanu, Naeole (who stole Kamehameha from his mother the night of his birth), Kanekoa, Nanuekaleipu, Kameeuiamoku, Kamanawa, Kekuhaupio (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 154).
He was also assisted by Kahahana, king of Oahu. Kalaniopuu abandoned his invasion of Maui near the time Captain Cook's ships arrived off the coast of Maui in November 1778 (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 359). He was related to Kahahana and therefore he did not invade Oahu (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 130).
"He was a father without love for his people" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 115).
G. Order of spouses (except Hakau) (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 205).
Conflict: Liliuokalani's Book of Genealogy, G-2, p 30 identifies Mulehu as Kalaniopuu's 4th wife.
Conflict: Ka Nai Aupuni, 8-9 January 1906, Ka Moolelo o Kamehameha. Ka Liona o ka Moana Pakipika lists order of mates as: Kalola, Kamakolunuiokalani, Hakau, Kalaniwahineuli, Kanekapolei, Muolehua, Kekupuohi.
H. At the end of his life, he had at least 3 mates concurrently. Kalola was his chief mate, with Kekupuohi and Kanekapolei also living with him (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 310).
I. He died in the 29th year of his rule over Hawaii (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 110). Note in Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 204 - "Jarves in his history says that Kalaniopuu died in April 1782. I know not Jarves' authority."
J. Fragment: Sister Kahiwaokalani (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 2 p 118).
K. Contemporaries: Keeaumoku and kahuna Holo-ae helped him conquer Keawe-opala (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 78). His counselors were Ka-ua-kahi-a-kaha-ola of Kauai, Kiko'o, Kai, Ka'a-loa, Ka-palaoa and Pu'uone. Some of his skilled warriors were Keoua Kuahu-ula, Keoua Pee-ale, and Pauli Ka-o-lei-o-Ku, firstborn of Kamehameha (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 79).

Birth	Abt 1701	Kau, Hawaii
Death	1782	Kailikii, Hawaii
Alt name		KalaniopuuKealiiKuiMamao
Alt name		Kalaninuieiwakamoku Kalaniopuu
Alt name		Kalanikumaieiwakamoku
Alt name		"Hawaiiwaaole"
Alt name		Kaleiopuu
Alt name		Kalaiopuu
Alt name		Kalaninuieiwakamoku

Spouse	Kalola (1735 - 1790)
Child	Kiwalao ( - 1782)

Spouse	Kalaniwahineuli ( - )
Child	Kaleipaihala ( - )

Spouse	Kanekapolei ( - )
Child	Keouapahiha ( - )
Child	Keoua Kuahuula (1762 - 1791)
Child	Kaoleioku (1767 - 1816)
Child	Keouapaleiuka ( - )

Spouse	Kamakolunuiokalani ( - )
Child	Pualinui ( - )

Spouse	Mulehu ( - )
Child	Manoua ( - )

Spouse

Kekupuohi ( - )

Spouse	Ahia ( - )
Child	Kekuehoa ( - )

Spouse	Hakau ( - )
Child	Kawelaokalaninui ( - )
Child	Kawelookalani ( - )

Spouse	Manoua ( - )
Child	Manono ( - )
Child	Kukanaloa ( - )

Spouse

Kekauluohi ( - )

Spouse	Kamalanai ( - )
Child	Hana Kuheleloa ( - )

Spouse	Kaulanikapokii ( - )
Child	Ahikanana ( - )

Father	Kalaninuiamamao (1683 - )
Mother	Kamakaimoku (1685 - )
Sibling	Kalaninuieiwakamoku (1704 - )