Hanalaʻa

Hanalaʻa was a High Chief who lived on the island of Maui in ancient Hawaii. His title was Aliʻi Aimoku—the chieftain or king of the island of Maui. He had control over portions of Western Maui and is mentioned in legends and chants, where his family tree is given.

Hanalaʻa
LanguageHawaiian language
SpouseMahuia
ChildrenMauiloa
Lanakawai
Kalohialiʻiokawai
RelativesHikawai (mother)

Family

Hanalaʻa was a son and successor of Palena of Maui and his wife, Hikawai.

Maternal grandparents of Hanalaʻa were Limaloa-Lialea and Kauilaianapu (Kauilaʻanapa).[1]

He succeeded his father as king of Maui. He was a noted chieftain, whom both the Mauian and Hawaiian chiefs contended for as their ancestor under the varying names of Hanalaʻa-nui and Hanalaʻa-iki, asserting that Palena was the father of twins who bore those names or a mistake could have been made in the genealogies. It is probable both Hanalaʻas were the same person.[2]:27

It is said that Hanalaʻa-nui married Mahuia and begat Lanakawai, who then begat Laʻau. Laʻau married Kukamolimolialoha and begat Pilikaaiea, High Chief of the Big Island.[3]

Hanalaʻa was succeeded by his son Mauiloa, born out of Queen Mahuia (Mahuʻi.e., Mahuialani).[4] Hanalaʻa and his wifeʻs daughter was Kalohialiʻiokawai.

Preceded by
Palena of Maui		 Moʻi of Maui Succeeded by
Mauiloa

Notes
  1. Grandparents of Hanalaa
  2. Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes (ed.). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. 2. Trübner & Co.
  3. Sheldon Dibble (1843). History of the Sandwich Islands. Lahainaluna: Press of the Mission Seminary. p. 415.
  4. Family tree of Chief Hanalaʻa
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