Hualani

For a crater, see Haulani (crater).

Hualani
Father	Laniaiku
Mother	Kamauliwahine
Spouse	Kanipahu
Issue	Kalahumoku I
Royalty of Molokai

Hualani (Hawaiian language: hua lani = "heavenly fruit") was a High Chiefess of Molokai in ancient Hawaii.

Biography

Hualani was born c. 1076 on Molokaʻi.

Her parents were Kamauliwahine and her spouse, Laniaiku.

Her family ruled for five successive generations as the first known ruling family of Molokaʻi. After her, there is a gap in the record for several generations.

She inherited the rule of the island after her mother's death.

Marriage

When she discovered that man named Kanipahu is a chief, she married him. He was a king of Hawaiʻi. Their son was Prince Kalahumoku I.

Family tree

Keoloewaakamauaua

Kapauanuakea

Nuakea

Kamauliwahine

Lanileo

Hualani

Laniaiku

Kalahumoku I

Kaniuhu

Kanipahu

Hiliamakani

See also

• List of queens regnant
• Kanealai, another famous queen of Molokai

Sources

• Kalākaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
• Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.