Piʻilaniwahine

Piʻilaniwahine II (piʻilani = "ascent to heaven", wahine = "woman/wife") was a Hawaiian High Chiefess.^[1] She is known to us today from the old chants.^[2]

Maui

Piʻilaniwahine lived in ancient Hawaii. Piʻilaniwahine’s mother was Kekaikuʻihala I; Piʻilaniwahine’s father was Kalanikaumakaowākea.^[3]

Piʻilaniwahine married twice. First she married Ahu-a-ʻI; their child was Queen Lonomaʻaikanaka of Hawaiʻi.^{[citation needed]} Piʻilaniwahine's second husband was Moana. Their son was named Lono, after the god.

Pedigree of Piʻilaniwahine

High Chief Kanaloaikaiwilenakapulehu Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku of Hawaiʻi Keakealaniwahine of Hawaii Prince Kalaninuiamamao of Hawaiʻi, Chief of Kau High Chief Ahu-a-ʻI of Hilo High Chiefess Lonomaaikanaka Piʻilaniwahine Keawemauhili of Hilo High Chief Kanaloaikaiwilenakapulehu Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku of Hawaiʻi Keakealaniwahine of Hawaiʻi Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalani of Hawaiʻi High Chief Hulu High Chiefess Kauhiokaka Lonomaaikanaka Chiefess Kapiʻolani High Chief Kameʻeiamoku Kekikipaa one of his wives (uncertain which)

References

1. In Hawaiian, Piʻilaniwahine’s title is Aliʻi Wahine.
2. Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I.
3. Samuel Kamakau. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei". Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.