Kumalae

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Kumalae
'Aliʻi Nui of Hilo
Spouse
Issue
FatherʻUmi-a-Liloa
MotherPiʻikea
ReligionHawaiian religion

Kumalae was a Hawaiian High Chief, Aliʻi Nui (ruler) of Hilo. He is also known as Kumalae-nui-a-ʻUmi ("Kumalae the Great, son of ʻUmi").[1]

Family[]

He was born about 1648.[2]

His father was ʻUmi-a-Liloa, Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi. His mother was Piʻikea, daughter of Piʻilani of Maui. Kumalae’s uncles were Lono-a-Piilani and Kiha-a-Piilani and his brothers were Kealiiokaloa and .[3] Kumalae was given the district of Hilo to rule as its district chief, and his successors would be notable as being fiercely resistant to the main line of the Hawaiian chiefs descended from his elder brothers.

Kumalae married Kuanu'upu'awalau (Kua-nuʻu-pü’awa-lau, Ku-nu'u-nui-pu'awa-lau, Ke-kai-ha'a-kuloulanio-Kahiki). She bore him , his successor as Aliʻi of Hilo.

Liloa
ʻUmi-a-Liloa
Kauahaeakuaimakani
Kuleanakapiko
Kapiko
Akahiakuleana
Keanianihooleilei
Kumalae
Kahekili I
Kawaokaohele
Piʻilani
Piʻikea
Kalamakua
Kaipuholua
Kahekili I
Keleanohoanaapiapi
Haukanuimakamaka

References[]

  1. ^ Kumalae
  2. ^ Family trees of the Chiefs of Hawaii
  3. ^ Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations.

External links[]

The Hawaiian Electronic Library

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