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 ; their child was Queen Lonomaʻaikanaka of Hawaiʻi.^{[citation needed]} Piʻilaniwahine's second husband was Moana. Their son was named Lono, after the god.

showPedigree of Piʻilaniwahine

References[]

^ In Hawaiian, Piʻilaniwahine’s title is Aliʻi Wahine.
^ 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.
^ Samuel Kamakau. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei". Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.

[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.

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