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Elepuukahonua was 2nd Alii Aimoku of Oahu
Alii Aimoku of Oahu
The Alii Aimoku was the sovereign king or queen of one of the four main Hawaiian Islands. The monarchs of island Oahu, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claim descent from Wakea. Nanaulu, a fourteenth generation descendant of Wakea was the ancestor of Kumuhonua, 1st known King of Oahu,...

. During his reign Oahu was divided among the sons of Maweke
Maweke
Maweke was a northern Hawaiian king. He was of the Nanaulu line being lineal descendent of Nanaulu, the brother of Ulu, from whom the southern chiefs claim their descent. The northern chiefs of Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau descent from Maweke and Nanaulu...

, a member of the Nanaulu line of the blue blood chiefs of the northern islands of Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...

, Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...

 and Niihau
Niihau
Niihau or Niihau is the seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii, having an area of . Niihau lies southwest of Kauai across the Kaulakahi Channel. Several intermittent playa lakes provide wetland habitats for the Hawaiian Coot, the Black-winged Stilt, and the...

. He was the grandson of Mulielealii
Mulielealii
Mulielealii was a northern Hawaiian chief and King of Western Oahu. The eldest son of Maweke and brother of Kalehenui and Keaunui. He was of the Nanaulu line being lineal descendant of Nanaulu, the brother of Ulu, from whom the southern chiefs claim their descent. Every monarchs of Oahu after his...

, son of Maweke. He lived between the 11th and 13th century.

He was the son of Kumuhonua
Kumuhonua
Kumuhonua was 1st Alii Aimoku of Oahu. During his reign Oahu was divided among the sons of Maweke, a legendary figure thought to have colonized the northern islands of Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. He was the grandson of Maweke and son of Mulielealii....

, the progneitor of the first Oahu dynasty. His brothers were Molohaia, Kahakuokane, and Kukawaieakane, whom nothing are known. His cousin was Haulanuiaiakea
Haulanuiaiakea
Haulanuiaiakea was the 2nd Alii Aimoku of Kauai. He ruled as titular King or chief of Kauai. He was a chief of the Nanaulu line being grandson of Mulielealii and great-grandson of Maweke....

, king of Kauai. Like his father, he remained in possession of the patrimonial estates on Oahu, and possibly of the nominal sovereignty of the island of Oahu. He was the grandfather of Nawele
Nawele
Nawele was 4th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. During his reign Oahu was divided among the sons of Maweke, a legendary figure thought to have colonized the northern islands of Oahu, Kauai and Niihau....

 and great grandfather of Lakona
Lakona
Lakona was the 5th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. During his reign Oahu was divided among the descendants of Maweke, a legendary figure and the blue blood alii from which the Northern royal bloodline came forth from...

. It is not mentioned who succeed him as the 3rd Alii Aimoku of the Island of Oahu, but it was probably a son. The genealogies of none of these has been preserved except the last, which descends to the time of Haka.

Here, again, the Oahu traditions come in as an umpire
to settle the contention which for so many generations
disturbed the peace and ruffled the temper of its windward
neighbours, and destroy the illusion of the Hanalaa
twins, into which even the Maui genealogists had fallen
while hotly contending for their own priority over the
Hawaii branch.
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