Kalanikukuma was the 13th Alii Aimoku of Kauai

Alii Aimoku of Kauai

The Alii Aimoku of Kauai was the sovereign king or queen of the islands of Kauai and Niihau.- Overview :The monarchs of Kauai, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claim descent from Wakea and Papa. Nanaulu, a descendant in the fourteenth generation from Wakea, was the ancestor of Moikeha, 1st...

. He ruled as titular King or chief of 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",...

. He was born around 1555.

Kalanikukuma was son of Kahakumakapaweo

Kahakumakapaweo

Kahakumakapaweo was the 12th Alii Aimoku of Kauai. He ruled as titular King or chief of Kauai. He was born around the year 1530.Kahakumakapaweo was Kuwalupaukamoku's son by his wife Hameawaha'ula. He was contemporary with Piilani of Maui, with Liloa of Hawaii, and with Kukaniloko of Oahu...

, 12th Alii Aimoku of Kauai and Kahakukuka'ena. He followed his father Kahakumakapaweo

Kahakumakapaweo

Kahakumakapaweo was the 12th Alii Aimoku of Kauai. He ruled as titular King or chief of Kauai. He was born around the year 1530.Kahakumakapaweo was Kuwalupaukamoku's son by his wife Hameawaha'ula. He was contemporary with Piilani of Maui, with Liloa of Hawaii, and with Kukaniloko of Oahu...

 as King of Kauai. No legend attaches to his name.

Kalanikukuma married Kapoleikauila and begot Kahakumakalina

Kahakumakalina

Kahakumakalina was the 14th Alii Aimoku of Kauai. He ruled as titular King or chief of Kauai. He was also known as Kahakumakaliua. He was a sacred chief of Kauai. He was one of the kapu chiefs of Kauai. He was born around 1580....

. It was universally conceded that Kapoleikauila, the wife of Kalanikukuma, was the lineal descendant of 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....

 of the original 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...

-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....

 dynasty of Oahu. It probably was so, for it is undeniable that that union increased immensely the kapu

Kapu

Kapu refers to the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations. The kapu system was universal in lifestyle, gender roles, politics, religion, etc. An offense that was kapu was often a corporal offense, but also often denoted a threat to spiritual power, or theft of mana. Kapus were...

 and aristocratic

Aristocracy (class)

The aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in a society which has or once had a political system of Aristocracy. Aristocrats possess hereditary titles granted by a monarch, which once granted them feudal or legal privileges, or deriving, as in Ancient Greece and India,...

 rank of Kalanikukuma's two sons, Kahakumakalina

Kahakumakalina

Kahakumakalina was the 14th Alii Aimoku of Kauai. He ruled as titular King or chief of Kauai. He was also known as Kahakumakaliua. He was a sacred chief of Kauai. He was one of the kapu chiefs of Kauai. He was born around 1580....

 and Ilihewalani, sometimes Ilihiwalani or on some genealogies Ilimealani.

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