Piʻikea

Piʻikea (Hawaiian: piʻi = "to ascend", ke = "the", ea = "life"; "the life ascends")^[1] was a High Chiefess. She was a daughter of Piʻilani^[2] and Chiefess La’ieloheloheikawai and sister of Lono-a-Piʻilani^[3] and Kiha-a-Piʻilani.^[4] Piʻilani built a great temple; according to the myth, Piʻilani was a son of Kū.

Piʻikea
Chiefess of Maui
Spouse	ʻUmi-a-Liloa
Issue	Kumalae
Father	Piʻilani
Mother	La’ieloheloheikawai
Religion	Hawaiian religion

Piʻikea went to Hawaiʻi and married ʻUmi-a-Liloa.^[5] Their son was Kumalae.^[6][7] They also had a daughter, Aihākōkō.

When Kiha had to flee from Maui, he sought refuge with Piʻikea, at the court of ʻUmi. Here his sister advocated his cause so warmly, and insisted with ʻUmi so urgently, that the latter was induced to espouse the cause of the younger brother against the older, and prepared an expedition to invade Maui, depose Lono, and raise Kiha-a-Piʻilani to the throne of his father. ʻUmi summoned the chiefs of the various districts of Hawaii to prepare for the invasion of Maui. When all the preparations were ready, ʻUmi headed the expedition in person, accompanied by his wife and her brother and by his bravest warriors. Crossing the waters of ʻAlenuihāhā Channel between Maui and Hawaiʻi, the fleet of ʻUmi effected a landing at Kapueokahi, the harbour of Hāna, Maui, where Lono had continued to reside after Piilani's death.

Having failed to prevent the landing of ʻUmi's forces, Lono retired to the fortress on the top of the neighbouring hill called Kauwiki. ʻUmi laid siege to the fort of Kauwiki, and, after some delay and several unsuccessful attempts, finally captured the fort, and Lono having fallen in the battle, Kiha-a-Piʻilani was proclaimed and acknowledged as a king. Having accomplished this, ʻUmi and his forces returned to Hawaiʻi.^[8]

Līloa

Umi-a-Liloa

Kauahaeakuaimakani

Kuleanakapiko

Kapiko

Akahiakuleana

Keanianihooleilei

Kumalae

Kahekili I

Kawaokaohele

Haukanuimakamaka

Piʻilani

Kepalaoa

Piʻikea

Kalonanui

Kalamakua

Kaipuholua

Laielohelohe

Kahekili I

Keleanohoanaapiapi

Haukanuimakamaka

Sources

1. Piʻikea
2. Piʻilani's family
3. Glenda Bendure; Ned Friary (2008). Lonely Planet Maui. Lonely Planet. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-1-74104-714-1.
4. David Malo. Hawaiian Antiquities.
5. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). SEPTEMBER 23, 1865. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei".
6. Kumalae
7. Family trees of the Chiefs of Hawaii
8. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969