Maʻilikūkahi

Chief Maʻilikūkahi (Hawaiian: Aliʻi Maʻilikūkahi; Hawaiian pronunciation: Mah-ee-leeh-koo-kah-heeh; also known as Maʻilikukahi) was a High Chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Oahu in ancient Hawaii around 1480 A.D.[1][2] He is known today from the old chants as one of the early and beneficent rulers of Oʻahu.

He was born on Oʻahu as a son of the nobleman named Kukahiaililani (lani = "sky").

His mother was his fatherʻs spouse, a wife or a concubine of an unknown name.

[4] He was thus a paternal descendant of the High Chiefess Maelo of Kona district, O`ahu.

[citation needed] Maʻilikūkahi succeeded his relative, Haka of Oʻahu, and subdivided the land into numerous ahupuaʻa.