Piliwale (pronunciation: Peeh-leeh-vah-leh) was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman, the High Chief of the island of Oahu.
His parents were High Chief Kālonaiki of Oʻahu and his consort, Kikinui-a-ʻEwa, whose genealogy is unknown today.
[3] After the death of Kālonaiki, the grandson of Maʻilikākahi, Piliwale became a ruler of Oʻahu.
He married a woman named Paʻakanilea (Paʻa-kani-lea),[4] who was maybe his own sister.
[8] It is believed she was the first Chiefess suo jure of one Hawaiian island, although there were already chiefesses of the part of the island of Oʻahu, namely Hinakaimauliʻawa and her daughter Mualani, and Piliwaleʻs ancestress Maelo.