Malamaʻihanaʻae
Lady of the Big Island in Hawaii
Malamaʻihanaʻae (also known as Makeʻamalamaʻihanai) was a Hawaiian noble lady and a High Chiefess of the Big Island — island of Hawaii. She was a close relative and the wife of the High Chief Kalapana.
Biography
Malamaʻihanaʻae was most likely born on the Big Island. Her parents were a man called Piʻikalani (kalani = "heavenly") and his consort, Kalamea I (Kalama) — a relative of the High Chief Kanipahu of Hawaiʻi. The son of Kanipahu was Kanaloa, who was likely the father of Kalapana, Chief of the Big Island.
Kanipahu was forced to escape to Molokai, and the usurper called Kamaiole became the new ruler of the island. Malamaʻihanaʻae married Kalapana, who ruled over the island after the murder of Kamaiole. Kalapana and Malamaʻihanaʻae had a son named Kahaʻimaoeleʻa (Kahai IV). After Kalapana died in ca. 1285, Kahaʻimaoeleʻa became the chief of the island.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Malamaʻihanaʻae” as lady of the Big Island in Hawaii. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as lady of the Big Island in Hawaii. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q58315702. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1285.
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