Kalanipehu

Kalanipehu was the most powerful chief of Molokaʻi in the beginning of the 17th century. His parents are not known.^[1]

Before his reign, this island had been ruled by his ancestors, who were descendants of Chief Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua and Chiefess Nuakea.^[2]

The scholar Abraham Fornander implied that he was a descendant of Kamauaua, but it is not clear through whom.^{[citation needed]}

Kalanipehu's daughter Kumakakaha married Kuikai, the chief of Puna who had moved to Molokaʻi. He was closely related to the ruling chiefs or Aliʻi of Hawaiʻi.^[3]

Kumakakaha and Kuikai became the ancestors of the Kaiakea family.^[4]

At the end of the 17th and in the early 18th century, the independence and autonomy of the island of Molokaʻi were destroyed.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}