Kalaniʻōpuʻu

Kalaniʻōpuʻu-a-Kaiamamao was a Hawaiian monarch, the 6th Aliʻi (tribal chief) of Kohala, 4th Aliʻi of Kona and 2nd Aliʻi of Kaʻū. He was born circa 1729 as the son of Kaiʻinamao Kalani-nui-i-a-mamao, the eldest son of Keawe-i-Kekahi-aliʻi-o-kamoku II, and his wife Kamakaimoku. He died at Waioahukini, Kaʻu, in April 1782. He was the king during the time Captain Cook came to Hawaiʻi and went aboard his ship. He was succeeded by his son, Kiwalaʻo, as king of Hawaii; and his nephew, Kamehameha I, who was given guardianship of Kū-ka-ili-moku god of war. His nephew would eventually overthrow his son and island of Hawaii was divided into three parts by his nephew Kamehameha, his younger son Keoua Kuahuʻula, and his brother Keawemauhili High Chief of Hilo.