Kumalae

For another person, see Jonah Kumalae.
Kumalae
Aliʻi of Hilo
IssueMakuanui
FatherʻUmi-a-Liloa
MotherPiʻikea
ReligionHawaiian religion

Kumalae was a Hawaiian High Chief, Aliʻi Nui (ruler) of Hilo. He is also known as Kumalae-nui-a-ʻUmi ("Kumalae the Great, son of ʻUmi").[1]

He was born about 1648.[2]

His father was ʻUmi-a-Liloa, Aliʻi of Hawaiʻi. His mother was Piʻikea, daughter of Piʻilani of Maui.

Kumalae’s uncles were Lono-a-Piʻilani and Kiha-a-Piʻilani and his brothers were Keliʻiokaloa and Keawe Nui-a-ʻUmi.[3]

Kumalae was given the district of Hilo to rule as its district chief, and his successors would be notable as being fiercely resistant to the main line of the Hawaiian chiefs descended from his elder brothers.[4]

Kumalae married Kuanu'upu'awalau (Kua-nuʻu-pü’awa-lau, Ku-nu'u-nui-pu'awa-lau, Ke-kai-ha'a-kuloulanio-Kahiki). They had a son, Makuanui, who was his successor as Aliʻi of Hilo.

  1. ^ Kumalae
  2. ^ "Family trees of the Chiefs of Hawaii". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  3. ^ Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations.
  4. ^ Kamakau, Samuel (1992) [1961]. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised ed.). Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press. ISBN 0-87336-014-1. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-01-06.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)