MulielealiʻiHis name is also given in ancient chants as Muleialiʻi or Miʻi-i-ele-aliʻi. It was very common for chiefs to have several names. (Hawaiian pronunciation: MUH-LEEH-EH-LEH-ALEEH), also known as Miʻi-i-ele-aliʻi, was an ancient Hawaiian High Chief who lived on the island of Oahu, and is mentioned in ancient chants and writings by Abraham Fornander. His title is Aliʻi Nui.
He was a son of wizard Maweke and his spouse NaiolaukeaKamakau, Samuel M., Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition). Appendix Genealogies (Kamehameha Schools Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961). and was thus of Tahitian ancestry.Māweke, A Voyaging Aliʻi
His famous brother was Chief Keaunui, a father of very High Chiefess Nuakea, Consort of Molokai.Kalākaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.Native Planters in Old Hawaii: their life, lore, and environment; by Edward Smith Craighill Handy; Elizabeth Green Handy; Mary Kawena Pukui. Honolulu, 1972
Mother of Mulielealiʻiʻs niece Nuakea was Chiefess called Wehelani, who also married Mulielealiʻi, and bore him: High Chief Moʻikeha of Kauai High Chief Kumuhonua, "King" of OahuFamily of Maweke High Chief ʻOlopana, who had two wives and went to Tahiti High Chiefess Hainakolo, wife to a man named KeaniniKamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865. Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei Helu 14 (The History of Hawaii No. 14).
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