Moi of Maui
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The Alii Aimoku was the sovereign king or queen of one of the four main Hawaiian Islands.

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The monarchs of island Maui, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claim descent from Wakea and Papa. They were sometimes reverred to as Moi. Paumakua, the first Moʻi of Maui, was thirty-first in line of descent from Wakea. In the beginning, from about Paumakua of Maui down to Kawaokaohele's reign, the Moi of Maui only controlled the much larger western portion of the island while the kings of Hana remain independent. Maui-Loa had tried to unite the island once, but troubles with the Hana chieftain continue. It was under Piilani's reign that he conquered the east and united Maui for the first time.

The 25th Moʻi, Kahekili II, expanded his empire by conquering the neighbouring island of Oahu in 1783 and through marriage of his brother allied himself with the Queen of Kauai. However, his son, Kalanikupule, the 27th Alii Aimoku was destined to be the last of his line. Maui was weaken when Kalanikupule and his uncle, Kaeokulani, fought over the succession to the throne. Maui along with Oahu fell to the might of King Kamehameha the Great in 1795 and ushered in a new era known as the Kingdom of Hawaii.

List of Moʻi of Maui

Kings of Hāna

During the early year of the Kingdom of Maui the island was divided in half. The much larger western side were under the rule of the descendants of Paumakua-a-Huanuikalalailai, and by judging the tenor of the old legends, East Maui, comprising the districts of Koolau, Hāna, Kipahulu, and Kaupo, was at times under independent rulers. These rulers were no doubtly certained in the district of Hāna for it was their that these rulers were refer as. The monarchs Hāna, like those of the other Hawaiian chiefdom, probably claimed descent from Wakea and Pāpa. Theses monarchs were in a real sense district chiefs and vassals of the Western Mois of Maui. From Eleio to Hoolae the king of Hāna remain mostly free from West Maui under Kakaalaneo to Kawaokaohele. The sixth Alii Nui of Hāna, Hoolae, became a subject of Piilani of Maui and even allowing his daughter to marry him. The Kings of Hāna's allegiance to the West Maui Mois were always precarious, even in later times after Piilani's conquest. The main strategic advantage of the Kings of Hāna were their command of the fotress of Kauwiki, considered impregnable.

List of Hāna Chieftains

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