Kahoukapu
Sign in to saveKahoukapu was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman and High Chief of the Big Island — Hawaiʻi. He was a member of the Pili line—as a descendant of Pilikaʻaiea—and an ancestor of King Kamehameha I the Great of Hawai‘i, the first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i.
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Kahoukapu was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman and High Chief of the Big Island — Hawaiʻi. He was a member of the Pili line—as a descendant of Pilikaʻaiea—and an ancestor of King Kamehameha I the Great of Hawai‘i, the first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i.
== Biography == 160px|left|thumb|Kahoukapu was a chief of the Big Island (Hawaiʻi). Chief Kahoukapu was born in ancient Hawaii as a son of High Chief Kuaiwa and his half-sister Kamuleilani (Kainuleilani), and was thus a half-brother to ʻEhu. Because his parents were siblings, Kahoukapu was considered a special human being. In ancient Hawai‘i, marriage between siblings was sacred.