About: Keaunui

Keaunui (Hawaiian for "Keau the Great") was a High Chief of ʻEwa, Waiʻanae and Waialua in ancient Hawaii. He was a member of the line and is also known as Keaunui-a-Maweke. His mother was High Chiefess Naiolaukea, also known as Naiolakea. (In ancient Hawaii, it was common for nobles to have many names.) His father was a high chief and “wizard” called Maweke, an Aliʻi of "the blue blood". He had brothers named Mulielealiʻi and Kalehenui. Keaunui married a woman named Wehelani (Hawaiian: lani = "sky"), and their children were: Keaunui had a granddaughter, Chiefess Kapau-a-Nuʻakea of Molokai.