Kalanikauleleiaiwi

Kalanikauleleiaiwi was a High Chiefess (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaiʻi. She was considered to be the co-ruler of the island of Hawaiʻi with her half-brother, Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, the 21st Aliʻi nui of Hawaii. Their shared mother was Keakealaniwahine, the previous Aliʻi Nui of Hawaii. Their son, Keʻeaumoku Nui, was considered the highest rank of Piʻo and the rightful successor in rank to his father and mother, in contrast to his half-brother Alapaʻi, who usurped the throne of Hawaiʻi.

Kalanikauleleiaiwi was considered to have higher rank than her half-brother and co-ruler, owing to her paternal descent from the Oʻahu dynasty of Kākuhihewa. Her father was their mother's half-brother Kāneikaiwilani, who was the son of Iwikauikaua and Kauākahikuaʻanaʻauakāne of Oʻahu. Both her parents shared the High Chief Iwikauikaua of Oʻahu as their father. (whose symbol was a torch burned at midday, later copied by his descendant Kalākaua.)

Her family background has been compared to that of Keōpūolani, with the political power and influence of Kaʻahumanu. She had four husbands and through her descendants was the great-grandmother of Kamehameha I who founded the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.