Person

Līloa

15th century · 15th century · Also known as Liloa

Līloa was ruler (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaiʻi in the late 15th century, ruling from Waipiʻo Valley. Hawaiian tradition remembers him as a respected ruler and the father of Hākau, his heir, and of ʻUmi-a-Līloa, born to a woman of lower rank, whom he acknowledged as his son. On his death the island passed to Hākau, and the brothers' quarrel led to ʻUmi's revolt.

Līloa
Image: Unknown photographer; published alongside papers by Thomas M. Spaulding (b. 1882) and Curtis Piʻehu ʻIaukea (1855–1940) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Chiefdom of Hawaii Island

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Līloa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/liloa
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“Līloa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/liloa. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Līloa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/liloa.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Līloa’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/liloa (Accessed: ).

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