Kānehoalani of Oahu was a High Chief of Oahu and District Chieftain or King of Koolau. Kānehoalani means Kāne

Kāne

In Hawaiian mythology, Kāne is considered the highest of the four major Hawaiian deities, along with Kanaloa, Kū, and Lono. He represented the god of procreation and was worshipped as ancestor of chiefs and commoners. Kāne is the creator and gives life associated with dawn, sun and sky...

's Heavenly Companion. He was the son of Lo Alii Kaholialale

Kaholialale

Kaholi-a-Lale was a Prince of Oahu and Chief of Halona and Lihue. He was sometimes referred to as Kaoli-a-Lale.He was the eldest son of Prince Lolale, chief of Halona, and his wife Princess Keleanohoanaapiapi of Maui. His siblings were Luliwahine and Luli Kane. They were Lo-Alii like their...

 and Princess Kohe-palaoa of Oahu. Through his mother he was grandson of King Piliwale

Piliwale

Piliwale was the 10th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. He reigned as the titular chieftain or King of the island of Oahu and all its territories it claimed at the time....

 and first cousin of Queen Kalaimanuia

Kalaimanuia

Kalaimanuia was the 12th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. She reigned as Queen of the island of Oahu and all its territories it claimed at the time. She was Oahu's last queen regnant until Liliuokalani, the last queen of all of the Hawaiian Islands. She is sometimes referred to as Kalanimanuia...

. His rule over Koolau derived through his wife, the High Chiefess Kualoakalailai of Koolau. With Kualoa-ka-lailai he had a daughter named Kaunuiakanehoalani, who later became the consort of Kaihikapu-a-Manuia. Through this daughter, he was the maternal grandfather of Kakuhihewa

Kakuhihewa

Kakuhihewa was the 15th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. He ruled as King or chief of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. He was not only one of the great kings of Oahu, but celebrated throughout the eight islands for all the princely qualities of a highborn chief. The legends of him are somewhat fuller, or have...

; and Kānehoalani had the honor of taking his grandson from the Kūkaniloko birth site

Kukaniloko Birth Site

Kūkaniloko Birth Site, also known as the Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument, near the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Whitmore Avenue just north of Wahiawā, Hawaii, is one of the most important ancient cultural sites on the island of Oahu...

 to the Hoolonopahu Heiau.