Alapainui

Alapaʻi Nui
King of Hawaiʻi
Reign	1725-1754
Died	1754
Spouse	Keaka Kamakaʻimoku Kamaua ʻUmiaemoku
Issue	Keaweʻopala Manono I Kauwaʻa Mahiua Keawemahi
Father	Kauaua-a-Mahi
Mother	Kalanikauleleiaiwi
Religion	Hawaiian religion

Alapaʻi (full name: Alapaʻinuiakauaua, known also as Alapaʻi I or Alapaʻi Nui, "Alapaʻi the Great") (died in 1754) was a king of Hawaiʻi island in ancient Hawaii. He was an usurper to the throne, but was considered a good ruler, one who loved the common people, although there is a story that he was responsible for the death of High Chief Keōua Nui. His title in Hawaiian was Aliʻi Aimoku.

Alapaʻi was a son of Kauaua-a-Mahi, son of Mahiolole, the great Kohala chief of the Mahi family, and Queen Kalanikauleleiaiwi. His brother was Haae-a-Mahi, and his half-siblings include Kekuiapoiwa I, wife of King Kekaulike of Maui, and Keeaumoku Nui, who were also his first-cousins by virtue of his mother's other marriages. The king of the island was Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, his uncle. Alapaʻi ruled as the district chief of Kohala, subordinate to the King of Hawaiʻi.

After the death of his uncle and the subsequent civil war between his cousins Keeaumoku Nui and Kalaninuiamamao, Alapaʻi emerged as the victor and usurped the throne of Hawaiʻi. He reigned during one of the bloodiest period of Hawaiian history in an era of great warrior king fighting for the domination over the neighboring islands.

War continued between the century-old rivals Hawaiʻi and Maui during the early part of his rule while the old Kekaulike was still on the throne. After Kekaulike's death, his relations with Maui were friendly, and he helped his nephew Kamehamehanui Ailuau regain his throne from his half-brother Kauhiaimokuakama. His reign also saw a bitter conflict between Hawaiʻi and Oahu over the latters invasion of the island of Molokai, where Alapaʻi's relatives ruled. Alapaʻi killed Oʻahu's reigning king Kapiiohookalani at the Battle of Kawela and invaded the island of Oʻahu in 1736.

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