Levi Haalelea

Levi Haʻalelea (1822 – October 3, 1864) was a high chief of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served as a kahu (royal guardian/attendant) and konohiki (land agent) for High Chief Leleiohoku, one of the grandsons of Kamehameha I, a Hulumanu (court of favorites) from the Royal Court of Kamehameha III, and eventually served as Chamberlain for the court. He was a member of the Privy Council and served in the House of Nobles. He helped the early Mormon missionaries to the islands by leasing them land and eventually converted to that faith. In the Hawaiian language, his name Haʻalelea meant man sacrificed when cutting an ʻōhiʻa tree for an image.

Born circa 1822 in Lahaina, Maui, his father was Haʻaloʻu, the Governor of the island of Molokai under Kalanimoku, and his mother was Kipa. His half-brother was Timoteo Haʻalilio, diplomat of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a kahu (caretaker) and cared for High Chief Leleiohoku along with his uncle Malo. Leleiohoku was the son of Kalanimoku and a grandson of Kamehameha I. Haʻalelea would also serve as Leleiohoku's konohiki or chief of land (land agent). In 1834, he attend Lahainaluna Seminary with Leleiohoku, a school ran by the American missionaries who arrived in Hawaii in 1820.

Haʻalelea also served as the private secretary and land agent of Kealiʻiahonui and his wife Kekauʻōnohi, the granddaughter of Kamehameha I and former wife of Kamehameha II, until the former's death in 1849. Around 1848 (Haʻalelea himself dates this to 1850) he married Kealiʻiahonui's widow Kekauʻōnohi. This marriage elevated him to the status of chief but produced no children before Kekauʻōnohi's death in 1851. He married his second wife Amoe Ululani Kapukalakala Ena (1842–1904) at the age of 16. She was the eldest daughter of the chiefess Kaikilanialiiwahineopuna and John Ena (Zane Shang Hsien) of Hilo, a merchant of Chinese descent. His only child was a daughter, Kamalalehua, who died before him. He was a member of the Privy Council from 1852 to 1855 and served in the House of Nobles from 1853 to 1862. He would also serve as Chamberlain of the Royal Court.

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