Piʻilani

{{Infobox monarch

| name = Piʻilani

| title =Chief of Maui

| spouse = La’ieloheloheikawaiShe was a child of nobleman Kalamakua and famous lady Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi.
Mokuahualeiakea
Kunuʻunuiakapokiʻi

| father = Kawaokaohele

| mother = Kepalaoa

| issue =Lono-a-Piʻilani
Kiha-a-Piʻilani
Piʻikea, Chiefess of Maui and Hawaiʻi

| religion =Hawaiian religion}}

[[Coconut tree on Maui, island of Piʻilani|thumb|160px]]

Piʻilani ("ascent to heaven"[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pi%CA%BBilani Piʻilani]) (born ca. 1460) ruled as Chief of the island of Maui in the later part of the 15th century. At the time Maui was an independent kingdom within the islands of Hawaii.

He was the first Aliʻi to unite the island under a single line.{{cite book|author1=Glenda Bendure|author2=Ned Friary|title=Lonely Planet Maui|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=ghhZwsXa6koC|page=242}}|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-714-1|pages=242}} His rule was peaceful for most of his reign. His father was Kawaokaohele{{cite book|author=Patrick Vinton Kirch|title=A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDQy8OOicF4C&pg=PA206|date=7 July 2012|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-95383-3|pages=206–}} and his mother was Kepalaoa.{{cite book|author=P. Christiaan Klieger|title=Moku'Ula: Maui's Sacred Island|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=HitzAAAAMAAJ}}|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Bishop Museum Press|isbn=978-1-58178-002-4}} Pilʻilani and his offspring are important in legends of Maui, in the same way that Līloa and his son ʻUmi-a-Liloa in the legends of the island of Hawaii. The two family lines of Piʻilani and Liloa were closely associated although from separate islands. ʻUmi was a supporter of Kiha-a-Piʻilani, Piʻilani's son, when he went to war. The lineage continued in west Hawaii and east Maui in lesser lines and in the lines of Moana Kane from Liloa and Piʻilaniwahine from Piʻilani in the couple's marriage and offspring.{{cite book|author=Kanalu G. Terry Young|title=Rethinking the Native Hawaiian Past|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQLtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|date=25 February 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-77669-7|pages=48–}} Piʻilani and his sons were circumcised.

Piʻilani's is a descendant of Puna-i-mua.{{cite book|last=Kamakau |first=Samuel |author-link=Samuel Kamakau |title=Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii |year=1992 |publisher=Kamehameha Schools Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=0-87336-014-1|pages=}} His father and grandfathers came from western Maui. Under Piʻilani for the first time this family controlled the eastern side as well.{{cite book|author=Patrick Vinton Kirch|title=How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=wuqxd88MLYkC|page=101}}|date=2 November 2010|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-94784-9|pages=101–}} Piʻilani began building a roadway to encircle the entire island, the first such road in the islands. It was wide enough for eight men to walk beside each other. It was completed by his son. Some sections of Piʻilani Highway follow the old path. In places, the old stones are still visible.{{cite book|author=Greg Ward|title=Maui|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=zC0xVtxFrN4C|page=229}}|year=2001|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-852-9|pages=229–}} After Piʻilani's death the line of succession became a struggle similar to that of ʻUmi and Hakua of Hawaii.