Kakaûe was High Chief of the island of Maui. Kakaûe's name is sometimes given as Kakaûeloiki. Kakaûe is mentioned in old chants.
Kakaûe was a son of Chief Kaulahea I of Maui and his sister-wife, High Chiefess Kapohanaupuni of Hilo. His brother was Kakaûalaneo. He and his brother appear to have jointly ruled over the islands of Maui and Lanai.
The brothers' courts were at Lahaina which at that time still preserved its ancient name of Lele. Kakaûe was surnamed Kaleo-iki, and was considered as deficient in mental qualities. Some traditions state that Luaia was his grandson, but most of the genealogies states Luaia was the grandson of Kakaûalaneo.
Kakaûe's wife's name was Kapohauola, and she was also the wife of ûEhu, the son of Kà «Ã»aiwa, on the Hawaiian Pili line, and thus established the contemporaneity of these islands' monarchs. Kapohauola was said to have been Kakaûe's maternal aunt. Kakae's only known son was Kahekili I. His brother appeared to succeed him to the dignity and title of aliûi. After Kakaûalaneo's death, Kakae's son succeeded him as aliûi rather than Kakaûalaneo's own children.