Haʻae was a High Chief (Aliʻi) of the island of Hawaiʻi. He was a son of the Chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi and her husband Kauaua-a-Mahi, son of Mahiolole, the great Kohala chief of the Mahi family. He had a brother called Alapainui ("Alapai the Great") and sister Kekuiapoiwa I who became a queen of Maui. He was an uncle of the king Kahekili II of Maui and Chief Keōua of Hawaii. His wife was his half-sister Kekelakekeokalani. They had a daughter Kekuiapoiwa II, who was a mother of Kamehameha I. Haʻae was thus an ancestor of great kings — Kamehameha I, Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III.