Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole | |
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Prince of Hawaiʻi | |
Spouse | Elizabeth Kahanu Kaʻauwai |
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Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi | |
House | House of Kalākaua |
Father | David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi King Kalākaua (hānai) |
Mother | Victoria Kekaulike Kinoiki Queen Kapiʻolani (hānai) |
Born | March 26, 1871 Kōloa, Kauaʻi |
Died | January 7, 1922 (aged 50) Waikīkī, Oʻahu |
Burial | January 15, 1922[1] Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum |
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Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi (1871–1922) was a prince of the reigningHouse of Kalākaua when the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was overthrown by international businessmen in 1893. He later went on to become a politician in the Territory of Hawaii as delegate to the United States Congress, and as such is the first native Hawaiian and only person ever elected to that body who was born a royal.[2]
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[edit]Early life
Kalanianaʻole was born March 26, 1871 in Kōloa on the island ofKauaʻi.[3] Like many aliʻi (Hawaiian nobility) his genealogy was complex, but he was an heir of Kaumualiʻi, the last ruling chief of Kauaʻi. His was named after his grandfather Kūhiō Kalanianaʻolea High Chief of Hilo, and his paternal grandfather Jonah PiʻikoiHigh Chief of Kauaʻi. Like many Hawaiian nobles in the nineteenth-century he attended the exclusive private Royal School and Punahou School in Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu. In the 1870s, a French school teacher at St. Alban's College, now ʻIolani School, commented on how young Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole's eyes twinkled merrily and how he kept a perpetual smile. "He is so cute, just like the pictures of the littlecupid," teacher Pierre Jones said. The nickname, "Prince Cupid," stuck with Prince Kūhiō for the rest of his life.[4] After completing his basic education he also traveled abroad for further study. He studied for four years at Saint Matthew's School, a privateEpiscopal military school in San Mateo, California,[5] and at the Royal Agricultural College in England before graduating from a business school in England. He was described as being an excellent marksman and athlete at sports such as football and bicycling.[6]:57-59
[edit]Prince of the Kalākaua Dynasty
After the rule of the House of Kamehameha ended with the death of King Kamehameha V in 1872, and KingLunalilo died in 1874, the House of Kalākaua ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. He became an orphan after his father died in 1880 and mother in 1884. Kalanianaʻole was adopted by King David Kalākaua's wife, Queen Kapiʻolani, who was his maternal aunt. This practice was called hānai, a traditional form of adoption widely used in ancient Hawaii which made Kalanianaʻole a royal prince. When Kalākaua came to power Kalanianaʻole was appointed to the royal Cabinet administering the Department of the Interior. After Kalākaua's death in 1891, Liliʻuokalani became queen, and she continued to favour Kalanianaʻole.
However, in 1893 the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii put in power first a Provisional Government of Hawaii, and then a republic with no role for monarchs. Liliʻuokalani continued to hope she could be restored to the throne, while American businessmen lobbied for annexation.
[edit]Post-Overthrow Activities
In 1895, at the age of twenty four,[7] he participated in a rebellion against the Republic of Hawaiʻi. The rebels proved no match for the Republic troops and police, and shortly after hostilities began, all those involved in the rebellion were routed and captured. Kūhiō was sentenced to a year in prison while others were charged with treason and sentenced with execution. Death sentences were commuted to imprisonment. Kūhiō served his full term. Daily visits of his fiancee, Elizabeth Kahanu Kaʻauwai encouraged him in his most dark times. They married October 8, 1896.
In 1898, the United States of America annexed Hawaii and the Territory of Hawaii was formed. After her own heir apparent, Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani, died at the age of 23 in 1899, Liliʻuokalani made Kalanianaʻole and his brother Prince David Kawānanakoa (1868–1908) heirs to the throne. His other older brother Prince Edward Keliʻiahonui had died in 1887.
Kūhiō and his wife left Hawaiʻi upon his release and traveled widely in Europe, where they were treated as visiting royalty. He traveled to Africa from 1899 to 1902 where he joined the British Army to fight in the Second Boer War.[8]
[edit]From prince to American statesman
Kūhiō eventually returned from his self-imposed exile to take part in politics[7] in post-annexation Hawaiʻi. He became active in the Home Rule Party of Hawaii, which represented native Hawaiians and continued to fight for Hawaiian independence. A much smaller Democratic party, led by his brother David Kawānanakoa, was less radical and also less powerful. The Republicans represented business interests including people who had originally overthrown the Monarchy.
In 1901 Kūhiō switched parties and joined the Republicans. He was disillusioned with the lack of progress made by the Home Rule Party, and its control by "radicals". The Republicans eagerly accepted him into the fold. By endorsing the heir to the throne of the Hawaiian kingdom they gained significant support in local communities, and Kūhiō was given a strong leadership position.
Kūhiō was elected delegate to the U.S. Congress in a landslide victory for the Republicans, and helped establish a Republican hold on the legislature. He served from March 4, 1903 until his death, winning a total of ten elections.[8] During this time he instituted local government at the county level, creating the county system still used today in Hawaiʻi. He staffed the civil service positions that resulted with Hawaiian appointees.[citation needed] This move combined the political patronage system of 19th century American politics with the traditional Hawaiian chiefly role of beneficently delegating authority to trusted retainers[citation needed].
In 1903, Kūhiō reorganized the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, which held the first observance of the Kamehameha Day holiday in 1904.[4] He was a founder of the first Hawaiian Civic Club on December 7, 1918.[9] He helped organize a centenary celebration of the death of Kamehameha I in 1919.[10]
In 1919, Kūhiō introduced in Congress the first-ever Hawaii Statehood Act. It would be another 40 years before seeing fruition.
During this period, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1921 was signed by President Warren Harding. Despite Kūhiō's wishes, the Act contained high blood-quantum requirements, and leased land instead of granting it fee-simple, creating a perpetual government institution. This act and the others that followed continue to be controversial in contemporary Hawaiian politics, and have been used to justify more recent legislation like the Akaka Bill.[11] He served on the first Hawaiian Homes Commission starting on September 16, 1921.[10]
Kūhiō died on January 7, 1922. His body was interred near his royal family at the Royal Mausoleumknown as Mauna ʻAla in Nuʻuanu on the island of Oʻahu.[12] He is memorialized by streets, beaches, the Prince Kūhiō Plaza Shopping Center, and the Prince Kuhio Federal Building named in his honor. Prince Kūhiō Day on March 26 is a state holiday that honors Kūhiō's birth.[4] Two of Hawaii's public schools also honor the memory of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole: Prince Jonah Kuhio Elementary School in Honolulu and Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Elementary and Intermediate School in Papaikou, Hawaii, near Hilo on the Island of Hawaii.
[edit]References
- ^ Roger G. Rose, Sheila Conant and Eric P. Kjellgren. "Journal of the Polynesian Society". Polynesian Society. pp. 273–304. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
- ^ Mart Martin (2001). The almanac of women and minorities in American politics (2nd ed.). Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-9817-4.
- ^ United States Congress (1910). Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 139.
- ^ a b c Pat Omandam (September 20, 1999). "Kuhio’s advice still relevant today". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ Agnes Quigg (1988). "Kalākaua's Hawaiian Studies Abroad Program". Hawaiian Journal of History (Hawaii Historical Society) 22: pp. 170–208. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ Ann Rayson (2004). "Chapter 3: Prince Kūhiō and the Hawaiian Homestead Act". Modern History of Hawaii. Bess Press. ISBN 978-1-57306-209-1.
- ^ a b Stu Dawrs (April/May 2002). "Civic Pride". Hana Hou! Vol. 5, No. 2.
- ^ a b Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Parker Widemann (February, 1980). "Founding of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu". official web site. Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu.
- ^ a b "Kalanianaole, Jonah Kuhio, Prince office record". official archives. State of Hawaii. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ Rayson, Ann (2004). Modern History of Hawaii. Bess press. ISBN 1-57306-209-X. (a high school textbook on Hawaiian history, see especially chapter 3: "Prince Kūhiō and the Hawaiian Homestead Act")
- ^ "Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole". Find a Grave. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
[edit]External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole |
- "Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole". Papakōlea Community Association. 2004. Retrieved 2010-01-02.[dead link]
- Taegan D. Goddard (January 1, 2010). "Friday Night Trivia". Political Wire. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- Henry Soszynski. "HH Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole Kawānanakoa". web page on "Rootsweb". Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- "Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole". Our Family History and Ancestry. Families of Old Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- "Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State".
- "Kalaniana‘ole as pronounced by a native speaker".
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David Kawānanakoa
David Kawānanakoa | |
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Prince of Hawaiʻi | |
Spouse | Abigail Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Campbell |
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David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa |
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David Laʻamea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa Piʻikoi | |
House | Kalakaua Kawānanakoa |
Father | David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi King Kalākaua (hānai) |
Mother | Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike Queen Kapiʻolani (hānai) |
Born | February 19, 1868 Honolulu, Oʻahu |
Died | June 2, 1908 (aged 40) San Francisco, California |
Burial | June 21, 1908[1] Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum |
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Prince David Laʻamea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa Piʻikoi (1868–1908), was the patriarch of the House of Kawānanakoa. He was in the line of succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi around the time of the kingdom's overthrow.
[edit]Life
Kawānanakoa was born February 19, 1868.[2] David was the first child of his father High Chief David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi from Kauaʻi island, and his mother Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike, a noble from the district of Hilo who was later the royal governor of the island of Hawaiiʻi. His younger brothers were Edward Keliʻiahonui (1869–1887) and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (1871–1922). David's family name Kawānanakoa was developed personally for him, and his own descendants have taken it for their family and name of their monarchical Royal house.
He was granted the title of Prince and style of His Royal Highness in 1883 by King Kalākaua. He was declared the third heir (after then princess Liliʻuokalani and princessKaʻiulani) to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi to avoid problematic royal elections. His mother was the sister of Queen Kapiʻolani, consort to Kalākaua. He was also King Kalākaua's first cousin; these relations gave prince Kawānanakoa his position in the succession order. In 1885 he was sent by the Hawaiian government to attend Saint Matthew's School, a private Episcopal military school in San Mateo, California. His two brothers would also attend.[3]
On August 31, 1891, Queen Liliʻuokalani appointed him a member of her Privy Council.[4]In 1893 the Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown, Kawānanakoa became a supporter of the Royalist resistance and after the failed 1895 Counter-Revolution he was arrested for treason but due to lack of evidence he was released. In 1898 he announced his engagement to Kaʻiulani,[5] but she died in 1899 before the wedding could take place.
Kawānanakoa was one of five founders of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. He attended the 1900 Democratic National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri and was the first royal to attend a national presidential nominating convention, where he was successful in gaining affiliation between his party and the Democratic Party in a party vote at the convention to incorporate Hawaii. He voted to break a tie about importing a plank into the convention platform regarding free silver.
In 1902, Kawānanakoa married Abigail Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Campbell who assumed the title of princess. Their children were Princess Abigail Kapiʻolani (1903–1961), Prince Edward David Kalākaua (1904–1953), and Princess Lydia Liliʻuokalani (1905–1969).
David Kawānanakoa died of pneumonia June 2, 1908 in San Francisco[6][7] before his cousin Liliʻuokalani, and thus never became the official head of the former Royal House of Hawaiʻi. His son instead succeeded, in 1917, in the royal claims of deposed Queen Liliʻuokalani, who had no children. After an elaborate funeral and parade, he was buried in the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii.[8]
[edit]References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: David Kawānanakoa |
- ^ Roger G. Rose, Sheila Conant and Eric P. Kjellgren. "Journal of the Polynesian Society". Polynesian Society. pp. 273–304. Retrieved 2011-9-18.
- ^ Henry Soszynski. "HH Prince David La'amea Kahalepouli Kawananakoa". web page on "Rootsweb". Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ Agnes Quigg (1988). "Kalākaua's Hawaiian Studies Abroad Program". Hawaiian Journal of History (Hawaii Historical Society) 22: pp. 170–208. hdl:10524/103.
- ^ "Kawananakoa , David, Prince office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Princess Kaiulani Engaged; To Wed Prince David Kawananakoa of Hawaiian Royal Blood" (PDF). New York Times. February 12, 1898. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Death of Prince David Kawananakoa Yesterday: was Heir Presumptive of the Throne of Hawaii". The Hawaiian Gazette. June 5, 1908. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Prince David Kawananakoa Dies After Brief Illness". The Evening News. June 3, 1908.
- ^ "Pomp and Ceremony, the Church's Stately Office for the Dead, a Forest of Kahilis, Military and Civic Organizations, Combine to Create a great Pageant.". The Hawaiian Gazette: p. 3. June 23, 1908. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
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Treason documentedhttp://maoliworld.com/forum/topics/exposing-the-treasonous-jonah-ku... also if you read the Court Cases regarding Queen Liliuokalani, they were documented 'her friends' if you look at the "purported Constitution" at the archives, you'll see that the Princes were included as successors when realistically they were NOT related to King Kalakaua, Queen Liliuokalani, lastly, they are the recipients of stolen wealth, criminally assuming lands and monies belonging to Our families, descendants of Princess Poomaikelani, et. als. All the above is true to the best of my knowledge, and research. Treason is hereby documented as well from Amelia Gora, Acting Liaison of Foreign Affairs, Hawaiian Government, descendant of Kamehameha, Kalaniopuu, Kahekili of Maui, Kaumualii of Kauai, John Young, Isaac Davis, Nuuanu, Akahi, et. als.
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House of Kawānanakoa
The House of Kawānanakoa, or the Kawānanakoa Dynasty in Waiting, are heirs presumptive to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
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[hide][edit]Origins
A collateral branch of the reigning House of Kalākaua (from Kauaʻi island) and descendants of chiefs of areas such as Waimea on Hawaiʻi island, the dynastic line was established by Prince David Kawānanakoa who was declared to be in the line of royal succession through a proclamation of King David Kalākaua. He was the son of High Chief David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi and High Chiefess Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike. Kawānanakoa was engaged to Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani on February 3, 1898,[1] who would have become a monarch in her own right upon the death of Queen Liliʻuokalani had she not predeceased her.
David Kawānanakoa's paternal ancestry comes from a cadet branch of the Kauaʻi royal family. His paternal grandmother High Chiefess Kekahili was a half-sister of High Chief Caesar Kapaʻakea, the father of Kalākaua, both being children of the Chiefess Kamokuiki. This made her an aunt of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani, which makes the Kawānanakoas the closest surviving collateral relatives of the Kalākaua reigning house. The said grandmother descended, besides from the ancient line of chiefs of Kauaʻi, also from the chief ofKaʻū, a great-uncle of King Kamehameha I.
However, the more higher ranking ancestry of David Kawānanakoa actually is that through his mother. His maternal grandmother High Chiefess Kekaulike Kinoiki was the daughter of the last king of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau Kaumualiʻi. She was the granddaughter of Kaneoneo, who attempted to take Oʻahu back from Kahekili II in rebellion. She descended from the lines of high chiefs of Niʻihau, Koloa, Oʻahu,Kauaʻi and Maui. High Chief Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole the maternal grandfather Kanekoa, on his part, was a descendant of several district of the island of Hawaiʻi (such as Waimea, Kona and Hilo) and descended directly from the chief of Waimea. Kanekoa was the half-uncle of King Kamehameha I who himself was originally a chief of Kona. Being descendants of a first cousin of that first king, the Kawānanakoas are next closest of the surviving relatives of the House of Kamehameha after the House of Laʻanui who descend from the Kamehameha's brother, as claimed by Owana Salazar.
The House of Kawānanakoa survives today and is the only recognized[by whom?] royal family of the United States. Members of the family are sometimes called prince and princess, as a matter of tradition and respect of their status as aliʻi or chiefs of native Hawaiians, being lines of ancient ancestry.
The House of Kawānanakoa in contemporary Hawaiian politics is closely aligned with the Hawaii Republican Party, a political party it helped organize since the creation of the Territory of Hawaiʻi. Its matriarch, Abigail Kawānanakoa, became a national party leader in the early years of the twentieth century.
While many historians, members of the government of Hawaiʻi (as a matter of opinion and not policy), and some Hawaiʻi residents consider the House of Kawānanakoa the rightful heirs to the throne, smaller factions of native Hawaiians with objections to the family's ties to the Hawaiʻi Republican Party have chosen instead to support various other branches of aliʻi lines, such as descendants of collateral branches of the extended House of Kamehameha (to which both the Kalākaua and Kawānanakoa dynasties are distantly related, too) as having rights to the throne. An even smaller group would like to maintain the abolition of the monarchy and organize ademocratic republic should native Hawaiians achieve independence.[citation needed]
[edit]Heirs Presumptive
Should the Hawaiian sovereignty movement succeed in the reinstitution of the Hawaiian monarchy, the heir presumptive would be declared monarch with the mandate of a plebiscite and constitution. The line split with the childless death of Prince David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa in 1953. His sisters (in birth order) Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa and Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa each had children. Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa had three children (in birth order): Edward Keliʻiahonui Kawānanakoa (1924–1997), Virginia Poʻomaikelani Kawānanakoa (1926–1998) and Esther Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa (1928–present). Edward Keliʻiahonui Kawānanakoa is survived by five children. Virginia Poʻomaikelani Kawānanakoa died childless. Esther Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa married the Marchese Filippo Marignoli and has three children.
Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa has one daughter, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, who has been active in various causes for the preservation of native Hawaiian culture, most especially the restoration of ʻIolani Palace; she created a bit of a stir when she allowedLife magazine to publish a photograph of herself sitting on the throne—which some thought was claiming to be Queen. However, she never married and is beyond childbearing years, so her claim would pass in any case to her cousin, Quentin Kawānanakoa.
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[hide][edit]Heirs Presumptive
I was going to remove that whole section, but decided to just leave it since some people have this belief.
In the 22nd Article of both the 1864 and the 1887 Constitution it says how either through the descendants of the ruling monarch, or the monarch can appoint someone, or in the case of no descendants and the monarch not appointing anyone as heir to the throne, that they can vote for one at the discretion of the Legislature.
Queen Lili'uokalani had proclaimed that her niece Princess V. Kawekiu Lunalilo Ka'iulani as heir-apparent to the throne. Apparently she also had Prince D. Kawananakoa and Prince J. Kuhio Kalaniana'ole to succeed after Princess Ka'iulani. However Ka'iulani died in 1899, never got to ascend to the throne. Because of that, the next person in line was Kawananakoa, but he died in 1908. He too never got to ascend to the throne, so at his death it makes Kalaniana'ole the next person in line. He also never got to ascend to the throne.
Had any of these 3 ascended to the throne, their descendants would have qualified (according to Article 22) to be heirs to the throne. But none of them did, and only one of them (Kawananakoa) had descendants.
Because of Article 22, the Kawananakoa family has no claim to the throne. Owana S. has no claim to the throne. Akahi Nui has no claim to the throne. No one else has claim to the throne.
[edit]Heirs Presumptive?
To say that the "heir presumptive" would be proclaimed monarch of Hawaii if the monarchy were restored--that's quite a questionable statement! The present "heir presumptive" would be Quentin Kawananakoa, who is a professional politician. It's absolutely inconceivable that he would have the slightest desire or inclination to become the figurehead ruler of a constitutional monarchy. The whole scenario is silly. Tom129.93.17.135 01:51, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
It might, I suppose, be argued that the Liliuokalani's designated successor has the same right she had to appoint a successor as head of the House of Kawananakoa and thus as pretender to the throne. That successor might then have the right to appoint his/her successor. Tom129.93.17.220 (talk) 05:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit]The Governmenr of Hawaii?
Exactly when did the government of the Government of Hawaii, that is the government of the US state of Hawaii ever recognize anybody as the rightful heir to the throne?
While historians, members of the Government of Hawaii and a majority of Hawaii residents have considered the House of Kawananakoa the rightful heirs to the throne,
[edit]Important factual update concerning wikipedia's article on Hawaii's Royal House of Kawananakoa
[Moved from article page john k 04:25, 17 January 2007 (UTC)]
The above article erroneously states the often circulated fabrication that HRH Prince David Kawananakoa was not the father of Kapiolani Kawananakoa, the eldest child of three in his marriage to Abigail Campbell. This has been circulating by various souces devoid of factual knowledge about the true facts about the story of Kapiolani II Kawananakoa's "adoption" which in actuality was use of the ancient and traditional Hawai'ian practice of Hanai, in which a senior relative "adopts" the child involved who can best care for him or her due to finacial and other reasons.
There is actual factual proof of the fact that Kapiolani II Kawananakoa was indeed the blood child of Prince David Kawananakoa and therefore her descendents are legal blood-heirs to the throne (ie- her grandchildren and the children of her eldest son, the late Edward Abnel Keliiahonui Kawananakoa, Quentin Kuhio Kawananakoa and siblings, heirs and family) and the line in fact does not "end" or "go to another line" after the passing of the dynasty's senior member, Abigail Kinioki Kekaulike Kawananakoa.
This website lists all the information and leagl photocopies, etc. of the last will and testament of HRH Prince David Kawananakoa prior to his passing away in 1908 and much further proof, verified leagl testimony and information.
The website can be accessed directly by going to the following URL:
<http://www.freewebs.com/davidkoa/continuityofamonarchy.htm>
Mahalo,
Kenneth Elliot Kaumuali'i Hodges Saratoga, California 27, December, 2006
e-mail <kensnowelk@hotmail.com>
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NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE ISSUES:
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King Kalākaua (hānai)
Queen Kapiʻolani (hānai)
Kōloa, Kauaʻi
Waikīkī, Oʻahu
Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum
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Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa
Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa
Kawānanakoa
King Kalākaua (hānai)
Queen Kapiʻolani (hānai)
Honolulu, Oʻahu
San Francisco, California
Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum
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