Virginia Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani was born on 7 April 1839 as the daughter of Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike of Kauaʻi and High Chief Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hilo. Through her mother’s line, she was a granddaughter of Kaumualiʻi who ruled the island of Kaua’i before it was unified with the other Hawaiian islands under King Kamehameha I. Poomaikelani [read more]
Helen Lydia Kamakaʻeha Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa was born on 22 July 1905, the daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa and Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa. As she was born after the monarchy in Hawaii was abolished, she did not officially carry a royal title, though many referred to her as such. She was named for Queen Liliʻuokalani, the [read more]
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa was born on 23 April 1926 as the daughter of Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa and William Jeremiah Ellerbrock. Her mother was the daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa and Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa. She was the great-grandniece of the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliʻuokalani, and as such, many considered her a possible [read more]
Read part one here. Emma began to plan for a visit to England, though her people were fearful that she would not return – King Kamehameha II and his Queen had died while on a visit to England. In May 1865, she departed the Honolulu harbour and arrived at Southhampton on 13 July. She undertook [read more]
Emma Kalanikaumakaʻamano Kaleleonālani Naʻea Rooke of Hawaiʻi was born on 2 January 1836 as the daughter of High Chief George Naʻea and High Chiefess Fanny Kekelaokalani Young. She was adopted under the Hawaiian tradition of hānai by her childless maternal aunt, chiefess Grace Kamaʻikuʻi Young Rooke, and her husband, Dr Thomas C. B. Rooke. She would have been nursed by a royal wet nurse and [read more]
Nāhiʻenaʻena was a Hawaiian Princess born probably circa 1815, but we do not know this for certain, nor do we know the place of her birth. Her parents were Kamehameha I, the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii and Keōpūolani, his highest ranking wife. We do know that her mother insisted on keeping “this last child” [read more]
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