Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa

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Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa
Born 20 April 1926 (1926-04-20) (age 82)
Honolulu, Oahu
Title(s) Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa
Throne(s) claimed Hawaiʻi
Pretend from 1969
Monarchy abolished 1893
Last monarch Liliuokalani
Connection with Cousin/Aunt
Royal House Kawānanakoa
Father William Jeremiah Ellerbrock
Mother Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa
Predecessor Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike III Kawānanakoa born (April 20, 1926), was the only child of Princess Liliuokalani Kawananakoa born during her marriage with William Jeremiah Ellerbrock. According to some she became the head of the House of Kawananakoa upon the death of her mother who had succeed her elder brother Edward D. Kawānanakoa on May 20, 1953 while some believe it was her elder sister Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa. Basically the House of Kawananakoa had split into two by 1953. Some support Princess Lydia, the younger of the two princesses, because her eldest sister, Abigail's, legitimacy has even been question by both the girls' father, Prince David Kawananakoa. She was known as also known as Kekau to friends and made it a top priority because of her heritage to preserve Iolani Palace.

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[edit] Early Life

She legally adopted by her grandmother Princess Abigail Wahiikaahuula Campbell Kawananakoa, in the old sense of the Hawaiian tradition of hanai. She assumed the surname of Kawananakoa rather than Ellerbrock, the surname of her father. She currently the heiress to the Campbell Estate of her great-grandfather, James Campbell 19th century Hawaiian indurstrialist. She was educated Punahou School, in Honolulu; Shanghai American School, in Shanghai; graduating from Notre Dame High School, Belmont, California; Dominican College, in San Rafael, California; and the University of Hawaii, in Honolulu, Oahu.

[edit] Iolani Palace

She is the President of the Friends of 'Iolani Palace (1971 - 1998), her mother was once its former president and there was only a two year interval between their time as president. She has been active in various causes for the preservation of native Hawaian culture, most especially the restoration of Iolani Palace. In June 1992, Kawananakoa pleaded with activists to hold further sovereignty demonstrations away from the palace after 32 demonstrators attempted to enter the building. She is an expert horsewoman and could have reached Olympic gold in any sport if she had chosen that path. She is the owner of a ranch and racing quarter-horses.

[edit] Throne Incident

She created a bit of a stir, in 1998, when she allowed LIFE magazine to publish a photograph of herself sitting on the 150 year-old throne of Hawaii--essentially, claiming to be Queen. One was note that the thrones in the palace are replicas and the real one are in Bishop Museum. She is probably Hawaii's most popular Hawaiian royal in her generation with articles of her of the Honolulu Star Bulletin while her cousins rarely were ever mention. She never married an is beyond childbearing years. Her claim to the House of Kawānanakoa would probably pass to her first-cousin-once removed, Prince Quentin Kawānanakoa. But, she has an adopted son, David Kalakaua Kawananakoa, who would probably succeed her instead.

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  1. ^ HAWAII4

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Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa
Born: 20 April 1926
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Princess Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa		 — TITULAR —
Queen Regnant of the Hawaiian Islands
1963 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Kingdom of Hawaii abolished in 1893		 Disputed
Incumbent
Designated heir:
Prince David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa
or
Prince Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa