Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox II
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Prince Robert Keoua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox II (1919 - 1996) was the son of Prince Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox I of the House of Laanui, a collateral branch of the House of Kamehameha.
He was born April 12, 1919 at Honolulu, Oahu. His mother was his father's first wife, Helen Kaleipuanani Simerson Wilberton, daughter of William Kuakini Simerson, by his wife, Julia, née Andrews. His and his father's name, Keoua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui, states his and his family's descent from High Chief Keoua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui, the royal father of Kamehameha the Great and Kalokuokamaile, the great-great-great-great-grandfather of Robert. His descendants, unlike those of his sister Helen Kalokuokamaile Wilcox, retain their family surname Wilcox. He died December 14, 1996, aged 77. [1]
[edit] Marriage
He married first Martina Tamara Ahuna, born January 14, 1922. Prince Orson Guy Kiha'apiilani Wilcox and Princess Venetta Owana Kaohelelani Wilcox were the fruit of this marriage. His second marriage was to Betty Kim and with her, he had one son and two daughters, who were Prince Robert Keeaumoku Wilcox, Princess Adrienne Lee Wilcox, and Princess Tyrene Wilcox. His third wife was Eleanor Kalama, with whom he had Princess Trudy May Wilcox, and his fourth was Anita, with whom he had Princess Dalla Kaleipuanai Wilcox. He is also the father of Prince Sherrill Wilcox.
