Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike
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| Kinoiki Kekaulike II | |
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| Princess of Hawaiʻi | |
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| Spouse | High Chief David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi |
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| Prince David Kahalepouli Kawananakoa Prince Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole |
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| Full name | |
| Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike II | |
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| HRH Princess HE The Governess of Hawaii Island |
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| Royal house | House of Kalakaua Royal House of Kauai |
| Father | High Chief Kuhio Kalanianaʻole of Hilo |
| Mother | Princess Kekaulike Kinoiki of Kauaʻi |
| Born | 12 May 1843 Hilo, Hawaiʻi |
| Died | 18 January 1884 (aged 40) Honolulu, Oahu |
| Burial | Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum |
Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike II formally Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike, was sister to Queen Kapiolani who married to King David Kalākaua and reigned as Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.[1]
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[edit] Life
She was born in May 12, 1843, the youngest daughter of the Aliʻi of Hilo, High Chief Kuhio Kalanianaole and his wife the Kauaian Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike I. From her father she was cousin of the Kamehameha Dynasty being in the line of Keawe and she was relative of Kalakaua through their common ancestor, the High Chiefess Ululani of Hilo. Her mother was the step-daughter of the Queen Regent Ka'ahumanu and the daughter of Kaumualii, the last king of Kauai before being ceded to the unified Hawaiian Islands governed by Kamehameha the Great. Her sister were Kapiolani and Poomaikelani and she was known as Kekaulike which was a name beared by her mother and great-great grandfather, King Kekaulike of Maui.
In February 25, 1861, she married the High Chief David Kahalepouli Piikoi of Kauai and from this marriage they had three sons.[2] David Kahalepouli Kawananakoa was the first-born; Edward Abnel Keliiahonui, the second born and more frail one; Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, the youngest and probably most accomplished. Her sons were adopted by her sisters Queen Kapiolani and Princess Poomaikelani after her death. [3] Her sons were granted the title of Princes and style His Highness.
Her sister's husband became the king of Hawaii in 1874 And she was granted the title of Princess and style of Her Royal Highness, in 1883 during Kalakaua's coronation. In the coronation, she had the honor of carrying Kalakaua's royal feather cape, passed down from the days of Kamehameha the Great, which she handed to the Chancellor of Hawaiʻ, Chief Justice A. F. Judd who placed the cape on the king's shoulders "as of the Ensing of Knowledge and Wisdom". She was made Governess of Hawaii Island by her brother-in-law succeeding her sister's sister-in-law, the Princess Likelike.[4] and she did all in her power to assist her sister, Kapiolani, in her work of charity.
[edit] Death
She died at Honolulu, Oahu, in January 18, 1884 or October 17, 1884, a year after Kalakaua's coronation. Her funeral expenses added up to $ 1,931.36.[5] She was intured in the Kalakaua Crypt, at the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii.[6]
[edit] Reference
- ^ All about Hawaii.Published 1892.Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Publications Division. Page 139
- ^ Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900 By David W. Forbes,
- ^ Beaches of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau By John R. K. Clark
- ^ Roster, Legislatures of Hawaii, 1841-1918: by Robert Colfax Lydecker. page 147
- ^ Na kanawai o ka repubalika o Hawaii, By Hawaii. Page 105
- ^ HAWAII4
