Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui

Gideon Laʻanui II
Spouse Amelia Puohu
Elizabeth Kamai
Issue
Princess Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laʻanui
Full name
Gideon Kailipalaki-o-Keheananui Laʻanui
House House of Laʻanui
Father High Chief Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui
Mother High Chiefess Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives
Born April 1840
Laʻanui Estate, Waialua, Oahu
Died July 26, 1871(1871-07-26) (aged 31)

Gideon Kailipalaki-o-Keheananui Laʻanui (1840–1871) was a great grandnephew of Kamehameha the Great, being a great grandson of Prince Kalokuokamaile, the eldest brother of Kamehameha the Great. He was a member of the royal House of Laʻanui, a collateral branch of the House of Kamehameha.

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Life

He was born in April 1840 at the home of his father's Waialua estate. He was named Gideon after his father Gideon Laʻanui I, and Kailipalakai o Keheananui, after High Chief Kinau II. His older sister Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau attended the Chiefs' Children's School, a select school exclusive for the children of the highest rank in the kingdom, eligible to be rulers. Under an official order of King Kamehameha III, she was proclaimed eligible to rule the Hawaiian Kingdom. He was too young to attend, and the school closed in 1849. He and his sister Elizabeth were only part native Hawaiian (hapa-haole) with the same amount of Hawaiian blood as Queen Emma because their mother Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives was half French, daughter of Kamehameha II's French secretary Jean Baptiste Rives.

He became overseer of the royal properties on the island of Oʻahu and supplier of food for the royal court.[1] Gideon married first Amelia Puohu on July 9, 1842[2] (later Mrs. George Carsley) but had no children with her.[3] By his second marriage to Elizabeth Kamai Ka-o-paikawekiu-o-kaloni July 12, 1859, they had one daughter, Princess Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laʻanui (1860–1944). It was reported that Gideon killed his wife (who was known for her beauty) with a pickaxe, but his high status prevented any legal action.[4] Laʻanui died July 26, 1871 at the age of 31.[5]

Family

Ancestry

Tree

Kahikikalaokalani
 
 Keōua Nui
 
 Kekuiapoiwa II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kalokuokamaile
 
 Kaloiokalani
 
 Kamehameha I
(The Great)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kaohelelani
 
 Jean Baptiste Rives
(1793–1833)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui
(1797–1849)
 
 Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives
(1815–1850)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui
(1834–1928)
 
 Gideon Kailipalaki Laʻanui
(1840–1871)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alexander Cartwright III
 
 Theresa Laʻanui
(1860–1944)
 
 Robert William Wilcox
(1855–1903)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daisy and Eva Cartwright
 
 Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox
(1893–1934)
 
 Virginia Wilcox
(1895–1954)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
(1917–1988)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Owana Salazar
(born 1953)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mahana Kaʻahumanu Walters
(born 1979)
 
 Noa Kalokuokamaile
(born 1981)

References

  1. ^ "Prince Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui II". Biography from Hawaii's royal family web site. Keali'i publishing. http://www.keouanui.org/Gidon_Laanui.html. Retrieved 2010-01-03. 
  2. ^ "Marriage record: Oahu 1831-1910". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. http://www.ulukau.org/gsdl2.7/cgi-bin/algene?e=q&a=d&d=D10-000067&gg=1. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  3. ^ "The Stories & Genealogies of Maui". Maui culture online. Maui Visitors Bureau. http://www.mauiculture.net/mookuauhau/index.html. Retrieved 2010-01-03. 
  4. ^ Kapikauinamoku (December 6, 1955). "The Story of Hawaiian Royalty: Prince Keouaʻs Eldest Son Remained On Maui". The Honolulu Advertiser. http://ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0sohr-000Sec--11en-50-20-frameset-book--1-011utfZz-8&a=d&d=D0.4.88&toc=0. 
  5. ^ Christopher Buyers. "The Kamehameha Dynasty Genealogy (Page 1)". Royal Ark web site. http://www.royalark.net/Hawaii/hawaii.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-03. 

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