Elizabeth Kekaaniau

Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui Pratt
Spouse	Franklin Seaver Pratt
Issue
Theresa Laʻanui (adopted)
Full name
Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laʻanui
House	House of Kamehameha House of Laanui
Father	High Chief Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui
Mother	High Chiefess Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives
Born	September 12, 1834(1834-09-12) Laʻanui Estate, Waialua, Oahu
Died	December 20, 1928(1928-12-20) (aged 94) Honolulu, Oahu

Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui Pratt or Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laʻanui (1834–1928) was a great grandniece of Kamehameha I, being a great granddaughter of Prince Kalokuokamaile, the older brother of Kamehameha I, founder of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Contents 1 Life 2 Family 2.1 Ancestry 2.2 Tree 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links

Life

She was born September 12, 1834 in her family home at Waialua. She was given the name Elizabeth after her mother's adoptive mother Queen Elizabeth Kaʻahumanu, and the Hawaiian name after Chiefess Kekaikuihala, her father's older sister. Her full name was Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laʻanui. She was 10 years old when Kamehameha III placed her in the Chiefs' Children's School, also known as the Royal School, a select school for the children of the highest rank in the kingdom who eligible to be rulers. She was taught by missionaries Juliette Montague and Amos Starr Cooke. Her cousins Princess Emma (later Queen consort) and Bernice Pauahi, called her Lizzie.

Her father was High Chief Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui who escaped the slaughter of Kawaihae when Keoua Kuahuula was killed. Her mother was High Chiefess Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives, a relative of Queen Kaʻahumanu and daughter of Kamehameha II's French Secretary Jean Baptiste Rives. Through her father's first marriage to Lydia Namahana, she was the step-niece of Queen Kaʻahumanu.

She married Franklin Seaver Pratt April 27, 1864.^[1] He served on the staff of King Kamehameha V, and then various functions under King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani, including Consul General, stationed San Francisco, for the Pacific states of Oregon, Washington, California and Nevada, at the time of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893.^[2] They did not have any children of their own, although they adopted her niece, Theresa Laʻanui, daughter of her brother Gideon Laʻanui II, when he died in 1871.

She claimed that on his death bed, King Kamehameha V asked her to be his successor. She declined, as did Princess Bernice Pauahi. Princess Elizabeth was the last survivor of the Royal School. She outlived the entire House of Kalākaua, and was the only surviving relative Royal School alumnus to live into the 20th century. She died at the age of 94 in Honolulu, Oahu on December 20, 1928.

In her 80s, Princess Elizabeth wrote a book, Keoua Father of Kings, as a tribute to her great-grandfather Keōua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui and his son, Kamehameha I. It was republished in 1999 by her great-great nephew, David Castro. It was republished again in 2009.^[3] She died December 20, 1928.

Family

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elizabeth Kekaaniau

16. Kauameaino, High Chief of Waimea               8. Hinai, High Chief of Waimea                       17. High Chiefess Kamakea               4. Nuhi, High Chief of Waimea                             9. High Chiefess Kupapa-a-i                       2. High Chief Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui                                   20. High Chief Keoua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui               10. Kalokuokamaile, High Chief of Hana                       21. Kahikikalaokalani, High Chiefess of Hana               5. High Chiefess Kaohelelani                             11. High Chiefess Kaloiokalani                       1. Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laʻanui                                         6. Jean Baptiste Rives                             3. High Chiefess Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives                                   28. High Chief Kuluwahi               14. High Chief Kalawaia                       29. High Chiefess Poʻu               7. High Chiefess Holau                             15. High Chiefess Umimahihelelima

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

Further reading

• David Castro (September 11, 2008). Tiffany McKain. ed. Princess Elizabeth Kekaaniau Laanui. Keali'i publishing. ISBN 978-0966958638. 

External links

• "Princess Elizabeth Laanui". Biography from Hawaii royal family web site. Keali'i publishing. http://www.keouanui.org/Elizabeth.html. Retrieved 2009-12-29. 

Persondata
Name	Kekaaniau, Elizabeth
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	September 12, 1834
Place of birth	Laanui Estate, Waialua, Oahu
Date of death	December 20, 1928
Place of death	Honolulu, Oahu