Virginia Poomaikelani Kawānanakoa

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Virginia Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani Kawānanakoa (1926–1998) was related to the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Life

Virginia Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani Kawānanakoa was born November 29, 1926 in Honolulu, Hawaii . She was the eldest daughter and second child of Princess Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa during her marriage with Andrew Anderson Lambert (March 25, 1900–March 15, 1966).

She had an older brother, Edward A. Kawānanakoa (1924–1997) and a younger sister, Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa (born 1928). She was a namesake of her great-great aunt Princess Virginia Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani and her aunt's grandmother the High Chiefess Poomaikalani, daughter of High Chief Kanekoa, Alii of Waimea, son High Chief Ke'eaumoku-nui, son of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and his Kailakanoa; by his wife Kalanikauleleiawi, daughter of Alii Kepoomahoe, by his wife, Alii Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalani, daughter of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, Alii Aimoku of Hawaii. Upon her mother's death on April 8, 1961, her elder brother Edward A. Kawānanakoa became the most senior native Hawaiian and was considered by some to be heir to the throne of the Kingdom.

She was a publisher and theatrical entrepreneur. She served as President of the Hawaiian Civic Club. Princess Poomaikelani died unmarried and childless at Honolulu on November 19, 1998. She died ten days before her 72nd birthday.^[1]

References

↑ Christopher Buyers. "The Kawananakoa Dynasty Genealogy". Royal Ark web site. Retrieved November 18, 2010.

External links

Her Obituary

Persondata
Name	Kawananakoa, Virginia Poomaikalani
Alternative names
Short description	Hawaiian princess
Date of birth	1926
Place of birth
Date of death	1998
Place of death

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