Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui
Gideon Kailipalaki-o-Keheananui Laʻanui (1840–1871) was a great grandnephew of Kamehameha the Great, being a great grandson of 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.
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 Kamaikaopa Ka-o-paikawekiu-o-kaloni July 12, 1859, they had one daughter, 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][6]
Family
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui |
|---|
|
|
Tree
| Wilcox Hawaii family tree |
|
|
|
| Notes:
|
References
External links
