Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa
| Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | July 22, 1905 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Died | May 19, 1969 (aged 63) Waialae, Honolulu, Oahu |
| Burial | Nuʻuanu Memorial Park |
| Spouse | William Jeremiah Ellerbrock
(m. 1925; div. 1927)Charles James Brenham
(m. 1928, divorced)Clark Lee
(m. 1938; died 1953)Charles E. Morris
(m. 1954; div. 1959)
(m. 1968) |
| Issue | Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa |
| House | Kawānanakoa |
| Father | David Kawānanakoa |
| Mother | Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa |
| Occupation | Royalty, philanthropist |
Helen Lydia Kamakaʻeha Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa (July 22, 1905 – May 19, 1969) was a Hawaiian royal who was a member of the House of Kawānanakoa and the second daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa and Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa.
Early life[]
Born July 22, 1905,[1][2] Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa was named after Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch of Hawaii.[citation needed] Having been born after the abolition of the monarchy, she had no official royal title; however, she was still known by many in the Hawaiian community as Princess Liliuokalani.[1]
She attended a convent school in San Francisco.[citation needed] During her youth, she was known as the "flapper" princess and sported the then-fashionable bobbed hair.[3] Her siblings were David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa and Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa.[4]: 166
Marriages and family[]
Liliʻuokalani married five times. Her first marriage was to Dr. William Jeremiah Ellerbrock on January 17, 1925, at Honolulu.[citation needed] The couple had one daughter before divorcing in 1927:
- Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (born 1926).[5][6]
Following the divorce, Abigail was adopted by Liliʻuokalani's mother.[citation needed] Her second marriage was to Charles James Brenham at Niu, August 11, 1928; they also divorced.[citation needed] Her third husband was newspaperman Clark Lee, whom she married in 1938; Lee died of a heart attack in 1953.[citation needed] Her fourth husband, whom she married in 1954, was Charles E. Morris Jr; the couple divorced in 1959, and remarried in 1968.[citation needed]
Legacy and death[]
She was the founder of the Kona Hawaiian Civic Club in 1952 and was the founder and First President of Friends of ʻIolani Palace from 1966 to 1969.[7][8][9]
She died of cancer at her home in Waialae, Honolulu, on May 19, 1969. At her request, her funeral was a private ceremony with none of the pomp or displays of former Hawaiian royal funerals. She is buried at Nuʻuanu Memorial Park.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c United States. Congress (1969). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 115, Part 10. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 13832–13833.
- ^ "Born". Evening Bulletin. July 22, 1905.
- ^ "A Lazy Princess". Toledo Weekly Blade. September 21, 1922.
- ^ Hawkins, Richard A. (2003). "Princess Abigail Kawananakoa: the Forgotten Territorial Native Hawaiian Leader". Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu: Hawaii Historical Society. 37: 163–177. hdl:10524/354.
- ^ Kapiikauinamoku (1955). "Family of Prince David Kawananakoa Is Listed". in The Story of Hawaiian Royalty. The Honolulu Advertiser, Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ Kapiikauinamoku (1955). "Daughters of Kiwalao Flee From Kamehameha". in The Story of Hawaiian Royalty. The Honolulu Advertiser, Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ McKinzie, Edith Kawelohea (May 16, 2008). "'Iolani Palace requires respect, decorum". The Honolulu Advertise.
- ^ Pang, Gordon Y. K. (April 19, 2006). "'Iolani Palace in financial straits". The Honolulu Advertise.
- ^ http://www.aohcc.org/index.php/the-civic-clubs/hawaii-council/kona[dead link]
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