Posted on 12/12/2022 5:31:06 PM PST by algore
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii´s largest landowners, died on Sunday at the age of 96.
Kawananakoa died peacefully in her Honolulu home with her wife, Veronica Gail Kawananakoa, at her side.
'Abigail will be remembered for her love of Hawai`i and its people,' her 69-year-old wife said in a statement, 'and I will miss her with all of my heart.'
Her death was announced formally on Monday morning outside 'Iolani Palace, America's only royal residence where the Hawaiian monarchy dwelled but now serves mostly as a museum. James Campbell, her great-grandfather, was an Irish businessman who made his fortune as a sugar plantation owner and one of Hawaii´s largest landowners.
He had married Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine Bright. Their daughter, Abigail Wahiika`ahu`ula Campbell, married Prince David Kawananakoa, who was named an heir to the throne.
Their daughter Lydia Kamaka`eha Liliu`okulani Kawananakoa Morris had Abigail with her husband William Jeremiah Ellerbrock.
After the prince died, his widow adopted their grandchild, the young Abigail, which strengthened her claim to a princess title. She acknowledged in an interview with Honolulu Magazine in 2021 that had the monarchy survived, her cousin Edward Kawananakoa would be in line to be the ruler, not her.
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That’s fake only descendants of Kamamehaha the Great could be royalty and they all died out in the mid-1800s because of smallpox and other diseases. To my understanding that was whole problem with King Kalākaua, he wasn’t a blood relative.
No it’s not marriage but that is one hilarious headline.
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Given the two numbers, I wonder if this is hoax.
Not a marriage, two homosexuals, disgusting perversion.
Her nickname was Lickalotopuss
69, as in age, not as in assumed positions, right?
It’s all over the front page of Hawaii News Now so I guess not.
So clean carpets, but no Heirs. What kind of Royal was she?
A woman cannot have a wife.
Very disturbing information...
Used to be called a ‘Boston marriage’. Not uncommon before WW2. The head of HR at NAtGeo when it was a very conservative place, was in such a union with a woman from the accounting office for many years.
Saw her picture and family tree. Seems like a Pochantas Warren thing.
Her wife?? That’s not her wife.
-PJ
>> Hawaii’s last PRINCESS dies aged 96 with her wife
Looking out the castle window, proudly admiring his kingdom with his son by his side...
King: One day, this will all be yours
Prince: What, the curtains?
I hope she died peacefully. As she is a lesbian, her eternity will be anything but peaceful.
“Does anyone know how to write a coherent sentence anymore?”
Nope. Because education is apparently racist these days.
i thought they were tahitians who conquered the hawaiians
It boggles the mind.
Maybe if she married a man she wouldn’t be the last princess.
Has anyone been able to explain why the Hawaiin royal family did not appear to be Polynesian at all, but instead appeared to be Black? Clearly, there was something going on beyond the Kon Tiki thesis.
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