Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa | |
---|---|
Born | July 22, 1905 Honolulu, Oahu |
Died | May 19, 1969 Waialae, Honolulu, Oahu | (aged 63)
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 member of the House of Kawānanakoa and the second daughter of David Kawānanakoa and Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa.
Born July 22, 1905, [1] [2] Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa was named after Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch of Hawaii. [3] 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. [3] During her youth, she was known as the " flapper" princess and sported the then-fashionable bobbed hair. [4] Her siblings were David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa and Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa. [5]: 166
Liliʻuokalani married five times. Her first marriage was to Dr. William Jeremiah Ellerbrock on January 17, 1925, at Honolulu. [6] The couple had one daughter before divorcing in 1927:
Following the divorce, Abigail was adopted by Liliʻuokalani's mother. [9] Her second marriage was to Charles James Brenham at Niu, August 11, 1928; [10] [11] they also divorced.[ citation needed] Her third husband was war correspondent Clark Lee, whom she married on November 30, 1938; [12] Lee died of a heart attack in 1953. [13] Her fourth husband, whom she married in 1954, was Charles E. Morris Jr; the couple divorced in 1959, and remarried in 1968. [14] [9]
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. [15] [16] [17] She was also active in Hawaiian Civic Clubs, served on the Hawaiian Homes Commission, served as regent of Hale o Na Alii, and was a lifetime member of the Kaahumanu Society and Daughters of Hawaii. [9]
She died of cancer at her home in Waialae, Honolulu, on May 19, 1969. [9] At her request, her funeral was a private ceremony with none of the pomp or displays of former Hawaiian royal funerals. [9] She is buried at Nuʻuanu Memorial Park. [1] [9]