Line of succession to the Hawaiian throne

The Hawaiian Kingdom was abolished and replaced with a republic in 1893, when Queen Liluokalani was deposed by a group of American businessmen. A rebellion two years later forced Liliuokalani to relinquish her right to The Throne. With more than one current pretender, there is now no commonly recognized claimant to the Hawaiian throne. Before the reign of King Kalakaua there had never been an established line of succession in Hawaii, save when King Kamehameha III chose fifteen children from the Chiefs' Children's School and declared them eligible to succeed to the throne with the consent of the House of Nobles. But the status of these persons as heirs apparent or heirs presumative can be interpreted only merely as the closest relatives of the reigning monarch and not as constitutionally legal heirs.

The Hawaiian monarchy operated under male primogeniture. Dynasts were to be lawfully begotten and of lawful descent in a direct line.

Section 1, Article 26, of the 1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii states that

"No person shall ever sit upon the throne who has been convicted of any infamous crime, or who is insane or an idiot. No person shall ever succeed to the crown, unless he be a descendant of the aboriginal STOCK of Aliis."

Article 22 of the 1864 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii states that

''The Succession shall be to the senior male child, and to the heirs of his body; failing a male child, the succession shall be to the senior female child, and to the heirs of her body.

Article 23 of the same constitution states that

It shall not be lawful for any member of the Royal Family of Hawaii who may by Law succeed to the Throne, to contract Marriage without the consent of the Reigning Sovereign. Every Marriage so contracted shall be void, and the person so contracting a Marriage, may, by the Proclamation of the Reigning Sovereign, be declared to have forfeited His of Her right to the Throne, and after such Proclamation, the Right of Succession shall vest in the next Heir as though such offender were Dead.

Historic lines of succession

Line of succession in 1883

1. Crown Princess Lydia Liliuokalani
2. Princess Miriam Kekauluohi Likelike
3. Princess Victoria Ka'iulani
4. Prince David Kawananakoa
5. Prince Edward Abnel Keliiahonui
6. Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole

Line of succession in 1893

1. Crown Princess Victoria Ka'iulani
2. Prince David Kawananakoa
3. Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole

Claimants today

Kawānanakoa lines of succession

The first pretender from the House of Kawānanakoa, Edward David Kalakaua Kawananakoa, died childless on May 20, 1953, and the House split in two, with each of his two sisters claiming to be its head. The House remains divided today.

Keaweikekahialiiokamoku → Kaiinamao Kalani-nui-i-a-mamao → Keawemauhili → Elelule La'akeaelelulu → Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole → Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike → David La'amea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa → Abigail Kapi'olani Kawānanakoa → Edward Abner Kawānanakoa →

Line of Kapiolani Kawānanakoa

Current pretender : Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa, Prince of Hawaii (Kawānanakoa IV of Hawaii) (born 1961), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa

1. HRH Prince Kincaid Kawānanakoa (b. 1996), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa
2. HRH Prince Riley Kawānanakoa (b. 1999), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa

   skipped HRH Prince Edward J. Abner Keliiahonui Kawānanakoa (b. 1949), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, excluded from succession due to serious disability

   skipped HRH Prince David Claren La'amea Kaumualii Kawānanakoa (b. 1952), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, renounce his right to the throne

3. HRH Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa (b. 1964), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa
4. HRH Prince Andrew Kaeokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1989), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
5. HRH Prince Jonah Kealiiokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1991), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
6. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
7. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
8. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
9. HRH Princess Regina Abigail Mary Wahiikaahuula Kawānanakoa (b. 1947), daughter of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa
10. HRH Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa (b. 1928), daughter of Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
11. Nobile Duccio Kaumualii Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1962), son of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
12. Nobile Esmeralda Kapiolani Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1954), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
13. Nobile Teresa Elelule Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1956), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
14. HRH Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (b. 1926), daughter of Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

Line of Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

Current pretender : Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, Princess of Hawaii (Kawānanakoa III of Hawaii) (born 1926), daughter of Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

1. HRH Prince David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa (b. ?), adoptive son of Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa
2. HRH Prince Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa (born 1961), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa
3. HRH Prince Kincaid Kawānanakoa (b. 1996), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa
4. HRH Prince Riley Kawānanakoa (b. 1999), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa

   skipped HRH Prince Edward J. Abner Keliiahonui Kawānanakoa (b. 1949), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, excluded from succession due to serious disability

   skipped HRH Prince David Claren La'amea Kaumualii Kawānanakoa (b. 1952), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, renounce his right to the throne

5. HRH Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa (b. 1964), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa
6. HRH Prince Andrew Kaeokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1989), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
7. HRH Prince Jonah Kealiiokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1991), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
8. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
9. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
10. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
11. HRH Princess Regina Abigail Mary Wahiikaahuula Kawānanakoa (b. 1947), daughter of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa
12. HRH Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa (b. 1928), daughter of Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
13. Nobile Duccio Kaumualii Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1962), son of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
14. Nobile Esmeralda Kapiolani Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1954), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
15. Nobile Teresa Elelule Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1956), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
16. HRH Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (b. 1926), daughter of Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

Laanui line of succession

In 1844, His Majesty King Kamehameha III, in collaboration with the National Assembly in Lahaina, declared Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Keka'aniau La'anui, among other young member of the royal family, to be eligible for the throne of Hawaii. This was enacted as law and was continued in all subsequent constitutions of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Princess Keka'aniau's next-in-line successor was her only niece, Her Royal Highness Princess Theresa Owana Ka'ohelelani La'anui, and that princess's descendants. Central to the claim advanced by the House of Laanui' is an 1844 listing of fifteen students of the Chiefs Children's School endorsed by Kamehameha III as "Princes and Chiefs eligible to be Rulers" (in time, five of them did), which included Elizabeth Keka'aniau.

Keaweikekahialiiokamoku → Keeaumoku-nui → Keoua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Ahilapalapa → Kalokuokamaile → Kaohelelani → Gideon Peleioholani Laanui → Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui → Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laanui → Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox → Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox

'''Current pretender : Noa Kalokuokamaile DeGuire, Prince of Hawaii (Kalokuokamaile III of Hawaii) (b. 1981), son of Princess Owana

1. HRH Princess Kapumahana Kaahumanu Walters (b. 1979), daughter of Princess Owana
2. HRH Princess Owana Salazar (b. 1953), daughter of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
3. HRH Prince Henry Keaweikekahialiiokamoku Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
4. HRH Prince Paul Kalokuokamaile Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
5. HRH Prince Michael Kauhiokalani Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
6. HRH Prince Stephen Laanui Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox

References

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