Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike III Kawānanakoa (born April 20, 1926) was the only child of Princess Liliuokalani Kawananakoa born during her marriage with William Jeremiah Ellerbrock. According to some she became the head of the House of Kawananakoa upon the death of her mother who succeeded her older brother Edward D. Kawānanakoa on May 20, 1953 while some believe it was her elder sister Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa. The House of K...
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Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike III Kawānanakoa (born April 20, 1926) was the only child of Princess Liliuokalani Kawananakoa born during her marriage with William Jeremiah Ellerbrock. According to some she became the head of the House of Kawananakoa upon the death of her mother who succeeded her older brother Edward D. Kawānanakoa on May 20, 1953 while some believe it was her elder sister Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa. The House of Kawananakoa had split into two by 1953. A rumor claimed Abigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa's, legitimacy was in question by her father, Prince David Kawananakoa. Others claim proof she was indeed the blood child of David Kawananakoa and thus her descendents.Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa is known as Kekau to friends and made it a top priority to preserve Iolani Palace.
She was legally adopted by her grandmother Princess Abigail Wahiikaahuula Campbell Kawananakoa, in the old sense of the Hawaiian tradition of hanai, in particular, a malo...
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