Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa
| Abigail K. K. Kawānanakoa | |
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| Born |
April 23, 1926 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Occupation | Royalty, Rancher, Equestrian, Philanthropist |
| Parent(s) |
Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa William Jeremiah Ellerbrock |
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (born April 23, 1926), sometimes called Kekau, is a member of the House of Kawānanakoa. She is referred to by many as a princess, a common honorary bestowed to descendants of titled subjects of the Kingdom of Hawaii or important figures in Hawaiian history, although she holds no official title and wields no power or influence in the Hawaiian state government.
She was the only child of Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa, born during her marriage with William Jeremiah Ellerbrock. At the age of six, she was legally adopted by her grandmother, Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa, in the Hawaiian tradition of hānai with the intention that she remain a direct heir to a possible restoration of the kingdom. As Liliʻuokalani's great grand niece, she is considered heir apparent should restoration of the monarchy occur.
She was educated at Punahou School in Honolulu, the Shanghai American School in Shanghai from 1938 to 1939, Notre Dame High School in Belmont, California where she graduated from in 1943. She attend college at Dominican College in San Rafael, California from 1943 to 1944 and later studied at the University of Hawaii in 1945.
She is an expert horsewoman and owner of ranches in Hawaii, California, and Washington State. She is a 20-year cumulative breeder of AQHA quarter horses; her horses’ many victories include the 1993 All American Futurity (G1) with A Classic Dash and the 1995 Los Alamitos Million Futurity (G1, now the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity) with Evening Snow. After winning "the richest race in the quarter horse world", she retired A Classic Dash from racing to stand at her Lakeview Quarter Horse Ranch in California. Due to her support of the equine medicine program at Colorado State University, on May 13, 2016, she was awarded an honorary degree.
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