Elizabeth Kekaaniau
| Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau | |||||
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| Born |
September 12, 1834 Laʻanui Estate, Waialua, Oahu |
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| Died | December 20, 1928 (aged 94) Honolulu, Oahu |
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| Burial | Oahu Cemetery | ||||
| Spouse | Franklin Seaver Pratt | ||||
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Theresa Owana Laʻanui (adopted) Eva Kuwailanimamao Cartwright (adopted) |
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| House |
House of Kamehameha House of Laanui |
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| Father | High Chief Gideon Peleʻioholani Laʻanui | ||||
| Mother | High Chiefess Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives | ||||
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| Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laʻanui |
Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui Pratt, full name Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laʻanui Pratt (12 September 1834 – 20 December 1928) was a great grandniece of Kamehameha I, being a great granddaughter of Kalokuokamaile, the older brother of Kamehameha I, founder of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
She was born September 12, 1834 in her family home at Waialua. She was given the name Elizabeth after her mother's adoptive mother Queen Elizabeth Kaʻahumanu, and the Hawaiian name after High Chiefess Kekaikuihala, her father's older sister. Her full name was Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laʻanui. Her father was High Chief Gideon Peleʻioholani Laʻanui who escaped the slaughter of Kawaihae when Keōua Kūʻahuʻula was killed. Her mother was High Chiefess Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives, a relative of Queen Kaʻahumanu and daughter of Kamehameha II's French Secretary Jean Baptiste Rives. Through her father's first marriage to Namahana Piʻia, she was the step-niece of Queen Kaʻahumanu. She was of one quarter French and three quarter Native Hawaiian descent.
At a young age, she was placed in the Chiefs' Children's School, also known as the Royal School, a select school for the royal children of the highest rank who were eligible to be rulers. Along with her other classmates, she was chosen by Kamehameha III to be eligible for the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Called Lizzy by her classmates, she was taught by the missionary couple Juliette Montague and Amos Starr Cooke. In the classroom students were divided by their age and length of time at the school. she was a member of the senior level class. During their Sunday procession to church it was customary for boys and girls to walk side by side, she would walk beside James Kaliokalani, the eldest brother of future monarchs Kalākaua and Liliʻuokalani. During her school years, she developed a close relationship with her cousins Emma (who married Kamehameha IV and became queen consort) and Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who later founded Kamehameha Schools. She was one of the few invited guest at the wedding of the latter and served as bridesmaid and lady-in-waiting to the former.
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