Fanny Kekelaokalani
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July 21, 1806 Kawaihae |
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| Died | September 4, 1880 (aged 74) Hānaiakamalama, Honolulu |
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| Burial | October 3, 1880 Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum |
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| Spouse | Henry Coleman Lewis George Naʻea |
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Mary Polly Paaāina Queen Emma Kahalaiʻa Kekuaokalani |
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| Father | John Young Olohana | ||||
| Mother | Kaʻōanāʻeha | ||||
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| Fanny Kekuʻiapoiwa Kailikulani Leleoili Kulua Kekelaokalani Young Lewis Naʻea |
Fanny Kekuʻiapoiwa Kailikulani Leleoili Kulua Kekelaokalani Young Lewis Naʻea (1806–1880), was a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and mother of a Queen consort.
She was born, July 21, 1806 in Kawaihae, in the Kohala District, on the Island of Hawaiʻi. Her father was John Young, a former English sailor who became the royal advisor of Kamehameha I. Her mother was the High Chiefess Kaʻoanaʻeha, the niece of Kamehameha I. She was given the name of Fanny or Fannie and sometimes referred to as Pane the Hawaiian version of Fanny. Her Hawaiian name Kekelaokalani derived from her great-great grandmother, the High Chiefess Kekelaokalani, the sister of Keeaumoku-nui, the grandfather of Kamehameha the Great. Her name Kekuiapoiwa derived from Kamehameha's mother and her great-grandmother. She was raised on her father's homestead on a barren hillside overlooking Kawaihae Bay. It is now part of Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site. She grew up with two younger sisters, Grace and Jane, and younger brother, John. She had two older half-brothers by her father's first marriage to Namokuelua: Robert and James. The siblings were hapa-haole or part Caucasian, but considered of aliʻi (royal) class through their mother, and John Young's honorary title of "Olohana".
Her first marriage was to Henry Coleman Lewis, a haole or foreigner, and she had a daughter Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina (1833–1853), who attended Royal School along with other royal children. Later, she married High Chief George Naʻea. With Naʻea she had a daughter Emma on January 2, 1836. She allowed her daughter to be adopted by her sister Grace Kamaikui and her husband Dr. Rooke according to the Hawaiian tradition known as hānai. Emma's birthplace has been debated as Kawaihae, Lahaina or Honolulu. Most likely Emma was born in Honolulu. Her father John Young died at her sister's home in Honolulu on December 16, only three weeks before Emma's birth. He had been living there for some time under Dr. Rooke's care, and it appears the Young family, including Fanny and Naʻea, gathered in Honolulu, perhaps in anticipation of his death. They were present at his funeral. It is unlikely the Rookes would have allowed Fanny in her last stages of pregnancy to risk the health of the baby by sailing the rough channels to Kawaihae or Lahaina. According to the Hawaiian newspaper The Daily Bulletin, she and Naʻea may have also had two other children: Kahalaiʻa and Kekuaokalani, who both died young. She maintained a close relationship to her daughter Emma, who would go on to marry King Kamehameha IV and have Prince Albert Kamehameha.
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