Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike II | |||||
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Princess of Hawaiʻi | |||||
Born |
Hilo, Hawaiʻi |
May 12, 1843||||
Died | January 8, 1884 Honolulu, Oʻahu |
(aged 40)||||
Burial | January 11, 1884 Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum |
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Spouse | David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi | ||||
Issue |
David Kawānanakoa Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole |
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House | House of Kalākaua | ||||
Father | Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole | ||||
Mother | Kinoiki Kekaulike |
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Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike II |
Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike II (1843–1884) was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Her name also sometimes spelled as Kinoike Kekaulike has been written as Mary Kinoiki Kekaulike in many sources. Her name Kekaulike translates as "the equality" in Hawaiian.
She was born on May 12, 1843, the youngest daughter of her father High Chief Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hilo, and her mother Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike from Kauaʻi island. From her father she was cousin of the Kamehameha Dynasty being in the line of Keawe and she was a cousin of Kalākaua through their common ancestor the High Chiefess Ululani of Hilo. Her mother was the stepdaughter of the Queen Regent Kaʻahumanu and the daughter of Kaumualiʻi, the last king of Kauaʻi before he agreed to be a vassal to Kamehameha I in 1810. She was the youngest sister of Kapiʻolani (later Queen Consort of Kalākaua) and Princess Poʻomaikelani. She took the name Kekaulike from her mother and great-great grandfather, King Kekaulike of Maui.
On February 25, 1861 she married High Chief David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi and they had three sons.David Kahalepouli Kawānanakoa was born February 19, 1868; Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui, born May 13, 1869; Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, the youngest born on March 26, 1871. Her sons were adopted by her sisters Queen Kapiʻolani and Princess Poʻomaikelani after her death. Her sons were granted the title of Princes and style His Highness.