Line of succession to the Hawaiian throne
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The monarchy of Hawaii was abolished in 1893 when Queen Liluokalani was desposed by a group of American businessmen. Two years later a rebellion occurred, forcing Liliuokalani to abdicate the throne. The current pretender is open to debate. Prior to Kalakaua there had never been an established line of succession in Hawaii with the exception of Kamehameha III who chose 15 children from the Chiefs' Children's School and declared them eligible to succeed to the throne with the consent of the House of Nobles.

The Hawaiian monarchy operated under male primogeniture. Dynasts were to be lawfully begotten, and to be of lawful descent in a direct line.

In the 1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Section 1: Article 26, it states:

"No person shall ever sit upon the throne who has been convicted of any infamous crime, or who is insane or an idiot. No person shall ever succeed to the crown, unless he be a descendant of the aboriginal stock of Aliʻis."

In the 1864 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Article 22, it states:

The Succession shall be to the senior male child, and to the heirs of his body; failing a male child, the succession shall be to the senior female child, and to the heirs of her body.^[1]

In the 1864 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Article 23, it states:

"It shall not be lawful for any member of the Royal Family of Hawaii who may by Law succeed to the Throne, to contract Marriage without the consent of the Reigning Sovereign. Every Marriage so contracted shall be void, and the person so contracting a Marriage, may, by the Proclamation of the Reigning Sovereign, be declared to have forfeited His of Her right to the Throne, and after such Proclamation, the Right of Succession shall vest in the next Heir as though such offender were Dead.

Historic lines of succession

Line of succession in 1883

1. Crown Princess Lydia Liliuokalani
2. Princess Miriam Kekauluohi Likelike
3. Princess Victoria Ka'iulani
4. Prince David Kawananakoa
5. Prince Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui
6. Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole

Line of succession in 1893

1. Crown Princess Victoria Ka'iulani
2. Prince David Kawananakoa
3. Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole

Claimants today

Kawānanakoa lines of succession

On May 20, 1953, the first pretender of the House of Kawānanakoa, Edward David Kalakaua Kawananakoa died childless. The House of Kawānanakoa split in two with each of his two sisters claiming to be the head of the house. The House remains divided today.

Keaweikekahialiiokamoku → Kaiʻinamao Kalani-nui-i-a-mamao → Keawemauhili → Elelule La'akeaelelulu → Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole → Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike → David La'amea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa → Abigail Kapi'olani Kawānanakoa → Edward Abner Kawānanakoa →

Line of Kapiolani Kawānanakoa

Current pretender : Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa, Prince of Hawaii (Kawānanakoa IV of Hawaiʻi) (b. 1961), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa

1. HRH Prince Kincaid Kawānanakoa (b. 1996), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa
2. HRH Prince Riley Kawānanakoa (b. 1999), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa

   skipped HRH Prince Edward J. Abner Keliiahonui Kawānanakoa (b. 1949), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, excluded from succession due to serious disability

   skipped HRH Prince David Claren La'amea Kaumualii Kawānanakoa (b. 1952), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, renounce his right to the throne

3. HRH Prince Andrew Piʻikoi Kawānanakoa (b. 1964), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa
4. HRH Prince Andrew Kaeokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1989), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
5. HRH Prince Jonah Kealiʻiokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1991), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
6. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa^[2]
7. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa^[2]
8. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa^[2]
9. HRH Princess Regina Abigail Mary Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Kawānanakoa (b. 1947), daughter of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa
10. HRH Princess Esther Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa (b. 1928), daughter of Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
11. Nobile Duccio Kaumualiʻi Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1962), son of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
12. Nobile Esmeralda Kapiʻolani Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1954), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
13. Nobile Teresa Elelule Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1956), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa^[2]
14. HRH Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (b. 1926), daughter of Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa^[3]

Line of Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

Current pretender : Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, Princess of Hawaiʻi (Kawānanakoa III of Hawaiʻi) (b. 1926), daughter of Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

1. HRH Prince David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa (b. ?), adoptive son of Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa
2. HRH Prince Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa (b. 1961), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa
3. HRH Prince Kincaid Kawānanakoa (b. 1996), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa
4. HRH Prince Riley Kawānanakoa (b. 1999), son of Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawānanakoa

   skipped HRH Prince Edward J. Abner Keliiahonui Kawānanakoa (b. 1949), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, excluded from succession due to serious disability

   skipped HRH Prince David Claren La'amea Kaumualii Kawānanakoa (b. 1952), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa, renounce his right to the throne

5. HRH Prince Andrew Piʻikoi Kawānanakoa (b. 1964), son of Prince Edward Abner Kawananakoa
6. HRH Prince Andrew Kaeokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1989), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
7. HRH Prince Jonah Kealiʻiokulani Kawānanakoa (b. 1991), son of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa
8. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa^[2]
9. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa^[2]
10. HRH Princess ? Kawānanakoa (b. ?), daughter of Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawānanakoa^[2]
11. HRH Princess Regina Abigail Mary Wahiʻikaʻahuʻula Kawānanakoa (b. 1947), daughter of Prince Edward Abner Kawānanakoa
12. HRH Princess Esther Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa (b. 1928), daughter of Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
13. Nobile Duccio Kaumualiʻi Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1962), son of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
14. Nobile Esmeralda Kapiʻolani Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1954), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
15. Nobile Teresa Elelule Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (b. 1956), daughter of Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa^[2]
16. HRH Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (b. 1926), daughter of Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa^[3]

Laanui line of succession

In 1844, His Majesty King Kamehameha III, in collaboration with the National Assembly in Lahaina, declared Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Keka'aniau La'anui, among other young royals, to be eligible for the throne of Hawaii. This enactment of the law was instituted and upheld in all subsequent constitutions of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Princess Keka'aniau's next-in-line successor was her only niece, Her Royal Highness Princess Theresa Owana Ka'ohelelani La'anui, and her descendants. Central to the House of Laanui' claim is an 1844 listing of 15 students of the Chiefs Children's School endorsed by Kamehameha III as "Princes and Chiefs eligible to be Rulers" (and five of whom did) which included Elizabeth Keka'aniau.

Keaweikekahialiiokamoku → Keʻeaumoku-nui → Keoua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Ahilapalapa → Kalokuokamaile → Kaohelelani → Gideon Peleioholani Laanui → Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui → Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laanui → Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox → Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox

Current pretender : Noa Kalokuokamaile DeGuire, Prince of Hawaii (Kalokuokamaile III of Hawaiʻi) (b. 1981), son of Princess Owana

1. HRH Princess Kapumahana Kaʻahumanu Walters (b. 1979), daughter of Princess Owana
2. HRH Princess Owana Salazar (b. 1953), daughter of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
3. HRH Prince Henry Keaweikekahialiiokamoku Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
4. HRH Prince Paul Kalokuokamaile Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
5. HRH Prince Michael Kauhiokalani Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
6. HRH Prince Stephen Laanui Salazar (b. ?), son of Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox

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