Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Kawananakoa, Prince David  February 19, 1868 - June 2, 1908
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

PRINCE DAVID KAWANANAKOA, Descendant of Kings. The death of the late David 
Laamea Kawananakoa Kahalepouli Piikoi in 1908 marked the passing of a noted 
personality and descendant of Hawaiian royalty. Known in public life as Prince 
David Kawananakoa, the career of the late Prince linked the bygone era of the 
monarchy of Hawaii with the present-day activities of the Territory. When 
Hawaii was annexed to the United States, Prince David became active in 
territorial politics, working for the welfare of his own people and for the 
country of which they had become a part. 
  Prince David was born Feb. 19, 1868, at Kaalaa at the mouth of the Pauoa 
Valley, Honolulu, on the old homestead of Kapiolani, queen-consort of the late 
King Kalakaua. He was the son of High Chief David Kahalepouli Piikoi and the 
Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike, who, with her two sisters, Queen Kapiolani and 
Princess Poomaikelani, belonged to the ancient line of Keawe, King of Hawaii; 
at the time of her death in 1884, she was Governess of Hawaii.
  Prince Kawananakoa descended from royal ancestry of both Hawaii and Kauai. 
He was the great-grandson of King Kaumualii, last King of Kauai, and was 
created a Prince of the Kalakaua Dynasty by the reigning sovereign at the 
time, King Kalakaua. High Chief David Kahalepouli Piikoi, his father, was the 
son of the High Chief Piikoi and High Chiefess Kekahili, the latter being the 
sister of Kapaakea, father of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani, thereby 
making the late Prince second cousin to the King and Queen. Princess Kinoiki 
Kekaulike, his mother, was the daughter of High Chief Kuhio and Princess 
Kinoiki, daughter of King Kaumaualii, the last independent ruler of Kauai. 
King Kaumaualii married the Princess Kapuaamahu, his half-sister, their mother 
being Queen Kamakahele. Prince David’s grandmother, Princess Kinoiki, was 
called “Niaupio,” meaning that she was the issue of two high chiefs, the 
highest rank known in Hawaiian genealogy; Prince David’s grandfather, Kuhio, 
was a son of Laakea, a High Chief and descendant of Queen Kalanikauleleiaiwi, 
a Queen of Hawaii.
  Prince David was educated under the late Alatau Atkinson, at St. Alban’s 
College, and then at Punahou, going later to St. Matthew’s Hall, a military 
school at San Mateo, Calif. After this he was sent by King Kalakaua to the 
Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, England, where he was a student for 
several years. He traveled extensively with his brother, the late Prince Kuhio 
Kalanianaole, who, at the time of the Prince’s death, was Delegate to Congress 
from Hawaii. The two brothers attended many of the royal courts of Europe.
  In 1883, when King Kalakaua was crowned, the Prince and his two younger 
brothers, Keliiahounui and Kalanianaole, were created Princes of the Crown so 
that they would be in line of succession to the throne of Hawaii. After the 
death of King Kalakaua, the brothers resided with the widowed Queen Kapiolani 
at Waikiki. Prince David was a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of 
Kalakaua and also a Member of the Privy Council of State under Queen 
Liliuokalani.
  In 1900 the Prince entered the political life of the new Territory and 
became the Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress, running against 
Colonel Samuel Parker, Republican, and Robert Wilcox of the Home Rule Party; 
the latter was elected. The Prince was a delegate to the Democratic Convention 
in 1900, and, until his death, was interested in the political life of the 
community.
  Prince David Kawananakoa married Miss Abigail Wahiikaahuula Campbell, 
daughter of the late James Campbell, at San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 6, 1902. 
They had three children, Abigail Kapiolani, David Kalakaua and Lydia 
Liliuokalani. The Princess Kawananakoa and her children are living in Honolulu.
  Prince Kawananakoa died at the Stewart Hotel, San Francisco, California, 
June 2, 1908. His body was brought back to Honolulu and, after lying in state 
at the Palace, now the Capitol, was buried June 21 in the Royal Mausoleum, 
Nuuanu Valley, with all the ancient ceremonies accorded the royalty of Hawaii.


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