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{{Short description|Collateral branch of the Hawaiian royal family}}
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The '''House of La{{okina}}anui''' (''Hale O La{{okina}}anui'' in the [[Hawaiian language]]) is a family of heirs to the throne of the [[Hawaiian Kingdom|Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i]] collateral to the [[House of Kamehameha]]. Both houses are branches of the [[House of Keoua|House of Keōua Nui]].

The House of La{{okina}}anui stems from the High Chief La{{okina}}anui who was the son of Nuhi, the ruler of Waimea, Hawai{{okina}}i<ref>{{cite web|title=Image 272 of A history of the Hawaiian Islands, their resources and people;|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.historyofhawaiia00loga/?q=children%27s+books&sp=272|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> and became the ali{{okina}}i nui of Waialua.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wi6CuWN3TNEC&pg=PA96 | title=Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1: Historical Ethnography| isbn=9780226733654| last1=Kirch| first1=Patrick Vinton| last2=Sahlins| first2=Marshall| date=July 1994}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov/EA_EIS_Library/2019-01-23-OA-FEIS-Dillingham-Ranch-Agricultural-Subdivision-Appendix-Part-2.pdf |title=Historic Resources Evaluation Dillingham Ranch, Oahu, HI |publisher=oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov |date=2017 |access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref>  He was one of the main chief warriors who went to Kaua{{okina}}i to subdue George Prince Kaumuali{{okina}}i.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVU4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA275 |title = The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad|year = 1825}}</ref>  His eldest offspring was a daughter named Elizabeth Keka{{okina}}aniauokalani La{{okina}}anui, the youngest, or muli loa was a son named Gideon Kailipalaki-o-Keheananui La{{okina}}anui. The House of La{{okina}}anui was continued through these two children<ref name="auto"/> after La{{okina}}anui himself died on 12 September 1849 and buried within the Lili{{okina}}uokalani Church cemetery grounds of his old estate where he ruled.<ref name="auto"/>  His daughter Elizabeth Keka{{okina}}aniau La{{okina}}anui became the only survivor of the Hawaiian nobility who were eligible to the throne after the death of Lili{{okina}}uokalani, the last queen of Hawai{{okina}}i.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-O5nPqJVKEC&q=keoua+father+of+kings&pg=PA9 |title = History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-kalani-nui, Father of Hawaii Kings, and His Descendants, with Notes on Kamehameha I, First King of All Hawaii|year = 1920}}</ref>  Her brother's child, High Chiefess Owana Ka{{okina}}ohelelani Laanui was the only descendant from the House of La{{okina}}anui to have children<ref name="auto"/> and comprise the royal descendants from the house of Keōua nui the progenitor of the Kamehamehas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.historyofhawaiia00loga/?q=children%27s+books&sp=272 |title=Image 272 of A history of the Hawaiian Islands, their resources and people; &#124; Library of Congress |publisher=Loc.gov |access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/>

== Kalokuokamaile ==
The eldest branch of the House of Keōua Nui is from descendants of chiefs of the [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona district]] of the [[Hawaii (island)|island of Hawai{{okina}}i]], and from the island of [[Maui]]. The dynastic line was established by [[Kalokuokamaile]] who was the eldest half-brother of [[Kamehameha I|King Kamehameha I]], who established the reigning [[House of Kamehameha]].  Kalokuokamaile was the son of High Chief [[Keōua|Keōua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui]] and High Chiefess [[Kahikikala-o-kalani]] of Western Maui.<ref name="keoua">{{cite book |title= History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants |author= Elizabeth Kekaʻaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt |author-link= Elizabeth Kekaaniau |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UgouAAAAYAAJ |orig-year= 1920 |editor= Daniel Logan |location= Honolulu |publisher= republished by Kessinger Publishing |year= 2009 |isbn= 978-1-104-76661-0 }}</ref>

== La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile ==
The male line of Kalokuokamaile became extinct when Kalokuokamaile did not produce a male heir.  He was survived by his daughter [[Kaohelelani]], by his wife [[Kaloiokalani]] of Kahikinui and Honuaula descent. Kaohelelani married Nuhi, who was a ruling chief of Waimea, Hawaii. Rather than being called the House of Nuhi, the House continued under the name of their son, [[Gideon Peleioholani Laanui|Gideon Pele{{okina}}ioholani La{{okina}}anui]].  Gideon's male line came to end in 1944 after the death of Theresa Owana La{{okina}}anui, the last female descendants.  {{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

Her descendants:
* For daughters, [[Eva Kuwailanimamao Cartwright|Eva]] and [[Daisy Napulahaokalani Cartwright|Daisy]], <br /> (Cartwright-La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile).
* For grandchildren, Elliot, Dwight, and Emily <br />(Styne-Cartwright-La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile).
* For son, [[Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Keōua Wilcox|Robert]], from whom descend many other branches.  <br /> (Wilcox-La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile).
* For the most active branch of Robert's descendants under [[Noa Kalokuokamaile|Noa]] and his mother, [[Owana Salazar|Owana]]<br /> (Wilcox-La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile-DeGuair-Salazar).
* For daughter, [[Virginia Kaihikapumahana Wilcox|Virginia]] (Wilcox-La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile). <br />For Virginia's descendants (Miller-Wilcox-La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile).

==Claims to the throne==
The La{{okina}}anui are the descendants of the brother of [[Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau]], who attended the [[Royal School (Hawaii)|Chiefs' Children's School]]. Each of the 15 royal children was declared eligible to succeed to the Hawaiian throne by King [[Kamehameha III]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen.|url=http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=digital.library.upenn.edu}}</ref> with approval of the [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|House of Nobles]].<ref>{{cite news |title=  Some Genealogy: R. W. Wilcox Corrects Statements in Ex-Queen's Book — Only Surviving Members of Royal School Destined to Be Rulers of Hawaii |author= Robert William Wilcox |author-link= Robert William Wilcox |newspaper= Hawaiian Gazette |location= Honolulu |date= May 27, 1898 |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1898-05-27/ed-1/seq-5/ |access-date= November 21, 2010 }}</ref> Elizabeth was preemptive to the throne<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=flx0AAAAMAAJ|title=The Chiefs' Children School: A Record Compiled from the Diary and Letters of Amos Starr Cooke and Juliette Montague Cooke, by Their Granddaughter Mary Atherton Richards|last1=Cooke|first1=Amos Starr|year=1937}}</ref> and was the last survivor of the Hawaiian nobility<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-O5nPqJVKEC&q=keoua+father+of+kings&pg=PA9|title = History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-kalani-nui, Father of Hawaii Kings, and His Descendants, with Notes on Kamehameha I, First King of All Hawaii|year = 1920}}</ref> who officially could become a ruler,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015408/1844-07-20/ed-1/seq-1/|title=Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, July 20, 1844, Image 1|first=National Endowment for the|last=Humanities|date=July 20, 1844|via=chroniclingamerica.loc.gov}}</ref> outliving all other royals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://e6df6b39-4433-4496-bb58-add46e803636.filesusr.com/ugd/a57dc8_33cf53ac0b3e4814a2a62a216659c366.pdf |title=Honolulu Advertiser |publisher=e6df6b39-4433-4496-bb58-add46e803636.filesusr.com |date=1928 |access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref> Elizabeth and her brother had the distinction of being the seniority line of the royal house of Keoua nui.  In 1920, Elizabeth claims her niece Theresa Owana Kaʻohelelani Laʻanui will succeed as the head of the royal house and then her descendants will follow by their primogeniture rights.<ref name="auto1"/> The Laʻanui descendants never relinquished their royal claims, and continue to protest, inserting titles of nobility,<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3KIrAQAAMAAJ&q=princess+virginia+kahoa+kaaumanu+kaihikapumahana&pg=PA385|title = Leslie's|last1 = Sleicher|first1 = John Albert|year = 1901}}</ref> creating orders of knighthood, satisfying the prevention of prescription under international law to protect sovereignty and their royal rights.<ref>[[Prescription (sovereignty transfer)]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=June 2020}}

Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau also protested to the United States to protect the crown lands from annexation.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAuzOipG26YC&q=mr+frank+pratt+crown+lands&pg=PA525|title=Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900: Volume 4: 1881-1900|isbn=9780824826369|last1=Forbes|first1=David W.|date=28 February 2003}}</ref>  Her claim was that the crown lands were the private lands of Kamehameha III in trust for the person who sits on the throne.  Without the seat of the monarch, the crown lands should be inherited by the primogeniture family of Kamehameha III instead of transferring the lands to the United States and that her rights should not be ignored as she is a legitimate claimant to the crown lands.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Humanities|first=National Endowment for the|date=1893-03-02|title=The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, March 2, 1893, Image 3|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016412/1893-03-02/ed-1/seq-3/|access-date=2021-01-28|issn=2157-2127}}</ref>

Members of the La{{okina}}anui family are often referred to with the titles of [[prince]] and [[princess]].<ref name="auto3"/>

==Members of the family==
{{Wilcox Hawaii family tree}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web |title= About Lady Wistfulee |url= http://members.tripod.com/~lady_wistfulee/herself.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121202093100/http://members.tripod.com/~lady_wistfulee/herself.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 2, 2012 |author= Princess Celine Kapiolani |work= personal web site |access-date= November 20, 2010 }}
* {{cite web |title= Kalokuokamaile Family Chart |work= from Hawaiʻi Royal Family web site |publisher= Keali'i Publishing |url= http://www.keouanui.org/KalokuokamaileChart.html |access-date= December 14, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726221258/http://www.keouanui.org/KalokuokamaileChart.html |archive-date= 2011-07-26 |url-status= dead }}
* {{cite web |title= Kamehameha Family Chart |work= from Hawaiʻi Royal Family web site |publisher= Keali'i Publishing |url= http://www.keouanui.org/KamehamehaChart.html |access-date= December 14, 2010 |archive-date= August 9, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090809162522/http://www.keouanui.org/KamehamehaChart.html |url-status= dead }}
* {{cite web |title= Kealiimaikai Family Chart  |work= from Hawaiʻi Royal Family web site |publisher= Keali'i Publishing |url=  http://www.keouanui.org/KealiimaikaiChart.html |access-date= December 14, 2010 }}

[[Category:House of Kalokuokamaile]]