Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike II (1843–1884) was a

Princess Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin '' princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subs ...

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.

Life

She was born on May 12, 1843, the youngest daughter of High Chief Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hilo, and 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

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of Hilo. Her mother was the stepdaughter of the Queen Regent

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and the daughter of

Kaumualiʻi Kaumualiʻi (c. 1778–May 26, 1824) was the last independent aliʻi nui (supreme ruler of the island) of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau Niihau ( Hawaiian: ), anglicized as Niihau ( ), is the westernmost main and seventh largest inhabited island in Haw ...

, the last king of Kauaʻi before he agreed to be a

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Kamehameha I Kamehameha I (; Kalani Paiea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiikui Kamehameha o Iolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; – May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Th ...

in 1810. She was the youngest sister of

Kapiʻolani Kapiʻolani (December 31, 1834 – June 24, 1899) was the queen of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the consort of Mōʻī (king) Kalākaua, who reigned from 1874 to 1891 until Mōʻī's death when she became known as the Dowager Queen 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 David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi (c. 1845 – October 18, 1878) was father of three royal princes of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Life He was born in 1845. His father was High Chief Jonah Piʻikoi, descended from the ancient Kings of Kauaʻi. His moth ...

and they had three sons. David Kahalepouli Kawānanakoa was born February 19, 1868;

Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui (May 13, 1869 – September 21, 1887) was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. His name means "the chief whose strength is attained through patience". Early life Keliʻiahonui was born May 13, 1869, at Kaʻalaʻa at ...

, born May 13, 1869;

Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (March 26, 1871 – January 7, 1922) was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi until it was overthrown by a coalition of American and European businessmen in 1893. He later went on to become a representative in the Te ...

, 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. Her sister's husband became the king of Hawaii in 1874, so she was granted the title of

and style of '' Her Royal Highness'', at 1883 at Kalākaua's coronation. In the coronation ceremony, she had the honor of carrying Kalākaua's royal feather cape, passed down from the days of Kamehameha I. She handed the royal mantle to Chief Justice

Albert Francis Judd Albert Francis Judd (January 7, 1838 – May 20, 1900) was a judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court through its transition into part of the United States. Life Judd was born January 7, 1838, at what was ...

who placed it on the king's shoulders "as of the Ensign of Knowledge and Wisdom". She served from 1880 to 1884 as Governor of Hawaii Island, succeeding Princess Miriam Likelike, the sister-in-law of Queen Kapiʻolani.

Death

Princess Kekaulike started to suffer from what was termed a " heart disease", a year after Kalākaua's coronation, and during her illness received a visit from Mother

Marianne Cope Marianne Cope, also known as Saint Marianne of Molokai, (January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918) was a German-born American religious sister who was a member of the Sisters of St Francis of Syracuse, New York, and founding leader of its St. Jose ...

. She was unable to recover and died at her Ululani residence, in Honolulu, on January 8, 1884. Her funeral expenses added up to $1,931.36. She was interred in the Kalākaua Crypt at the

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. In her will, she gave her Beretania street residence Ululani, as the site of a proposed maternity home to help Hawaiian mothers, which later became the

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children is part of Hawaii Pacific Health's network of hospitals. It is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, within the residential inner-city district of Makiki. Kapiolani Medical Center is Hawaii's only children ...

Ancestry

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