Edward A. Kawānanakoa

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English name = Edward A. Kawananakoa


birth_date = 2 October 1924
birthplace = San Francisco, California
death_date = Death date and age|1997|7|29|1924|10|2|df=yes
deathplace = Honolulu, Oahu
regnal = "?(Kawānanakoa III)?" "?(Kalakaua III)?"
title = Prince Edward A. Kawananakoa
throne = Hawaiokinai
pretend from = April 8 1961
year = 1893
king = Liliuokalani
relationship = Cousin
house = Kawananakoa
father = Andrew Lambert
mother = Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa
spouse = Lila de Clark Whitaker Carolyn Willison Branch
children = Prince Edward J. Abner Keliiahonui Kawananakoa Prince David Claren La'amea Kaumualii Kawananakoa Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawananakoa Prince Andrew Piikoi Kawananakoa Princess Regina Abigail Mary Wahi'ika'ahu'ula Kawananakoa
predecessor = Abigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa
successor = Quentin Kuhio Kawananakoa
footnotes =

Prince Edward A. Kawananakoa, formally Edward Abnel Keliiahonui Kawananakoa (October 2, 1924 – July 29, 1997) was a leader of the native Hawaiian community and by virtue of his birth as a collateral relative of King David Kalakaua and Queen Esther Kapi'olani was heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. He was born to Abigail Kawananakoa and her first husband, Andrew A. Lambert, in San Francisco, California. His sisters were Princess Virginia Poomaikelani Kapooloku Kawānanakoa and Princess Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa He was named after his great-uncle Prince Edward Abnel Keliiahonui who died of scarlet fever. He attended and graduated from Punahou School and then left Hawai'i for Menlo Junior College. While in California, he joined the Army Air Corps and served as a pilot in World War II. He rejected an appointment to the United States Military Academy and instead obtained a degree from the University of Southern California. In 1946, Kawananakoa married Lila de Clark Whitaker. In 1960, the couple were divorced. Kawananakoa married again to Carolyn Branch and had two children of their own. In 1997, Kawananakoa died and was survived by his wife, eight children and his two sisters, Poomaikelani Kawananakoa and Kapiolani Marignoli and cousin Abigail Kinoike Kekaulike Kawananakoa. [ [http://starbulletin.com/97/07/31/news/story5.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News ] ]

Children

* Edward J. Kawananakoa, son
* David Kawananakoa II, son
* Quentin Kawananakoa, son
* Piikoi Kawananakoa, son
* Regina K. Kawananakoa, daughter
* Travis Branch, step son
* Corey Branch, step son
* Young Branch, step daughter

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