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Leleiohoku II Crown Prince of the Hawaiian Islands Full name William Pitt Leleiohoku II Kalahoʻolewa House House of Kalākaua Father Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaʻakea Mother Analea Keohokālole
Ruth Keʻelikōlani (hānai)Born January 10, 1854
Honolulu, Oʻahu,Died April 9, 1877 (aged 23)
Honolulu, Oʻahu,Burial April 18, 1877[1]
Mauna ʻAla Royal MausoleumSignature Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II, born William Pitt Leleiohoku Kalahoʻolewa (1854–1877), was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and member of the reigning House of Kalākaua.[2] He is remembered for composing the Hawaiian war chant, used by the Hawaiian sovereignty movement today. Leleiohoku means "Fled in the time of Hoku" in Hawaiian and commerates the day Kamehameha I died on the Hawaiian calendar.[3]:212
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Life
Leleiohoku was the youngest brother of Prince Moses Kapaʻakea, Prince James Kaliokalani, King David Kalākaua, Queen Liliʻuokalani, Princess Anna Kaiulani, Princess Kaiminaauao, Prince Kinini Kapaʻakea, and Princess Miriam K. Likelike. At birth he became the hānai (adopted son) of Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani who named him after her late husband High Chief William Pitt Leleiohoku. Princess Ruth also named Leleiohoku II heir to her vast holding of most of the Kamehameha lands but he predeceased her. He was educated at Saint Alban's College. An accomplished musician, he founded several royal choral societies that survive today including the Kawaihaʻo Church Singing Club. He was named the Crown Prince by his brother Kalākaua in 1874, with the consent of the House of Nobles and granted the title of Prince and style of "His Royal Highness". He became a member of the Privy Council and House of Nobles[4] and ruled as Prince-regent when Kalākaua visited the United States.
Death
On April 10, 1877 at the age of 23, Prince Leleiohoku died of rheumatic fever. Because Leleiohoku was unmarried and had no children, his brother King Kalākaua named their sister Liliʻuokalani, Crown Princess. It was said that Princess Keʻelikolani had wished that Kalākaua had chosen her instead of Liliʻuokalani, but making her heir would make Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop next in line to the throne. He is buried in the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii.
Compositions
Main article: List of compositions and works of LeleiohokuHe composed many songs (many based on folk tunes), and was included in the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.[5]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Leleiohoku II 16. High Chief Kameʻeiamoku 8. High Chief Kepoʻokalani 17. High Chiefess Kamakaeheikuli 4. High Chief Kamanawa II Opio 18. High Chief KalaninuiʻIamamao of Kau 9. High Chiefess Alapaʻiwahine 19. High Chiefess Kaolanialiʻi 2. High Chief Caesar Kapaʻakea 20. High Chief Ka'ihelemoana 10. High Chief Kane-pa-wale 21. High Chiefess Ka-'opa 5. High Chiefess Kamokuiki 22. 11. High Chiefess Uaua 23. 1. William Pitt Leleiohoku II 24. High Chief Kameʻeiamoku (= 16) 12. High Chief Kepoʻokalani (= 8) 25. High Chiefess Kamakaeheikuli (= 17) 6. High Chief Aikanaka 26. High Chief Keaweaheulu of Waianae 13. High Chiefess Keohohiwa 27. High Chiefess Ululani of Hilo 3. High Chiefess Analea Keohokalole 28. High Chief Makakaualii 14. High Chief Kahoalani Eia 29. High Chiefess Kapalaoa 7. edit] References - ^ Roger G. Rose, Sheila Conant and Eric P. Kjellgren. "Journal of the Polynesian Society". Polynesian Society. p. 273-304. http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_102_1993/Volume_102,_No._3/Hawaiian_standing_kahili_in_the_Bishop_museum%3A_An_ethnological_and_biological_analysis,_by_Roger_G._Rose,_Sheila_Conant_and_Eric_P._Kjellgren,_p_273-304/p1#. Retrieved 2011-9-18.
- ^ Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
- ^ Samuel Kamakau (1991). Ruling chiefs of Hawaii (Revised ed.). Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press. ISBN 0-87336-014-1. http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=chiefs&l=en.
- ^ "Leleiohoku, William P.Prince office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASHe542/adfa3867.dir/Leleiohoku,%20William%20P%20Prince.jpg. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ "William Pitt Leleiohoku". Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. http://www.hawaiimusicmuseum.org/honorees/patrons/leleiohoku.html. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
Categories:- Hawaiian songwriters
- 1854 births
- 1877 deaths
- Royal Family of Hawaii
- Princes of Hawaii
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- House of Kalākaua
- Heirs to the Hawaiian throne
- Burials in the Kalākaua Crypt (Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii)
- Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom Privy Council
- Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom House of Nobles
- Recipients of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I
- Recipients of the Royal Order of Kalākaua
- Hawaiian adoptees (hānai)
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