Poomaikelani

Infobox Hawaiian Royalty
name =Pookinaomaikelani
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spouse =Hiram Kahanawai
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full name =Virginia Kapookinaoloku Pookinaomaikelani
titles ="HRH" Princess
"HE" The Governess of Kauai
royal house =House of Kalakaua
Royal House of Kauai
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father =High Chief Kuhio Kalanianaokinaole of Hilo
mother =Princess Kekaulike Kinoiki of Kauai
date of birth =birth date|1839|4|7|df=y
place of birth =Hilo, Hawaiokinai
date of death =death date and age|1895|10|22|1839|4|7|df=yes
place of death =Kalihi Valley, Oahu
place of burial =Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum|

Virginia Kapookinaoloku Pookinaomaikelani formally Her Royal Highness The Princess Virginai Kapooloku Poomaikelani, was sister to Queen Kapiolani who married to King David Kalākaua and reigned as Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiokinai. [All about Hawaii.Published 1892.Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Publications Division. Page 139]

She was born at Piihonua, Hilo, Hawaii, 7th April 1839, the second daughter of Princess Kinoike Kekaulike of Kauai and Alii Kuhio Kalaniana'ole of Hilo. She was the granddaughter of Kaumualiokinai, the last king of the island of Kauaokinai before being ceded to the unified Hawaiian Islands governed by Kamehameha the Great. She was also the step-daughter of Queen Regent Kaokinaahumanu.

She was elder sister of Victoria Kekaulike and younger sister of Esther Kapiolani. Sometimes the name and descendant of these three get mixed up. For example Esther Kekaulike and Abigail Poomaikelani are some of the names that are not real.

Po'omaikelani served as one of Queen Emma's trusted ladies-in-waiting for many years and left Emma's employment to join her brother-in-law's court. [News from Molokai, Letters Between Peter Kaeo & Queen Emma, 1873-1876 By Peter Kaeo, Jane L Geaney, Queen Emma]

Her sister's husband became the king of Hawaii in 1874 and she was granted the title of Princess and style of Her Royal Highness, in 1883 during Kalakaua's coronation. She married in 1874, Hiram Kahanwai, a cousin of King Kalakaua and a former steward of Queen Emma. She was made Governess of Kauai by her brother-in-law and was paid a annual salary of 3500 dollars per year. [Na kanawai o ka repubalika o Hawaii, By Hawaii. Page 97] She was also Guardian of the Royal Tombs at Mauna Ala from October 15, 1888 to her death. Kalakaua appointed her as president of the Board of Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs. Princess Poomaikelani was kahili bearer during Kalakaua's official coronation. [The Hawaiian Kingdom. By Ralph S Kuykendall. 263] She died at Kalihi Valley, Oahu, 22nd October 1895, two years after her cousin Liliuokalani had been overthrown. She was interred in the Kalakaua Crypt, at the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii. [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Hawaii/hawaii4.htm]

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External links

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/hawaii/i60.html#I60 Rootsweb]
* [http://homepage.mac.com/gencea/Nui/ps08/ps08_372.htm Abigail Kapooloku Poomaikelani ]