Hiram Kahanawai

Hiram Kahanawai 1835 - 1874 was Hawaiian high chief and husband of Princess Poomaikelani the younger sister of Queen Kapiolani who was the consort of King David Kalakaua.

Kahanawai was a relative of Queen Emma of Hawaii, by a junior line of descent and also cousin of Kalakaua and Liliuokalani. He had been chief steward in the royal household under Emma's husband King Kamehameha IV. His wife Kapo'oloku was once a lady-in-waiting of the Queen Emma and Kapiolani had once been governess or nanny to the Crown Prince Albert Edward Kamehameha. Kahanawai continued to serve Emma in that capacity during her widowhood. After the election of 1874, Kalakaua won over his mistress Queen Emma and Kahanawa marry Kapo'oloku who was now the royal sister-in-law of Kalakaua. He and his wife left the service of their mistress Queen Emma and join Kalakaua's court. Emma view this as their change of allegiance from the now dying House of Kamehameha to the new Dynasty of the Kalakauas. Hiram Kahanawai died of a heart disease in August 7, 1874, in the same year of his marriage to Kapo'oloku leaving his wife a widow. They had no issues. The sudden death of Hiram Kahanawai of heart disease was noted in the "Hawaiian Gazette": "On Friday last (Aug. 7) Capatain Hiram Kahanawai died very suddenly as it is supposed from aneurysm. " [News from Molokai, Letters Between Peter Kaeo & Queen Emma, 1873-1876 By Peter Kaeo, Jane L Geaney, Queen Emma]

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* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/hawaii/i403.html#I403 Rootsweb]
* [http://homepage.mac.com/gencea/Nui/ps08/ps08_373.htm Hiram KAHANAWAI]