Elizabeth Kekaaniau


Elizabeth Kekaaniau Laanui Pratt, full name Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laanui Pratt was a great grandniece of Kamehameha I, being a great granddaughter of Kalokuokamaile, the older brother of Kamehameha I, founder of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

She was born September 12, 1834 in her family home at Waialua. She was given the name Elizabeth after her mothers adoptive mother Queen Elizabeth Kaahumanu, and the Hawaiian name after Chiefess Kekaikuihala, her fathers older sister. Her full name was Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Laanui. She wasyears old when Kamehameha III placed her in the Chiefs Childrens School, also known as the Royal School, a select school for the children of the highest rank in the kingdom who eligible to be rulers. She was taught by missionaries Juliette Montague and Amos Starr Cooke. Her cousins Emma and Bernice Pauahi, called her Lizzie.

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