Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa

Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa

Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike III Kawānanakoa (born April 23, 1926) was the only child of Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa born during her marriage with William Jeremiah Ellerbrock. According to some she became the head of the House of Kawānanakoa upon the death of her mother who succeeded her older brother David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa on May 20, 1953, while some believe it was her elder sister Princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa. The House of Kawānanakoa had split into two by 1953. A rumor claimed Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa's, legitimacy was in question by her father, Prince David Kawānanakoa. Others claim proof she was indeed the blood child of David Kawānanakoa and thus her descendents. Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, known as Kekau, has worked to preserve ʻIolani Palace.