Anna Kaʻiulani (born 1842) was a noble member of the House of Kalākaua during the

Kingdom of Hawaii The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ɛ ɐwˈpuni həˈvɐjʔi, was an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country from 1795 to 1893, which eventually encompassed all of the inhabited Hawaii ...

. Two of her siblings became ruling monarchs.

Life

She was born in 1842 to the High Chiefess Analea Keohokālole and the High Chief Caesar Kapaʻakea. She was a younger sister of James Kaliokalani, David Kalākaua, and Lydia Kamakaʻeha, and the older sister of

Kaʻiminaʻauao Kaʻiminaʻauao (November 7, 1845 – November 10, 1848) was a Hawaiian Kingdom, Hawaiian high chiefess who was given in adoption to Queen Kalama and King Kamehameha III. She died of the measles at the age of three, during an epidemic of measle ...

, Miriam K. Likelike and William Pitt Leleiohoku II. The name Kaʻiulani translates from the

Hawaiian language Hawaiian (', ) is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the native language of the Hawaiian people. Hawaiian, along with English, is an offi ...

as ''The Royal Sacred One''. She was, according to Hawaiian tradition of ''hānai'', adopted by the Princess

Kekauʻōnohi Keahikuni Kekauʻōnohi (c. 1805–1851) was a Hawaiian high chiefess who was a member of the House of Kamehameha. She was granddaughter to King Kamehameha I and one of the wives of Kamehameha II. Her Christian name is disputed; it is given as Mi ...

, who was the granddaughter of Kamehameha I, the royal governor of the island of Kauaʻi and foster mother of Abigail Maheha. She died young, although the date and exact cause of death was never recorded. Her niece, Victoria Kaʻiulani (who shared her Hawaiian name) became Hawaii's crown princess but died aged twenty-three. She is not buried at the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla in the Nuʻuanu Valley with her siblings and parents.

Ancestry

* Kalākaua family tree

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiulani, Anna 1842 births Royalty of the Hawaiian Kingdom Kaiulani, Anne Year of death unknown Hawaiian adoptees (hānai)