Esther Kapiolani Kawananakoa
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Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona (born 1928) is related to the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii
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during her marriage with Andrew Anderson Lambert. According to some her mother became the head of the House of Kawānanakoa
upon the death of her uncle Prince Edward D. Kawānanakoa
on May 20, 1953, but other argued for her aunt, the Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa
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She had an older brother, Edward A. Kawānanakoa; and an older sister, Virginia Poomaikelani Kawānanakoa
, with Edward four years her senior and Poomaikelani two years. She was the last child of her mother.
She is a namesake of her great-great aunt Queen Esther Kapiolani
, who was in turn a namesake of High Chiefess Kapiolani
of Hilo who had defied Pele, the Volcano goddess, and embrace Christianity in 1825. Marchesa Kapiolani Marignoli is an Honorary Advisor of the Friends of Iolani Palace.
She married Marchese Filippo Marignoli (1926–1995), an abstract artist who was the younger son of Don Giulio Marignoli, Marquess di Montecorona, by his wife, Donna Marinetta, Marchioness di Montecornona, the former Marinetta Trotta, and through their union she became the Marchesa Kapiolani Marignoli. With her husband she had a son and two daughters: Duccio Kaumualii Marignoli, Esmeralda Kapiolani Marignoli and Teresa Elelule Marignoli.
Kingdom of Hawaii
The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...
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Life
Esther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the youngest daughter of Princess Abigail Kapiolani KawānanakoaAbigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa
Princess Abigail Helen Kapiolani Kawānanakoa , was the eldest daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa and Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa....
during her marriage with Andrew Anderson Lambert. According to some her mother became the head of the House of Kawānanakoa
House of Kawananakoa
The House of Kawānanakoa, or the Kawānanakoa Dynasty in Waiting, are presumptive heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Origins:...
upon the death of her uncle Prince Edward D. Kawānanakoa
Edward D. Kawananakoa
Edward David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa was the only son of Prince David Kawānanakoa of the House of Kawānanakoa born during his marriage with Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa, daughter of Hawaiian industrialist James Campbell. He was head of the Royal House of Kawānanakoa 1917 - 1954...
on May 20, 1953, but other argued for her aunt, the Princess Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa
Lydia Liliuokalani Kawananakoa
Princess Helen Lydia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa , was the second daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa born during his marriage with Princess Abigail Wahiikaahuula Campbell Kawānanakoa. According to some she became the head of the House of Kawānanakoa upon the death of her elder brother...
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She had an older brother, Edward A. Kawānanakoa; and an older sister, Virginia Poomaikelani Kawānanakoa
Virginia Poomaikelani Kawananakoa
Virginia Kapooloku Poomaikelani Kawānanakoa was related to the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:Virginia Kapooloku Poomaikelani Kawānanakoa was born November 29, 1926 in Honolulu, Hawaii...
, with Edward four years her senior and Poomaikelani two years. She was the last child of her mother.
She is a namesake of her great-great aunt Queen Esther Kapiolani
Queen Kapiolani
Queen Kapiolani formally Esther Kapiolani or Esther Kapiolani Napelakapuokakae, was married to King David Kalākaua and reigned as Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:...
, who was in turn a namesake of High Chiefess Kapiolani
Chiefess Kapiolani
High Chiefess Kapiolani was an important member of the Hawaiian nobility at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the arrival of Christian missionaries...
of Hilo who had defied Pele, the Volcano goddess, and embrace Christianity in 1825. Marchesa Kapiolani Marignoli is an Honorary Advisor of the Friends of Iolani Palace.
She married Marchese Filippo Marignoli (1926–1995), an abstract artist who was the younger son of Don Giulio Marignoli, Marquess di Montecorona, by his wife, Donna Marinetta, Marchioness di Montecornona, the former Marinetta Trotta, and through their union she became the Marchesa Kapiolani Marignoli. With her husband she had a son and two daughters: Duccio Kaumualii Marignoli, Esmeralda Kapiolani Marignoli and Teresa Elelule Marignoli.