HRH Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa was the great granddaughter of HRH Princess Mary Kinoiki Kekaulike, governor of Hawaiʻi, and High Chief David Kahalepoʻuli Piʻikoi, the son of Jonah Piʻikoi, the humble pipe-lighter of King Kaʻumualiʻi of Kauaʻi.
Princess Abigail was the great granddaughter of Abigail Maʻipinepine Campbell, aliʻi and confidante of Queen Liliʻuokalani, and James Campbell, who built one of the great plantations in Hawaiʻi, today’s JamesCampbell Company.
She was the great-great great granddaughter of Kaumualiʻi, the king of Kauaʻi before he agreed to join the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
She was the great grandniece of King David Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani.
She was the great grandniece of Queen Liliʻuolkalani.
She was the granddaughter of Prince David Kawananakoa, named heir to the Hawaiian throne, and Princess Abigail Wahiikaʻahuʻula Campbell Kawananakoa who adopted her as her daughter in the traditional “punahele” manner and raised her to perpetuate the royal line.
She was the daughter of Lydia Kamakaeha Liliʻuokalani Kawananakoa who was the first president of the Friends of ʻlolani Palace and a major force in the perpetuation of the Hawaiʻi royal legacy in the civic center of Honolulu.
