Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox | |
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| Born | April 13, 1917 |
| Died | September 17, 1988 (aged 71) |
| Other names | Kalokuokamaile II[1] |
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| Children | 5, including Owana Kaohelelani Mahealani-Rose Salazar |
Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox Salazar-Machado (April 13, 1917 – September 17, 1988) was an aspirant head of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.[2]
Life
Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox was born April 13, 1917. Her father was Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Keōua Wilcox (1893–1934) of the House of Kalokuokamaile, the eldest collateral branch of the House of Kamehameha.[2] Her mother was his first wife Helen Kaleipuanani Simerson Wilburton. Her father Robert Keōua was son of Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laʻanui and her second husband Robert William Wilcox (1855–1903).
She based her claim to the Hawaiian crown on her family's descent from King Kamehameha I's eldest half-brother Kalokuokamaile, and through her great grand aunt, Elizabeth Kekaaniau Laʻanui Pratt, a dynast named by King Kamehameha III, and a student at the Royal School developed to educate royal heirs. She used the regal name Kalokuokamaile II, stating that she was Kalokuokamaile's successor.[2]
Helena was Aliʻi Nui of the Ka Lahui Hawaiʻi Organization from 1987 until her death.[1] She wrote a history of the Kaʻahumanu Society in 1980 titled Kaahumanu Diamond Jubilee: A Brief History.[3]
Family
She married Henry Mario Salazar, younger son of Manuel Bernardino Salazar by his wife María Enriqueta de la Huerta. She married secondly Henry Machado Sr. She had children from her first marriage.
Children
- Henry C. Keaweikekahialiiokamoku Salazar
- Paul C. Kalokuokamaile Salazar
- Michael Carl Kauhiokalani Salazar
- Stephen Craig Laanui Salazar
- Owana Kaohelelani Mahealani-Rose Salazar
She died on September 19, 1988, at the age of 71. Despite having surviving sons, she named Owana Kuhina Nui and Owana's son, Noa, as Aliʻi Nui Kalokuokamaile III. She informed Owana's brothers that their sister and her son would succeed her.[1][2]
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Key: Subjects with bold titles and blue bold box = Aliʻi line. Bold title and grey bolded box = Lower ranking Aliʻi line. Bold title and un-bolded box = European nobility. Regular name and box = makaʻāinana or untitled foreign subject.
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Citations
- ^ a b c Craig, Robert D. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Polynesia. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-0-8108-6772-7.
- ^ a b c d Dan Boylan (August 7, 1998). "Battle Royal". Midweek. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ^ Tachihata, Chieko; Conrad, Agnes C, eds. (2001). The Written Record of Hawaiʻi's Women: An Annotated Guide to Sources of Information in Hawaiʻi. Honolulu: Foundation for Hawaii Women's History. p. 46.