| Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa | |
| Birth Date: | July 22, 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Honolulu, Oahu |
| Death Place: | Waialae, Honolulu, Oahu |
| Burial Place: | Nuʻuanu Memorial Park |
| House: | Kawānanakoa |
| Issue: | Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa |
| Occupation: | Royalty, philanthropist |
| Father: | David Kawānanakoa |
| Mother: | Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa |
Helen Lydia Kamakaʻeha Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa (July 22, 1905 – May 19, 1969) was a member of the House of Kawānanakoa and the second daughter of David Kawānanakoa and Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa.
Born July 22, 1905,[1] Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa was named after Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch of Hawaii.[2] Having been born after the abolition of the monarchy, she had no official royal title; however, she was still known by many in the Hawaiian community as Princess Liliuokalani.
She attended a convent school in San Francisco. During her youth, she was known as the "flapper" princess and sported the then-fashionable bobbed hair.[3] Her siblings were David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa and Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa.[4]
Liliʻuokalani married five times. Her first marriage was to Dr. William Jeremiah Ellerbrock on January 17, 1925, at Honolulu.[5] The couple had one daughter before divorcing in 1927:
Following the divorce, Abigail was adopted by Liliʻuokalani's mother.[6] Her second marriage was to Charles James Brenham at Niu, August 11, 1928;[7] [8] they also divorced. Her third husband was war correspondent Clark Lee, whom she married on November 30, 1938;[9] Lee died of a heart attack in 1953.[10] Her fourth husband, whom she married in 1954, was Charles E. Morris Jr; the couple divorced in 1959, and remarried in 1968.[11]
She was the founder of the Kona Hawaiian Civic Club in 1952 and was the founder and First President of Friends of ʻIolani Palace from 1966 to 1969.[12] [13] [14] She was also active in Hawaiian Civic Clubs, served on the Hawaiian Homes Commission, served as regent of Hale o Na Alii, and was a lifetime member of the Kaahumanu Society and Daughters of Hawaii.
She died of cancer at her home in Waialae, Honolulu, on May 19, 1969. At her request, her funeral was a private ceremony with none of the pomp or displays of former Hawaiian royal funerals. She is buried at Nuʻuanu Memorial Park.[15]