Lydia Liliuokalani Kawānanakoa

Born July 22, 1905,[1][2] Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa was named after Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch of Hawaii.[3] 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.[1]

She attended a convent school in San Francisco.[3] During her youth, she was known as the "flapper" princess and sported the then-fashionable bobbed hair.[4] Her siblings were David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa and Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa.[5]^: 166

Liliʻuokalani married five times. Her first marriage was to Dr. William Jeremiah Ellerbrock on January 17, 1925, at Honolulu.[6] The couple had one daughter before divorcing in 1927:

• Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (1926–2022).[7][8]

Following the divorce, Abigail was adopted by Liliʻuokalani's mother.[9] Her second marriage was to Charles James Brenham at Niu, August 11, 1928;[10][11] they also divorced. Her third husband was war correspondent Clark Lee, whom she married on November 30, 1938;[12] Lee died of a heart attack in 1953.[13] Her fourth husband, whom she married in 1954, was Charles E. Morris Jr; the couple divorced in 1959, and remarried in 1968.[14][9]

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.[15][16][17] 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.[9]

She died of cancer at her home in Waialae, Honolulu, on May 19, 1969.[9] At her request, her funeral was a private ceremony with none of the pomp or displays of former Hawaiian royal funerals.[9] She is buried at Nuʻuanu Memorial Park.[1][9]