Name/Title
Theresa Owana Kaohelelani La'anuiDescription
H.R.H. Princess Theresa Owana Kaʻōhelelani Laʻanui, Head of the Royal House,
From 1928-1944
High Chiefess Theresa Owana Kaʻōhelelani Laʻanui was the daughter of Chiefess Kamaikaopa (grand daughter of Keohokālole) and High Chief Gideon Kaʻilipalaki Laʻanui (brother of Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui), she became the head of the royal house after the passing of Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui in 1928, continuing her royal prerogatives, her dynastic rights as the "de jure" sovereign of the Hawaiian kingdom which was still under a prolonged illegal occupation. Her son, Prince Robert Keoua Kalanikupuapaʻikalaninui would become the head of the royal house.
CrownofHawaii.com Credit
Because of her relation to the royal family, she was famously known by many as Princess Theresa. She was received at the White House during Wilcox's term from 1900–1903 and attended the Inauguration of U.S. President McKinley as well as the Inauguration Ball where she met McKinley and his wife.
In her life story published in 1936, she claimed she may have been queen and that someday she would restore the rights of Hawaiians to their land. If she was awarded inheritance of the crown lands of Hawaii, she would give each family beach front to catch fish and lobster and gather seaweed, and a mountain property to raise pigs, chickens and taro, also building free schools and free hospitals in every district, all anybody could need and want.
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