House of Kalākaua
Royal dynasty
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Parent house	House ofPiʻilani, House of 'I-Kanaka,House of Keawe
Country	Kingdom of Hawaii
Founded	1874; 152 years ago (1874)
Founder	Kalākaua
Final ruler	Liliuokalani
Titles	King/Queen of Hawaii, High Chief,Ali'i
Style(s)	"Majesty" "Grace"
Estate	ʻIolani Palace (seat)
Dissolution	1917 (1917)
Deposition	1893 (1893) (deposed by a coup d'état)
Cadet branches	House of Kawānanakoa

TheHouse of Kalākaua, orKalākaua Dynasty, also known as theKeawe-a-Heulu line, was the reigning family of theKingdom of Hawaiʻi underKing Kalākaua andQueen Liliʻuokalani. They assumed power after the last king of theHouse of Kamehameha,Lunalilo, died without designating an heir, leading to the election of Kalākaua and provoking theHonolulu Courthouse riot. The dynasty lost power with theoverthrow of Liliʻuokalani and the end of the Kingdom in 1893.Liliʻuokalani died in 1917, leaving only cousins as heirs.

The House of Kalākaua was descended from chiefs on the islands ofHawaiʻi,Maui, andKauaʻi. The torch that burns at midday symbolizes the dynasty, based on the sacredkapu Kalākaua's ancestor High ChiefIwikauikaua.

The dynasty was founded by Kalākaua when he ascended the Hawaiian Kingdom throne in 1874 and included his brothers and sisters who were children ofAnalea Keohokālole (1816–1869) andCaesar Kaluaiku Kapaʻakea (1815–1866). The family was of thealiʻi class of the Hawaiian nobility and were collateral relations of theHouse of Kamehameha, sharing common descent from the early 18th-centuryaliʻi nui (supreme monarch)Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku. The family traces their descent fromKeaweaheulu andKameʻeiamoku, two of the five royal counselors of KingKamehameha I during his conquest of theHawaiian Kingdom. Kameʻeiamoku, the grandfather of both Keohokālole and Kapaʻakea, was depicted, along with his royal twinKamanawa, on the Hawaiian coat of arms.^[1] Liliʻuokalani, in her memoir, referred to her family line as the "Keawe-a-Heulu line" after her mother's side of the family.^[2]

With the deposition of Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1893 the House of Kalākaua ceased to reign, and the death of thePrincess Victoria Kaʻiulani in 1899 meant the loss of the last direct heir of the siblings of the reigning monarchs of House of Kalākaua. The main line of the dynasty thus ended when the deposed Queen Liliʻuokalani (who had abdicated and renounced) died in 1917. Their cousins came to be known as theHouse of Kawānanakoa, a branch of the House of Kalākaua, since they are relatives of King Kalākaua, descended fromPrince David Kawānanakoa, eldest son of the princessKūhiō Kinoike Kekaulike, who had died in 1908. The House of Kawānanakoa survives to modern times and at least two of its members have claims to the throne should the Hawaiian monarchy be revived.

• KingKalākaua (1836–1891)
• QueenLiliʻuokalani (1839–1917)
• Crown PrincessVictoria Kaʻiulani (1875–1899)
• Crown Prince William PittLeleiohoku (1854–1877)
• Princess MiriamLikelike (1851–1887)
• PrincessKaʻiminaʻauao (1845–1848)
• PrinceJames Kaliokalani (1835–1852)
• High ChiefCaesar Kapaʻakea (1815–1866)
• High ChiefessAnalea Keohokālole (1816–1869)

v t e Kalākaua family tree

Key- (k)= Kane (male/husband) (w)= wahine (female/wife) Subjects with bold titles, lavender highlighted, bold box= Direct bloodline Bold title, bold, grey box= Aunts, uncles, cousins line Bold title, bold white box= European or American (raised to aliʻi status by marriage or monarch's decree) Regular name and box=makaʻāinana or untitled foreign subject Kāneikaiwilani (k) Kanalohanaui (k) Keākealani (w) Ahu-a-ʻI (k) Piʻilani (w) II Moana (k) Lonoikahaupu (k) Kalanikauleleiaiwi (w) Kauauaʻamahi (k) Keawe II (k) Lonomaʻaikanaka (w) Kauhiahaki (k) ʻIliki-ā-Moana (w) Keawepoepoe (k) Kanoena (w) Haʻaeamahi (k) Kekelakekeokalani (w) Alapaʻi Nui (k) Keaka (w) Keeaumoku Nui (k) Kamakaimoku (w) Kaeamamao (k)[i] Kaolanialiʻi (w)[i] Kameʻeiamoku (k) Kamakaʻeheikuli (w) Keōua (k) Kahekili II (k) Kekuiapoiwa II (w) Ikuaʻana (w) Heulu (k) Moana (w) Keaweʻopala (k) Nohomualani (k) Keaweaheulu (k) Ululani (w) Hakau (w) Kanaʻina (k) Kauwa (w) Eia (k) Kepoʻokalani (k)[i] Alapai (w)[i] Keohohiwa (w) Keōpūolani (w) Kamehameha I Kalaniʻōpuʻu (k) Kānekapōlei (w) Kiʻilaweau (k) Nāhiʻōleʻa (k) Kahoʻowaha II (w) Inaina (w) Hao (K) Kailipakalua (w) Kamanawa II (k)[i] Kamokuiki (w)[i] ʻAikanaka (k) Kamaeokalani (w) Kaōleiokū (k) Keoua (w) Luahine (w) Kalaʻimamahu Kaheiheimālie Kamehameha II Kamehameha III Kekūanaōʻa (k) Kahalaiʻa Luanuʻu (k) Pauahi (w) Kīnaʻu (w) Pākī (k) Kōnia (w) Kanaʻina II Kaʻahumanu III Kapaʻakea (1815–1866)[i] Keohokālole (1816–1869)[i] Keʻelikōlani (w) Kamehameha IV Kamehameha V Kaʻahumanu IV Pauahi Bishop (w) Bishop (k) Lunalilo (k) Kaliokalani (1835–1852)[i] Kalākaua (1836–1891)[i] Kapiʻolani (1834–1899) Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917)[i] Dominis (1832–1891) Kaʻiulani (1842–?)[i] Kaʻiminaʻauao (1845–1848)[i] Cleghorn (1835–1910) Likelike (1851–1887)[i] Leleiohoku II (1854–1877)[i] Kaʻiulani (1875–1899)[i] Notes: ^abcdefghijklmnopGenealogy of Liliuokalani, page 400, appendix B, No. 2Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani (1898).Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. University of Hawaii Press. p. 400. Retrieved29 September 2016.Kapaakea genealogy.

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• KALAKAUA AND LILIUOKALANI'S GENEALOGY
• The Royal Family of Hawaii Official Site Kalakaua Chart

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