FILE - Native Hawaiian heiress Abigail Kawānanakoa poses outside a Honolulu courthouse on Oct. 25, 2019. Kawānanakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii's largest landowners, died on Dec. 11, 2022. She was 96. Kawānanakoa's casket is set to go on public display Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in the downtown Honolulu palace that benefited from her wealth.
Members of the public were allowed to line up to view her casket and weren't required to wear the shoe coverings that palace visitors normally have to wear as a preservation precaution. A carpet for mourners to walk on was temporarily installed for the viewing.. She died"peacefully" with her wife, Veronica Gail Kawānanakoa, 70, at her side, according to a news release.
In 1895, an unsuccessful attempt by Hawaiian royalists to restore Queen Liliʻuokalani to power resulted in her arrest. She was put on trial before a military tribunal in her own throne room. After she was convicted, she was imprisoned in an upstairs bedroom of the palace for nearly eight months. After the prince died, his widow adopted their grandchild, Abigail, which strengthened her claim to a princess title.In 2017, a court battle began over control of her trust after she suffered a stroke. In 2018, Kawānanakoa attempted to amend her trust to ensure that her wife would receive $40 million and all her personal property, according to court records.
The uproar led to her ouster as president of Friends of ʻIolani Palace, a position she held for more than 25 years.
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