Fons Honorum

Pre-emptive to the Throne & Eligible Rulers Timeline
Fons Honorum and Preservation of the Royal Family

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Since the illegal overthrow of our Hawaiian Monarchy in 1893, existence and visibility of this royal family remained constant, consistent, and obvious, continued protests, royal prerogatives, fons honorum, using royal titles, continuation of knighthood, decorations and honors, which confirms continuity and that this Royal Family of Hawaiʻi never relinquished their royal status. Like most non-ruling royal houses, this Royal House of Hawaii has been active members of the local & international community as the rightful heirs to the former Hawaiian de facto throne for over 100 years, thus has clearly continued to preserve the royal house and sovereignty by prescription and protected under International law by the Grace of God.

-Keouanui is the father of H.M. Kamehameha I who founded the Hawaiian Kingdom under his absolute rule, his first son, H.M. King Kamehameha II succeeded him, followed by his third son, H.M. King Kamehameha III who had established the Constitutional Monarchy.

-By an official proclamation by His Majesty King Kamehameha III, the king publishes the following list of members of the royal house who are officially Eligible to Rule the kingdom and was made Pre-emptive to the Throne attending the Royal Family Boarding School (Royal School):

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Pertaining to the Royal Family Boarding School (Royal School):

"Its pupils were exclusively persons whose claims to the throne were acknowledged"

- quote by Her Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani 1898

Pertaining to the Royal House of Hawaii:

"Keoua nui is the founder of the Kamehameha Dynasty who founded the Hawaiian Kingdom."

- quote by Her Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani 1898

"My great grandfather Keaweaheulu and the founder of the dynasty

of the Kamehamehas, the Keoua, father of Kamehameha I were own cousins"

- quote by Her Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani 1898

After the death of the last ruler, Her Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1917, only the High Chiefess Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau remained alive on the list of Eligible Rulers who were Pre-emptive to Throne. Princess Elizabeth's eligibility to the throne was acknowledged by all the sovereigns of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the Legislature, confirmed and published by the last sovereign, H.M. Queen, Liliʻuokalani before her death.

The Succession to the throne is named by the sovereign under a proper royal proclamation or a ratified and approved constitution, naming the heir to the throne or a line of succession according to the law. In 1844, King Kamehameha III ignored wide claims to the dynasty from other chiefly relatives, and thereby, submitted an official list to the Legislature as the Order-in-Council of a selection of the highest ranking native aliʻi Eligible to be Rulers under the pertaining Articles of the Hawaiian Kingdom's constitutions, being the direct descendants of Keoua nui and his fathers siblings. The Eligible Rulers were made pre-emptive to the throne and was highly educated, disciplined and groomed to be a ruler at the Royal Family Boarding School known as the Chiefs Children's School or Royal School during the years of 1839 to 1850. All Eligible Rulers under the Code of Etiquette were publicly announced by name and were given precedence within the royal court in all public appearances, ceremonies and royal processions accorded by their rank and was given priority "first rights to the throne" as a candidate over any other aliʻi of the nation.

As a safeguard for the throne to prevent anarchy - should the reigning dynastic line of succession come to an end and upon failing to name an heir to the throne or if the throne should become vacant, Article 22 states that the Legislative Assembly, shall then elect by ballot some native aliʻi of the Kingdom as successor to the throne. The Legislative Assembly calls upon the royal candidates of the highest ranking native aliʻi from the list of Eligible Rulers who were made pre-emptive to the Throne by King Kamehameha III. The list of the highest ranking native aliʻi to be rulers was never expanded officially after King Kamehameha III by any sovereign, including King Kalākaua. Regarding the Board of Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs; Those who submitted their genealogy to be examined by board were not Eligible Rulers nor were they made Pre-emptive to the Throne. The board's duties were to revise, correct and record the genealogy of Hawaiian chiefs, meles and tabus to be used as a reference. The Act to create the Board of Genealogy was also later appealed and the board was disbanded in 1887 by His Majesty King Kalākaua.

King Kalākaua's successor was his sister, Liliʻuokalani, however, Queen Liliʻuokalani failed to secure a legal heir to the throne after Princess Kaʻiulani who died in 1899. The queen dies later in 1917 under an illegal occupation, ending the dynastic line of succession and leaving the throne vacant. In 1917, Queen Liliʻuokalani's cousin, the High Chiefess Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui is now the hereditary head of this royal house and the only highest ranking ali`i alive on the list of Eligible Rulers provided for the Legislative Assembly for Article 22. Given the fact of the overthrow and that the Legislative Assembly is in abeyance, the head of the royal house and preemptive to the throne, High Chiefess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau, by the Grace of God has the legal natural right under international law to continue the Fons Honorum to preserve sovereignty, the royal family and the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau announces her status as head of the royal house, a direct descendant of King Kamehameha's brother and the cousin of Queen Liliʻuokalani.

Elizabeth claims the next head of this royal house by primogeniture will be her niece, Princess Theresa Owana Kaʻōhelelani and then to her primogeniture descendants,

which has been handed down from generation to generation to her great grand daughter, Princess Owana Kaʻōhelelani Salazar.

~Quoted statements by H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Keka'aniauokalani La'anui Pratt in 1920 and published in Keoua, Father of Kings:

“Out of the promising group of youthful scions of Hawaii’s Nobility, the descendants of the royal houses of Keaweikekahialiʻiokamoku of Hawai'i, the Piʻilanis and Kamalalawalus of Maui, the Kakuihewas and Kaleiomanuias of Oʻahu and the Manokalanipos of Kauaʻi: Moses Kekuaiwa, Alexander Liholiho, Lot Kamehameha, Victoria Kamamalu, Emma Rooke, William Lunalilo, David Kalakaua, Lydia Kamakaʻeha, Bernice Pauahi, Elizabeth Keka'aniau Laʻanui, Jane Loeau Jasper, Abigail Maheha, Peter Young Kaʻeo, James Kaliokalani Kapaʻakea, William Pitt Kina'u and Mary Paʻaʻaina, - there remains but one survivor to cherish the reminiscences of those dear, sweet days of long ago, and that one is this writer of Keoua, Father of Kings.

"Keoua Kalanikupuapaʻikalaninui is progenitor of the Keoua line and likewise of the Kamehameha's. (My brother) Gideon Ka'ilipalaki La'anui by his wife Kamaikaopa left an only child, a daughter, Theresa Owana Ka'ohelelani, who by her husbands, AJ Cartwright Junior, and the Hon. Robert W. Wilcox, has a family of children and grandchildren, forming the junior branch of the
Keoua family now living. They and I are the only sole representatives of the senior line,comprise the only descendants of the grand and famous chieftain, Keoua Nui."

~Quoted statements by H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Keka'aniauokalani Laʻanui Pratt in 1920 and published in Keoua, Father of Kings

The official list for the Legislature of native aliʻi of the highest rank who are eligible to the throne under Article 22.

Princess Elizabeth Keka`aniau's rights to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1874, page 4)

1920 Publication of the "Keoua Father of Kings" by High Chiefess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui - Head of the Royal House

1985 Publication of Hawaiian Genealogies pertaining to the relation of Princess Elizabeth Keka`aniau to the Kamehamehas and Queen Lili`uokalani

History of the Preservation of this Royal House of Hawaiʻi

February 24, 1893 letter to the Secretary of State for Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau's claim to protect the crownlands from annexation

March 2, 1893 Daily Bulletin, protests of Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau, Queen Liliʻuokalani & Princess Kaʻiulani

1897 Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau donates to the Bishop Museum, the bust of King Kamehameha II given by the British King George IV in 1824

1898 Queen Lili`uokalani acknowledges Keouanui as the founder of the Kamehameha Dynasty and her relation to him (chapter 1)

1898 Queen Lili`uokalani acknowledges Princess Elizabeth Keka`aniau's eligibility to the throne and royal alumni (chapter 1)

1901 Princess Theresa Owana presenting her royal titles among the U.S. Senate, other states and countries