Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox

Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox Salazar-Machado (1917–1988) was related to the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Life

Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox was born April 13, 1917. Her father was Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox (1893–1934) of the House of Kalokuokamaile, the eldest collateral branch of the House of Kamehameha. Her mother was his first wife Helen Kaleipuanani Simerson Wilburton. Robert was son of Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laʻanui and her second husband Robert William Wilcox (1855–1903).

She based a claim to the Hawaiian crown on her family's descent from King Kamehameha I's older half-brother Kalokuokamaile, and on her great-great aunt, Elizabeth Kekaaniau Laʻanui Pratt's attendance at the Royal School. She used the regal name Kalokuokamaile II, stating that she was Kalokuokamaile's successor.^{[citation needed]}

Helena was Alii Nui of the Ka Lahui Hawaii Organization from 1987 to her death.^{[citation needed]} She wrote a history of the Kaʻahumanu Society in 1980 titled Kaahumanu Diamond Jubilee: A Brief History.

Family

She married Henry Mario Salazar, younger son of Manuel Bernardino Salazar by his wife Maria Enriqetta de la Huerta. She married secondly Henry Machado, Sr. She had children from her first marriage.

Children

• Henry C. Keaweikekahialiiokamoku Salazar
• Paul C. Kalokuokamaile Salazar
• Michael Carl Kauhiokalani Salazar
• Stephen Craig Laanui Salazar
• Princess Owana Kaohelelani Mahealani-rose Salazar

She died September 19, 1988 at age 71. Despite having surviving sons, she named Owana Kuhina nui and Owana's son, Noa, as Ali`i nui Kalokuokamaile III. She informed Owana's brothers that their sister and her son would succeed her.^{[citation needed]}

Tree

Kahikikalaokalani

Keōua Nui

Kekuiapoiwa II

Kalokuokamaile

Kaloiokalani

Kamehameha I (The Great)

Kaohelelani

Jean Baptiste Rives (1793–1833)

Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui (1797–1849)

Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives (1815–1850)

Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui (1834–1928)

Gideon Kailipalaki Laʻanui (1840–1871)

Alexander Cartwright III

Theresa Laʻanui (1860–1944)

Robert William Wilcox (1855–1903)

Daisy and Eva Cartwright

Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox (1893–1934)

Virginia Wilcox (1895–1954)

Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox (1917–1988)

Owana Salazar (born 1953)

Mahana Kaʻahumanu Walters (born 1979)

Noa Kalokuokamaile (born 1981)

References

Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile Keoua Wilcox House of Keōua Nui Born: April 13, 1917 Died: September 19, 1988
Titles in pretence
Preceded by House of Keoua Nui	— TITULAR — Queen Regnant of the Hawaiian Islands 1987 – September 19, 1988 Reason for succession failure: Kingdom of Hawaii abolished in 1893	Succeeded by Prince Kalokuokamaile III