John William Pitt Kinau
Prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (1842–1859) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John William Pitt Kīnaʻu (December 21/27, 1842 – September 9, 1859) was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the only surviving son of High Chief William Pitt Leleiohoku I and Ruth Keʻelikōlani. As a descendant of King Kamehameha I, he was chosen to attend the Chiefs' Children's School (later renamed Royal School) taught by the American missionary Amos Starr Cooke and his wife, Juliette Montague Cooke, alongside fifteen of his royal cousins. At a young age, he inherited the landholdings of his father and his adoptive grandfather including Huliheʻe Palace, but the prince died under mysterious circumstances before his seventeenth birthday.
John William Pitt Kīnaʻu | |
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Born | December 21/27, 1842 Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii |
Died | September 9, 1859(1859-09-09) (aged 16) Kapaʻau, Kohala, Hawaii Island, Kingdom of Hawaii |
Burial | November 6, 1859 Pohukaina Tomb October 30, 1865 |
House | House of Kamehameha |
Father | William Pitt Leleiohoku I |
Mother | Ruth Keʻelikōlani |