Other names Kalokuokamaile II Name Helena Wilcox | Died September 17, 1988 Children Owana Salazar | |
Born April 13, 1917 ( 1917-04-13 ) Spouse(s) Henry Mario Salazar
Henry Machado, Sr. Parents Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox Grandchildren Mahana Kaʻahumanu Walters, Noa Kalokuokamaile Grandparents Theresa Laanui, Robert William Wilcox Similar People Owana Salazar, Robert William Wilcox, Gideon Peleioholani Laanui | ||
Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox Salazar-Machado (April 13, 1917 – September 17, 1988) was the head of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Life
Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox was born April 13, 1917. Her father was Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Keōua 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. Her father Robert Keōua was son of Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laʻanui and her second husband Robert William Wilcox (1855–1903).
She based her claim to the Hawaiian crown on her family's descent from King Kamehameha I's eldest half-brother Kalokuokamaile, and through her great grand aunt, Elizabeth Kekaaniau Laʻanui Pratt, a dynast named by King Kamehameha III, and a student at the Royal School developed to educate royal heirs. She used the regal name Kalokuokamaile II, stating that she was Kalokuokamaile's successor.
Helena was Alii Nui of the Ka Lahui Hawaii Organization from 1987 to her death. 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
She died on 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.