Edward Abnel Keliûiahonui (May 13, 1869 â September 21, 1887) was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiûi. His name means "the chief whose strength is attained through patience".
Keliûiahonui was born May 13, 1869, at Kaûalaûa at the mouth of the Pauoa Valley, in Honolulu, on the old homestead of his aunt Queen Kapiûolani. He was baptized by Bishop Thomas Nettleship Staley of the St. Andrew's Cathedral. His genealogy centered mainly on his ancestry as an heir of his great-grandfather Kaumualiûi, the last ruling King of Kauaûi. He shared his name with his great-uncle Kealiûiahonui who was sometimes called the last prince of Kauaûi. His mother Princess Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike was sister of Queen Kapiûolani. His father was High Chief David Kahalepouli Piûikoi, first cousin of King KalÃÂkaua. Keliûiahonui was initially educated at St. Alban's College (now ûIolani School) and Punahou School. In 1885, he and his brothers David KawÃÂnanakoa and Jonah Kà «hià  Kalanianaûole were sent abroad along with to attend Saint Matthew's School, a private Episcopal military school in San Mateo, California.
In 1874 the KalÃÂkaua Dynasty ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiûi, ending the Kamehameha Dynasty. On February 10, 1883, Keliûiahonui was granted by letters patent the title of Prince and style of His Royal Highness by King KalÃÂkaua along with his mother, brothers and aunt. Keliûiahonui was not mentioned in the first-person accounts of the coronation ceremony for KalÃÂkaua and Kapiûolani coronation ceremony on February 14 of the same year despite his mother, aunts and brothers playing important parts in the ceremony.
The three brothers were known as the Piûikoi Brothers or the "Three Princes". Being the middle son, he was in a difficult position. A year younger than his brother David, he was physically smaller than either of his brothers. He also fought illness more frequently. His brothers were adopted sons of the king and queen. He was adopted in the Hawaiian tradition of hÃÂnai to his aunt Princess Poûomaikelani, while his brothers were adopted by King KalÃÂkaua and Queen Kapiûolani.
While attending school in San Mateo, Edward and his brothers would travel south to the Pacific seashore at Santa Cruz. The brothers demonstrated the Hawaiian sport of board surfing to the locals, becoming the first California surfers in the summer of 1885. The historic first was reported on July 20, 1885, in the Santa Cruz Daily, "The young Hawaiian Princes were in the water enjoying it hugely and giving interesting exhibitions of surf board swimming as practiced in their native land."
Keliûiahonui's health had always been weaker than his brothers. In 1887, Keliûiahonui was sent home ill with typhoid fever from school in California. He died of typhoid fever at ûIolani Palace shortly after arriving home on September 21, 1887, aged eighteen. He was buried in the Kalakaua Crypt, Royal Mausoleum called Mauna ûAla in Nuûuanu Valley, Oûahu. Prince Edward Street in Waikiki is named after him.