The House of KalÃÂkaua, or KalÃÂkaua Dynasty, also known as the Keawe-a-Heulu line, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawaiûi under King KalÃÂkaua and Queen Liliûuokalani. They assumed power after the last king of the House of Kamehameha, Lunalilo, died without designating an heir, leading to the election of KalÃÂkaua and provoking the Honolulu Courthouse riot. The dynasty lost power with the overthrow of Liliûuokalani and the end of the Kingdom in 1893. Liliûuokalani died in 1917, leaving only cousins as heirs.
The House of KalÃÂkaua was descended from chiefs on the islands of Hawaiûi, Maui, and Kauaûi. The torch that burns at midday symbolizes the dynasty, based on the sacred kapu KalÃÂkaua's ancestor High Chief Iwikauikaua.
The dynasty was founded by KalÃÂkaua when he ascended the Hawaiian Kingdom throne in 1874 and included his brothers and sisters who were children of Analea KeohokÃÂlole (1816âÂÂ1869) and Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaûakea (1815âÂÂ1866). The family was of the aliûi class of the Hawaiian nobility and were collateral relations of the House of Kamehameha, sharing common descent from the early 18th-century aliûi nui (supreme monarch) Keaweûëkekahialiûiokamoku. The family traces their descent from Keaweaheulu and Kameûeiamoku, two of the five royal counselors of King Kamehameha I during his conquest of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Kameûeiamoku, the grandfather of both KeohokÃÂlole and Kapaûakea, was depicted, along with his royal twin Kamanawa, on the Hawaiian coat of arms. Liliûuokalani, in her memoir, referred to her family line as the "Keawe-a-Heulu line" after her mother's side of the family.
With the deposition of Queen Liliûuokalani in 1893 the House of KalÃÂkaua ceased to reign, and the death of the Princess Victoria Kaûiulani in 1899 meant the loss of the last direct heir of the siblings of the reigning monarchs of House of KalÃÂkaua. The main line of the dynasty thus ended when the deposed Queen Liliûuokalani (who had abdicated and renounced) died in 1917. Their cousins came to be known as the House of KawÃÂnanakoa, a branch of the House of KalÃÂkaua, since they are relatives of King KalÃÂkaua, descended from Prince David KawÃÂnanakoa, eldest son of the princess Kà «hià  Kinoike Kekaulike, who had died in 1908. The House of KawÃÂnanakoa survives to modern times and at least two of its members have claims to the throne should the Hawaiian monarchy be revived.