The House of KawÃÂnanakoa, or the KawÃÂnanakoa Dynasty, are descendants to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiûi.
A collateral branch of the reigning House of KalÃÂkaua (from Kauaûi island) and descendants of chiefs of areas such as Waimea on Hawaiûi island, the dynastic line was established by Prince David KawÃÂnanakoa who was declared an heir to King David KalÃÂkaua. He was the son of High Chief David Kahalepouli Piûikoi and High Chiefess Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike. KawÃÂnanakoa was engaged to Princess Victoria Kaûiulani on February 3, 1898, who would have become a monarch in her own right upon the death of Queen Liliûuokalani had she not predeceased her.
David KawÃÂnanakoa's paternal ancestry comes from a cadet branch of the Kauaûi royal family. His paternal grandmother High Chiefess Kekahili was a half-sister of High Chief Caesar Kapaûakea, the father of KalÃÂkaua, both being children of the Chiefess Kamokuiki. This made her an aunt of King KalÃÂkaua and Queen Liliûuokalani, which makes the KawÃÂnanakoas the closest surviving collateral relatives of the formerly reigning KalÃÂkaua house. The said grandmother descended, besides from the ancient line of chiefs of Kauaûi, also from the chief of KaÃ»à «, a great-uncle of King Kamehameha I.
However, the higher ranking ancestry of David KawÃÂnanakoa actually is that through his mother. His maternal grandmother High Chiefess Kekaulike Kinoiki was the daughter of the last king of Kauaûi and Niûihau Kaumualiûi. She was the granddaughter of Kaneoneo, who attempted to take Oûahu back from Kahekili II in rebellion. She descended from the lines of high chiefs of Niûihau, Koloa, Oûahu, Kauaûi and Maui. His maternal grandfather High Chief Kà «hià  Kalanianaûole was a descendant of several chiefly lines of the districts of the island of Hawaiûi (such as Waimea, Kona and Hilo) and descended directly from the chief of Waimea.
The House of KawÃÂnanakoa survives today and in 1998 were believed to be heirs to the throne by a number of genealogists. Members of the family are sometimes called prince and princess, as a matter of tradition and respect of their status as aliûi or chiefs of native Hawaiians, being lines of ancient ancestry.
In 1900, David KawÃÂnanakoa was one of the founders of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. The House of KawÃÂnanakoa in contemporary Hawaiian politics is closely aligned with the Hawaii Republican Party, a political party it helped organize since the creation of the Territory of Hawaiûi. House matriarch, Abigail KawÃÂnanakoa, became a national party leader in the early years of the twentieth century.