Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Read our nine-part series: civilbeat.org/2023/01/the-unlikely-odyssey-of-prince-jonah-kuhio
Raised in nobility and imprisoned after the overthrow of the monarchy, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole had an outsized impact on modern Hawaiʻi.
He was an unusual child and he lived a most unusual life.
He is the only person in American history to have had two essentially conflicting titles — royal prince and democratically elected congressman.
Even in Washington, D.C., in the halls of the nation’s capital, in a country known for its uneasy relationship with monarchy, he was known as The Prince.
His full name was Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Pi‘ikoi — each element of which had an association with a proud history that lingers today.
And he did more to shape modern Hawaiian history than any other person.
Read our nine-part series: civilbeat.org/2023/01/the-unlikely-odyssey-of-prince-jonah-kuhio
Raised in nobility and imprisoned after the overthrow of the monarchy, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole had an outsized impact on modern Hawaiʻi.
He was an unusual child and he lived a most unusual life.
He is the only person in American history to have had two essentially conflicting titles — royal prince and democratically elected congressman.
Even in Washington, D.C., in the halls of the nation’s capital, in a country known for its uneasy relationship with monarchy, he was known as The Prince.
His full name was Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Pi‘ikoi — each element of which had an association with a proud history that lingers today.
And he did more to shape modern Hawaiian history than any other person.
