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Elizabeth Keawepoʻoʻole Sumner Chapman Achuck Lapana (December 1850 – February 22, 1911) was a Hawaiian high chiefess during the Kingdom of Hawaii and lady-in-waiting of Princess Likelike. An accomplished Hawaiian composer, she composed the popular Hawaiian love song ''Sanoe'' with Queen Liliʻuokalani, which was about a love affair in the Hawaiian royal court in the 1870s. Her Hawaiian name ''Keawepoʻoʻole'' literally means "headless Keawe." ==Early life and family== Born in December 1850, she was the daughter of William Keolaloa Kahānui Sumner, a ''hapa-haole'' (part Caucasian) Hawaiian high chief, and his ''punalua'' partner Mauli Tehuiarii, a Tahitian princess and the sister of Sumner's wife Manaiula Tehuiarii. She was of Hawaiian, Tahitian and English descent. Her father High Chief William K. K. Sumner (1816–1885) was the eldest son of High Chiefess Keakuaaihue Kanealai Hua and the British Captain William Sumner (1786–1847), of Northampton. Captain Sumner arrived in Hawaii in 1807 as a cabin boy; initially befriending Kauai's king Kaumualii, he later became a naval captain under King Kamehameha I, who united the Hawaiian Islands in 1810. Sumner captained the government schooner ''Waverly'' and deported the party of Catholic missionaries led by Alexis Bachelot and Patrick Short in 1831. Hua, her paternal grandmother, was the cousin and ''hānai'' (adoptive) sister of high Chiefess Ahia Beckley, wife of Captain George C. Beckley, who was one of the reputed designer of the Flag of Hawaii. Related to the Kamehamehas through Uminuikukaailani, her grandmother descended from the famous twins Kahānui and Kaha‘opulani, the Kohala chiefs who reared Kamehameha during his infancy. Elizabeth Sumner attended Oahu College from 1864 to 1865. Keawepoʻoʻole's elder half-sister was Nancy Wahinekapu Sumner (1839–1895); their mothers were sisters. Their family's ancestry and connection to the ruling families of Hawaii and Tahiti allow the two sisters to associate with many members of the royal family of Hawaii. Nancy was a prominent lady of the court during the reigns of King Kamehameha IV and King Kamehameha V, serving as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Emma and close friend to Princess Victoria Kamāmalu. She was notorious for rejecting the marriage proposals of Lord Charles Beresford and Kamehameha V. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Keawepoʻoʻole Sumner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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