Kingdom of Hawaii

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Hawaiʻi Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ← 1795–1893 → Flag Coat of arms Motto Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono Anthem Hawaiʻi Ponoʻi Kingdom of Hawaii Capital Lahaina (until 1845) Honolulu (from 1845) Language(s) Hawaiian, English Government Constitutional monarchy Monarch  - 1795–1819 Kamehameha I  - 1819–1824 Kamehameha II  - 1825–1854 Kamehameha III  - 1855–1863 Kamehameha IV  - 1863–1872 Kamehameha V  - 1874–1874 Lunalilo Provisional Government  - 1893–1894 Committee of Safety History  - Inception 1795  - Unification 1810  - Monarchy overthrown January 17, 1893  - Republic declared July 4, 1894 Currency U.S. dollar, Hawaiian dollar (1879)

The Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kauaʻi and Niʻihau by the chiefdom of Hawaiʻi (or the "Big Island") into one unified government. It lost its independence to an armed revolt led by Euro-American residents in 1893, and was soon annexed to the United States in 1898.

[edit] Formation

Through swift and bloody battles, led by a warrior chief later immortalized as Kamehameha the Great, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was established with the help of such British sailors as John Young, Isaac Davis and Alexander Adams and western weapons. Although successful in attacking both Oʻahu and Maui, he failed to secure a victory in Kauaʻi, his effort hampered by a storm. Eventually, Kauaʻi's chief swore allegiance to Kamehameha's rule. The unification ended the feudal society of the Hawaiian islands transforming it into a "modern", independent constitutional monarchy crafted in the tradition of European monarchies.

[edit] Government

ʻIolani Palace, one of many royal palaces in Hawaiʻi, was built by Kalākaua who shared Kamehameha V's vision of constructing a palace to rival the residences of European monarchs

Government in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was transformed in phases, each phase created by the promulgation of the constitutions of 1840, 1852, 1864 and 1887. Each successive constitution can be seen as a decline in the power of the monarch in favor of an elected legislature increasingly dominated by the interests of those of American and European descent.

The head of state and head of government in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was the monarch. He or she oversaw the Privy Council which was charged with administration. A royal cabinet, the Privy Council, consisted of ministers in charge of departments much like that of the extant British political system, on which it was based. These ministers also acted as the monarch's primary advisors.

The 1840 Constitution created a bicameral parliament in charge of legislation. The two houses of the legislature were the House of Representatives (directly elected by popular vote) and the House of Nobles (appointed by the monarch with the advice of the Cabinet). The same constitution created a judiciary, charged with overseeing the courts and interpretation of laws. The Supreme Court was led by the Chief Justice, appointed by the monarch with the advice of the Cabinet.

The islands of Hawaiʻi were divided into smaller administrative divisions: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. Kauaʻi region included Niʻihau, while Maui region included Kahoʻolawe, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi. Each administrative region was governed by a governor appointed by the monarch. See Governor of Oʻahu, Governor of Maui, Governor of Kauaʻi and Royal Governor of Hawaiʻi

Kamehameha I, (1795–1819)	Kamehameha II, Liholiho, (1819–1824)	Kamehameha III, Kauikeaouli, (1825–1854)	Kamehameha IV, Alexander L. Liholiho, (1854–1863)
Kamehameha V, Lot Kapuāiwa, (1863–1872)	Lunalilo I, William C. Lunalilo (1873–1874)	Kalākaua I, David Kalākaua, (1874–1891)	Liliʻuokalani, Lydia Kamakaʻeha Paki, (1891–1893)

Queen Kaʻahumanu, (1795–1832)	Queen Victoria Kamamalu, (1819–1824)	Queen Kalama, (1837–1854)	Queen Emma Naʻea, (1855–1863)
Queen Esther Kapiʻolani, (1874–1891)	Prince Consort John Owen Dominis, (1891–1893)

[edit] Military

Kamehameha the Great wearing western clothes under his royal feather cape

The Hawaiian army and navy formed under Kamehameha I, who unified Hawaii under one ruler in 1810. The army and navy used both traditional canoes and uniforms like the gourd helmets and loins as well as western technology like artillery canons, muskets, and European ships. He also enlisted European advisors who were captured, treated well and became Hawaiian citizens. When Kamehameha died in 1819 he left his son Liholiho a large arsenal with tens of thousands of men and thousands of warships. This helped put down the revolt at Kuamoʻo later in 1819.

During the Kamehameha Dynasty the population in Hawaii was ravaged by epidemics following the arrival of Captain James Cook. The military shrank with the population, so by the end of the Dynasty there was no Hawaiian navy and an army consisting of several hundred troops, a mere shadow to what it once was. After a French invasion that sacked Honolulu in 1849 Kamehameha III sought treaties with the United States and Britain to become a protectorate state. During the outbreak of the Crimean War, in Europe, Kamehameha III declared Hawaii a neutral state^[1], similar to Switzerland, ending any hope of Hawaii to benefits through war. After Hawaii became a protectorate of the United States strong pressure was put on Kamehameha IV to make trade exclusively to the United States even annexing the Islands. To counterbalance this situation Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V pushed of alliances with other foreign powers especially Great Britain. Also Hawaii lay claim to many uninhabited islands in the Pacific notabaly the Northwest Isle.

Following the Kamehameha Dynasty the small army was disbanded under Lunalilo after a barracks revolt in September 1873 until his death leaving Hawaii solely protected by the United States who had wavering support of the monarchy. The small army was restored under King Kalakaua but failed to stop the 1887 Rebellion by the Missionary Party. In 1891 Queen Liliuokalani came to power. Following the elections 1892 with petitions and request from her administration to change the constitution of 1887. The US protectorate policy was that at least one US cruiser must be present in Hawaii at all times. So on January 17, 1893 Liliʻuokalani believing the US military would intervene if an attempted to change the constitution commenced, she waited for the USS Boston to leave port. Once it was know that Lili'uokalani was revising the constitution the Boston was recalled and assisted the Missionary Party in her overthrow. (This controversial action was settled in 1993 in the Apology Resolution, when the US Congress admitted and apologized for wrongdoing.) Following the overthrow and the establishment of the Provisional Government of Hawaii the Kingdom’s military was disarmed and disbanded.

Robert William Wilcox one of the leaders of the counterrevolution

In 1895 the former members of the Hawaiian military attempted a counterrevolution against the Republic of Hawaii the war started ill prepared and the revolt was crushed. This was the last major military action commenced by the Hawaiian Kingdom.

[edit] Kamehameha Dynasty

From 1810 to 1893, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was ruled by two major dynastic families: the Kamehameha Dynasty and the Kalākaua Dynasty. Five members of the Kamehameha family would lead the government as its king. Two of them, Liholiho (Kamehameha II) and Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III), were direct sons of Kamehameha the Great himself. For a period between Liholiho and Kauikeaouli's reigns, the primary wife of Kamehameha the Great, Queen Kaʻahumanu, ruled as Queen Regent and Kuhina Nui, or Prime Minister.

Dynastic rule by the Kamehameha family tragically ended in 1872 with the death of Lot (Kamehameha V). Upon his deathbed, he summoned Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop to declare his intentions of making her heir to the throne. She was the last direct Kamehameha family member surviving. She refused the crown and throne because she believed that she should help and counsel her people, not rule over them. Lot died before naming an alternative heir.

[edit] The French Incident (1839)

In 1839 Captain Laplace of the French frigate Artemise sailed to Hawaii under orders to:

Destroy the malevolent impression which you find established to the detriment of the French name; to rectify the erroneous opinion which has been created as to the power of France; and to make it well understood that it would be to the advantage of the chiefs of those islands of the Ocean to conduct themselves in such a manner as not to incur the wrath of France. You will exact, if necessary with all the force that is yours to use, complete reparation for the wrongs which have been committed, and you will not quit those places until you have left in all minds a solid and lasting impression.

Under the rule of Ka'ahumanu Catholicism was illegal in Hawaii and chiefs loyal to her forcibly deported French priests on to the Artemise. Native Hawaiian Catholic converts were imprisoned and Protestant ministers ordered them to be tortured.

Under the threat of war King Kamehameha III signed the Edict of Toleration on July 17, 1839 and paid the $20,000 in compensation for the deportation of the priests and the incarceration and torture of converts, agreeing to Laplace's demands. The kingdom proclaimed:

That the Catholic worship be declared free, throughout all the dominions subject to the king of the Sandwich Islands; the members of this religious faith shall enjoy in them the privileges granted to Protestants.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu returned unpersecuted and Kamehameha III donated land for them to build a church on, as reparation.

[edit] The Paulet Affair (1843)

On Monday, February 13, 1843, Lord George Paulet, of HMS Carysfort, attempted to annex the islands for alleged insults and malpractices against British subjects.^[2] Kamehameha III surrendered to Paulet on February 25, writing:

Where are you, chiefs, people, and commons from my ancestors, and people from foreign lands?'

Hear ye! I make known to you that I am in perplexity by reason of difficulties into which I have been brought without cause, therefore I have given away the life of our land. Hear ye! but my rule over you, my people, and your privileges will continue, for I have hope that the life of the land will be restored when my conduct is justified.

Done at Honolulu, Oahu, this 25th day of February, 1843.

Kamehameha III.

Kekauluohi.^[3]

Dr. Gerrit P. Judd, a missionary who had become the Minister of Finance for the Kingdom of Hawaii, secretly arranged for General J.F.B. Marshall to be the King's envoy to the United States, France and Britain, to protest Paulet's actions.^[4] Marshall was able to secretly convey the Kingdom's complaint to the Vice Consul of Britain in Tepec, posing as a commercial agent of Ladd & Co., a company with friendly relations with the Kingdom.

Marshall's complaint was forwarded to Rear Admiral Thomas, Paulet's commanding officer, who arrived at Honolulu harbor on July 26, 1843 on H.B.M.S. Dublin from Valparaiso, Chile. Admiral Thomas apologized to Kamehameha III for Paulet's actions, and restored Hawaiian sovereignty on July 31, 1843.

[edit] The French Invasion (1849)

In August 1849, French admiral Louis Tromelin arrived in Honolulu Harbor with the La Poursuivante and Gassendi. De Tromelin made ten demands to King Kamehameha III on August 22, mainly demanding that full religious rights be given to Catholics, (a decade earlier, during the so-called 'French Incident' the ban on Catholicism had been lifted, but Catholics still enjoyed only partial religious rights). On August 25 the demands had not been met. After a second warning was made to the civilians, French troops captured the Fort of Honolulu, spiked the coastal guns and destroyed all other weapons they found (mainly muskets and ammunition). They raided government buildings and general property in Honolulu, causing $100,000 in damages. After the raids the invasion force withdrew to the fort. De Tromelin eventually recalled his men and left Hawaii on September 5.

[edit] Foreign relations

Faced with the quintessential problem of foreign encroachment of Hawaiian territory, King Kamehameha III deemed it prudent and necessary to dispatch a Hawaiian delegation to the United States and then to Europe with the power to settle alleged difficulties with nations, negotiate treaties and to ultimately secure the recognition of Hawaiian Independence by the major powers of the world. In accordance with this view, Timoteo Ha'alilio, William Richards and Sir George Simpson were commissioned as joint Ministers Plenipotentiary on April 8, 1842. Sir George Simpson, shortly thereafter, left for England, via Alaska and Siberia, while Mr. Ha'alilio and Mr. Richards departed for the United States, via Mexico, on July 8, 1842. The Hawaiian delegation, while in the United States of America, secured the assurance of U.S. President John Tyler on December 19, 1842 of its recognition of Hawaiian independence, and then proceeded to meet Sir George Simpson in Europe and secure formal recognition by Great Britain and France. On March 17, 1843, King Louis-Philippe of France recognizes Hawaiian independence at the urging of King Leopold I of Belgium, and on April 1, 1843, Lord Aberdeen on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty Queen Victoria, assured the Hawaiian delegation that, "Her Majesty's Government was willing and had determined to recognize the independence of the Sandwich Islands under their present sovereign."^[5][6]

[edit] Anglo-Franco Proclamation

On November 28, 1843, at the Court of London, the British and French Governments entered into a formal agreement of the recognition of Hawaiian independence. Called the Anglo-Franco Proclamation, a joint declaration by France and Britain, signed by His Majesty King Louis-Phillipe of the French and Her Britannic Majesty Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, assured the Hawaiian delegation that:^[6]

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, taking into consideration the existence in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) of a government capable of providing for the regularity of its relations with foreign nations, have thought it right to engage, reciprocally, to consider the Sandwich Islands as an Independent State, and never to take possession, neither directly or under the title of Protectorate, or under any other form, of any part of the territory of which they are composed.

The undersigned, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador Extraordinary of His Majesty the King of the French, at the Court of London, being furnished with the necessary powers, hereby declare, in consequence, that their said Majesties take reciprocally that engagement.

In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done in duplicate at London, the 28th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1843.
" 'ABERDEEN. [L.S.]
" 'ST. AULAIRE. [L.S.], ^[7]

Hawaiʻi was thus the first non-European indigenous state to be admitted into the Family of Nations, while the Ottoman Empire was the first non-Christian nation to be admitted following the Crimean War.^[6] This solemn engagement on the part of these two powers was the final act by which the Kingdom of Hawaii was admitted within the pale of civilized nations." The United States notably declined to join with France and England in this statement. Even though President John Tyler had recognized Hawaiian Independence, it was not until 1849 that the United States formally recognized Hawaii as a fellow nation.^[8]

November 28 was thereafter established as an official national holiday to celebrate the recognition of Hawai'i's independence. As a result of this recognition, the Hawaiian Kingdom entered into treaties with the major nations of the world and had established over ninety legations and consulates in multiple seaports and cities.^[6]

[edit] Elected monarchy

The refusal of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop to take the crown and throne as Queen of Hawaiʻi forced the legislature of the Kingdom to declare an election to fill the royal vacancy. From 1872 to 1873, several distant relatives of the Kamehameha line were nominated. In a ceremonial popular vote and a unanimous legislative vote, William C. Lunalilo (1873–1874) became Hawaiʻi's first of two elected monarchs.

[edit] Kalākaua Dynasty

Coat of Arms of the Hawaiian kingdom, ʻIolani palace, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Princess Victoria Ka'iulani Cleghorn, a member of the Kalākaua Dynasty, was in line to become Queen of Hawaii before the overthrow of the monarchy.

Like his predecessor, Lunalilo failed to name an heir to the throne. He died unexpectedly after less than a year as King of Hawaii. Once again, the legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii declared an election to fill the royal vacancy. Queen Emma, widow of Kamehameha IV, was nominated along with David Kalākaua. The 1874 election was a nasty political campaign in which both candidates resorted to mudslinging and innuendo. David Kalākaua became the second elected King of Hawaii but without the same ceremonial popular vote Lunalilo had. The choice of the legislature was controversial, and U.S. and British troops were called upon to suppress rioting.

Hoping to avoid uncertainty in the monarchy's future, Kalākaua proclaimed several heirs to the throne and defined a royal line of succession. His sister Lili'uokalani would succeed the throne upon Kalākaua's death, with Princess Victoria Kai'ulani to follow. If she could not produce an heir by birth, Prince David Lamea Kawananakoa then Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole would rule after her.

[edit] Constitution of 1887

King David Kalākaua

In 1887, a constitution was drafted by Lorrin A. Thurston, Minister of Interior under King David Kalākaua. The constitution was proclaimed by the king after a mass meeting of 3,000 residents including an armed militia demanded he sign it or be deposed. The document created a constitutional monarchy like Great Britain's, stripping the King of most of his personal authority, empowering the Legislature and establishing cabinet government. It has since become widely known as the "Bayonet Constitution", a nickname coined by its opponents because of the threat of force used to gain Kalākaua's cooperation.

The 1887 constitution empowered the citizenry to elect members of the House of Nobles (who had previously been appointed by the King). It increased the value of property a citizen must own to be eligible to vote above what the previous Constitution of 1864 had required. One result was to deny voting rights to poor native Hawaiians and Europeans who previously could vote. It guaranteed a voting monopoly to wealthy native Hawaiians and Europeans by denying voting rights to Asians who comprised a large proportion of the population (a few Japanese and some Chinese had previously become naturalized as subjects of the Kingdom and now lost voting rights they had previously enjoyed.) Americans and other Europeans in Hawaiʻi were also given full voting rights without the need for Hawaiian citizenship. The Bayonet Constitution continued allowing the monarch to appoint cabinet ministers, but stripped him of the power to dismiss them without approval from the Legislature.

[edit] Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

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Queen Liliʻuokalani

Upon his election in 1874, King Kalākaua had selected Queen Liliʻuokalani as his successor. During her brother's reign the monarchy was left impotent by the 1887 Constitution. Under the pretext of royal corruption, including an opium license bribery scandal, David Kalākaua was forced to sign the constitution stripping the monarchy of much of its power in favor of an administration controlled by the Legislature. Some claim this constitution was the opening salvo to the end of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

[edit] Liliʻuokalani's Constitution

In 1891, Kalākaua died and his sister Liliʻuokalani assumed the throne. She came to power in the middle of an economic crisis precipitated in part by the McKinley Tariff. By rescinding the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875, the new tariff eliminated the previous advantage Hawaiian sugar exporters enjoyed vis-à-vis other international producers in trade to U.S. markets; the result was a crippling of the Hawaiian sugar industry. Many Hawaiian businesses and citizens were feeling the pressures of the loss of revenue, and Liliʻuokalani proposed a lottery system and opium licensing to bring in additional revenue for the Hawaiian government. Her ministers and closest friends tried to dissuade her from pursuing the bills, and her support was used against her in the looming constitutional crisis.

Liliʻuokalani's chief desire was to restore power to the monarch by abrogating the 1887 Constitution, under which she had come to power after her brother's death. The queen launched a campaign resulting in a petition from some Hawaiian subjects to proclaim a new Constitution. When she informed her cabinet of her plans, they supported her but two of them betrayed her.

Those citizens and residents who in 1887 had forced Kalākaua to sign the "Bayonet Constitution" became alarmed when three of her recently appointed cabinet members informed them that the queen was planning to unilaterally proclaim her new Constitution.^[9] The cabinet ministers were reported to have feared for their safety after upsetting the queen by not supporting her plans.^[10]

[edit] The overthrow

USS Boston's landing force on duty at the Arlington Hotel, Honolulu, at the time of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, January 1893. The officer at the right is presumably Lieutenant Lucien Young, USN, who commanded the detachment.^[11]

In 1893, local businessmen and politicians, composed primarily of American and European residents, overthrew the queen, her cabinet and her marshal, and took over the government of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

Historians suggest that businessmen were in favor of overthrow and annexation to the U.S. in order to benefit from more favorable trade conditions with its main export market.^{[12][13][14][15]} The McKinley Tariff of 1891 eliminated the previously highly favorable trade terms for Hawaii's sugar exports, a main component of the economy. The significance of this economic downturn as a motivation for the overthrow has been questioned by other scholars.^[16]The proximate cause of the overthrow, however, was in response to Liliʻuokalani's attempt to promulgate a new constitution. Immediately upon ascending the throne, Liliʻuokalani received petitions from 2/3 of her subjects and the major Native Hawaiian political party in parliament, Hui Kalai'aina, asking her to proclaim a new constitution. Believing her actions were supported by both her cabinet and her Native Hawaiian subjects, Liliʻuokalani drafted a new constitution that would restore the monarchy's authority and strip American and European residents of the suffrage they had obtained in 1887 from Kalakaua.

In response to Liliʻuokalani's move, a group of European and American residents formed a "Committee of Safety" on January 14, 1893 in opposition to the Queen and her plans. After a mass meeting of supporters, the Committee committed itself to the removal of the Queen, and seeking annexation to the United States.^[17]

United States Government Minister John L. Stevens summoned a company of uniformed U.S. Marines from the U.S.S. Boston and two companies of U.S. sailors to land on the Kingdom and take up positions at the U.S. Legation, Consulate, and Arion Hall on the afternoon of January 16, 1893. This deployment was at the request of the Committee of Safety, which claimed an "imminent threat to American lives and property". Stevens was accused of ordering the landing himself on his own authority, and inappropriately using his discretion. Historian William Russ concluded that "the injunction to prevent fighting of any kind made it impossible for the monarchy to protect itself".^[18]

On July 17, 1893, Sanford B. Dole and his committee declared itself the Provisional Government "to rule until annexation by the United States."^[19] On July 4, 1894 the Republic of Hawaiʻi was proclaimed. Dole was president of both governments. Later, after a weapons cache was found on the palace grounds after an attempted counter-rebellion in 1895, Queen Liliʻuokalani was placed under house arrest, tried by a military tribunal of the Republic of Hawaiʻi, convicted of treason and placed under permanent house arrest in her own home.

President Cleveland considered the overthrow to have been an illegal act of war; he refused to consider annexation of the islands and initially worked to restore the queen to her throne. It was not until a change in administrations that the Republic of Hawaiʻi succeeded in its goal when in 1898, Congress approved a joint resolution of annexation creating the U.S. Territory of Hawaiʻi. This followed the precedent of Texas which was also annexed by a joint resolution of Congress. Dole was appointed to be the first governor of the Territory of Hawaiʻi.

The overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and the subsequent annexation of Hawaiʻi has recently been cited as the first major instance of American imperialism.^[20]

[edit] Royal estates

Early in its history, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was governed from several locations including coastal towns on the islands of Hawaiʻi and Maui (Lāhainā). It wasn't until the reign of Kamehameha III that a capital was established in Honolulu on the Island of Oʻahu.

On August 12, 1898, the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi over ʻIolani Palace was lowered to raise the United States flag to signify annexation.

By the time Kamehameha V was king, he saw the need to build a royal palace fitting of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi's new found prosperity and standing with the royals of other nations. He commissioned the building of the palace at Aliʻiōlani Hale. He died before it was completed. Today, the palace houses the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaiʻi.

David Kalākaua shared the dream of Kamehameha V to build a palace, and eagerly desired the trappings of European royalty. He commissioned the construction of ʻIolani Palace from which he and his successor would govern. In later years, the palace would become his sister's makeshift prison under guard by the forces of the Republic of Hawaii and, after annexation the US, the site of the official raising of the U.S. flag during annexation, and then the site of the territorial governor's and legislature's offices. It is now a museum.

Palaces and Royal Grounds

• ʻĀinahau, Home of Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani
• Aliʻiōlani Hale, Originally designed as a Palace for Kamehameha V, although Kamehameha V later decided to convert the building into a government building during construction
• Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew
• Hanaiakamalama, Summer Palace of Queen Emma
• Huliheʻe Palace, Palace of Princess Ruth
• ʻIolani Palace, Palace of the Kalākaua Dynasty
• Keōua Hale, Palace of Princess Ruth
• Kamakahonu, Residence of Kamehameha I in Kailua-Kona
• Kaniakapupu, Palace of King Kamehameha III and Queen Kalama
• Kawaiahaʻo Church, Westminister Abbey of Hawaiʻi
• Muolaulani Palace, Liliuokalani's residence at Kapalama
• Pohukaina Royal Burial Ground of the Hawaiian Royal Family on the Iolani Palace ground
• Mauna Ala the Royal Mausoleum
• Washington Place, residence of Liliʻuokalani in Honolulu

[edit] Notable Hawaiians

Kawaiahaʻo Church is known as the Westminster Abbey of Hawaiʻi, the site of coronations, royal christenings and funerals. It sits on Punchbowl Street near ʻIolani Palace and Aliʻiōlani Hale. King William C. Lunalilo's mausoleum is in its courtyard.

Kamehameha Dynasty

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Kaʻahumanu, Queen Regent of Hawaiʻi
• Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili, Queen Consort of Hawaiʻi
• Victoria Kamamalu I, Queen Consort of Hawaiʻi
• Keōpūolani, Queen Mother of Hawaiʻi
• Kinaʻu, Queen Regent of Hawaiʻi
• Kalani Pauahi, Queen Dowager of Hawaiʻi
• Kaʻahumanu III, Queen Consort of Hawaiʻi
• Kalākua Kaheiheimālie, Queen Consort of Hawaiʻi
• Lydia Namahana Piʻia, Queen Dowager of Hawaiʻi
• Victoria Kamamalu II, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Ruth Keʻelikōlani, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• John William Pitt Kinaʻu, Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Kaʻōanaʻeha Mele, High Chiefess and grandmother of Queen Emma
• Fanny Kekelaokalani Young, High Chiefess and mother of Queen Emma
• Grace Kamaikui Young, High Chiefess and aunt of Queen Emma
• Jane Lahilahi Young, High Chiefess and aunt of Queen Emma
• Emma Rooke, Queen Consort of Hawaiʻi
• Moses Kekuaiwa, Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Albert Kamehameha, Crown Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Kalokuokamaile, Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Gideon Peleʻioholani Laʻanui, Prince of Hawaiʻ
• Gideon Kailipalaki Laʻanui, Prince of Hawaiʻ
• Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Theresa Owana Kaʻohelelani Laʻanui, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Laura Kanaholo Kōnia Pauli, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Abner Pākī, Governor of Hawaiʻi Island and father of Princess Pauahi
• Mataio Kekūanaoʻa, Governor of Oʻahu and consort to two Hawaiian princesses
• Harrieta Keōpūolani Nāhiʻenaʻena, Princess of Hawaiʻi

Kalākaua Dynasty

• Caesar Kapaʻakea, patriach of the Kalakaua Family
• Analea Keohokalole, matriach of the Kalakaua Family
• James Kaliokalani, Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Anna Kaʻiulani, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Kaiminaʻauao, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• William Pitt Leleiohoku II, Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Miriam K. Likelike, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Victoria Kaiulani, Princess of Hawaii
• Esther Kapiʻolani, Queen Consort of Hawaiʻi
• Viriginia Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Captain Hiram Kahanawai, High Chief husband of Poomaikelani
• Victoria Kūhiō Kinoiki Kekaulike, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi, High Chief, husband of Kekaulike
• Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaʻole, Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• David Kawananakoa, Prince of Hawaiʻi
• Abigail Campbell Kawananakoa, Princess of Hawaiʻi
• Edward Abner Keliʻiahonui, Prince of Hawaiʻi

Civil leaders

• John Kaleipahala Young II Minister of Interior
• John Adams Kuakini, governor and royal brother-in-law
• Charles Reed Bishop, businessman and philanthropist
• James Campbell, businessman and philanthropist
• Archibald Cleghorn, businessman and royal consort
• Sanford B. Dole, chief justice
• Bennet Namekeha, noble
• Jonah Pi'ikoi, noble
• Abner Paki, noble, Supreme Court Justice, and acting governor
• John Owen Dominis, governor and prince consort
• Frank Seaver Pratt, General Counsel, potential Gov. of Oahu had Emma won royal election, consort of Princess Elizabeth Kekaaniau
• Gerrit P. Judd, royal advisor
• Robert C. Wyllie, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Kuini Liliha, governor
• George Cox Keʻeaumoku, governor and royal brother-in-law
• Keʻeaumoku Papaiahiahi, govenror, general, Prime Minister and royal father-in-law
• Captain Jack Naihe Kukui, governor and royal pilot
• Boki, governor
• Hoapili, royal advisor, governor, and Commander-in-Chief
• William Pitt Kalanimoku, Commander-in-Chief and Prime Minister
• Lorrin A. Thurston, lawyer and publisher
• Robert William Wilcox, soldier
• John Young ʻOlohana, royal advisor
• Isaac Davis ʻAikake, royal advisor
• Benjamin Dillingham, businessman and industrialist
• Asher B. Bates, Attorney General
• Curtis Iaukea, Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Religious leaders

• Father Damien, Catholic missionary
• Louis Maigret, Catholic bishop
• Thomas Nettleship Staley, Anglican bishop
• Jacob Korchinsky, Russian Orthodox missionary priest

[edit] See also

• Committee of Safety (Hawaii), Committee of Safety
• Republic of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaiʻi
• Orthodox Church in Hawaii, History of the Orthodox Christian Church in the Hawaiian Islands

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Monarchy in Hawaii Part 1
• Monarchy in Hawaii Part 2
• Hawaii a colony or a monarchy
• Early Hawaiian Monarchy
• Mindfulness in Stone Age Hawaii (part II:The Hawaiian Trinity)
• Royal Family of Hawaii
• Aliilani
• HAWAIIAN ROYALTY

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