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1819 - 1824 H.M.
Kalani-Kaleiaimoku-o-Kaiwikapu-o-Laamea-i-Kauikawekiu-Ahilapalapa-Kealiikauinamoku-o-Kahekili-Kalani-nui-i-Mamao-Iolani-i-Ka-Liholiho
Kamehameha II, By the grace of God, King of the Hawaiian
Islands. b. at Hilo, 1797, third son of H.M.
Kalani-Paiea-Wohi-o-Kaleikini-Kealii-Kui-Kamehameha-o-Iolani-i-Kaiwikapu-Kau-i-Kaliholiho-Kunuiakea
Kamehameha I the Great, King of the Hawaiian Islands, by
his fourth wife, H.M. Queen
Keopuolani-Ahu-i-Kekai-Makuahine-a-Kama-Kalani-Kau-i-Kealaneo.
Succeeded on the death of his father, 8th
May1819. Invested at Kamakahonu, Kailua, Kona, a week or
so later. m. (first) in Hawaii, after 1819 (repud.
1824), H.R.H. Princess Miriam
Auhea-Kalani-Kui-Kawekiu-o-Kekauluohi-Keali'iuhiwaihanau-o-Kalani-Makahonua-Ahilapalapa-Kai-wikapu-o-Kaleilei-a-Kalakaua
(b. 27th July 1794; m. seven
husbands including her uncle, King Kamehameha the Great,
and H.H. Prince Charles Kana'ina, PC, KGC, and d.
from influenza, at "Pohukaina", Honolulu, Oahu,
7th June 1845, and bur. at sea, off
Waikiki), Kuhina-Nui as Ka'ahumanu III from 5th
April 1839, former wife of his father, H.M. King
Kamehameha the Great, and only daughter of his uncle, Alii
Kala'imamahu, Chief Priest of Io and Kane, by his first
wife, H.M. Queen Ka-hei-hei-malie Kalakaua, Governess of
Maui, second daughter of The Hon. Alii
Ke'eaumoku II Papaiahiahi, Counsellor of State to King
Kamehameha the Great. m. (second) in Hawaii, (repud.
1824) H.R.H. Princess Kalani-Pauahi (b. 1804; m.
second, 1824 (div. 1825), H.R.H. Prince Kahalai'a
Luanu'u. m. third, 28th November 1825,
H.H. Prince Mataio Kekuanao'a, Kuhina-Nui, PC,
KGCK, and d. at Honolulu, Oahu, 17th
June 1826), eldest daughter of Alii Pauli
Ka'oleioku, by his second wife, Alii Luahine
Kahailiopua, daughter of Alii Hao Kanaina. m.
(third) in Hawaii (repud. 1824), H.R.H. Princess
Anna Keahikuni-i-Kekauonohi (b. at Lahaina, 1805; m.
second, 1832, H.H. Prince Abner Keali'iahonui, of Kauai. m.
third, 1850, Levi Ha'alelea, and d. at Honolulu,
Oahu, 2nd June 1851), only daughter of
daughter of H.R.H. Prince Kahoanuku Kinau, by his wife,
H.R.H. Princess Kahakuha'akoi Wahini-pio, daughter of Alii
Kekuamanoha, of Maui. m. (fourth) (repud.)
his half sister, H.R.H. Princess
Kalani-Ahumanu-i-Kaliko-o-Iwi- Kauhipua-o-Kinau, Kuhina-Nui
as Ka'ahumanu (b. at Waikiki, Oahu, ca. 1805; m.
second, 19th September 1827, H.H. Mataio
Kekuanao'a, Kuhina-Nui, PC, KGCK, by whom she had
issue, four sons and one daughter - see above. She d.
at Honolulu, Oahu, 4th April 1839, bur.
there in the Kamehameha Crypt, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna
'Ala, Nu'uanu Valley), Kuhina-Nui 5th
July 1832 to 17th March 1833, daughter of H.M.
King Kamehameha the Great, by his sixth wife, H.M. Queen
Ka-hei-hei-malie Kalakaua [Hoapili-wahine], daughter of
The Hon. Alii Ke'eaumoku II Papaiahiahi. m.
(fifth), his other half sister, H.M. Queen Victoria
Kalani-Kuaana-o-Kamehamalu-Kekuaiwa-o-
kalani-Kealii-Hoopili-a-Walu (b. at Kawaihae,
Hawaii, ca. 1802; d.s.p. at The
Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi, London, 8th July
1824, bur. Hulihee, Kailua, Kona, Hawaii Island,
reburied in the Kamehameha Crypt, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna
'Ala, Nu'uanu Valley, Oahu), younger daughter of H.M.
King Kamehameha the Great, by his sixth wife, H.M. Queen
Ka-hei-hei-malie Kalakaua [Hoapili-wahine], daughter of
The Hon. Alii Ke'eaumoku II Papaiahiahi. m.
(sixth) at Waialua, Maui, 24th July 1821,
Ke-kai Ha'a-ku-lou, former wife of H.M. George
Kaumu-alii, King of Kauai and Niihau. He d.s.p.
at The Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi, London, 14h
July 1824 (bur. Hulihee, Kailua, Kona, Hawaii
Island, reburied in the Kamehameha Crypt, Royal
Mausoleum, Mauna 'Ala, Nu'uanu Valley, Oahu).
1824 - 1854 H.M.
Kalani Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III, By the grace of God
King of the Hawaiian Islands. b. at Kailua, Kona,
Hawaii Island, 11th August 1813, fourth son of
H.M.
Kalani-Paiea-Wohi-o-Kaleikini-Kealii-Kui-Kamehameha-o-Iolani-i-Kaiwikapu-Kau-i-Kaliholiho-Kunuiakea
Kamehameha I the Great, King of the Hawaiian Islands, by
his fourth wife, H.M. Queen
Keopuolani-Ahu-i-Kekai-Makuahine-a-Kama-Kalani-Kau-i-Kealaneo,
educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his
elder brother, 14th July 1824. Proclaimed at
Honolulu, Oahu, 6th June 1825 and reigned
under the Regency of Queen Elizabeth Ka'ahumanu until he
came of age and was Crowned at Honolulu, Oahu, 17th
March 1833. Removed his capital from Lahaina to Honolulu,
Oahu. Granted a Declaration of Rights to his people in
1839 and a full Constitution in 1840. Founder and
Sovereign Grand Master of the Order of the Crown and
Cross in July 1848. Presdt Hawaiian Historical Soc
1841-1854. m. (first) 1834 (repud. 1835)
his sister, H.R.H. Princess Harriet Nahaena'ena (b.
at Honolulu, Oahu, 17th March 1814; m.
third, 25th November 1835, The Hon. Alii William
Pitt Leleiohoku, and d. at Pelekane, Maui, 30th
December 1836, bur. Lahaina), former wife of
H.R.H. Prince Kahalai'a Luanu'u, and eldest daughter of
H.M. King Kamehameha the Great, by his wife H.M. Queen
Keopuolani-Ahu-i-Kekai-Makuahine-a-Kama-Kalani-Kau-i-Kealaneo,
only daughter of Kiwalao, 7th Alii of
Kohala, 5th Alii of Kona and 3rd
Alii of Kau. m. (second), at Honolulu,
Oahu, 14th February 1837, H.M. Queen Kalama
Hakaleleponi-i-Kapakuhaili (b. at Kuelehuluhulu,
near Kailua, 1817; d. at Honolulu, Oahu, 20th
September 1870, bur. there in the Kamehameha
Crypt, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna 'Ala, Nu'uanu Valley),
daughter of Captain Naihe-Kukui Kapihe, RHN, by his wife,
I-Kape'ekukai Moana-wahine, daughter of Nohomuaolani
Palila. He d. at Honolulu, Oahu, 15th
December 1854 (bur. there in the Kamehameha Crypt,
Royal Mausoleum, Mauna 'Ala, Nu'uanu Valley), having had
issue, two sons:
1854 - 1863 H.M.
Kamehameha IV, By the grace of God, King of the Hawaiian
Islands. b. at Honolulu, Oahu, 9th
February 1834, as Alexander Liholiho Keawenui Iolani,
youngest son of H.R.H. Princess
Kalani-Ahumanu-i-Kaliko-o-Iwi-Kauhipua-o-Kina'u
Ka'ahumanu II, Kuhina-Nui, by her third husband,
H.H. Prince Mataio Kekuanao'a, Kuhina-Nui, PC,
KGCK, educ. Royal Sch., Honolulu. Adopted by King
Kamehameha III and Queen Kalama after the death of his
mother in 1839. Raised to the title of Prince and
granted the style of His Royal Highness. PC
1851-1854. Appointed as Heir-Apparent, 7th
April 1853. Proclaimed on the death of his maternal uncle
and adopted father, with the reign name of Kamehameha IV,
15th December 1854. Crowned at Kawaiahao
Church, Honolulu, Oahu, 11th January 1855.
Sovereign Grand Master of the Order of the Crown and
Cross. He travelled widely, including extensive visits to
France, England and the United States. m. at
Kawaiaho Church, Honolulu, Oahu, 19th June
1856, H.M. Queen Emma Kalanikaumakeamano Kaleleonalani (b.
at Honolulu, Oahu, 2nd January 1836; d.
at Honolulu, Oahu, 25th April 1885, bur.
there in the Kamehameha Crypt, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna
'Ala, Nu'uanu Valley), educ. Chiefs' Children's
Sch., Honolulu, rcvd: GC of the Order of
Kamehameha I (4.2.1879), only daughter of H.E. The Hon. Alii
George Naea, by his wife, Alii Fanny
Kekela-o-kalani, second daughter of The Hon. Alii
John Young Olohana, Governor of Hawaii Island, and
adopted daughter of The Hon. Dr Thomas Charles Byde
Rooke. He d. at Honolulu, Oahu, 30th
November 1863 (bur. there in the Pohukaina Tomb,
Iolani, reburied in the Kamehameha Crypt, Royal
Mausoleum, Mauna 'Ala, Nu'uanu Valley), having had issue,
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