Parents: Caesar Kapa'akea and Analea Keohokalole
Born: 2 September 1838
House: Kalakaua
Predecessor: Kalakaua
Reign: 1891 – 1893
Brief: Raised by royal relatives in the Western style, learning English and government, Lili'uokalani married John Owen Dominis, the governor of O'ahu and Maui, in 1862 at the age of 24. The princess never had any children of her own, though her husband had three illegitimate children that she adopted. In 1874, Liliuokalani's brother, David, won the election for kingship, and three years later, Lili'uokalani became crown princess when her younger brother died. A decade later, the princess was sent to the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in London, where she learned of the Bayonet Constitution passing in Hawai'i under coercion. She returned to Hawai'i at once. Lili'uokalani inherited the throne in early 1891 and moved to overturn the Bayonet Constitution by drafting a new one which would reinfranchise Asians and native Hawaiians. American and European businessmen conspired to depose the queen since she was a woman, and since she no longer respected the constitution. Trade suffered, as well, which precipitated her overthrow by the United States government in January 1893. In November of the same year, US President Grover Cleveland offered to return the throne to the queen in return for amnesty to those responsible. She refused and was found guilty of neglect. On July 4, 1894, Sanford B. Dole proclaimed the Republic of Hawai'i, and the queen was officially dismissed from the country. She was arrested the next year after a failed counter-revolution and was imprisoned, which is when she wrote "Ke Aloha o Ka Haku". She was restored as a citizen in 1896 and campaigned against US annexation for much of the rest of her life. She sued the government multiple times to reclaim lost lands, but failed every time. Queen Lili'uokalani died in 1917 from a stroke. She received a massive state funeral attended in recognition for her years of service to Hawai'i.
Brief: Raised by royal relatives in the Western style, learning English and government, Lili'uokalani married John Owen Dominis, the governor of O'ahu and Maui, in 1862 at the age of 24. The princess never had any children of her own, though her husband had three illegitimate children that she adopted. In 1874, Liliuokalani's brother, David, won the election for kingship, and three years later, Lili'uokalani became crown princess when her younger brother died. A decade later, the princess was sent to the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in London, where she learned of the Bayonet Constitution passing in Hawai'i under coercion. She returned to Hawai'i at once. Lili'uokalani inherited the throne in early 1891 and moved to overturn the Bayonet Constitution by drafting a new one which would reinfranchise Asians and native Hawaiians. American and European businessmen conspired to depose the queen since she was a woman, and since she no longer respected the constitution. Trade suffered, as well, which precipitated her overthrow by the United States government in January 1893. In November of the same year, US President Grover Cleveland offered to return the throne to the queen in return for amnesty to those responsible. She refused and was found guilty of neglect. On July 4, 1894, Sanford B. Dole proclaimed the Republic of Hawai'i, and the queen was officially dismissed from the country. She was arrested the next year after a failed counter-revolution and was imprisoned, which is when she wrote "Ke Aloha o Ka Haku". She was restored as a citizen in 1896 and campaigned against US annexation for much of the rest of her life. She sued the government multiple times to reclaim lost lands, but failed every time. Queen Lili'uokalani died in 1917 from a stroke. She received a massive state funeral attended in recognition for her years of service to Hawai'i.
Date of Death: 11 November 1917
Successor: David Kalakaua Kawananakoa (as pretender)
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Successor: David Kalakaua Kawananakoa (as pretender)
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