Liliʻuokalani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Liliʻuokalani

last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1838

Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1917

Profession: monarch, writer, composer, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Liliʻuokalani

  • Lili?uokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [li?li?uok?'l?ni]; born Lydia Lili?u Loloku Walania Kamaka?eha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the first queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893.
  • The composer of "Aloha ?Oe" and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography Hawai?i's Story by Hawai?i's Queen during her imprisonment following the overthrow. Lili?uokalani was born on September 2, 1838, in Honolulu, on the island of O?ahu.
  • While her natural parents were Analea Keohokalole and Caesar Kapa?akea, she was hanai (informally adopted) at birth by Abner Paki and Laura Konia and raised with their daughter Bernice Pauahi Bishop.
  • Baptized as a Christian and educated at the Royal School, she and her siblings and cousins were proclaimed eligible for the throne by King Kamehameha III.
  • She was married to American-born John Owen Dominis, who later became the Governor of O?ahu.
  • The couple had no biological children but adopted several.
  • After the accession of her brother David Kalakaua to the throne in 1874, she and her siblings were given Western style titles of Prince and Princess.
  • In 1877, after her younger brother Leleiohoku II's death, she was proclaimed as heir apparent to the throne.
  • During the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, she represented her brother as an official envoy to the United Kingdom. Lili?uokalani ascended to the throne on January 29, 1891, nine days after her brother's death.
  • During her reign, she attempted to draft a new constitution which would restore the power of the monarchy and the voting rights of the economically disenfranchised.
  • Threatened by her attempts to abrogate the Bayonet Constitution, pro-American elements in Hawai?i overthrew the monarchy on January 17, 1893.
  • The overthrow was bolstered by the landing of US Marines under John L.
  • Stevens to protect American interests, which rendered the monarchy unable to protect itself. The coup d'état established the Republic of Hawai?i, but the ultimate goal was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which was temporarily blocked by President Grover Cleveland.
  • After an unsuccessful uprising to restore the monarchy, the oligarchical government placed the former queen under house arrest at the ?Iolani Palace.
  • On January 24, 1895, Lili?uokalani was forced to abdicate the Hawaiian throne, officially ending the deposed monarchy.
  • Attempts were made to restore the monarchy and oppose annexation, but with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, the United States annexed Hawai?i.
  • Living out the remainder of her later life as a private citizen, Lili?uokalani died at her residence, Washington Place, in Honolulu on November 11, 1917.

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