Queen Kapiolani
| Kapiʻolani | |||||
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| Queen of the Hawaiian Islands | |||||
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| Tenure | February 12, 1874 – January 20, 1891 |
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| Coronation | February 12, 1883, ʻIolani Palace | ||||
| Born |
December 31, 1834 Hilo, Hawaiʻi |
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| Died | June 24, 1899 (aged 64) Waikīkī, Hawaiʻi |
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| Burial |
July 2, 1899 Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum |
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| Spouse |
Benjamin Nāmākēhā Kalākaua |
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| House | House of Kalākaua | ||||
| Father | Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole | ||||
| Mother | Kinoiki Kekaulike | ||||
| Religion | Church of Hawaii | ||||
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| Full name | |
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| Julia Kapiʻolani Napelakapuokakaʻe |
Queen Kapiʻolani (1834–1899) was married to King Kalākaua and reigned as Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Her full name was Kapiʻolani Napelakapuokakaʻe.
Kapiʻolani was born December 31, 1834 in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island to High Chief Kuhio Kalanianaʻole of Hilo and High Chiefess Kinoiki Kekaulike of Kauaʻi, the daughter of King Kaumualiʻi, last King of an independent Kauaʻi before its amicable cession to Kamehameha the Great. She was named Kapiʻolani, after her great-aunt High Chiefess Kapiʻolani, who defied the goddess Pele in the name of Christianity. Her name, Kapiʻolani, is composed of three words (ka pi'o lani) and means "The Heavenly Arch" or "The Royal Arch"
Kapiolani's first marriage was to High Chief Bennett Nāmākēhā, who was more than thirty years older than Kapiʻolani. He was an uncle of Queen Emma on her father George Naʻea's side. This made her aunt by marriage to Queen Emma, who she served as her highest lady-in-waiting. Kapiʻolani was the caretaker of Haku O Hawaiʻi, Prince Albert Kamehameha. Although it had been said that Queen Emma blamed Kapiolani for the child's death as he was under Kapiolani's care at the time, Queen Emma wrote Kapiolani a very kind reply in March 1863 to her letter, "Dear Kapi'olani, my companion in the caring of my son. You were my son's favorite, your chest must be filled with hurt. You were our third companion... ."
On December 8, 1863, Kapiʻolani remarried to Kalākaua in a quiet ceremony conducted by an Episcopal minister. Their wedding was heavily criticized since it fell during the time of mourning for King Kamehameha IV. She and Kalākaua were childless so she and her sister Poʻomaikelani adopted, in the tradition of hānai, their sister Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike's three sons. Kapiʻolani took David Kawānanakoa and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole and Poʻomaikelani adopted Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui. In 1883, Kalākaua made Kapiolani's nephews princes of Hawaii with the style of Highness in honor of his coronation.
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