Kaʻahumanu
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Kaʻahumanu was queen consort and acted as regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom as Kuhina Nui. She was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha I and also the most politically powerful, and continued to wield co
Queen Ka’ahumanu with her servant on rug lithograph by Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine after painting by Louis Choris, the artist aboard the Russian ship Rurick, which visited Hawai'i in 1816
Hiram Bingham preaching to Queen Kaʻahumanu at Waimea in 1826
Hawaiian Kingdom
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The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, was an archipelagic country from 1795 to 1893, which eventually encompassed all of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands. It was established in 179
Kaʻahumanu
…Kaʻahumanu ("The Feathered Mantle", March 17, 1768 – June 5, 1832) was queen consort and acted as regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom as Kuhina Nui. She was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha I and also the most politically powerful, and continued to wield considerable power as…
Hawaiian military officer, 1819 (by Jacques Arago).
King Kalākaua meeting U.S. President Grant at the White House, 1874.
King Kalākaua.
Liliʻuokalani.