Liliʻuokalani
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Liliʻuokalani was the only 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, in a cou
Portrait by James J. Williams, c. 1891
Liliʻuokalani in her youth, c. 1853
Haleʻākala, oil on canvas by D. Howard Hitchcock, 1899
John Owen Dominis, who later became Governor of Oʻahu
Kalākaua
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Kalākaua, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, until his death in 1891. Succeeding Lunalilo, he was elected to the vacant throne of Haw
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…Owen Dominis, who later became the Governor of Oʻahu. The couple had no biological children but adopted several. After the accession of her brother David Kalākaua 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…
Portrait by James J. Williams, 1882
Kalākaua at the age of fourteen, c. 1850
Kalākaua, photograph by Joseph W. King, c. 1860s
Kapiʻolani, the wife and future queen consort of Kalākaua