Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Liliʻuokalani
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani
- Kamaliʻiwahine Liliʻuokalani
- Lydia Pākī
- Lydia Kamakaeha
- Queen Liliʻuokalani
- Princess Liliuokalani
- Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha
- Liliʻu
- Lil
- Lydia K. Dominis
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
September 2, 1838 - November 11, 1917
History
Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani served as the eighth reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom--second of the Kalākaua line--from 1891-1893. On 17 January 1893, leaders of a coup dʻetat declared an abrogation of the Hawaiian monarchy and the creation of a provisional government for the Hawaiian Islands. A struggle over rule, legitimacy, and assets--both governmental and private—was launched that involved diplomatic and political relations in Hawaiʻi and abroad. Her Hawaiian Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani passed on 11 November 1917 and was buried at Mauna ʻAla, the Royal Mauseleum of Hawaiʻi in Nuʻanu Valley, Oʻahu.
Places
Washington Place; Hale Aliʻi o ʻIolani; ʻIolani Palace; Muʻolaulani; Poekeala Hale; Hamohamo, Waikīkī; Kealohilani; Aliʻiolani Villa, Waialua;
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
a. Heir Apparent to Throne of Hawaiian Kingdom, April 12, 1877; b. Regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom, January 20, 1881- October 29, 1881; c. Regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom, November 25 ,1890 - January 29, 1891; d. Queen of Hawaiian Kingdom, January 29, 1891- January 17, 1893
Mandates/sources of authority
a. no original b. no original c. FO+Ex Box 68 Oversize, "Proclamation by Kalākaua Appointing Liliʻuokalani Regent, November 25, 1890" d. FO+Ex Box 68 Oversize, "Cabinet Proclamation of Liliʻuokalani as Queen, January 29, 1891 (English and Hawaiian)"
Internal structures/genealogy
Lydia Pākī born to Ceasar Kapaʻakea and Keohokālole;
A full moʻokūʻauhau (genealogy) was published by Liliʻuokalani as an appendix in her 1898 auto-biography that was republished in 2013. Liliuokalani. Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. Honolulu: Hui Hānai, 2013.
General context
Liliʻuokalani served as the eighth and final ruling monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the years 1891-1893 and fought to retain Her throne and the independence of the Hawaiian Kingdom until the seizure of Hawaiʻi by the United States in 1898. World-wide geo-political changes were taking place including an early struggle to occupy and control the Pacific Ocean that involved Hawaiʻi, the United States, Spain, England, Japan, and several other nations. The materials in this manuscript collection, ordered given to the public archives of Hawaiʻi by Liliʻuokalani Herself, hold tremendous historical and cultural value to Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiians), the people of Hawaiʻi, and the world.