Queen Liliʻuokalani

Learn about the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

The Queen alongside the throne with a feather cloak [1]

The Queen's Family

Born:

September 2, 1838
Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakeaʻeha

Father:

Chief Caesar Kapaʻakea

Mother:

Chiefess Analea Keaohokāhole

Siblings:

King David Kalākaua
James Kaliokalani
William Pitt Leleiōhoku

Anna Kaʻiulani
Miriam Likelike Cleghorn
Kaʻiminaʻauao

Hānai Father:

Abner Paki

Hānai Mother:

Chiefess Laura Konia

Hānai Sister:

Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Spouse:

John Owen Dominis

Hānai Children:

Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo
Joseph Kaiponohea ʻAe’a
John Dominis Aimoku

Died:

November 11, 1917 at Washington Place [2]
Queen at Washington Place [3]

Queen at Washington Place

Queen Lilʻiuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Learn about her life and history at Washington Place.

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The Queen’s Score for ʻOnipaʻa [4]

Queen’s Music at Washington Place

Queen Liliʻuokalani was a gifted musician and composed over 150 songs and chants. Learn more about her musical collaborations and the story behind her most famous song Aloha ʻOe.

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Citations

  • [Header Image] Hawaiʻi State Archives, Liliʻuokalani, PP-98-11-010
  • [1] Hawaiʻi State Archives, Liliʻuokalani, PP-98-10-019
  • [2] Annotated by David Forces, Hawaiʻi’s Story by Hawaiʻi’s Queen Liliʻuokalani. Hui Hanai, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 2013. P. 439,2,8-9
  • [3] Hawaiʻi State Archives, Liliʻuokalani, PP-98-13-014
  • [4] Hawaiʻi State Archives, M93-11-114-002