Individual Details

Kalakaua

(16 Nov 1836 - 20 Jan 1891)



LINEAGE
Conflict: Buke Ku Auhau Hawaii, G-8, p 10 lists father as Kauikeaouli.
LIFE
A. "His name Ka-la-kaua was given to him by High Chiefess Kinau" (Royal genealogical board of the chiefs of Hawaii, G-7).
B. He was adopted by Hoapiliwahine (Liliuokalani's Book of Genealogy, G-1, p 32) and "reared by Kinimaka Leleo and his wife Haaheo" (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 78).
C. He succeeded Lunalilo by vote of the people over the other royal candidate Queen Emma (Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p 43-46). He was elected because Lunalilo had failed to nominate a successor.
"Elected king on February 12, 1874; traveled around the world on the 20th of January, 1881 and returned to his native land on the 29th of October, 1881; was crowned on February 12, 1883; on November 1890, departed Honolulu aboard the American Warship CHARLESTON for San Francisco and on the 20th of January 1891 died in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco" (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 24).
D. He was known as the "Merry Monarch" (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 88).
E. He died of Bright's (kidney) disease on January 20, 1891 (McDermott et al, The Last Illness and Death of Hawai‘i’s King Kalākaua: A New Historical/Clinical Perspective, p 60).
Conflict: Genealogies, etc., M397-2-17 states death date as January 17, 1891.

Events

Birth16 Nov 1836Honolulu, Oahu
Marriage19 Dec 1863Kapiolani
Death20 Jan 1891San Francisco, California, United States
Alt nameDavid Kalakaua
Alt nameDavid Laamea Kamanakapu Mahinulani Naloiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalakaua
Alt nameD. Kalakaua
Alt nameDavid Laamea

Families

SpouseKapiolani (1834 - 1899)
FatherKapaakea (1817 - 1866)
MotherKeohokalole ( - 1869)
SiblingKaliokalani (1834 - 1852)
SiblingKawekiu ( - )
SiblingLydia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani (1838 - 1917)
SiblingAnna Kaiulani ( - )
SiblingKaiminaauao ( - 1848)
SiblingMiriam Likelike (1851 - 1887)
SiblingWilliam Pitt Kalahoolewa Leleiohoku (1854 - 1877)
SiblingKapili ( - )
SiblingEkamaekamaeauaia ( - )

Endnotes

1. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 23..

2. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-7, Royal genealogical board of the chiefs of Hawaii RE: Elizabeth Pratt and J. A. Cummins, 1886-1887..

3. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 327..

4. Helekunihi Genealogy. Hms G54 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 41..

5. Genealogies, etc., 1918, M397-2-17, Hawaii State Archives..

6. Thomas G. Thrum. "Chronological Table of Important Events." Hawaiian Almanac and Annual. (1876): 12-23..

7. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 23..

8. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 42..

9. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 24..

10. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 327..

11. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 290..

12. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 20..

13. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 327..

14. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..

15. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-44, Genealogy, Volume I., p 14..

16. Genealogies, etc., 1918, M397-2-17, Hawaii State Archives..

17. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 290..