Kalama 789976 220664323 2008-06-20T23:32:10Z CHANLONG 6444608 {{otheruses}} {{Infobox Hawaiian Royalty | name =Kalama | title =[[Kingdom of Hawaii|Queen Consort of the Hawaiian Island]] | image =kalama.jpg | imgw =270 | reign =[[2 February]] [[1837]] – [[15 December]] [[1854]] | coronation = | spouse =[[Kamehameha III|Kamehameha III of the Hawaiian Islands]] | issue =[[Keawe Awe'ula-o-Kalani|Prince Keawe Awe{{okina}}ula-o-Kalani]] <br/>[[Keawe Awe'ula-o-Kalani II|Prince Keawe Awe'ula-o-Kalani II]] | full name =Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili | titles =''HM'' Queen Kalama<br />''HM'' The Queen<br />''HRH'' The [[Queen Dowager]] | royal house =[[House of Kamehameha]] | father =[[Naihekukui|High Chief Naihekukui]] | mother =[[I'ahu'ula|High Chieftess I'ahu'ula]] | date of birth ={{birth date|1817|3|17|df=y}} | place of birth =[[Ka'elehulu]] near [[Kailua]],[[Hawaii]], | date of death ={{Death date and age|1870|9|30|1817|3|17|df=yes}} | place of death =[[Honolulu]], [[Oahu]], [[Hawaii]] }} '''Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili, Queen Consort of Hawai{{okina}}i''' (1817&ndash;1870) reigned as Queen Consort of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i]] alongside her husband, [[Kauikeaouli]], who reigned as [[Kamehameha III]]. ==Early life== She was born in 1817 as the daughter of [[Naihekukui]], a minor Kona chief and Chieftess I'ahu'ula. Her father was commander of the native Hawaiian fleet at Honolulu. Her mother was the younger sister of [[Charles Kanaina]] who she was ''hanai'' (adopted) to. She was a woman of stunning beauty but consider a ''maakaaina'' (commoner) rather than an ''ali'i'' (chief). ==Marriage== It was due to her uncle's friendship with [[Kamehameha II]], she met and associated with the royal family. The young Kamehameha III, the boy king at the time, was needing a suitable royal bride. Many of the traditional chiefs wanted a union between the king and his sister [[Nahienaena]], like it had been customary to in the Hawaiian court since the beginning of time. But the overall missionaries and Christian chiefs, who held the most political power, opposed this sujestion calling it incest. Kamanele, the daughter of Governor [[John Adams Kuakini]], was proposed as the most suitable, as to age, rank, and education. Kamehameha preferred another. The young king fell in love with Kalama. This angered his sister [[Kinau]] and many of the high chiefs. [[Kamehameha III]] married her on [[February 2]], [[1837]]. This was only a few months after Nahienaena's death. <ref>A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich By Hiram Bingham: Chapter XVII</ref> ==Queen== Though charged with the title of Queen Consort, she was overshadowed by the great authority wielded by her mother-in-law, [[Kaahumanu|Ka{{okina}}ahumanu]], and sister-in-law, [[Kinau|Kīna{{okina}}u]], both having the authority of [[Queen Regent]] because Kamehameha III had come to power only at the age of ten when his brother [[Kamehameha II]] died of [[measles]] in [[England]]. ==Children== She and Kamehaemnha III had two children who died in their infancy. Both were named [[Keaweaweulaokalani]], after their father. It was said by [[Kaahumanu III|Kekauluohi]] and believed by some that she secretly caused the death of her two sons. It was because she was a common Hawaiian woman wholly without rank or chiefly blood. She and Kamehameha III would later [[hanaied]] (adopt) their nephew Alexander Liholiho who later became [[Kamehameha IV]]. She adopted [[Kaiminaauao]] daughter of Analea Keohokalole and Caesar Kapaakea as her own. She also adopted her husbands illegitimate son [[Albert Kuka'ilimoku Kunuiakea]] by [[Jane Lahilahi Young]]. ==Later life== She would outlive both [[husband|Kamehameha III]] and her [[Kamehameha IV|nephew]]. She would become [[Queen Dowager]] of Hawaii. She met [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Alfred]] on his visit to Hawaii in the reign of [[Kamehameha V]]. She drove out to [[Waikiki]] in her own carriage of state, accompanied by her adopted son, Kunuiakea, and [[Miriam Likelike]]. The drivers of these carriages wore the royal feather shoulder capes, and the footmen were clad in like royal fashion. It was considered one of the grandest occasions in the history of those days. She died on [[September 20]] [[1870]], in [[Honolulu]],[[Oahu]],[[Hawaii]] at the age of 53 having died only 2 years before the end of the Kamehamehas' reign over Hawaii. September 21 US forces placed the American flag at half mast upon the death of Queen Kalama, when the American consul at Honolulu would not assume responsibility for so doing <refs> [[Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen]] written by [[Liliuokalani]]</refs>. She and her husband would spend time in their [[Kaniakapupu|summer palace]]. Hakaleleponi Gate an entrance for servants and attendants in [[Iolani Palace]] is named after her. ==External links== *[http://www.bishopmuseum.org/exhibits/pastExhibits/1997/treasures/html/FAMILY.html Portrait of Royal Family of Hawaii at Bishop Museum] *[http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/9414/mcms.html Picture History: Queen Dowager Kalama of Hawaii] *[http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/08/features/story1.html Fashion of the Hawaiian Queens] {{start box}} {{succession box|title=[[List of Hawaiian consorts|Queen Consort of Hawai{{okina}}i]]|before=[[Queen Kamamalu|Victoria Kamamalu]]||after=[[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]]|years=1837 - 1854}} {{succession box|title=[[Kingdom of Hawaii|Queen Dowager of Hawai{{okina}}i]]|before=[[Queen Kaahumanu]]||after=[[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]]|years=1854 - 1870}} {{end box}} ==References== {{refs}} [[Category:1817 births]] [[Category:1870 deaths]] [[Category:Hawaiian queens consort]] [[Category:House of Kamehameha]]