1839 ~ 1917
ueen Liliuokalani was officially eligible to the throne by the order of Kamehameha III and was entered in the Chiefs' Children's School, although she inherited the throne from her brother King David Kalakaua as his successor. Liliuokalani attended the Queens Jubilee for Queen Victoria of England with her sister in law, Queen Kapiolani,
King Kalakaua's wife.
The Queen always believed in the birthright of Hawaiian Royalty as well as protecting and caring for her people, so she initiated a new constitution to replace the one her brother was forced to sign that restricted the powers of the monarchy. But this would eventually bring the kingdom of Hawaii to an end when Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown on January 17, 1893.
Queen Liliuokalani surrenders under this protest:
I, Liliuokalani, by the Grace of God and under the Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the Constituitional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom.
That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America whose Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support the Provisional Government.
Now to aviod any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do this under protest and impelled by said force yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon facts being presented to it, undo its actions of its representatives and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the Constitutional Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.
Princess Bernice with Princess Liliuokalani
Prince Consort John Dominis
Queen Liliuokalani married Mr. John Dominis and had no children. The Queen named her niece, Princess Kaiulani as heir to the throne. Princess Kaiulani became ill and died at 24 years of age. Queen Liliuokalani also named Prince David Kawananakoa & Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole heirs to the throne, if Kaiulani could not rule.
Liliuokalani composed over 100 songs such as the famous "Aloha Oe" and while the queen was under house arrest and confined to the cell in her palace room, she composed the song "Kuu Pua i Paoakalani" which tells the story of her flowers from her garden at Paoakalani and of her loyal supporter who used to bring her flowers regularly while she was imprisoned in her palace. These flowers that were brought to her were wrapped in newspaper...this was so she could read the news outside of her palace cell.
"Kuu Pua i Paoakalani"
E ka gentle breeze a pa mai nei
Ho`ohäli`ali`a mai ana ia`u
E ku`u sweet never fading flower
I pua i ka uka o Paoakalani
Chorus
`Ike mau i ka nani o nä pua
O ka uka o Uluhaimalama
`A`ole na`e ho`i e like
Me ku`u pua i ka la`i o
Paoakalani
Lahilahi kona ma hi`ona
With softest eyes as black as jet
Pink cheeks so delicate of hue
I ulu i ka uka o Paoakalani
Nane `ia mai ana ku`u aloha
E ka gentle breeze e waft mai nei
O come to me k`au mea e li`a nei
I ulu ika uka o Paoakalani
O gentle breeze that waft to me
Sweet, cherished memories of you
Of my sweet never fading flower
That blooms in the fields of Paoakalani
Chorus:
I've often seen those
beauteous flowers
That grew at Uluhaimalama
But none of those could be compared
To my flower that
blooms in the fields of
Paoakalani
Her face is fair to behold
With softest eyes as black as jet
Pink cheeks so delicate of hue
That blooms in the fields of Paoakalani
Now name to me the one I love
Gentle breezes passing by
And bring to me that blossom fair
That blooms in the fields of
Paoakalani
She was also confined to her palace room as a prisoner and charged for conspiracy of treason. These allegations were startled when Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox and some 200 armed followers tried to re-instate the queen back to the thrown, which ended up being a failed attempt.
