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The 2.75-acre (11,000 m 2) mausoleum was designed by architect Theodore Heuck. [11] By 1862, the Royal Tomb at Pohukaina was full and there were no space for the coffins of Prince Albert, who died August 27, 1862, and King Kamehameha IV, who died November 30, 1863. [12]
Construction was supervised by Kamehameha's brother Keliʻimaikaʻi, involving thousands of people. [6] [7] The ship Fair American had been captured in 1790, along with one surviving crew member Isaac Davis, after the incident at Olowalu. Davis and a stranded British sailor named John Young became important military advisors to King Kamehameha ...
ancient Kings of Hawaii Island destroyed by the King Kahekili II of Maui in the 1700s [35] Wānanakoa Nuʻuanu Bernice Pauahi Bishop: now the site of the Royal Mausoleum [36] Washington Place: Honolulu Liliʻuokalani: used as the Governor's mansion; now a museum [18]
Twenty years after Kamehameha III’s reign ended in 1854, King Kalākaua was elected to the throne in 1874. He would become the last king of Hawaii, ruling from 1874 to 1891.
Meaning: Originally meaning "Great Chief" of a single island [3] [4] (not the same as a European king) [3] Kamehameha I Kamehameha II Kamehameha III: 1852–1887 Hawaiian: Aliʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina English: Monarch of the Hawaiian Islands: Kamehameha III Kamehameha IV Kamehameha V Lunalilo Kalākaua: 1863–1887
Kamehameha I (also known as Kamehameha the Great), who unified the Hawaiian Islands, lived out the last years of his life and instituted some of the most constructive measures of his reign (1810–1819) here. The residential compound included the personal shrine, ʻAhuʻena heiau, of the King. [2]
Kamehameha I (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəmehəˈmɛhə]; Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; c. 1736 – c. 1761 to May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, [2] was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
He was the longest reigning monarch in the Kingdom of Hawaii, until his death December 15, 1854. The site includes the Kauikeaouli stone (his birth name), added to the Hawaii register of historic places as site 10-37-4383 on January 13, 1978. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1978 as site 78001018. [1]