Kapiolani
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Kapiʻolani (December 31, 1834 – June 24, 1899) was the queen of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the consort of Mōʻī (king) Kalākaua, who reigned from 1874 until his death in 1891, when she became known as the Dowager Queen Kapiʻolani. Deeply interested in the health and welfare of Native Hawaiians, Kapiʻolani established the Kapiʻolani Home for Girls, for the education of the daughters of residents of the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement, and the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home, where Hawaiian mothers and newborns could receive care.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Kapiʻolani
- Royalty.image
- Queen Kapiolani, photograph by A. A. Montano (PPWD-15-7.024).jpg
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.succession
- Queen consort of the Hawaiian Islands
- Royalty.reign
- February 12, 1874 –
- Royalty.coronation
- February 12, 1883, ʻIolani Palace
- Royalty.cor type
- Coronation
- Royalty.full name
- Kapiʻolani Napelakapuokakaʻe
- Royalty.house
- House of Kalākaua
- Royalty.father
- Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
- Royalty.mother
- Kinoiki Kekaulike
- Royalty.birth_place
- Hilo, Hawaiian Kingdom
- Royalty.death_place
- Waikīkī, Territory of Hawaii
- Royalty.burial_date
- July 2, 1899
- Royalty.burial_place
- Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum
- Royalty.signature
- Kapiolani 1892 signature.svg
- Royalty.religion
- Church of Hawaii
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- Image
- Queen Kapiolani face detail, from- Hawaii album, p. 47, portrait of a woman (cropped).jpg
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- Queen Kapiolani
- date of birth
- 1834-12-31
- date of death
- 1899-06-24
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15 sectionsContents
- Early life and family
- Marriage to Nāmākēhā
- Queen of Hawaiʻi
- Coronation
- Medical philanthropy
- Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
- Widowhood, death and funeral
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Books and journals
- Newspapers and online sources
- Further reading
- External links
Kapiʻolani (December 31, 1834 – June 24, 1899) was the queen of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the consort of Mōʻī (king) Kalākaua, who reigned from 1874 until his death in 1891, when she became known as the Dowager Queen Kapiʻolani. Deeply interested in the health and welfare of Native Hawaiians, Kapiʻolani established the Kapiʻolani Home for Girls, for the education of the daughters of residents of the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement, and the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home, where Hawaiian mothers and newborns could receive care.
== Early life and family == Kapiʻolani was born December 31, 1834, in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island to High Chief Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hilo and High Chiefess Kinoiki Kekaulike of Kauaʻi, the daughter of King Kaumualiʻi, the last king of an independent Kauaʻi before its cession to Kamehameha the Great. Her two younger sisters were Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani (1839–1895), who married Hiram Kahanawai, and Kinoiki Kekaulike (1843–1884), who married David Kahalepouli Piʻikoi.