Hawaiian Princess Ka’iulani is named for Princess Ka’iulani, the last princess of Hawaii.
Ka’iulani’s full name was Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn. In Hawaiian, Ka’iulani means “the highest point of heaven.”
Because she loved peacocks so much, she is sometimes called the “Peacock Princess.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island and other famous books, was one of Ka’iulani’s good friends. He called her “the island rose” and wrote a poem about her.
Princess Ka’iulani was born on October 16, 1875. Her dad was a Scottish businessman, and her mom was the sister of the Hawaiian King. When Ka’iulani was young, she was quiet and shy. But she was also very active, smart, funny, and had many friends. She loved to surf, swim, ride horses, dance, sing, and play the ukulele.
When the princess was 11 years old, her mom died. Since her uncle didn’t have any kids, Ka’iulani became an heir to the throne. Her uncle king, whom Ka’iulani called Papa Moi, talked to her dad about preparing Ka’iulani to be queen one day.
Papa Moi taught her the Hawaiian Declaration of Rights of 1840. “God has made of one blood, all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth in unity and blessedness. God has bestowed certain rights alike on all men, all chiefs, and all people of all lands.”
On May 10, 1889, when Ka’iulani was 13 years old, she traveled to England to receive the education she’d need to rule her country. She studied Latin, Literature, Math, History, French, and German. She also became very good at painting. Ka’iulani worked hard. She loved her Hawaiian people and wanted to help them as much as she could. She looked forward to being queen and being able to help them even more.
But almost four years later, on January 17, 1893, men who worked in the Hawaiian government overthrew the monarchy. They wanted the island to be part of the United States and that couldn’t happen if there was a king and queen.
Ka’iulani was so sad and disappointed that she traveled to the United States to speak to the president. She felt like her home and people were being unfairly taken away from her. She told the American people, “Even now I can hear their wail in my heart, and it gives me strength and courage and I am strong – strong in the faith of God, strong in the knowledge that I am right, strong in the strength of seventy million people who in this free land will hear my cry and will refuse to let their flag cover dishonor to mine!”
Ka’iulani told President Grover Cleveland everything she knew about who had overthrown the Hawaiian government and how they’d done it. Cleveland listened to her and sent men to Hawaii to discover the truth. When they realized the overthrow hadn’t been good, the president refused to allow the island to became part of the U.S. He tried to help Ka’iulani and her family return to the throne. However, a few years later, on July 6, 1898, the next president, William McKinley, accepted the Hawaiian islands into the United States. The island monarchy was officially over.
Hawaiian Rose 🌹
Ua kapa ʻia ke Kamāliʻiwahine Kaʻiulani no ke Kamāliʻiwahine Kaʻiulani, ke Kamāliʻiwahine hope loa o Hawaii.
ʻO Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn ka inoa piha o Kaʻiulani. Ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻo Kaʻiulani ke ʻano o "ka lae kiʻekiʻe o ka lani."
No kona aloha nui i ka peacocks, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia i kekahi manawa ʻo "Peacock Princess."
ʻO Robert Louis Stevenson, ka mea kākau o Treasure Island a me nā puke kaulana ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hoaaloha maikaʻi o Kaʻiulani. Ua kapa ʻo ia iā ia ʻo "The Island Rose" a kākau i kahi mele e pili ana iā ia.
Ua hānau ʻia ke Kamāliʻiwahine Kaʻiulani i ka lā 16 ʻOkakopa, 1875. ʻO kona makuakāne he kanaka kālepa ʻo Scottish, a ʻo kona makuahine ke kaikuahine o ka Mōʻī Hawaiʻi. I ka wā ʻōpiopio ʻo Kaʻiulani, noho mālie a hilahila. Akā, he ʻeleu nō hoʻi ʻo ia, akamai, ʻakaʻaka, a he nui nā hoaaloha. Makemake ʻo ia i ka heʻenalu, ʻauʻau, holo lio, hula, hīmeni, a pāʻani i ka ʻukulele.
I ka 11 makahiki o ke Alii, ua make kona makuahine. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe keiki a kona ʻanakala, ua lilo ʻo Kaʻiulani i hoʻoilina no ka noho aliʻi. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo kona ʻanakala mōʻī i kapa ʻia e Kaʻiulani ʻo Papa Moi, i kona makuakāne no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana iā Kaʻiulani e lilo i mōʻīwahine i kekahi lā.
Ua aʻo ʻo Papa Moi iā ia i ka Hawaiian Declaration of Rights of 1840. "Na ke Akua i hana i ke koko hoʻokahi, nā lāhui kanaka a pau e noho ai ma luna o ka honua me ka lokahi a me ka pōmaikaʻi.
I ka lā 10 o Mei, 1889, i ka piha ʻana o Kaʻiulani i nā makahiki he 13, ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i ʻEnelani no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻonaʻauao e pono ai ʻo ia e noho aliʻi i kona ʻāina. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka Latin, Literature, Math, History, French, and German. Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea maikaʻi loa i ka pena kiʻi. Ua hana ikaika ʻo Kaʻiulani. Ua aloha ʻo ia i kona poʻe Hawaiʻi a makemake ʻo ia e kōkua iā lākou e like me kona hiki. Ua kakali ʻo ia i ka mōʻīwahine a hiki ke kōkua hou aku iā lākou.
Akā, ʻaneʻane ʻehā makahiki ma hope mai, i ka lā 17 o Ianuali, 1893, ua hoʻokahuli nā kānaka hana i ke aupuni Hawaiʻi i ke aupuni mōʻī. Ua makemake lākou e lilo ka mokupuni i ʻāpana o ʻAmelika a ʻaʻole hiki ke hana inā he mōʻī a me ke aliʻi wahine.
No ke kaumaha a me ke kaumaha o Kaʻiulani, ua holo ʻo ia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e kamaʻilio me ka Pelekikena. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua lawe ʻia kona home a me nā kānaka mai ona aku. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka poʻe ʻAmelika, "I kēia manawa hiki iaʻu ke lohe i kā lākou uwē ʻana i loko o koʻu puʻuwai, a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka ikaika a me ka wiwo ʻole a ikaika wau - ikaika i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ke Akua, ikaika i ka ʻike ʻana he pololei wau, ikaika i ka ikaika o kanahiku miliona kānaka e lohe i kaʻu uē ʻana ma kēia ʻāina manuahi a hōʻole lākou e uhi i ko lākou hae i ka hōʻino ʻia iaʻu!"
Ua haʻi ʻo Kaʻiulani iā Pelekikena Grover Cleveland i nā mea a pau āna i ʻike ai no ka mea nāna i hoʻokahuli i ke aupuni Hawaiʻi a me kā lākou hana ʻana. Ua hoʻolohe ʻo Cleveland iā ia a ua hoʻouna i nā kānaka i Hawaiʻi e ʻike i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. I ko lākou ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole i maikaʻi ka hoʻokahuli ʻana, ua hōʻole ka pelekikena i ka ʻae ʻana i ka mokupuni e lilo i ʻāpana o ʻAmelika. Eia naʻe, ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki, i ka lā 6 o Iulai i ka makahiki 1898, ua ʻae aku ka pelekikena hou, ʻo William McKinley, i nā mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua pau ʻole ke aupuni mōʻī mokupuni.
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