Kalama, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawai?i, c. 1817 - 20 Sep 1870 Search this
Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho), 9 Feb 1834 - 30 Nov 1863 Search this
Kamehameha III (Kauikeaouli), 17 March 1813 - 15 December 1854 Search this
Kamehameha V (Lot Kapuaiwa), 11 Dec 1830 - 11 Dec 1872 Search this
Princess Victoria Kamamalu, 1838 - 1866 Search this
Medium:
Sixth-plate daguerreotype with applied gold
Dimensions:
Image/Sight: 5.5 × 6.9 cm (2 3/16 × 2 11/16")
Case open: 9.4 × 16.5 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 6 1/2 × 11/16")
Case closed: 9.4 × 8.2 × 2.5 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 1")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1853
Exhibition Label:
Five members of Hawai‘i’s royal family appear in this portrait: King Kamehameha III, his consort Queen Kalama, and the niece and nephews who were the king’s chosen successors. Kamehameha III married Kalama Kapakuhaili in 1837. After their two children died in infancy, the royal couple adopted the king’s nephew Alexander Liholiho, who reigned as Kamehameha IV following his uncle’s death in 1854. When Kamehameha IV died in 1863 without naming an heir, the throne passed to his sister, Princess Victoria. She immediately relinquished the position to her elder brother Lot Kapuaiwa, who, as Kamehameha V, became the last member of the Kamehameha dynasty to rule Hawai‘i.
La reina Kalama (Kalama Kapakuhaili) 1817–1870; Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho) 1834–1863; Kamehameha III (Kauikeaouli) 1813–1854; Kamehameha V (Lot Kapuaiwa) 1830–1872; la princesa Victoria Kama¯malu 1838–1866
En este retrato aparecen cinco miembros de la familia real de Hawái: el rey Kamehameha III, su consorte, la reina Kalama, y la sobrina y los sobrinos elegidos como sucesores del rey. Kamehameha III se casó con Kalama Kapakuhaili en 1837.
Tras morir sus dos hijos en la infancia, la pareja real adoptó al sobrino del rey, Alexander Liholiho, quien reinó como Kamehameha IV tras la muerte de su tío (1854). Cuando Kamehameha IV falleció (1863) sin haber nombrado a su heredero, el trono pasó a su hermana, la princesa Victoria, quien lo cedió de inmediato a su hermano mayor, Lot Kapuaiwa. Kapuaiwa, quien gobernó como Kamehmeha V, sería el último miembro de la dinastía Kamehameha en reinar en Hawái.
