- Born
- DiedNovember 11, 1917 · Washington Place, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA] (complications from a stroke)
- Birth nameLydia Liliuokalani
- The last reigning monarch of the Hawai'ian Islands, she became Queen of Hawai'i upon the death of her brother, King KalÄkaua I, in 1891. She reigned for just under two years and was then overthrown in 1893 by a group in the white business community led by Sanford Dole, cousin of pineapple magnate James Dole. This effort was backed with the threat of force from combined forces of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The American minister in Hawai'i, John L. Stevens, had troops take over Iolani Palace, the Honolulu residence of the Queen, as well as other governmental buildings and in 1894, the Queen was deposed, ending centuries of monarchial rule and establishing the Republic of Hawai'i with Sanford Dole as its first president.
In 1895, Liliuokalani was accused of attempting to regain the throne after weapons were found in the gardens of her home in Washington Place in Honolulu. She was arrested but denied knowledge of the existence of these weapons, claiming that any plan of rebellion was due to the efforts of others and in 1896, she was released after the perpetrators were caught. At the request of the Queen, Dole subsequently granted all of them a pardon. The former Queen lived the remainder of her life at Washington Place, now the official residence of the Governor of Hawai'i. Dole led a successful effort to lobby Congress for the annexation of Hawai'i to the United States for economic exploitation, which occurred in 1898 through a joint resolution of Congress. Liliuokalani died due to complications from a stroke in 1917.- IMDb mini biography by: King Of Fuh
- SpouseJohn Owen Dominis(September 16, 1862 - August 27, 1891) (his death, 1 child)
- One adopted child, born John Dominis Aimoku (b.1883), was the illegitimate son of John Owen Dominis, her husband, later the Prince Consort of the Hawaiian Islands, by his mistress Mary Purdy Lamiki Aimoku. John Owen Dominis died in 1891, and John Dominis Aimoku was subsequently adopted in 1910 by Queen Liliuokalani, who upon adoption, changed his name to John Aimoku Dominis.
- Grandaunt of jazz singer/musician Mary Kaye.
- Ascended the throne as queen of the Hawaiian Islands on January 29, 1891, and reigned until she was deposed on January 17, 1893. She was the only queen regnant and the last monarch of the Hawaiian Islands.
- Attended the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 as part of the official Hawaiian delegation. She received an official audience with Victoria at Buckingham Palace.
- In 1909, she unsuccessfully sued the United States under the Fifth Amendment seeking the return of the Hawaiian Crown Lands. She did, however, receive a lifetime pension of $1,250.
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