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Event Series Event Series: King Kamehameha IV’s Birthday

King Kamehameha IV’s Birthday

February 9

Photo: Alexander ʻIolani Kalanikualiholiho

February 9, 1834 – Alexander ʻIolani Kalanikualiholiho was born in Honolulu to High Chief Mataio Kekūanaōʻa, governor of Oʻahu, and Princess Elizabeth Kīnaʻu the kuhina nui (prime minister) of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The grandson of Kamehameha I, he had three older brothers, David Kamehameha, Moses Kekūāiwa and Lot Kapuāiwa, and a younger sister, Victoria Kamāmalu. As a toddler, Alexander Liholiho was hānai ʻia by his uncle, Kauikeaouli (King Kamehameha III) who decreed him heir to the throne and raised him as crown prince. Liholiho reigned as Kamehameha IV, from Jan. 11, 1855 to Nov. 30, 1863.

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