Liliuokalani married American statesman John Owen Dominis, but she maintained strict control of her financial and other affairs in the marriage.
Queen Liliuokalani was deposed by the advocates of a Republic for Hawaii in 1893. While in Washington, she met with two presidents–Cleveland and McKinley (also attending McKinley’s inauguration), visited Congress, filed a protest with the Secretary of State, and held receptions with correspondents and prominent people.
Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. Hui Hānai announced today that it has published The Diaries of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii, 1885-1900.Penned by the eighth and final monarch of Hawai‘i, edited and extensively annotated by historian David Forbes, and in collaboration with Barbara Pope Book Design, the book is the definitive volume on the private writings of Queen Lili‘uokalani. She felt her mission was to preserve the islands for their native residents.
The long low-roofed building at the east side of the palace is the "Bungalow" to which frequent reference has been made. Probably written at Hamohamo, the Waikīkī home of the Queen, this song appeared in "He Buke Mele O Hawaii" under the title He ʻAla Nei E Māpu Mai Nei.Ahe Lau Makani is used only verse 1 and 2, and may be an abridged version. Deposed by the Missionary Party (led by Sanford Dole) and initially restored by U.S. President Grover Cleveland, she fought bitterly against annexation. Liliuokalani, first and only reigning Hawaiian queen and the last Hawaiian sovereign to govern the islands, which were annexed by the United States in 1898. Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917), born Lydia Liliʻuokalani Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻ, was the first female monarch of Hawaii to reign in her own right. "Ahe Lau Makani" Ahe Lau Makani, translated as The Soft Gentle Breeze or There is a Zephyr, is a famous waltz composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani around 1868. In 1886, five years before she became queen, Liliuokalani founded a women’s bank in Honolulu known as Liliuokalani’s Savings Bank.
Up until the 1890s, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻ was an independent sovereign state, officially recognized by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and Germany.
Portrait of Queen Liliuokalani from Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani.
The Historical Sheet Music Collections are home to a great number of songs about Hawaiʻi, many of them written by popular music composers in the period following the annexation of the islands by the United States in 1898. Liliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liˌliʔuokəˈlɐni]; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893.
In the room at the right hand corner on the second story Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, was imprisoned. In honor of Women’s History Month, we invite you to look at some examples of sheet music composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi.
In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the United States and Queen Liliuokalani was forced to give up her throne.