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House of Kamehameha

Every case in the archive that involves the House of Kamehameha, best-known first.

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Under each headline: who in the family is in the case. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
5
Years
1782 to 1884
Countries
United States, Pacific islands
Subjects
Native nations and islands, Royalty, Foundations
Updated
30 October 2026
Tereoboo, King of Owyhee, bringing presents to Captain Cook by John Webber: Kalaniopuu, King of Hawaii, bringing presents to Captain Cook. Shows a Hawaiian canoe with "crab-claw" a1782 · Hōnaunau, Kona, Hawaii, USAKalaniʻōpuʻu left Hawaiʻi Island to his son and the war god to his nephew Kamehameha, and the chiefs who got no land started the war that made Kamehameha kingKamehameha I, nephew of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, received the war god under his uncle's will and fought the heir Kiwalaʻō for Hawaiʻi Island.Abraham Fornander, writing in 1880 from Hawaiian accounts, records that Kalaniʻōpuʻu, ruling chief of Hawaiʻi Island, called a council in Waipiʻo before he died.Internet Archive and 2 moreGENERAL VIEW, ca. 1874 (Photocopy made in 1966 from original view in Hawaii State Archives) - Lunalilo's Tomb, Punchbowl: GENERAL VIEW, ca. 1874 (Photocopy made in 1966 from origin1874 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USATwo Hawaiian kings died without naming heirs, the 1874 election ended in a riot that killed a legislator, and King Lunalilo left his lands to a home for poor HawaiiansKamehameha V, last king of the Kamehameha line, died without naming an heir; Queen Emma, widow of Kamehameha IV, lost the 1874 election.Kamehameha V died on 11 December 1872 without naming a successor.blog.bishopmuseum.org and 3 moreBernice Pauahi Bishop: Bernice Pauahi Bishop, age twenty-three1884 · Honolulu, Kingdom of HawaiiThe last Kamehameha princess left her lands to a school, and a judge removed its trustees for self-dealing 115 years laterBernice Pauahi Bishop, last direct descendant of Kamehameha I, left her lands in trust for a school; a judge removed its trustees for self-dealing.Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the last direct descendant of Kamehameha I. She refused the throne when King Kamehameha V offered it to her in 1872.archives.starbulletin.com and 3 moreKamehameha Schools: First Graduating Class of the Kamehameha School for Boys, 18911884 · Honolulu, Kingdom of HawaiiA 1997 essay called "Broken Trust" led a Hawaii court to remove the Bishop Estate trustees, who were paid up to $900,000 a yearBernice Pauahi Bishop, last of the Kamehameha line, whose 1883 will created the trust whose trustees a Hawaii court removed in 1999.Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, last of the Kamehameha line, left about 375,000 acres in trust in her 1883 will to run schools for Hawaiian children. Justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court chose the trustees.archives.starbulletin.com and 2 moreBoki and Liliha, printed by C. Hullmandel; drawn on stone from the original painting by John Hayter, London, 1824: Na Poki, Prime Minister of the Sandwich Islands (actually Governo1830 · Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaii, USA; Erromango, VanuatuHawaiʻi's young king inherited the chiefs' sandalwood debt, and the governor who sailed to cut more sandalwood never came backKamehameha III, son of Kamehameha I, inherited a $500,000 sandalwood debt after his brother Liholiho let the chiefs share the trade.Kamehameha I held a monopoly on Hawaiʻi's sandalwood trade. After he died in 1819, his son Liholiho let the chiefs take a larger share. The chiefs bought goods from American traders on credit, promising payment in sandalwood.manoa.hawaii.edu and 3 more