Queen Kapiolani of Hawaiʻi (died 1899)

Kapiʻolani

Queen consort of Hawaiʻi (1834–1899)

Kapiʻolani was the queen of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the consort of Mōʻī (king) Kalākaua, who reigned from 1874 until his death in 1891, when she became known as the Dowager Queen Kapiʻolani. Deeply interested in the health and welfare of Native Hawaiians, Kapiʻolani…