Editing Lunalilo (section)

{{Short description|King of Hawaii from 1873 to 1874}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name        = Lunalilo
| succession  =[[Kingdom of Hawaii|King of the Hawaiian Islands]]
| moretext    = ([[List of monarchs of Hawaii#Styles|more...]])
| image       = Lunalilo (PP-98-15-018).jpg
| caption = Photograph by [[Menzies Dickson]]
| signature = 
| reign       = January 8, 1873 – {{nowrap|February 3, 1874}}
| predecessor =[[Kamehameha V]]
| successor   =[[Kalākaua]]
| full name   =William Charles Lunalilo
| house       = [[House of Kalaimamahu|Kalaimamahu]]
| issue = 
| father      = [[Charles Kanaina]] 
| mother      =[[Kekāuluohi]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1835|1|31}}
| birth_place =[[Pohukaina]], [[Honolulu]], [[Oahu]]
| death_date  ={{Death date and age|mf=yes|1874|2|3|1835|1|8}}
| death_place =Haimoeipo, [[Honolulu]], [[Oahu]]
| burial_date = February 28, 1874<ref name="PCAFuneral">{{cite news|title=Order of Procession For The Funeral of His Late Majesty Lunalilo|date=February 28, 1874|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|page=3|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1874-02-28/ed-1/seq-3/}}</ref>{{sfn|Thrum|1874|pages=18–19}}<br />[[Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii|Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla]] (temporary)<br />November 23, 1875{{sfn|Judd|1975|page=162}}
| place of burial=[[Lunalilo Mausoleum]], [[Kawaiahaʻo Church]]
| religion = 
}}

'''Lunalilo''' (William Charles Lunalilo; January 31, 1835 – February 3, 1874) was the sixth [[monarch]] of the [[Hawaiian Kingdom|Kingdom of Hawaii]] from his election on January 8, 1873, until his death a year later. 

Born to [[Kekāuluohi]] and [[Charles Kanaʻina|High Chief Charles Kanaʻina]], he was of royal descent and a grandnephew of King [[Kamehameha I]]. He was educated at the [[Royal School (Hawaii)|Royal School]] by American missionaries and was proclaimed eligible for the throne by King [[Kamehameha III]]. After the death of King [[Kamehameha V]], he was elected to the throne in 1873 by a unanimous decision of the [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|legislature of the kingdom]]. Due to his popularity and status as Hawaii's first [[Elective monarchy|elected monarch]], he became known as "The People's King". He died a year later from tuberculosis.