Editing Lunalilo (section)

==Illness and death==
King Lunalilo had some bad health habits; for example, he was an [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]].{{sfnm|Kuykendall|1953|1p=246|Osorio|2002|2p=150}} Around August 1873, Lunalilo contracted a severe cold which developed into [[Tuberculosis|pulmonary tuberculosis]].{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|page=259}} In hopes of regaining his health, he moved to [[Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kailua-Kona]]. A few months later, on February 3, 1874, he died from tuberculosis at the age of 39, at Haimoeipo, his private residence in [[Honolulu]]. Lunalilo had reigned for one year and twenty-five days.<ref name="Dept1875">{{cite book|author=United States. Navy Dept|title=Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cY3AQAAMAAJ|year=1875|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|pages=187–188}}</ref>{{sfnm|Kuykendall|1953|1pp=259–262|Kanahele|1999|2pp=271–274}}

[[File:Lunalilo Crypt.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lunalilo Mausoleum|King Lunalilo's Mausoleum]].]]
On his deathbed, he requested a burial at Kawaiahaʻo Church on the church's ground. He wanted, he said, to be "entombed among (my) people, rather than the kings and chiefs" at the [[Royal Mausoleum (Mauna ʻAla)|Royal Mausoleum]] in Nuʻuanu Valley. This was due to a feud between Lunalilo and the Kamehameha family over his mother Kekāuluohi's exclusion from the list of royalty to be buried there.{{sfn|Young|1998|pages=118–119}} Thus, on November 23, 1875, his remains were taken from the Mausoleum, where it had rested temporarily awaiting the completion of the [[Lunalilo Mausoleum]], to the completed tomb on the grounds of Kawaiahaʻo Church. His father requested a second funeral and a 21-gun salute from Kalākaua like during his first funeral. Kalākaua granted the second funeral but refused to allow the 21-gun salute. During this procession, eyewitness reports stated that a sudden storm arose, and that twenty-one rapid thunderclaps echoed across [[Honolulu]] which came to be known as the "21-gun salute."{{sfn|Galuteria|1993|pages=64–67}}<ref name="Phenomena1875">{{cite news|title=Phenomena of the Elements|date=November 27, 1875|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|page=3|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1875-11-27/ed-1/seq-3/}}</ref>

Like his predecessor, Lunalilo did not designate an heir to the throne. It was said he had intended for Queen Emma to succeed him, but died before a formal proclamation could be made. The most prevalent explanation of this delay is regarding his democratic principles: he wished to have the people choose their next ruler. However, the constitution of 1864 had charged the legislature, not the people, with the task of [[Honolulu Courthouse riot|electing the next king]]. In the end, [[Kalākaua]] of the [[House of Kalākaua]] was voted to succeed Lunalilo as king.{{sfnm|1a1=Kuykendall|1y=1967|1pp=3–13|2a1=Kaeo|2a2=Queen Emma|2y=1976|2pp=163–165}}  The election provoked the [[Honolulu Courthouse riot]]s in which supporters of Queen Emma targeted legislators who supported Kalākaua; thirteen legislators were injured, with [[J. W. Lonoaea]] the only one to die from his injuries.{{sfn|Dabagh|Lyons|Hitchcock|1974|pages=76–89}}