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{{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.

==Early life==
[[File:Prince Lunalilo (PP-98-15-015).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lunalilo as a teenager. (c. 1850-52)]]
William Charles Lunalilo was born on January 31, 1835, in a two-story house made of coral brick, an area known as ''[[ʻIolani Palace|Pohukaina]]'', now part the grounds of the [[ʻIolani Palace]] in [[Honolulu]]. His mother was [[Kekāuluohi|High Chiefess Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi]] (later styled as Kaʻahumanu III) and his father was [[Charles Kanaʻina|High Chief Charles Kanaʻina]]. He was grandnephew of [[Kamehameha I]] by blood and the monarch's stepson by marriage to his mother. His grandmother was [[Kalākua Kaheiheimālie]], sister of Kamehameha's favorite wife, Queen [[Kaʻahumanu]]. This made him both, a second cousin as well as first cousin to King [[Kamehameha V]], King [[Kamehameha IV]], and [[Victoria Kamāmalu|Princess Victoria Kamāmalu]] through their mothers: Kekāuluohi and [[Kīnaʻu]] (later styled as Kaʻahumanu II) who were half-sisters. ''Lunalilo'' translates as ''Luna'' (high) ''lilo'' (lost) or "so high up as to be lost to sight" in the [[Hawaiian language]].{{sfn|Judd|Hawaiian Historical Society|1936|pages=36–37}} He was also named after King [[William IV|William IV of the United Kingdom]], a great friend of the Hawaiian royal family.{{sfn|Galuteria|1993|page=5}}

In the 2000 publication; ''"Kamehameha's Children Today"'', authors Charles Ahlo, Rubellite Kawena Kinney Johnson and Jerry Walker state that Lunalilo's father, [[Charles Kanaʻina]] was the great-great grandson of [[Kamehameha I]]. Kanaʻina's maternal grandfather, Palila Nohomualani was [[Kamehameha I]]'s grandson through the monarch's first born child named Kahiliʻōpua, daughter of [[Kalolaa-kumukoa|Kalola-a-Kumukoa]], also known as Kalolawahilani. This genealogy is based on previously unpublished family trees compiled by the DeFries family.<ref name="Kamehameha1">{{cite book |last1=Ahlo |first1=Charles |last2=Johnson |first2=Rubellite |last3=Walker |first3=Jerry |date=2000 |title=Kamehameha's Children Today |page=64-76 |publisher=N& 257; Mea Hawai& 699;i/Native Books |isbn=9780996780308}}</ref>

He was declared eligible to succeed by the royal decree of King [[Kamehameha III]] and sent to the [[Royal School (Hawaii)|Chief's Children's School]] (later called the Royal School) when it was founded by missionaries [[Amos Starr Cooke]] and Juliette Montague Cooke.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|page=34}}{{sfn|Pratt|1920|pages=52–55}}{{sfn|Van Dyke|2008|page=364}}<ref name="Polynesian1844">{{cite news|title=Princes and Chiefs eligible to be Rulers|newspaper=The Polynesian|location=Honolulu|date=July 20, 1844|volume=1|issue=9|page=1|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015408/1844-07-20/ed-1/seq-1/}}</ref> Learning to speak both Hawaiian and English, he gained a mastery of English literature and love of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearian]] soliloquies.{{sfn|Charlot|1982|page=435}}{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|page=245}} According to one of his cousins, [[Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau|Elizabeth Kekaaniau]], Lunalilo was groomed to one day assume the Governorship of Oahu after [[Kekūanaōʻa]]'s death.{{sfn|Pratt|1920|page=54}}

Before the [[Great Māhele|Great Mahele]] Lunalilo's holdings of 239 ''ʻāina'' were second only to Kamehameha III. As a result of the Mahele, he relinquished 73 percent of his land.{{sfn|Van Dyke|2008|pages=324–331}} As of 1848, at the age of thirteen, he was still one of the largest landowners after the King, inheriting the land and personal property given to his mother father and grandmother by Kamehameha I.{{sfn|Judd|Hawaiian Historical Society|1936|page=37}} In 1850 Lunalilo gave up another large amount of land to the government reducing his holdings to 43 lots.{{sfn|Van Dyke|2008|pages=324–331}}{{sfn|Kameʻeleihiwa|1992|page=243}}

Affectionately known as "Prince Bill," he was one of the royals (besides [[Kalākaua]] and [[Liliʻuokalani]]) to write music. He composed Hawaii's first national anthem, "[[E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua]]," which was Hawaii's version of "[[God Save the Queen|God Save The King]]".<ref name="huapala">{{cite web |url=http://www.huapala.org/E_Ola_Ke_Alii_Ke_Akua.html |title=E Ola Ke Ali'i Ke Akua |access-date=2009-10-06 |work=Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives |author=English version by Makua Laiana |publisher=Kaiulani Kanoa-Martin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620075047/http://huapala.org/E_Ola_Ke_Alii_Ke_Akua.html |archive-date=2010-06-20 }}</ref>
He wrote the song in fifteen minutes in a contest hosted by newspaper publisher Henry Whitney in 1862 for the birthday of Kamehameha IV. He won the contest and was awarded ten dollars.{{sfn|Smith|1956|pages=8–9}}

Lunalilo served on the [[Privy Council of the Hawaiian Kingdom|Privy Council of State]], the advisory council for the monarch, from 1863 to 1865, during the reign of his cousin King Kamehameha V. He also served on the House of Nobles, the upper house of the [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|legislature]], traditionally reserved for the high chiefs, from 1863 to 1872.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|pages=245–246}}<ref name="office">{{cite web|title=Lunalilo office record|work=state archives digital collections |publisher=state of Hawaii|url=https://digitalcollections.hawaii.gov/greenstone3/sites/localsite/collect/governm1/index/assoc/HASH5c42/54ad77d4.dir/doc.pdf|access-date=September 12, 2015}}</ref>

==Prospective royal brides==
[[File:Photograph of William Charles Lunalilo by Henry L. Chase (cropped).jpg|thumb|Photograph of a young Lunalilo by Henry L. Chase.]]
He was betrothed to his cousin Princess [[Victoria Kamāmalu]], a popular choice among the Hawaiian people except for Victoria's brothers. They both refused to have her marry him. Their children would outrank the [[House of Kamehameha]] in family rank (''[[Mana (Oceanian mythology)|mana]]''). There were two failed attempts of marriage between the two. Lunalilo composed the Hawaiian song ''ʻAlekoki'' for his unrequited love. After Victoria, he briefly courted the hand of Liliʻuokalani, but she broke off the engagement on the advice of Kamehameha IV. Liliʻuokalani would eventually marry American [[John Owen Dominis]] and Victoria Kamāmalu would die unmarried and childless at the age of 27 in 1866.{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|pages=10–15}}{{sfn|Charlot|1982|pages=435-444}}<ref name="KaleinamanuSilva">{{cite web|last=de Silva|first=Kīhei|title=ʻAlekoki Revisited|work=Kaleinamanu Library Archives, Kamehameha Schools|url=http://apps.ksbe.edu/kaiwakiloumoku/kaleinamanu/essays/alekoki_revisited|access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref> Another alleged prospective bride was a maternal cousin [[Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi Crowningburg]], who married a German-American settler instead.<ref name="NamahanaIII">{{Hawaiian Dictionaries|Namahana III Assumes Commemorative Title|dic=royal|id=D0.4.92|accessdate=June 5, 2014}}</ref>

During his reign as king, it was proposed that he marry [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]], the widow of Kamehameha IV, but this proposal came to nothing due to Queen Emma's devotion to her late husband. They remained friends and it was said he considered naming her as his heir before he died. According to Emma's cousin [[Peter Kaeo|Peter Kaʻeo]], there were gossips that the King would marry a Tahitian chiefess from [[Kingdom of Bora Bora|Bora Bora]]. Although never marrying, the king took [[Eliza Meek]] (1832–1888), the ''hapa-haole'' daughter of Captain John Meek, the harbor pilot of Honolulu, and sister-in-law of his chamberlain Horace Crabbe, as his mistress.{{sfn|Kanahele|1999|pages=152, 269, 274}}

==Election==
[[File:Lunalilo seated with Kalakaua and others.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Lunalilo was considered the more popular candidate.]]
King Kamehameha V, the last of the Kamehameha kings, died on December 11, 1872, without naming a successor. Under the Kingdom's [[1864 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom|1864 constitution]], if the king did not appoint a successor, a new king would be elected by the [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|legislature]] from the eligible Hawaiian royals still alive. The other candidate was David Kalākaua. Lunalilo was the more popular of the two. His grandfather was Kalaimamahu, a half brother of Kamehameha I and was thus a cousin of King Kamehameha V. His grandmother was Queen Kalakua Kaheiheimalie, sister of Queen Kaʻahumanu. Because of this, many people believed the throne rightly belonged to Lunalilo since the only person more closely related to Kamehameha V, [[Bernice Pauahi Bishop]], made clear she did not want the throne. Another contender was [[Keʻelikōlani|Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani]] who was a half sister to King Kamehameha V. She was a favorite among the Hawaiian chiefs because of her adhering to the old Hawaiian ways. She was governess of Hawaii and refused to speak English even though she was fluent in it. Her genealogy, however, was too controversial and few people considered her suitable to take the throne. This left Kalākaua and Lunalilo, and of the two, Lunalilo was greatly favored. So great was Lunalilo's popularity that some people believed that Lunalilo could have simply walked into the capital and declared himself king. Lunalilo, however, insisted that the constitution be followed. He issued the following message six days after the death of Kamehameha V:

<blockquote>''"Whereas, it is desirable that the wishes of the Hawaiian people be consulted as to a successor to the Throne, therefore, notwithstanding that according to the law of inheritance, I am the rightful heir to the Throne, in order to preserve peace, harmony and good order, I desire to submit the decision of my claim to the voice of the people."''{{sfn|Dole|1915|pages=34–35}}</blockquote>

Lunalilo, unlike his more [[conservatism|conservative]] opponent, wanted to amend the constitution to make the government more [[Democracy|democratic]] by removing property qualifications for voting.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|page=246}} It was decided that there would be a popular [[election]] to give the people a chance to have their voices heard. However, because the constitution gave the legislature the power to decide who would be the next king, the popular election would be unofficial. Lunalilo urged the people of the Kingdom to have their voices heard.{{sfn|Galuteria|1993|pages=35–39}}

The [[1873 Hawaii monarchal election|popular vote]] was held on January 1, 1873, and Lunalilo won by an overwhelming majority.{{sfn|Judd|Hawaiian Historical Society|1936|page=39}}{{sfn|Tsai|2016|pages=61–62}} The week after, the legislature unanimously voted Lunalilo king. It has been speculated that the reason for the unanimous vote was because each legislator was required to sign his name on the back of his ballot, and the legislators were afraid to go against the wishes of the people. [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]] later wrote in a letter that hundreds of Hawaiians were ready to tear to pieces anyone who opposed Lunalilo.{{sfn|Osorio|2002|pages=147–150}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Dole|first=Sanford B.|title=Thirty Days of Hawaiian History|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=January 31, 1874|page=3|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1874-01-31/ed-1/seq-3/}}</ref>{{sfn|Tsai|2016|pages=62–63}}

At Lunalilo's investiture ceremony, held on January 9, 1873, at [[Kawaiahaʻo Church]], the courtyard was filled to capacity and a large crowd watched from outside.{{sfn|Galuteria|1993|pages=41–42}} Because Lunalilo's popularity was so great, and because he became king through a democratic process, he became known as "The People's King."<ref name="KaleinamanuSilva"/><ref name="Fisher 2011">{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=Bruce |date=2011-02-04 |title=The People's King in Hawaii |url=https://www.hawaii-aloha.com/blog/2011/02/04/the-king-who-was-elected-in-hawaii/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Hawaii Aloha Travel |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Reign as King==
[[File:Lunalilo, by Eiler Jurgensen.jpg|thumbnail|Lunalilo, painting by [[Denmark|Danish]] artist [[Ejler Andreas Jorgensen|Eiler Jurgensen]], [[ʻIolani Palace]]]]
When Lunalilo assumed the duties of the king, a huge change in the government's policy began to form. His predecessor, Kamehameha V, had spent his reign increasing the powers of his office and trying to restore the [[absolute monarchy]] of his grandfather, Kamehameha I. Lunalilo, however, spent his reign trying to make the Hawaiian government more democratic. He started by writing to the legislature, recommending that the constitution be amended. He wanted to undo some changes that his predecessor had made when he enacted the 1864 Constitution.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|page=246}}

For example, the [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|Kingdom legislature]] prior to 1864 met in two houses: The [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|House of Nobles]] and the House of Representatives. The members of the House of Nobles were appointed by the King and the Representatives were elected by popular vote. Lunalilo served in the House of Nobles from 1863 through 1872.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH9007/df632718.dir/Lunalilo,%20William%20C.jpg |title=Lunalilo, William C. office record |work=state archives digital collections |publisher=state of Hawaii |access-date=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007004002/http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH9007/df632718.dir/Lunalilo,%20William%20C.jpg |archive-date=2011-10-07 }}</ref> Under King Kamehameha V, the two houses of legislature were combined into one. Lunalilo wished to restore the [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature. He also wanted to add a provision to the constitution that required the king to include a written explanation to accompany any [[veto]] by the king. He wanted [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]] [[Minister (government)|ministers]] to be heard in the House of Representatives.{{sfn|Potter|Kasdon|1964|page=173}}

The King also wanted to improve Hawaii's economic situation. The Kingdom was in an [[economic depression]], with the [[whaling]] industry rapidly declining. Commerce groups asked the king to look at [[sugar]] to improve the economy and recommended that a treaty be drawn with the [[United States]] to allow Hawaiian sugar to enter the nation tax-free. To make such a treaty, many thought that the Kingdom would have to offer the [[Pearl Harbor]] area to the United States in exchange. There was much controversy over this, with both the public and in the legislature. When Lunalilo saw this opposition, he dropped the proposal.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|pages=247–257}}

During Lunalilo's reign, a [[mutiny]] took place in the small Hawaiian army. Some members of the army revolted against the drillmaster and the [[adjutant general]]. The king interviewed the troops involved in the mutiny and he persuaded them to lay down their arms. Following this, the king disbanded the army apart from the [[military band]]. From that point on, the Kingdom had no armed forces until [[Kalākaua|King Kalākaua]] restored them.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|pages=259–261}}

==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}}

==Legacy==
In his will, Lunalilo set aside lands for the establishment of the [[Lunalilo Home]], the first charitable trust established by a Hawaiian aliʻi trust, to house the poor, destitute, and infirmed people of Hawaiian descent, with preference given to older people.{{sfn|Galuteria|1993|pages=68–71}}{{sfn|Van Dyke|2008|pages=324–331}}{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|page=262}}<ref name="lunalilohomehistory">{{cite web |url=http://lunalilo.org/about/history/ |title=Lunalilo Home: History|work=Lunalilo Home|access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>

==Family tree==
{{Lunalilo family tree}}
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|1= 1. '''Lunalilo''' 
|2= 2. [[Charles Kanaina|Kanaʻina]]
|3= 3. [[Kekāuluohi]]
|4= 4. Eia
|5= 5. Kauwa
|6= 6. [[Kalaimamahu|Kalaʻimamahu]]
|7= 7. [[Kalākua Kaheiheimālie]]
|8= 8. Makakaualii
|9= 9. Kapulaoa
|10= 10. Palila Nohomualani
|11= 11. Moana
|12= 12. [[Keōua]]
|13= 13. Kamakaeheikuli
|14= 14. [[Keeaumoku Pāpaiahiahi|Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi]]
|15= 15. Namahanaʻi Kaleleokalani
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Lunalilo, William Charles |short=x}}

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