For the illegitimate son of Kamehameha III and Jane Lahilahi, see Albert Kūnuiākea.
Prince Albert Kamehameha, formally Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa a Kamehameha (May 20, 1858 – August 27, 1862), was the only son of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma, who during his short life was the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. He was the godson of Queen Victoria.
He was born May 20, 1858, in the residence of Ihikapukalani that his father had built for his mother. The residence, oddly, had two names; the makai side was known as Kauluhinano, and the mauka side was known as Ihikapukalani.[2] Created Crown prince and heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on May 24, 1858, he was styled "His Royal Highness the Prince of Hawaii" by the Privy Council. Adored by the native Hawaiian public, he was affectionately known as Ka Haku O Hawaiʻi ("the Lord of Hawaiʻi")[3] and was believed to be last hope of the Kamehameha Dynasty.[4] His birth was celebrated for many days not only in Honolulu, but throughout the islands. He was the first child to be born to a reigning Hawaiian monarch since Prince Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani in 1839, son of Kamehameha III, and the last ever to be born from any reigning Hawaiian monarch.
He was given the Hawaiian name Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa after his adoptive grandfather Kauikeaouli who reigned as Kamehameha III. Translated from the Hawaiian language it means "the beloved child of a long line of chiefs, a sign in the heavens." The King and Queen called their son "Baby". However, when they spoke of him to their kahu (caretakers), it was as Kauikeaouli, which the Hawaiian people also used.[5] He was named Albert Edward in honor of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Despite the great differences in their kingdoms, Queen Emma and Queen Victoria would exchange letters and become lifelong friends.[6]
Prince Albert in his Company Four red fireman uniform.
Ten days after his birth, Mary Allen, second wife of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Elisha Hunt Allen, had a son Frederick. The two children became playmates, and Allen described the prince as "an unusually sweet child, gentle and gentlemanly in his manners, bright and precocious and of a most happy, serene temperament".[5]
Albert during his life was also made an honorary member of Fire Engine Company Number Four in Honolulu and was given his own Company Four red uniform. It was said that he would rather become a fireman.[4] His four birthdays were national holidays.[1]: 125
Death
In August 1862, the usually serene child became restless, and his medical condition got progressively worse. The newspapers of the time reported the illness as "brain fever," now known as meningitis. Writing much later, Queen Liliʻuokalani blamed the father for putting the child under a cold-water faucet as punishment for throwing a tantrum over a pair of boots.[7] The parents did mistake a fever for sunstroke. A modern medical historian and Honolulu physician analyzed the possible causes of Albert's death. They concluded the Prince most likely died from a case of appendicitis.[8] Both the local and British naval doctors did not know the cause nor the treatment of his illness.
Queen Victoria consented to being Albert's godmother and sent as a baptismal gift an elaborate silver christening cup, about three feet high.
As the prince's condition declined, Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma made a personal request to Queen Victoria to send a bishop from the Anglican Church to baptize the prince. They also requested Queen Victoria to be his godmother. Queen Victoria consented to both requests, and sent as a baptismal gift an elaborate silver christening cup, about three feet high. Bishop Thomas Nettleship Staley was sent but would not arrive until October. As the prince grew sicker, the American minister Ephraim W. Clark from Kawaiahaʻo Church baptized the child on August 23. The Episcopal liturgy was used with the British Commissioner William Webb Follett Synge standing in for the godparents.[5]
The Prince died on August 27, 1862, at the palace, four days after his baptism. His parents were grief-stricken, as they knelt by the side of the Prince's bed. The Queen took her dead boy in her arms and, weeping over him, said to him, "My Baby, my own Baby and you did not know me!"[1]: 139 Prince Albert's funeral was held on September 7, 1862. He was temporarily placed in a temporary tomb in front of the palace below a tamarind tree. Before the lid of the coffin closed, the King removed the star of diamonds from his uniform and laid it on the chest of his only son.[1]: 140–141
Afterwards, the King fell into despair, blaming himself for the loss of his son. The Queen rarely left the grave of her child and was given the name Kaleleokalani (The Flight of the Heavenly Chief), in memory of Albert, by her husband. The King then ordered the construction of the Royal Mausoleum in Nuʻuanu Valley to house his son's body, since the old mausoleum had become too full.[9] Today, the mausoleum is burial site of most of the members of the Hawaiian royal family. The King's depression was so severe that he considered abdicating the throne. A year later, he would die as well. To express her grief, Queen Emma changed her name to Kaleleo(n)ālani "Flight of the Heavenly Chief(s)," to symbolize her double loss.
Legacy
His death left his father without a constitutionally recognized heir. Consequently, after his father's death in 1864, the Kuhina Nui (Albert's aunt) had to fill in the vacant office of head of state for a day until the Legislature could decide upon the accession of his uncle as king. Besides the Royal Mausoleum, the four-year-old prince left other marks on Hawaii. The area of Princeville on the island of Kauaʻi was named in honor of the young prince by Scotsman Robert Crichton Wyllie, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Kamehameha III and IV, after a visit by the Kamehameha IV family in 1860. In 1867 Elisha Allen bought the property and developed it into a sugarcane plantation.[10] It was developed into a resort with its main street named Ka Huku Road at 22°13′24″N159°29′7″W / 22.22333°N 159.48528°W / 22.22333; -159.48528 (Ka Huku Road).
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^Kanahele, George S. (1999). Emma : Hawaiʻiʼs remarkable queen : a biography. Honolulu, Hawaii: Queen Emma Foundation. ISBN0-8248-2234-X. OCLC 40890919.
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"John Young's Family". The Daily Bulletin. Vol. XV, no. 51. Honolulu. March 2, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
McKinzie, Edith Kawelohea (1983). Stagner, Ishmael W. (ed.). Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. Vol. 1. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN0-939154-28-5. OCLC 12555087.
^"Laying the Corner Stone of the New Royal Palace". Hawaiialive.org. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
^Pukui and Elbert (2003). "lookup of haku-o-hawaii". on Hawaiian dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
^ abRoy Alameida. . Northwest hawaiʻi Times. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
^ abcRhoda E. A. Hackler (1992). "Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Leiopapa a Kamehameha, Prince of Hawai'i". Hawaiian Journal of History. Vol. 26. Hawaii Historical Society. pp. 21–44. hdl:10524/349.
^Rhoda E. A. Hackler (1988). ""My Dear Friend": Letters of Queen Victoria and Queen Emma". Hawaiian Journal of History. Vol. 22. Hawaii Historical Society. pp. 101–130. hdl:10524/202.
^Liliʻuokalani (Queen of Hawaii) (1898) [1898]. Hawaii's story by Hawaii's queen, Liliuokalani. Lee and Shepard, reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, LLC. p. 19. ISBN978-0-548-22265-2.
^Alfred D. Morris (1994). "Death of the Prince of Hawai'i: A Retrospective Diagnosis". Hawaiian Journal of History. Vol. 28. Hawaii Historical Society. pp. 79–85. hdl:10524/395.
^William John Kaiheʻekai Maiʻoho (2003). . Pacific Worlds & Associates. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009.
^Rhoda E. A. Hackler (1982). "Princeville Plantation Papers". Hawaiian Journal of History. Vol. 16. Hawaii Historical Society. pp. 65–85. hdl:10524/630.
^Rod Ohira (October 31, 1997). "Workers say ghosts dwell in state building: Many people say they feel the presence of Prince Leiopapa and others". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
Bibliography
Iʻaukea, Curtis Piʻehu (1930). "Reminiscences of the Court of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma". Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society: 17–27. hdl:10524/961.
Parker, David "Kawika" (2008). "Crypts of the Ali`i The Last Refuge of the Hawaiian Royalty". (PDF). Honolulu: Alu Like, Inc. OCLC 309392477. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2013.
Peterson, Barbara Bennett (1984). Notable Women of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN0-8248-0820-7.
Morris, Alfred D. (1994). "Death of the Prince of Hawai'i: A Retrospective Diagnosis". Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society. 28: 17–27. hdl:10524/395.
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For the illegitimate son of Kamehameha III and Jane Lahilahi see Albert Kunuiakea Prince Albert Kamehameha formally Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa a Kamehameha May 20 1858 August 27 1862 was the only son of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma who during his short life was the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi He was the godson of Queen Victoria Albert KamehamehaCrown Prince of the Hawaiian IslandsPainting by Enoch Wood Perry Jr of the Prince with his dog outside the royal palace Born 1858 05 20 May 20 1858Ihikapukalani Honolulu OʻahuDiedAugust 27 1862 1862 08 27 aged 4 ʻIolani Palace Honolulu OʻahuBurialSeptember 7 1862 1 141 February 4 1864 1 177 Mauna ʻAla Royal MausoleumNamesAlbert Edward Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa a KamehamehaHouseHouse of KamehamehaFatherKamehameha IVMotherQueen EmmaReligionChurch of Hawaii Contents 1 Early life 2 Death 3 Legacy 4 Family tree 4 1 Paternal 4 2 Maternal 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External linksEarly life EditHe was born May 20 1858 in the residence of Ihikapukalani that his father had built for his mother The residence oddly had two names the makai side was known as Kauluhinano and the mauka side was known as Ihikapukalani 2 Created Crown prince and heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on May 24 1858 he was styled His Royal Highness the Prince of Hawaii by the Privy Council Adored by the native Hawaiian public he was affectionately known as Ka Haku O Hawaiʻi the Lord of Hawaiʻi 3 and was believed to be last hope of the Kamehameha Dynasty 4 His birth was celebrated for many days not only in Honolulu but throughout the islands He was the first child to be born to a reigning Hawaiian monarch since Prince Keawe Aweʻula o Kalani in 1839 son of Kamehameha III and the last ever to be born from any reigning Hawaiian monarch He was given the Hawaiian name Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa after his adoptive grandfather Kauikeaouli who reigned as Kamehameha III Translated from the Hawaiian language it means the beloved child of a long line of chiefs a sign in the heavens The King and Queen called their son Baby However when they spoke of him to their kahu caretakers it was as Kauikeaouli which the Hawaiian people also used 5 He was named Albert Edward in honor of Albert Edward Prince of Wales the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom Despite the great differences in their kingdoms Queen Emma and Queen Victoria would exchange letters and become lifelong friends 6 Prince Albert in his Company Four red fireman uniform Ten days after his birth Mary Allen second wife of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Elisha Hunt Allen had a son Frederick The two children became playmates and Allen described the prince as an unusually sweet child gentle and gentlemanly in his manners bright and precocious and of a most happy serene temperament 5 Albert during his life was also made an honorary member of Fire Engine Company Number Four in Honolulu and was given his own Company Four red uniform It was said that he would rather become a fireman 4 His four birthdays were national holidays 1 125 Death EditIn August 1862 the usually serene child became restless and his medical condition got progressively worse The newspapers of the time reported the illness as brain fever now known as meningitis Writing much later Queen Liliʻuokalani blamed the father for putting the child under a cold water faucet as punishment for throwing a tantrum over a pair of boots 7 The parents did mistake a fever for sunstroke A modern medical historian and Honolulu physician analyzed the possible causes of Albert s death They concluded the Prince most likely died from a case of appendicitis 8 Both the local and British naval doctors did not know the cause nor the treatment of his illness Queen Victoria consented to being Albert s godmother and sent as a baptismal gift an elaborate silver christening cup about three feet high As the prince s condition declined Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma made a personal request to Queen Victoria to send a bishop from the Anglican Church to baptize the prince They also requested Queen Victoria to be his godmother Queen Victoria consented to both requests and sent as a baptismal gift an elaborate silver christening cup about three feet high Bishop Thomas Nettleship Staley was sent but would not arrive until October As the prince grew sicker the American minister Ephraim W Clark from Kawaiahaʻo Church baptized the child on August 23 The Episcopal liturgy was used with the British Commissioner William Webb Follett Synge standing in for the godparents 5 The Prince died on August 27 1862 at the palace four days after his baptism His parents were grief stricken as they knelt by the side of the Prince s bed The Queen took her dead boy in her arms and weeping over him said to him My Baby my own Baby and you did not know me 1 139 Prince Albert s funeral was held on September 7 1862 He was temporarily placed in a temporary tomb in front of the palace below a tamarind tree Before the lid of the coffin closed the King removed the star of diamonds from his uniform and laid it on the chest of his only son 1 140 141 Afterwards the King fell into despair blaming himself for the loss of his son The Queen rarely left the grave of her child and was given the name Kaleleokalani The Flight of the Heavenly Chief in memory of Albert by her husband The King then ordered the construction of the Royal Mausoleum in Nuʻuanu Valley to house his son s body since the old mausoleum had become too full 9 Today the mausoleum is burial site of most of the members of the Hawaiian royal family The King s depression was so severe that he considered abdicating the throne A year later he would die as well To express her grief Queen Emma changed her name to Kaleleo n alani Flight of the Heavenly Chief s to symbolize her double loss Legacy EditHis death left his father without a constitutionally recognized heir Consequently after his father s death in 1864 the Kuhina Nui Albert s aunt had to fill in the vacant office of head of state for a day until the Legislature could decide upon the accession of his uncle as king Besides the Royal Mausoleum the four year old prince left other marks on Hawaii The area of Princeville on the island of Kauaʻi was named in honor of the young prince by Scotsman Robert Crichton Wyllie Minister of Foreign Affairs to Kamehameha III and IV after a visit by the Kamehameha IV family in 1860 In 1867 Elisha Allen bought the property and developed it into a sugarcane plantation 10 It was developed into a resort with its main street named Ka Huku Road at 22 13 24 N 159 29 7 W 22 22333 N 159 48528 W 22 22333 159 48528 Ka Huku Road The road to Kamehameha III s birthplace is named Kaleiopapa Street near Keauhou Bay at 19 33 29 N 155 57 38 W 19 55806 N 155 96056 W 19 55806 155 96056 Kaleiopapa Street on the island of Hawaiʻi The Leiopapa a Kamehameha Building the State Office Tower in downtown Honolulu is also named for him According to local folklore his ghost is said to inhabit the building at 235 South Beretania Street 21 18 33 N 157 51 29 W 21 30917 N 157 85806 W 21 30917 157 85806 Leiopapa a Kamehameha Building 11 Family tree EditPaternal Edit Paternal ancestryvteKamehameha family treeKalaniʻōpuʻu k Kalola w Keōua k Kekuʻiapoiwa II w Kanekapōlei w KiwalaʻōKekuiapoiwa LilihaKeōpuolaniKamehameha I i The Great died 1819 Kalakua KaheiheimalieKaʻahumanu 1819 1832 Liholiho Kamehameha II 1819 1824 KamamaluKeouawahinePauli Kaʻōleioku Paternity is in question as daughter and mother both claim Kalaniopuu as the father KahailiopuaLuahineKauikeaouli Kamehameha III 1825 1854 KalamaElizabeth Kinaʻu Kaʻahumanu IIMataioKekuanaoʻaPauahiLaura KōniaAbner PakiKeaweaweʻulaokalani IKeaweaweulaokalani IIQueen Emma ii Alexander Liholiho Kamehameha IV 1854 1863 Lot Kapuaiwa Kamehameha V 1863 1872 Victoria Kamamalu Kaʻahumanu IV 1855 1863 Ruth KeʻelikōlaniCharles ReedBishopBernice PauahiBishopAlbert KamehamehaJohn William Pitt KinaʻuKeolaokalani DavisNotes Liliuokalani Queen of Hawaii 2013 Hawaii s story David W Forbes Honolulu Hawaii Hui Hanai ISBN 978 0 9887278 2 3 OCLC 869268731 Kanahele George S 1999 Emma Hawaiʻiʼs remarkable queen a biography Honolulu Hawaii Queen Emma Foundation ISBN 0 8248 2234 X OCLC 40890919 Maternal Edit Maternal ancestryvteJohn Young Hawaii family treeKeliʻimaikaʻi died 1809 KalikoʻokalaniKalaipaihalaRobert YoungGraceDavis FamilyKaʻōanaʻeha died 1850 John Young 1742 1835 Namokuelua died 1804 Robert 1796 1813 HaʻaleJames Kanehoa 1797 1851 Sarah Kaniaulono 1797 1867 Henry C LewisFanny Kekelaokalani 1806 1880 George Naʻea 1797 1852 Jane LahilahiNuʻuanuMary Paʻaʻaina 1833 1853 James Augustus Griswold 1823 Dr T C B Rooke 1806 1858 Grace Kamaʻikuʻi 1808 1866 Governor Cox Keʻeaumoku 1784 1824 Samuel NuʻuanuHouse of KamehamehaQueen Emma 1836 1885 Kamehameha IV 1836 1885 Kamehameha III 1813 1854 Jane Lahilahi 1813 1862 Joshua Kaʻeo c 1808 1858 Keoni Ana 1810 1857 Julia Alapaʻi died 1849 Albert Kamehameha 1858 1862 Kiwalaʻo died 1851 Albert Kunuiakea 1851 1903 Mary Lonokahikini 1851 1904 Peter Kekuaokalani 1836 1880 Keliʻimaikaʻi Alebada died 1851 Notes Apple Russel A 1978 Appendix A Young Family Geneology Pahukanilua Homestead of John Young Kawaihae Kohala Island of Hawaiʻi Historical Data Section of the Historic Structure Report Honolulu National Park Office Hawaii State Office pp 39 41 OCLC 4962701 John Young s Family The Daily Bulletin Vol XV no 51 Honolulu March 2 1891 p 2 Retrieved September 26 2016 Kanahele George S 1999 Emma Hawaii s Remarkable Queen Honolulu University of Hawaii Press p 5 ISBN 978 0 8248 2240 8 OCLC 40890919 McKinzie Edith Kawelohea 1983 Stagner Ishmael W ed Hawaiian Genealogies Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers Vol 1 Honolulu University of Hawaii Press pp 38 39 ISBN 0 939154 28 5 OCLC 12555087 References Edit a b c d e George S Kanahele 1999 Emma Hawai i s Remarkable Queen a Biography University of Hawaii Press ISBN 978 0 8248 2240 8 Laying the Corner Stone of the New Royal Palace Hawaiialive org Retrieved April 5 2013 Pukui and Elbert 2003 lookup of haku o hawaii on Hawaiian dictionary Ulukau the Hawaiian Electronic Library University of Hawaii Archived from the original on July 16 2012 Retrieved January 26 2010 a b Roy Alameida Ka Haku O Hawai i The Prince of Hawai i Northwest hawaiʻi Times Archived from the original on October 7 2008 Retrieved January 25 2010 a b c Rhoda E A Hackler 1992 Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Leiopapa a Kamehameha Prince of Hawai i Hawaiian Journal of History Vol 26 Hawaii Historical Society pp 21 44 hdl 10524 349 Rhoda E A Hackler 1988 My Dear Friend Letters of Queen Victoria and Queen Emma Hawaiian Journal of History Vol 22 Hawaii Historical Society pp 101 130 hdl 10524 202 Liliʻuokalani Queen of Hawaii 1898 1898 Hawaii s story by Hawaii s queen Liliuokalani Lee and Shepard reprinted by Kessinger Publishing LLC p 19 ISBN 978 0 548 22265 2 Alfred D Morris 1994 Death of the Prince of Hawai i A Retrospective Diagnosis Hawaiian Journal of History Vol 28 Hawaii Historical Society pp 79 85 hdl 10524 395 William John Kaiheʻekai Maiʻoho 2003 Nuʻuanu Oʻahu Memories Mauna ʻAla Pacific Worlds amp Associates Archived from the original on January 31 2009 Rhoda E A Hackler 1982 Princeville Plantation Papers Hawaiian Journal of History Vol 16 Hawaii Historical Society pp 65 85 hdl 10524 630 Rod Ohira October 31 1997 Workers say ghosts dwell in state building Many people say they feel the presence of Prince Leiopapa and others Honolulu Star Bulletin Retrieved January 26 2010 Bibliography EditIʻaukea Curtis Piʻehu 1930 Reminiscences of the Court of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma Hawaiian Journal of History Honolulu Hawaiian Historical Society 17 27 hdl 10524 961 Kanahele George S 1999 Emma Hawaii s Remarkable Queen Honolulu University of Hawaii Press ISBN 0 8248 2240 4 Liliuokalani 1898 Hawaii s Story by Hawaii s Queen Liliuokalani Boston Lee and Shepard ISBN 978 0 548 22265 2 Parker David Kawika 2008 Crypts of the Ali i The Last Refuge of the Hawaiian Royalty Tales of Our Hawaiʻi PDF Honolulu Alu Like Inc OCLC 309392477 Archived from the original PDF on November 11 2013 Peterson Barbara Bennett 1984 Notable Women of Hawaii Honolulu University of Hawaii Press ISBN 0 8248 0820 7 Morris Alfred D 1994 Death of the Prince of Hawai i A Retrospective Diagnosis Hawaiian Journal of History Honolulu Hawaiian Historical Society 28 17 27 hdl 10524 395 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albert Kamehameha Biography portal Princeville at Hanalei a rich history resort web site Archived from the original on January 25 2010 Retrieved January 26 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albert Kamehameha amp oldid 1130996090, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
