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in Drury Lane. Many ladies of London sought the patterns of the turban that adorned her head. She attracted attention because she stood over six feet tall and was strikingly beautiful. She and her husband were the first Hawaiian monarchs to visit England. While in London, Kamāmalu contracted measles
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Stanford T. Shulman; Deborah L. Shulman; Ronald H. Sims (August 2009). "The Tragic 1824 Journey of the Hawaiian King and Queen to London: History of Measles in Hawaii".
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and died on July 8. Six days later her grief-stricken husband also died of the measles. Their bodies were placed in coffins and taken back to Hawaii on
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meaning "the Shade of the Lonely One", honoring her father, "the Lonely One". She is not to be confused with her niece, Princess
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In 1823, Kamehameha II and Kamāmalu left the Sandwich Islands for London, arriving there in May 1824 for a state visit with
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J. Susan Corley (2008). "British Press Greets the King of the Sandwich Islands: Kamehameha II in London, 1824".
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In 1823, she joined a royal procession honoring her husband's accession to the throne in a car modeled as a
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watched the procedure, commenting to the queen that she must be undergoing great pain. The queen replied,
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from birth and they were married when she was twelve and he was seventeen or eighteen. Her younger sister
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Polynesian researches during a residence of nearly eight years in the Society and Sandwich islands
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Woman's Record: or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" till A.D. 1850
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applied to her tongue as an expression of her deep grief when her mother-in-law Queen
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Kamāmalu Kalani-Kuaʻana-o-Kamehamalu-Kekūāiwa-o-kalani-Kealiʻi-Hoʻopili-a-Walu
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Kamāmalu Kalani-Kuaʻana-o-Kamehamalu-Kekūāiwa-o-kalani-Kealiʻi-Hoʻopili-a-Walu
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Corley, J. Susan (2012). "Queen Kamämalu's Place in Hawaiian History".
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later also became wife of Kamehameha II as did their half-sister
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of rich colors. The only dress of the queen was a scarlet silk
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Pua Hau O Maleka (Fair Blossom of America) – Chant for Kamamalu
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Emma : Hawaiʻiʼs remarkable queen : a biography
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Roger G. Rose; Sheila Conant & Eric P. Kjellgren.
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Index


ʻIolani Palace
Queen consort of the Hawaiian Islands
Kawaihae
Hawaii
Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum
Kamehameha II
House
House of Kamehameha
Kamehameha I
Queen Kalākua Kaheiheimālie
Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
Kamehameha II
Victoria Kamāmalu
Kalākua Kaheiheimālie
Kamehameha I
John Papa ʻĪʻī
Kamehameha II
Kīnaʻu
Kekauluohi
Kalakua Kaheiheimalie
whaleboat
tapa cloth
feather helmet
Kalanimoku
Naihe
tattoo
Keōpūolani
William Ellis
Hawaiians in theatre box

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