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Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop KGCOK RoK (December 19, 1831 – October 16, 1884) was an aliʻi (noble) of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well known philanthropist. At her death, her estate was the largest private landownership in the Hawaiian Islands, comprising approximately 9% of Hawaii's total area. The revenues from these lands are used to operate the Kamehameha Schools, which were established in 1887 according to Pauahi's will. Pauahi was married to businessman and philanthropist Charles Reed Bishop.

Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Bernice Pauahi Pākī
(1831-12-19)December 19, 1831
ʻAikupika, Haleākala, Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaii

October 16, 1884(1884-10-16) (aged 52)
Keōua Hale, Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaii

November 2, 1884[1]

Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum, Oʻahu, Hawaii
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(m. 1850)​

Keolaokalani Davis (hānai)

Abner Pākī
Kekūanaōʻa (hānai)

Laura Kōnia
Kīnaʻu (hānai)

Bernice Pauahi Bishop's signature

Eligible to rule[edit]

Pauahi was educated at the Royal School and was eligible to be a named heir. Prince Lot Kapuāiwa ruled as Kamehameha V and offered Pauahi the throne on his deathbed in 1872. But, taken aback, she replied, "No, no, not me; don't think of me. I don't need it." The king pressed on. But she again spurned the throne: "Oh, no, do not think of me. There are others." The king died an hour later. Pauahi's refusal to accept the crown allowed Lunalilo to become the first elected monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Death and funeral[edit]

On October 16, 1884, at the age of 52, Pauahi died of breast cancer at Keōua Hale, Honolulu. She is interred in the Kamehameha Crypt at Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii at Mauna ʻAla on Oʻahu.

Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I.

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Kanahele, George S.

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Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, And Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust

Krout, Mary Hannah (1908). . New York: The Knickerbocker Press. OCLC 4683252.

The Memoirs of Hon. Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Rath, J. Arthur (2006). . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3010-6. OCLC 60515024.

Lost Generations: A Boy, a School, a Princess

Williams, Julie Stewart (1999) [1992]. (Revised ed.). Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press. ISBN 978-0-87336-057-9. OCLC 43266716.

Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop

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"The Esoteric Curiosa: "A Traveling Kamehameha" Princess Bernice Pauahi Does The Grand Tour of Europe"

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"Bernice Pauahi Bishop Photograph Album 1847 - 1880"

. Honolulu, HI: Kamehameha Schools. Retrieved 2014-09-15.

"About Pauahi"

. Archived from the original on 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2008-02-23.

"Biography from the Hawaiʻi Royal Family's official site"

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"Pauahi statue unveiled"

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"Bernice and Charles: a match made in heaven"

. archives. Kamehameha Schools. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

"The Bishops in Europe, 1875-1876"

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"Bernice Pauahi dies"

Will Hoover (July 2, 2006). . The Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

"Bernice Pauahi Bishop"

at Find a Grave

Bernice Pauahi Bishop