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Kamehameha III

Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli) (March 17, 1814 – December 15, 1854) was the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. His full Hawaiian name was Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa and then lengthened to Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kīwalaʻō i ke kapu Kamehameha when he ascended the throne.

Kamehameha III

June 6, 1825 – December 15, 1854

Kamehameha II

Kamehameha IV

Kaʻahumanu I
Kaʻahumanu II
Kaʻahumanu III
Keoni Ana

Kauikeaouli
(1814-03-17)March 17, 1814
Keauhou Bay at North Kona, Hawaiʻi island

December 15, 1854(1854-12-15) (aged 40)
Hoihoikeʻea, Honolulu, Oʻahu

(1855-01-10)January 10, 1855[1][2]

Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum

Kalama

Keaweaweʻulaokalani I
Keaweaweʻulaokalani II
Kīwalaʻō (illegitimate)
Albert Kūnuiākea (illegitimate)
Kamehameha IV (hānai)
Kaʻiminaʻauao (hānai)

Kamehameha

Kamehameha I

Keōpūolani

Kamehameha III's signature

Under his reign, Hawaii evolved from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy with the signing of both the 1840 Constitution, which was the first Hawaiian Language Constitution, and the 1852 Constitution. He was the longest reigning monarch in the history of the Kingdom, ruling for 29 years and 192 days, although in the early part of his reign he was under a regency by Queen Kaʻahumanu and later by Kaʻahumanu II. His goal was the careful balancing of modernization by adopting Western ways while keeping his nation intact.

List of bilateral treaties signed by the Kingdom of Hawaii

Corley, J. Susan. 2022. Leveraging Sovereignty : Kauikeaouli's Global Strategy for the Hawaiian Nation, 1825-1854. University of Hawai'i Press.

"Letters from Polynesia: Funeral of Kamehameha III". . Vol. 27. American Seamen's Friend Society. 1855. pp. 249–251.

Naval Journal

Cachola, Jean Iwata (1995). . Kamehameha Schools Press. ISBN 0-87336-033-8.

Kamehameha III: Kauikeaouli

Kam, Ralph Thomas; Duarte-Smith, Ashlie (2018). . The Hawaiian Journal of History. 52. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society: 1–25. doi:10.1353/hjh.2018.0000. hdl:10524/63168. ISSN 2169-7639. OCLC 60626541. S2CID 188003409 – via Project MUSE.

"Determining the Birth Date of Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III"

Klieger, P. Christiaan (2015). Kamehameha III: He Moʻolelo No Ka Moʻi Lokomaikaʻi. San Francisco: Green Arrow Press.  978-0-97118-161-8. OCLC 945797248.

ISBN

. 1842 – via HathiTrust.

Translation of the constitution and laws of the Hawaiian Islands, established in the reign of Kamehameha III

Kaiulani Kanoa-Martin (2007). . Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives. Retrieved 2010-03-01.

"Traditional chant for Kauikeaouli"