1. Kamehameha V was born and given the name Lot Kapuaiwa December 11,1830.
18 Facts About Kamehameha V
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Kamehameha V's siblings included David Kamehameha, Moses Kekuaiwa, Alexander Liholiho, and Victoria Kamamalu.
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Kamehameha V was a grandson of Kamehameha I Kapu aiwa means mysterious kapu or sacred one protected by supernatural powers.
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Kamehameha V was then adopted by his grandmother Queen Kalakua Kaheiheimalie and step-grandfather High Chief Ulumaheihei Hoapili.
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Kamehameha V's childhood was difficult; he felt that his hanai parents treated him as a stranger in their house, and that the adoption had deprived him the love of his mother.
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Since King Kamehameha III declared him eligible for the throne, he was educated at the Royal School like his cousins and siblings.
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Kamehameha V was betrothed to Bernice Pauahi at birth, but she chose to marry American Charles Reed Bishop instead.
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Kamehameha V was Minister of the Interior from 1857 to 1863, chief justice of the supreme court from 1857 to 1858, and held other offices.
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Kamehameha V came to power on November 30,1863, after his brother's death, but refused to uphold the previous constitution of 1852.
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Kamehameha V objected, in particular, to that constitution's grant of universal male suffrage in elections for the lower House of Representatives.
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Kamehameha V was the first king to encourage revival of traditional practices.
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Kamehameha V brought kahuna practitioners to Honolulu to document their remedies.
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Kamehameha V stayed for four months under his real name, Samuel Clemens, writing letters back to the Sacramento Union describing the islands.
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Kamehameha V appealed to Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, who sent Henri Berger to organize the Royal Hawaiian Band, a gift of music from the king to his people.
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Kamehameha V died on December 11,1872, while the preparations for his birthday celebration were underway.
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Kamehameha V offered the throne to his cousin Bernice Pauahi Bishop who refused, and died an hour later without designating an heir.
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Kamehameha V was the last ruling monarch of the House of Kamehameha styled under the Kamehameha name.
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Kamehameha V founded the Royal Order of Kamehameha I society on April 11,1865, named to honor his grandfather.