Kamehameha III.

Portrait of Kamehameha III

Kamehameha III. , actually Kauikeaouli , (born March 17, 1813 , † December 15, 1854 in Honolulu ) was King of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854 .

Life

In 1825, after the death of his brother Kamehameha II , he became king of Hawaii at the age of nine. Due to his youth, his mother Ka'ahumanu was appointed regent until her death in 1832. After some unrest, he consolidated his position and worked on the formation of the Hawaiian government. He was supported by consultants and recognized the benefits in the Western model. In 1840 he wrote the first declaration of rights. In the mid-1840s, Hawaii was recognized as an independent state by England , France, and the United States . This first constitution for Hawaii regulated the judiciary, the executive branch and the reorganization of land ownership in the "Great Mahele" (land reform) of 1848.

Under him, Hawaii became a major whaling area , and Hawaiian sugar cane became very popular. In 1845, Kamehameha III relocated. his seat of government from Lāhainā ( Maui ) to Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu , which became the permanent capital from 1850. He moved into the building that was later named ʻIolani as his residence .

literature

• Jean Iwata Cachola, Robin Yoko Racoma: Kamehameha III. Kauikeaouli. Kamehameha Schools Press, Honolulu 1995, ISBN 0873360338 .
• Helen Geracimos Chapin: Shaping history. The role of newspapers in Hawai'i. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu 1996, ISBN 058526600X , p. 32ff. (Information about the Mahele).

Web links

Commons : Kamehameha III.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kamehameha III in: Encyclopädia Britannica.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kamehameha III on hawaiihistory.org, accessed May 22, 2014.
2. ↑ Sandwich Islands in Hawaii at lahaina.de, accessed on May 22, 2014.