Liliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liˌliʔuokəˈlɐni]; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the first queen regnant and last sovereign monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
After King Kalākaua's brother and heir apparent Leleiohoku II died April 9, 1877, he proclaimed his sister Liliʻuokalani to be his successor.
The composer of "Aloha ʻOe"[2] and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen during her confinement,[3] and began the English translation of the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian story of creation.
After her pardon in 1896, she spent an extended period with family in Boston, while traveling to Washington, DC to petition against the American annexation of Hawaiʻi.
[4] The following is a list of scholarly and historical resources related to Hawaiʻi's last monarch.