Kalama

She was the only child of Kona chief Naihekukui, who was commander of the native Hawaiian fleet at Honolulu. Her mother was Chiefess Iʻahuʻula, the younger sister of Charles Kanaʻina.{{sfn|Gregg|1982|page=520}} Kanaʻina would become hānai (Hawaiian form of adoption) parent of the child.

The young Kamehameha III, the boy king at the time, was needing a suitable royal bride. Many of the traditional chiefs wanted a union between the king and his sister Nāhienaena, as had been customary in the Hawaiian court since its beginning; however, the Christian missionaries and chiefs, who held significant political power, opposed this suggestion, calling it incest.

Kamanele, the daughter of Governor John Adams Kuakini, was proposed as the most suitable in age, rank, and education. However, she also died young. The young king fell in love with Kalama in 1832. This angered his sister Kīnaʻu and many of the high chiefs. Kamehameha III married her on February 14, 1837. This was only a few months after Nahienaena's death.{{cite book |author=Hiram Bingham I |author-link=Hiram Bingham I |title=A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands |publisher=H.D. Goodwin |orig-year=1848 |year=1855 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1VFAAAAYAAJ |edition=Third |chapter= Chapter XVII }}{{cite book |title= Shoal of time: a History of the Hawaiian Islands |author= Gavan Daws |author-link= Gavan Daws |pages= 91–94 |publisher= University of Hawaii Press |year= 1968 |isbn=0-8248-0324-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=w19C8zZC21EC }}

File:Albert Kunuiakea with Kamehameha III and Queen Kalama, about 1853. Published in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, March 15, 1903.jpg.]]

Kalama and Kamehameha III had two children who died in their infancy. Both were named Keaweaweulaokalani, after their father.

She and Kamehameha III would later hānai (adopt) their nephew Alexander Liholiho, who later became Kamehameha IV. She also adopted Kaʻiminaʻauao, the daughter of Analea Keohokālole and Caesar Kapaʻakea as her own. She even adopted her husband's son Albert Kukaʻilimoku Kunuiakea by Jane Lahilahi Young.

File:Kalama, photograph by Henry L. Chase, State Library of New South Wales (cropped).jpg

She would outlive both her husband Kamehameha III and her nephew Kamehameha IV, becoming known as the Queen dowager of Hawaii. She met Prince Alfred on his visit to Hawaii in the reign of Kamehameha V. She drove out to Waikīkī in her own carriage of state, accompanied by her adopted son, Kunuiakea, and Miriam Likelike. The drivers of these carriages wore the royal feather shoulder capes, and the footmen were clad in like royal fashion. It was considered one of the grandest occasions in the history of those days.Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen written by Liliuokalani

Kalama skillfully managed her properties and at the time of her death, she owned over 22,000 acres on the windward side of the island of Oahu.[http://www.keauhouresort.com/pdfs/Keauhou-News-6-11.pdf Keauhouresort] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129053716/http://www.keauhouresort.com/pdfs/Keauhou-News-6-11.pdf |date=2011-11-29 }}{{cite book |title= Notable Women of Hawaii |year=1984 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |author= Barbara Bennett Peterson |isbn =0-8248-0820-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFevAAAAIAAJ }}{{rp|185}}

She died intestate, and thus, her uncle Charles Kanaina was declared as the heir to her vast lands and properties.

She died on September 20, 1870, in Honolulu at the age of 53. On September 21, American marines had to be landed to place the American flag at half-mast, when the American consul at Honolulu would not assume responsibility for doing so, owing to a past instance where the Queen's death was falsely reported.

• Hakaleleponi Gate, an entrance for servants and attendants in ʻIolani Palace, is named after her.{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Albert Pierce|author-link=Albert Pierce Taylor|title=The Rulers of Hawaii, The Chiefs and Chiefesses, Their Palaces, Monuments, Portraits and Tombs|url=https://archive.org/details/afj6782.0001.001.umich.edu|year=1927|publisher=Advertiser Publishing Company|location=Honolulu|oclc=9380797|page=[https://archive.org/details/afj6782.0001.001.umich.edu/page/40 40]}}
• In 1925, Harold K.L. Castle developed Kailua's first housing tract and named it Kalama after the Queen, who previously had owned the land in the Kailua area.{{closed access}} {{cite book |last=Clark |first=John R. K. |year=2002 |title=Hawaiʻi Place Names|location=Honolulu, HI, USA |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press |isbn=978-0-8248-2451-8 |page=150 |oclc=53481915 }} {{subscription required}}
• Kalama Beach Park, the former Boettcher Estate, became a municipal park in 1978 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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• {{cite book|last=Gregg|first=David L.|editor-last=King|editor-first=Pauline|title=The Diaries of David Lawrence Gregg: An American Diplomat in Hawaii, 1853–1858|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bT0cAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Hawaiian Historical Society|location=Honolulu|isbn=9780824808617|oclc=8773139}}

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• [http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/08/features/story1.html Fashion of the Hawaiian Queens]

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