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Biography of Founder King Kamehameha IV |
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Founder King Kamehameha IV. |
Alexander Liholiho 'Iolani, "the royal hawk", was the grandson of King Kamehameha the Great. His mother, Kina'u, the Queen Regent, was a tall capable woman whose leadership qualities were powerful, as her father before her. Alexander's high chief father was Governor of the Island of Oahu.
From the day of his birth, February 9, 1834, the boy had a promising future. As a child, he was considered brilliant and perceptive, with an inquiring mind, one of the finest scholars at the Chiefs' Children's' School. His talent for writing was evident from this excerpt from a journal kept on a trip to Europe when he was just 14 years old.
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