LILIUOKALANI 1838 1917 HAWAIIAN MONARCH LILIUOKALANI 1838 1917 FOREIGN POLICY GLOBAL RELATIONS LILIUOKALANI WAS BORN INTO HAWAIIAN ROYALTY IN HONOLULU FROM THE AGE OF FOUR SHE WAS EDUCATED AT THE ROYAL SCHOOL WHICH AMERICAN MISSIONARIES OPERATED FOR THE HAWAIIAN CHIEFS IN 1877 HER BROTHER KALAKAUA THE HAWAIIAN KING APPOINTED HER TO BE HIS SUCCESSOR IN 1887 LILIUOKALANI EMBARKED ON A STATE VISIT TO GREAT BRITAIN WHERE SHE MET WITH QUEEN VICTORIA AND TO THE UNITED STATES WHERE SHE WAS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HAWAII SHE FOUND THAT KALAKAUA HAD BEEN FORCED TO SIGN A NEW CONSTITUTION THAT GAVE MOST OF HIS POWER TO HIS LARGELY AMERICAN CABINET WHEN KALAKAUA DIED IN 1891 LILIUOKALANI BECAME QUEEN SHE TRIED TO RESTORE THE MONARCHY'S POWER BUT WAS DEPOSED IN 1893 IN 1896 SHE VISITED WASHINGTON D.C TO ARGUE AGAINST U.S CONTROL OF HAWAII BUT THE UNITED STATES ANNEXED HAWAII IN 1898 IN MOURNING FOR HER COUNTRY LILIUOKALANI COMPOSED WHAT BECAME THE ISLANDS MOST BELOVED SONG ALOHA OE FAREWELL TO THEE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS LILIUOKALANI LIVED QUIETLY IN HONOLULU SHE WAS SUPPORTED BY AN ANNUAL PENSION GRANTED BY THE HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE AND BY EARNINGS FROM A 6000 ACRE SUGAR PLANTATION
