Kalama | |||||
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Queen consort of the Hawaiian Islands | |||||
Tenure | February 14, 1837 – December 15, 1854 | ||||
Born | Ka'elepulu near Kailua, Hawaii, | March 17, 1817||||
Died | September 20, 1870 Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii | (aged 53)||||
Burial | October 8, 1870 | ||||
Spouse | Kamehameha III | ||||
Issue | Keaweaweʻulaokalani I Keaweaweʻulaokalani II | ||||
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House | House of Kamehameha | ||||
Father | High Chief Naihekukui | ||||
Mother | High Chiefess Iʻahuʻula |
Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili (1817 – September 20, 1870) was a Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi alongside her husband, Kauikeaouli, who reigned as King Kamehameha III. She chose the baptismal name Hakaleleponi after the Biblical figure Hazzelelponi.[1][2] Her name Kalama means "the torch" in the Hawaiian language.