List of burials at the Royal Mausoleum (Mauna ʻAla)

The following is a list of burials at the Royal Mausoleum, in Nuʻuanu Valley (within Honolulu, Hawaii). Many took royal titles after their predecessors; the list below gives birth name as well if different.

Kamehameha Tomb

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The Kamehameha Dynasty Tomb
 
Monument to Charles Reed Bishop, husband of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Although Bishop is actually buried in the Kamehameha Tomb.

Kalākaua Crypt

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Entrance to the Kalākaua Crypt.

Wyllie Tomb

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Wyllie Tomb.

John Young Tomb

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John Young's gravesite

Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa Tomb

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Unsure

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The following are some names whose identities or which tombs they are interred in are not known for sure. The men are identified by a (k) for kāne (Hawaiian for "male" or "man"), and the women by a (w) for wahine (H: female or woman).

 
The kāʻai of Līloa and Lonoikamakahiki
  • Two basketry kāʻai containing the ʻiwi (bones) of Līloa and Lonoikamakahiki the only discernible remains rescued from Hale O Keawe and Hale O Līloa by Queen Kaʻahumanu and later transported to Oʻahu by King Kamehameha IV.[2] These remains were later transferred to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum on the authorization of Prince Kūhiō.[11][12]
  • A bundle of bones wrapped in kapa and red silk with King Kalākaua's signet ring. These were once thought to be the remains of Kamehameha I. Last mentioned in 1918 as still remaining in the main chapel by Bill Maiʻoho.[11]
  • The other remains of 23 kings of chiefs rescued from Hale O Keawe and Hale O Līloa were placed in two caskets containing the ʻiwi (bones) of Keohokuma, Okua, Umioopa, Keaweluaole, Keaweakapeleaumoku, Kuaialii, Kaaloa, Lonoakolii, Kaleioku, Kalaimamahu, and Kaoleioku in one coffin, and in another coffin are the remains of Keawe, Kumukoa, Lonoikahaupu, Huikihe, Kekoamano, Keaweakanuha, Niula, Kowaiululani, Lonoamoana, Lonohonuakini, Ahaula, Okanaloaikaiwilewa. These names are undiscernible in their original forms and historians speculate they may be Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, his father and sons, Lonoikahaupu, Kalaniʻōpuʻu, Kaʻōleiokū, and Kalaʻimamahu.[13][14] No sources stated they were moved to the Royal Mausoleum from Pohukaina so according to historian John F. G. Stokes, they are still buried at Pohukaina.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Ka Hoihoi Ia Ana O Na Kino Kupapau O Na Alii I Make Mua Ma Ka Ilina Hou O Na Alii". Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Vol. IV, no. 44. November 4, 1865. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Royal Mausoleum". The Hawaiian Gazette. March 10, 1899. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Kupapau Alii". Ke Au Okoa. Vol. I, no. 29. November 16, 1865. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Thrum, Thomas G., ed. (1909). "New Kalakaua Dynasty Tomb". All About Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. 105–110.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Parker, David Paul (2008). Tales of Our Hawaiʻi (PDF). Honolulu: Alu Like, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Thrum, Thomas G., ed. (1904). "Kamehameha Tomb". All About Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 180.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Na Alii Hawaii i Mauna Ala". Ko Hawaii Pae Aina. February 14, 1891. Retrieved June 28, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Richardson, Mahealani (April 20, 2023). "Finishing touches near complete for Hawaiian heiress Abigail Kawananakoa's royal tomb". HawaiiNewsNow. Archived from the original on 2023-04-20.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kam 2017, pp. 196–198.
  10. ^ Douglas, Laurel (November 2000). "In Honor of the Memory of Timoteo Kamalehua Ha'alilio". The Polynesian. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  11. ^ a b Kam 2017, p. 196.
  12. ^ Rose 1992, p. ix.
  13. ^ Alexander, William DeWitt (1894). "The "Hale o Keawe" at Honaunau, Hawaii". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 3. London: E. A. Petherick: 159–161.
  14. ^ a b John F. G. Stokes (1930). "Burial of King Keawe". Hawaiian Journal of History. Hawaiian Historical Society: 63–72. hdl:10524/961.

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