Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili Kalama

Born near Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i; married Kamehameha III in February 1837; reigned as queen until her husband’s death in 1854; developed extensive land holdings, including a tract on windward O‘ahu near La‘ie, where she hoped to build a sugar plantation. (See Day, History Makers of Hawaii, 64; GQC journal, Sept. 25, 1851.)