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Queen Consort Kamamalu of Hawaii
Wife of King Kamehameha II
Information about Queen Kamamalu of Hawaii,
wife of King Kamehameha II.
Queen Consort Victoria Kamamalu was born in 1802.
She was the wife of Liholiho, who ruled Hawaii
as King Kamehameha II after his father, King
Kamehamehathe Great died.
In November of 1823, Queen Kamamalu traveled with
her husband to London so he could negotiate an
alliance between great Britain and Hawaii.
Before they could meet with King George IV they
both caught the measles,
a disease to which they had no immunity.
Queen Kamamalu died of measles in London on July 8, 1824.
King Kamehemeha II died of the same disease six days later,
on July 14, 1824.
See also:
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The Hawaiian Royal Family
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