Kamehameha III
See also: Kamehameha
Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli ) (August 1813? - December 15th 1854) was the king of the Royaume of Hawaii of 1824 with 1854. He was the monarch of Hawaii having had the longest reign.
He succeeded his brother, Kamehameha II, on the throne at the ten years age. Of 1824 with 1832, the true political power was in the hands of his/her mother and regent, Ka' ahumanu, favorite woman of Kamehameha I {{er}}. After the death of this one, Kamehameha III carried out a declining life, provocant the consternation of much, including his/her half-sister Elisabeta Kinau, who was Prime Minister of 1832 to 1839.
In 1839, under the French threat of a war, the Roman Catholicisme was legalized and the first established code of law. He also issued the Constitution of 1840, the first of Hawaii. In 1843, the British captain George Paulet occupied Hawaii but Kamehameha III alerted London actions of the renegade captain, restoring the independence of the kingdom. Two years later, it transferred the capital from Lahaina on the island of Maui to Honolulu on the island of Oahu. One of its most important acts was the Grand Mahele of 1848 which redistributed the ground between the government, the king, the noble ones and the people. The majority of the common peoples did not know the existence of the program and lost during the redistribution. The foreigners were also authorized to have the ground in Hawaii for the first time. In 1849, the French admiral Legoarant de Tromelin put at bag and plundered Honolulu after the king refused his requirements to him. The last major act of Kamehameha III was the promulgation of the Constitution of 1852 which liberalized the policy largely.
He succeeded its adoptive nephew and wire, Alexander Liholiho under the name of Kamehameha IV.
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