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Kamehameha
Parent houseHouse of Keoua
CountryKingdom of Hawai‘i
Founded1795
FounderKamehameha I
Current headSurvives only through collateral lines
Final rulerKamehameha V
TitlesKing of Hawai‘i
King of the Hawaiian Islands
Joint King of Hawai'i
Kuhina Nui

The House of Kamehameha (Hale O Kamehameha), or the Kamehameha dynasty, was the reigning royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, beginning with its founding by Kamehameha I in 1795 and ending with the death of Kamehameha V in 1872 and Lunalilo in 1874.[1] The kingdom continued for another 21 years, until its overthrow in 1893 with the fall of the House of Kalakaua.[2]

  1. ^ Homans & Munich 1997, p. 47.
  2. ^ Siler 2012, p. 220.

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