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Kamehameha and Emma

King and Queen of Hawaii, 1864, 1885

Within a year of ascending the throne in 1855, the twenty-year-old King Kamehameha IV and his bride, Emma Rooke, embarked on the path of altruism and unassuming humility for which they have been revered by their people. The year before, Honolulu, and especially its native Hawaiians, had been horribly afflicted by smallpox. The people, accustomed to a royalty which ruled with pomp and power, were confronted instead by a king and queen who went about, with notebook in hand, soliciting from rich and poor the funds to build a hospital. Queens Hospital, named for Emma, is now the largest civilian hospital in Hawaii.

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