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Kapiolani

Kapiolani may refer to:

  • Chiefess Kapiolani (c. 1781–1841)
  • Queen Kapiolani (1834–1899)
  • Royal Order of Kapiolani
  • Kapiolani, Honolulu, a district within the Hawaiian city of Honolulu
Kapiʻolani (chiefess)

High Chiefess Kapiolani (c. 1781–1841) was an important member of the Hawaiian nobility at the time of the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the arrival of Christian missionaries. One of the first Hawaiians to read and write and sponsor a church, she made a dramatic display of her new faith which made her the subject of a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.