Photo: retouched photograph by J. J. Williams, based on an earlier photo by Menzies Dickson / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What strikes me about Lunalilo is how the database flattens a Hawaiian king into a single line: composer. He was the sixth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, elected in 1873 and gone within a year, a grandnephew of Kamehameha I. That he's remembered partly for his music tells me he was more than a political figurehead, but the brevity of his reign, just over a year before his death in 1874 at thirty-nine, leaves me with a sense of unfinished history. I'd love to know which melodies survived him. The royal lineage and the composer's hand together paint someone I wish I knew more about.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lunalilo
- Name (Japanese)
- ルナリロ
- Reading
- るなりろ
- Born
- January 31, 1835 – February 3, 1874
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Goat
- Origin
- Honolulu, United States
- Occupation
- composer
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AD
Frequently asked questions
When was Lunalilo born?
January 31, 1835 – February 3, 1874.
Where is Lunalilo from?
Lunalilo is from Honolulu, United States.
What does Lunalilo do?
Lunalilo works as composer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.