Kamehameha V dies on December 11, 1872…
1872 CE
As he lay bedstricken, he had answered those that come to visit him: "The Good Lord cannot take me today, today is my birthday".
He is buried in the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii known as Mauna ʻAla.
He is the last ruling monarch of the House of Kamehameha.
Kamehameha's sister and only named Heir Apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria Kamāmalu, had died childless in 1866 and through the remainder of his reign, Kamehameha V had not named a successor.
According to his Constitution of 1864, Article 24: "The Crown is hereby permanently confirmed to His Majesty Kamehameha V, and to the Heirs of His Body Lawfully Begotten, and to their Lawful Descendants in a Direct Line..."
The legislature, choosing to use a later part of that same article to select a new king, declares an election for the office.
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