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{{Infobox royalty
| name =Likelike
| title =[[Hawaiian Kingdom|Princess of the Hawaiian Islands]]
| image =Likelike, photograph by J. J. Williams (PP-98-9.013).jpg
| caption = Likelike in 1885; photograph by [[James J. Williams]]
| succession =[[Governors of Hawaii (island)|Governor of the Island of Hawaii]]
| reign = March 29, 1879 – September 2, 1880
| reign-type = Tenure
| predecessor = [[Samuel Kipi]]
| successor = [[Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike]]
| spouse =[[Archibald Scott Cleghorn]]
| issue =[[Kaʻiulani]]
| full name =Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili
| house =[[House of Kalākaua|Kalākaua]]
| father =[[Caesar Kapaʻakea]]
| mother =[[Analea Keohokālole]]
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1851|1|13}}
| birth_place =[[Honolulu]], [[Oahu|Oʻahu]], [[Hawaiian Kingdom]]
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1887|2|2|1851|1|13}}
| death_place =[[ʻĀinahau]], [[Honolulu]], [[Oahu|Oʻahu]], [[Hawaiian Kingdom]]
| burial_date =February 27, 1887{{sfn|Forbes|2003|pages=249–250}}
| burial_place =[[Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii|Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum]]
| religion = [[Church of Hawaii]]
}}

'''Likelike''' ({{IPA|haw|ˈlikeˈlike}}; Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili; January 13, 1851{{spnd}}February 2, 1887) was a princess of the [[Hawaiian Kingdom]] and member of the reigning [[House of Kalākaua]]. She was born in [[Honolulu]], on the island of [[Oahu|Oʻahu]]. Likelike's parents were [[Keohokālole|Analea Keohokālole]] and [[Kapaʻakea|Caesar Kapaʻakea]], and the family were members of the [[aliʻi]] class of the Hawaiian nobility. Before the age of six, she was raised on the island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]] for her health. Likelike later returned to Honolulu, where she was educated by Roman Catholic and [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]] teachers in the city's girls' schools.

She married Scottish businessman [[Archibald Scott Cleghorn]] in 1870 and was the mother of Princess [[Kaʻiulani]], the last heir to the throne before the 1893 [[overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom]]. Likelike was the first mistress of the [[ʻĀinahau]] estate, which became associated with her daughter. She was [[Governors of Hawaii (island)|Governor of the island of Hawaii]] from 1879 to 1880 and was in the line of succession to the throne after her sister, [[Liliʻuokalani]]. Likelike died under mysterious circumstances in 1887, with rumors that she was malevolently "prayed" to death. She and her siblings are recognized by the [[Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame]] as [[Na Lani ʻEhā]] (The Heavenly Four) for their patronage and enrichment of Hawaii's musical culture and history.

== Early life and family ==
Likelike was born on January 13, 1851, in [[Honolulu]] on the island of [[Oahu|Oʻahu]], to [[Keohokālole|Analea Keohokālole]] and [[Kapaʻakea|Caesar Kapaʻakea]].{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=121–126}} Her full name was Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili.{{sfn|Forbes|2003|page=235}} Two of her namesakes were [[Likelike (wife of Kalanimoku)|Likelike]] (an earlier Hawaiian chiefess and wife of [[Kalanimoku]]) and [[Kekāuluohi|Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi]], [[Kuhina Nui]] (premier) and the mother of King [[Lunalilo]] (r. 1873–74).{{sfn|Kapiikauinamoku|1955}}{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=8, 50–51}}

Her parents were political advisors to King [[Kamehameha III]] (r. 1825–54) and later to his successor, [[Kamehameha IV]] (r. 1855–64). Likelike's mother was the daughter of [[ʻAikanaka (father of Keohokālole)|ʻAikanaka]] and Kamaʻeokalani, and her father was the son of [[Kamanawa II]] (half-brother of ʻAikanaka) and [[Kamokuiki]]. Their family belonged to the [[aliʻi]] class of Hawaiian nobility and were [[Lineal descendant#Collateral descendant|collateral relatives]] of the reigning [[House of Kamehameha]], descended from the 18th-century ''aliʻi nui'' (supreme monarch) [[Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku]]. Likelike was descended from [[Keawe-a-Heulu|Keaweaheulu]] and [[Kameʻeiamoku]], two of the five royal counselors of [[Kamehameha I]] (r. 1782–1819) during his conquest of the [[Hawaiian Kingdom]]. Kameʻeiamoku, her parents' grandfather, was depicted with his royal twin [[Kamanawa]] on the Hawaiian coat of arms.<ref>{{harvnb|Liliuokalani|1898|pages=1–2, 104–105, 399–409}}; {{harvnb|Pratt|1920|pages=34–36}}; {{harvnb|Allen|1982|pp=33–36}}; {{harvnb|Haley|2014|page=96}}; {{harvnb|Gregg|1982|pages=316–317, 528, 571, 581}}</ref>

The youngest daughter and [[wikt:penultimate|penultimate]] child of a large family, her biological siblings included [[James Kaliokalani]], [[Kalākaua|David Kalākaua]], [[Liliʻuokalani]], [[Anna Kaʻiulani]], [[Kaʻiminaʻauao]], and [[Leleiohoku II|William Pitt Leleiohoku II]].{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|page=399}} They were ''[[hānai]]'' (adopted) by other family members. The Hawaiian custom of ''hānai'' is an informal form of adoption in extended families.{{sfn|Kanahele|1999|pages=1–4}}
Because Likelike was not healthy as a child, she was sent to live in the dry climate of [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]] on the island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]].<ref name="Memoriam" /> The 1892 obituary of Hawaii Supreme Court Justice [[Lawrence McCully]] noted that he was her teacher while he resided in Kona.{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1892}} According to historian [[George Kanahele]], she was raised in [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]] on the wetter [[Windward and leeward|windward]] side of the island of Hawaii: "Little is known about her early years".{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}}

The identities of Likelike's hānai parents are unknown.{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}} According to historian Sammy Amalu, Likelike was brought up in the household of Peleuli (daughter of High Chief [[Kalaʻimamahu]], half-brother of Kamehameha I) with Peleuli's granddaughter [[Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi Crowningburg]], a second cousin of King Lunalilo.{{sfn|Kapiikauinamoku|1955}}{{sfn|Kapiikauinamoku|1956}} According to newspaper columnist [[Clarice Taylor]], Likelike was raised by her mother and then cared for by [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]] after her death.{{sfn|Taylor|1951b}}

== Education ==
[[File:Likelike, photograph by Menzies Dickson (PP-98-9-018).jpg|thumb|alt=Formal photo of Likelike at about age 17|Likelike, {{circa|1868}}; photograph by Menzies Dickson]]
At age six ({{circa|1857}}), Likelike returned permanently to Honolulu. She was initially educated at the Sacred Hearts Convent and School by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu|Roman Catholic]] sisters of the [[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary]]. The sisters arrived in Hawaii in 1859, and established day and boarding schools for Hawaiian girls next to the [[Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace]] in Honolulu. The schools were the predecessor of the [[Sacred Hearts Academy]] in [[Kaimuki, Hawaii|Kaimuki]]. Likelike was later educated by American [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]] missionary teacher Maria Ogden at the Makiki Family School, established in Honolulu in 1860 with the support of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1953|pages=105, 113–114}}{{sfn|Apple|Apple|1970}} Her last school was the [[Mid-Pacific Institute|Kawaiahaʻo Seminary for Girls]]; Likelike's teacher was Lydia Bingham, daughter of [[Hiram Bingham I]] (leader of the first group of American Protestant missionaries to introduce Christianity to the Hawaiian Islands).{{sfn|Apple|Apple|1970}}{{sfn|Peterson|1984|page=42}} Her classmates at Kawaiahaʻo included Annie Palekaluhi Kaikioʻewa (sister of [[Edward Kamakau Lilikalani]]) and Lily Auld, also members of the Hawaiian nobility.{{sfn|The Honolulu Advertiser|1909}}{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|page=12}}

Likelike was particularly close to her elder sister, Liliʻuokalani, who was warm towards (and protective of) her younger sister. In a September 7, 1865, letter, Liliʻuokalani (who had married [[John Owen Dominis]]) advised Likelike about her education:{{sfn|Kuykendall|1967|pages=479–480}}{{sfn|Sebree|1994|pages=119–120}}

{{quote|How lonely I feel without you. I miss you wherever I am — in the house — out of doors—in my rides — in my walks. I miss you very much — but I hope that when you have learnt all that is to be learnt at school&nbsp;... I may be able to have you with me again&nbsp;... therefore ''apply yourself'' my dear Sister to your studies. ''Try very hard''&nbsp;... This is another thing. Study to control your feelings — strive to be humble to your Superiors — obedient and humble to the Sisters, kind and affectionate to your schoolmates, if any harsh word begins to rise to your lips suppress it — do not let it escape — and when you succeed in doing so you will afterwards be happy to think that you had controled [sic] yourself.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1967|pages=479–480}}}}

==Betrothal to Albert Kūnuiākea==

Likelike was betrothed around 1869 to [[Albert Kūnuiākea]], an illegitimate son of King Kamehameha III and the ''hānai'' son of Queen Dowager [[Kalama]].{{sfn|The Independent|1903}}{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|page=33}} Contemporary sources noted, "Their betrothal [was] much desired by those in authority as well as the other chiefs".{{sfn|The Independent|1903}} During the 1869 visit of [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh]] and the ''[[HMS Galatea (1859)|Galatea]]'', Likelike's sister Liliʻuokalani entertained the British prince with a traditional Hawaiian [[lūʻau]] at her [[Waikiki]] residence of Hamohamo. Likelike accompanied Queen Dowager Kalama and Kūnuiākea on a carriage of state from Honolulu to Waikiki on the occasion of the festivities.{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|page=33}} The couple broke off the engagement soon afterwards, for unspecified reasons. Kūnuiākea married Mary Lonokahikini, widow of the Reverend Z. Poli, in 1878.{{sfn|The Independent|1903}}{{sfn|Taylor|1951a}}

== Marriage to Archibald Scott Cleghorn ==
[[File:Likelike and Archibald.jpg|thumb|alt=See caption|Likelike and her husband, Archibald Scott Cleghorn, during the 1870s]]
Likelike married [[Archibald Scott Cleghorn]], a businessman from [[Scotland]] almost twice her age, on September 22, 1870; Cleghorn was 35, and Likelike was 19. They were married in an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] ceremony officiated by Reverend Charles George Williamson, rector of [[Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew (Honolulu)|St. Andrew's Cathedral]]. The wedding was at [[Washington Place]], her sister Liliʻuokalani's residence.{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1870}} Cleghorn had fathered daughters Rose, Helen and Annie with his part-Hawaiian mistress (Elizabeth Lapeka Pauahi Grimes) before the marriage, and Likelike accepted the children.{{sfn|Cleghorn|Cleghorn|Argow|Allen|1979|pages=55, 68–69}}

The couple initially lived in a mansion on Emma Street, the present-day site of [[The Pacific Club]], in Honolulu.{{sfn|Cooke|1913|page=445}}{{sfn|Peterson|1984|page=209}} Likelike gave birth to their daughter, [[Kaʻiulani]], on October 16, 1875. Liliʻuokalani wrote that Kaʻiulani "was at once recognized as the hope of the Hawaiian people, as the only direct heir by birth to the throne."{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|page=55}} The long-awaited future heir to the throne was christened by Bishop [[Alfred Willis]] at the [[pro-cathedral]] of St. Andrew's on December 25, 1875. {{sfn|Peterson|1984|page=209}}{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1899}} Princess [[Keʻelikōlani|Ruth Keʻelikōlani]] and the king and queen were her godparents.{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1899}} Keʻelikōlani gave {{convert|10|acre|ha}} of her land in [[Waikiki|Waikīkī]] (outside Honolulu) to her goddaughter. The family sold their Honolulu property in 1878 and moved to the beachfront district of Waikīkī, where Cleghorn built a family estate which Likelike named [[ʻĀinahau]] (cool land).{{sfn|Waldron|1967|pages=101–105}}{{sfn|Cleghorn|Cleghorn|Argow|Allen|1979|page=1}}{{sfn|Peterson|1984|page=181}}

Kaʻiulani was the couple's only child. Likelike had a miscarriage in June 1877 on a ship en route to San Francisco, California,{{sfn|Linnea|1999|pages=23–29}} and may have had another miscarriage after a fall from a horse before her final illness.{{sfn|Allen|1982|page=194}}

Like her sister Lydia's marriage to John Owen Dominis, her marriage to Cleghorn was bittersweet. Victorian gentlemen expected to be the lord of their castle, their servants, their children, and their wives. Hawaiian nobility (''[[aliʻi]]''), however, were raised to rule others. Cleghorn could be blustery and demanding; on several occasions, the princess returned to the island of Hawaii and refused to return until they reconciled.{{sfn|Linnea|1999|pages=23–29}}

Likelike was vivacious and well-liked, and her home was open to important people from all over the world. She had a reputation as a gracious hostess at her ʻĀinahau estate.{{sfn|Linnea|1999|pages=23–29}} Likelike was ''au courant'' with the latest fashions, ordering dresses and clothing from San Francisco and Paris.<ref name="Memoriam" /> She was known be imperious and quick-tempered, once striking a groom with a whip for not keeping the carriage properly polished.{{sfn|Linnea|1999|pages=23–29}} Likelike was baptized and confirmed in the [[Church of Hawaii|Anglican Church of Hawaii]] in 1882.<ref name="Memoriam">{{harvnb|The Hawaiian Gazette|1887}}; {{harvnb|Liliuokalani Education Society|1887|pages=82–85}}</ref>{{sfn|Kamehiro|2009|page=18}}

==Public life==
After his accession, Likelike's brother Kalākaua bestowed royal titles and ranks upon her and their siblings: sisters became Princess Lydia Kamakaʻeha Dominis (Liliʻuokalani) and Princess Miriam Likelike Cleghorn and their brother became Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku. The latter was also named heir to the Hawaiian throne, as Kalākaua and [[Kapiʻolani|Queen Kapiʻolani]] had no children of their own.{{sfn|Allen|1982|page=138}}{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|pages=53–55}}{{sfn|Mcdermott|Choy|Guerrero|2015|page=62}}

After Leleiohoku's death on April 9, 1877, Kalākaua proclaimed Liliʻuokalani heir apparent to the throne.{{sfn|Kuykendall|1967|pages=196–197}} Likelike and her daughter were next in the line of succession.{{sfn|Webb|Webb|1998|page=5}} Kalākaua bestowed the title of Princess of the Kingdom on Likelike by [[letters patent]] on February 10, 1883, also recognizing other members of his family who been using their courtesy titles since 1873. She was ranked in precedence behind the king and queen, Queen Dowager Emma and Liliʻuokalani and her husband, John Owen Dominis, and ranked above her husband and their daughter Princess Kaʻiulani.<ref name="1883Patent">{{harvnb|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1883a}}</ref> Likelike participated in Kalākaua's coronation, nine years into his reign, on February 12, 1883. She wore "a robe of brocaded white satin trimmed with pearls and feathers" ordered from San Francisco, and was waited on by sisters Clara and Lizzie Coney.{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1883b}}{{sfn|Taylor|1922|page=322}}{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|page=101}}

[[File:Cook Monument Kealakekua.jpg|thumb|alt=White stone monument to Captain Cook|The Cook Monument at Kealakekua Bay]]
The Cook Monument, an [[obelisk]] commemorating Captain [[James Cook]]'s landing on the [[Hawaiian Islands]], was unveiled in November 1874 at the place where he was killed. Great Britain and the United States were seen at the time seen as allies who prevented Russia from seizing the kingdom. On January 26, 1877, Likelike and Cleghorn deeded their land at the Cook Monument at [[Kealakekua Bay]] in trust to the [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Hawaii|British Commissioner to Hawaii]] [[James Hay Wodehouse]] and his subsequent heirs for one dollar "to keep and maintain" the monument. Although the deed names Likelike and her husband, its only signatory was Cleghorn's. Because of the deed's wording, Wodehouse and his heirs (not the British government) became owners of the land. The error was not discovered until 1939, when the Wodehouse estate conveyed the deed to the British government for $1.{{sfn|Coulter|1964|pages=256–261}}

=== Governorship ===
[[Governors of Hawaii (island)|Governor]] [[Samuel Kipi]] died in office on March 11, 1879. Likelike was appointed his successor on March 29, and held the position until September 2, 1880.<ref>{{harvnb|Hawaii state office record}}</ref>{{sfn|Kaeo|Queen Emma|1976|p=214–215}}<ref name="HawaiianGazette1879">{{harvnb|The Hawaiian Gazette|1879}}</ref> Her first official meeting as governor was at the Hilo courthouse on May 31.{{sfn|Lyons|1945|page=206}} The island of Hawaii was no stranger to a female governor, since Princess Keʻelikōlani (Kaʻiulani's godmother) had held the position from 1855 to 1874. During her tenure, Likelike visited all of the island's districts and had a special affinity for [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]] and [[Hilo, Hawaii#History|Hilo]].<ref name="Memoriam" />{{sfn|Newbury|2001|page=16}}
	
In April 1880, the [[Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom|legislature of the Kingdom]] appropriated an annual allowance of $8,000 (a $5,000 increase from her salary as governor) for Likelike "provided she resigns the office of Governess of Hawaii".<ref name="1880Act">{{cite book|title=Chapter XLVI: An Act Making Specific Appropriations For The Use Of The Government During The Two Years Which Will End With The 31st Day Of March, In The Year One Thousand Eight Hundred And Eighty-Two|work=Laws of His Majesty Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands: Passed by the Legislative Assembly at Its Session of 1880|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dC44AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA61|year=1880|publisher=Black & Auld|location=Honolulu|oclc=42350849|pages=61–70}}</ref> She had resigned her position by September 1880, and Princess [[Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike]] (Queen Kapiʻolani's younger sister) was appointed her successor on September 2 of that year.{{sfn|Newbury|2001|page=16}}{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1880}} The 1882 legislative session increased her annual salary to $12,000 and appropriate $5,000 for her seven year-old daughter Princess Kaʻiulani.<ref>{{cite book|title=Chapter XLVI Making Specific Appropriations For The Use Of The Government During The Two Years Which End With The 31st Day Of March, In The Year One Thousand Eight Hundred And Eighty-Four|work=Laws of His Majesty Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands: Passed by the Legislative Assembly at Its Session of 1882|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107|year=1882|publisher=Black & Auld|location=Honolulu|oclc=42350849|pages=107–121|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709183400/https://books.google.com/books?id=srMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107|archive-date=July 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Philanthropy ===
Likelike was involved in a number of philanthropic projects. On February 19, 1874, she created and organized the [[Hui Hooulu a Hoola La Hui of Kalakaua I]], a charity of which she was its first president. Organized one week after her brother's ascension to the throne, it took its name from his motto (''"Hoʻoulu Lāhui"''; "to increase, restore, re-establish and advance the ''lāhui'' [people]").<ref>{{cite web |title=E HOʻOULU LĀHUI |url=https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/hawaiian-studies/home |website=University of Hawaiʻi Maui College}}</ref> The organization provided assistance for the needy, including financial help, clothing, medical care or shelter, food, and family burials.{{sfn|Dailybulletin|1888|pp=4–11}} Likelike helped her sister to found the [[Liliʻuokalani Educational Society]], an organization "to interest the Hawaiian ladies in the proper training of young girls of their own race whose parents would be unable to give them advantages by which they would be prepared for the duties of life", in 1886. She led one division of the organization, and Liliʻuokalani led the other. It supported the education of Hawaiian girls at Likelike's alma mater, Kawaiahaʻo Seminary for Girls, and [[Kamehameha Schools|Kamehameha School]]. After Likelike's death, Liliʻuokalani assumed full leadership of the organization.{{sfn|Liliuokalani|1898|pages=113–114}}{{sfn|Bonura|Witmer|2013|pages=120–121}}{{sfn|Hawe|2018}}

== Travels to Australia and the United States ==
Likelike traveled abroad three times during her marriage. She visited [[Auckland]], [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]] from August to December 1871 with her husband on their extended honeymoon, and met colonial governors and officials. In 1877, mourning the death of her brother Leleiohoku, she traveled to San Francisco for her health and returned to Honolulu on the steamer ''Likelike'' on its first voyage between California and Hawaii.<ref name="Memoriam" /> Likelike revisited San Francisco in 1884 with Hawaiian banker [[Charles Reed Bishop]] and Liliʻuokalani's ''hānai'' sister, [[Bernice Pauahi Bishop]]; Bernice was going to the city to undergo surgery for breast cancer, of which she later died. Their visit coincided with the arrival of [[Queen Marau]], wife of King [[Pōmare V]] of [[Kingdom of Tahiti|Tahiti]], who was en route to Paris.<ref name="Memoriam" />{{sfn|Kanahele|2002|pages=184–185}} Before her death, Likelike was planning to travel to Monterey with Kaʻiulani for their health.<ref name="Memoriam" />

== Death and state funeral ==
She had been in failing health for months, but her doctors only advised fresh air and a change of scenery. Likelike became weaker, and was advised to get "more nourishment".<ref name=nourishment>{{cite news |title=Death of Princess Likelike and Death of Her Royal Highess Princess Likelike |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1887-02-03/ed-1/seq-2/ |access-date=May 3, 2020 |work=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser |date=February 3, 1887 |page=Image 2, cols 1–3}}</ref> In mid-January 1887, a large school of red [[Priacanthus meeki|''āweoweo'']] fish was seen off the coast of the island of Hawaii, an omen in native Hawaiian beliefs that foretold the death of a member of royalty.{{sfn|Williams|1997|page=115}}{{sfn|Zambucka|1998|pages=17–18}} At 5:15&nbsp;p.m. on February 2, 1887, Likelike died of unknown causes at age 36.<ref name=DailyHeralddeath>{{cite news |title=Death of Princess Likelike |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047239/1887-02-03/ed-1/seq-2/ |access-date=May 3, 2020 |date=February 3, 1887 |work=The Daily Herald |page=Image 2, col. 2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003084520/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047239/1887-02-03/ed-1/seq-2 |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rumors circulated in Hawaii's Euro-American (''[[haole]]'') community that she had died of fear due to superstition or had been "prayed" to death by a powerful ''kahuna ʻanāʻanā'',{{#tag:ref|"Anā.ʻanā", in this context, refers to "black magic, evil sorcery by means of prayer and incantation".<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawaiian Dictionaries |url=http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2ctextmamaka-----0-1l--11-en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-an%c4%81%ca%bban%c4%81--00-4-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D1139 |website=wehewehe.org |access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Zambucka|1998|pages=17–18}}|group=note}} or that she sacrificed her life to the goddess [[Pele (deity)|Pele]] to stop the 1887 eruption of [[Mauna Loa]].{{sfn|Kamehiro|2009|page=18}}{{sfn|Zambucka|1998|pages=17–18}}{{sfn|Cook|2018|pages=140–141}} According to her medical advisors however, they stated that "If Princess Likelike had taken sufficient nourishment there was no reason why she should not have recovered strength."<ref name=nourishment/>

According to Hawaiian legend, Likelike asked to see Kaʻiulani on her deathbed, and during her last moments, she prophesied that Kaʻiulani would leave Hawaii for a long time, never marry and never become queen.{{sfn|Webb|Webb|1998|page=47}}{{sfn|Zambucka|1998|page=18}} Kaʻiulani was educated in England from 1889 to 1897. She was declared heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne during the reign of her aunt, Queen Liliʻuokalani ({{reign|1891|1893}}). After the 1893 [[overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom]], Kaʻiulani traveled from London to Washington, D.C. and convinced U.S. President [[Grover Cleveland]] to attempt to restore the monarchy. Cleveland sent Commissioner [[James Henderson Blount]] to investigate the overthrow and try, unsuccessfully, to restore the queen. Kaʻiulani returned to Hawaii in 1897, and saw the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States on August 12, 1898. She died of [[rheumatism]] at ʻĀinahau on March 6, 1899.{{sfn|Peterson|1984|pages=180–184}}{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=139–143}}

=== Funeral and burial ===
[[File:Likelike lying in state (PP-26-4-001) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Likelike lying in state at [[ʻIolani Palace]]|alt=deceased woman lying on a bed]]
Native Hawaiian protocol dictated that the body of an ''aliʻi'' could only be moved after midnight following death, and had to be interred on the [[sabbath]].{{sfn|Hodges|1918|pp=39–43}} In accordance with those beliefs, Likelike's body was moved sometime after midnight on February 3 and arrived at [[ʻIolani Palace]] around {{nobreak|2 a.m}}. She was placed on a [[catafalque]] in the throne room, where she lay in state until the following afternoon.<ref name=DailyHeralddeath /> The princess was covered by a satin [[shroud]], with ''[[kāhili]]'' wavers on both sides. A private viewing was provided for the royal family and government dignitaries before a public viewing, and government offices were closed. Likelike's funeral was weeks later, after her body was embalmed and details of the procession were finalized.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lying in State |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1887-02-04/ed-1/seq-3/ |access-date=May 3, 2020 |work=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser |date=February 4, 1887 |page=3, cols. 3–4}}</ref>

The funeral was held in the throne room on Sunday, February 27. The ''kāhili'' bearers had waved continuously since February 3, and "no hula had marred the solemnity".<ref name="THG18870301" /> Bishop Willis and Rev. Alexander Macintosh conducted daily services during the 24-day period. A large funeral procession followed, whose participants were mostly native Hawaiian.<ref name="THG18870301">{{cite news |title=The Dead Princess |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1887-03-01/ed-1/seq-1/ |access-date=May 3, 2020 |work=The Hawaiian Gazette |date=March 1, 1887 |page=1, cols. 5–6; 8, col. 4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310122925/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1887-03-01/ed-1/seq-1/ |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Likelike was buried in the [[Royal Mausoleum (Mauna ʻAla)|Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla]]. Her coffin was placed at the head of the main [[mausoleum]], in the center of a row of other coffins.{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=121–126}}{{sfn|Parker|2008|page=39}} Photographers and a sketch artist recorded the event.<ref name="THG18870301" />

Likelike's funeral cost $30,337.54 in [[Hawaiian dollar]]s ({{Inflation|US|30,337.54 |1887|fmt=eq}}), prompting an investigation. The legislative finance committee studied past funeral expenses for Hawaiian royals, and concluded that the costs "are unprecedented in the history of state funerals in this country" and {{nowrap|"[t]here}} was utter recklessness, lawlessness and lack of proper authorization in the expenditures incurred".{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=125–126}} About $22,000 of the total cost was for clothing the over 1,600 mourners. The committee recommended that the legislature approve a payment of $10,772.71, with the remainder to be paid by the trustees of the king's estate.{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=125–126}} The previous state funeral, for Queen Dowager Emma in 1885, cost $5,965.98; four years later, the [[Death and two state funerals of Kalākaua|state funeral of Kalākaua]] had greater financial oversight and cost $21,442.{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=121, 136}}

In a June 24, 1910, ceremony officiated by Likelike's sister, Queen Liliʻuokalani, the remains of the deceased members of the Kalākaua dynasty were transferred to the underground [[List of burials at the Royal Mausoleum (Mauna ʻAla)|Kalākaua Crypt]] after the main mausoleum was converted into a chapel.{{sfn|Parker|2008|pages=15, 39}}{{sfn|The Hawaiian Gazette|1910}} The niche bearing her remains, inscribed "H.R.H. Like Like | Born 1835–Died 1887", is next to the niches for her daughter Kaʻiulani and Cleghorn (who died shortly after the crypt was completed).{{sfn|Kam|2017|pages=139–143, 156–157, 194}}

== Musical compositions ==
{{Main|List of compositions and works by Likelike}}
Likelike was taught music from childhood and learned to play piano, guitar and [[ukulele]].{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}} An early part of the entourage of her sister, Liliʻuokalani, music defined their social life in the royal circle.{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}} In 1877, Liliʻuokalani composed ''[[Aloha ʻOe]]'' about the parting of two lovers in [[Maunawili, Hawaii|Maunawili]]; later historians have speculated that the song was about Likelike and an unknown man.{{sfn|Forbes|2003|page=124}}{{sfn|Allen|1982|page=148}}{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=11–13}} ''Sanoe'' (another royal composition by Likelike's lady-in-waiting, [[Elizabeth Sumner|Elizabeth Keawepoʻoʻole Sumner]], and Liliʻuokalani) alludes to a secret love affair between an unknown man and a married woman at the royal court.<ref name="Topolinski1976March3–6">{{harvnb|Topolinski March 1976|pages=3–6}}</ref><ref name="Sanoe">{{cite web|title=Sanoe|url=http://www.huapala.org/Sanoe.html|work=Huapala – Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives|access-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624142705/http://www.huapala.org/Sanoe.html|archive-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref>

The two sisters founded a royal choral group, Hui Himeni Kaohuokalani (the Kaohuokalani Singing Club or Kaohuokalani Singing Association), early in their brother's reign.{{sfn|Law|2012|page=200}}{{sfn|Forbes|2003|page=249}} They participated in choral competitions with groups founded by their brothers.{{sfn|Zambucka|1977|page=46}}{{sfn|Allen|1982|pages=142–143}} The group composed a number of ''kanikau'' (dirges) for the funeral of Princess Likelike in 1887, including songs by Liliʻuokalani and ladies-in-waiting [[Kapoli Kamakau]] and Eliza Wood Holt.{{sfn|Forbes|2003|page=249}}{{sfn|Taylor|1954|page=59}} Kamakau composed "Imi Ia Ka Lani" ("The Heavenly One Is Sought") as a tribute to Likelike at her death.{{sfn|Law|2012|page=205}}

[[File:Kaiulani at Ainahau, 1898, photograph by Frank Davey (PP-96-8-018).jpg|thumb|alt=Likelike's daughter, standing on a porch in a long dress and holding a hat|Likelike's daughter, Kaʻiulani, at ʻÂinahau {{circa|1898}}]]
Few of Likelike's compositions survive, compared to those of her siblings. She signed many of her ''mele'' (songs) with the name "Kapili". Notable surviving compositions include "ʻÂinahau"{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}} (an ode to her home, where she composed most of her works) and "Kuʻu Ipo Ika Heʻe Pue One" ("My Sweetheart"), also known as "Ka ʻOwē A Ke Kai", which Kanahele said was "written for a sweetheart she never married".{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}} Other songs included "Maikaʻi Waipiʻo" ("Beautiful Waipiʻo", her daughter's favorite), "ʻAia Hiki Mai" and "Lei Ohaoha".{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}}{{sfn|Tranquada|King|2012|page=31}}

Likelike and her siblings are recognized by the [[Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame]] as [[Na Lani ʻEhā]] (The Heavenly Four) for their patronage and enrichment of Hawaii's musical culture and history.{{sfn|Tranquada|King|2012|pages=20–36}}{{sfn|Scott|1995}} According to Kanahele, Likelike is the least recognized of the four royals:
{{quote|Princess Likelike is perhaps the least recognized of the Royal Composers. This state of affairs is due probably as much to her tertiary status in the royal hierarchy of succession as to her musical talents and accomplishments. Nonetheless, her compositions, though perhaps fewer in number those of her brothers and sister, still claim a wide audience today.{{sfn|Kanahele|1979|pages=225–226}}}}

== Memorials and namesakes ==
Likelike Street, near the original ʻIolani Palace, was named in honor of the princess in 1874.{{sfn|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1874}} After the construction of the second palace on the same spot, Likelike Gate (which faced Likelike Street) was named in her honor and used as a private entrance for members of the royal family.{{sfn|Taylor|1927|page=40}}{{sfn|Kamehiro|2009|page=75}}

The Hawaiian postal service issued one-cent, blue-on-green postage stamps with a portrait of Likelike in 1882. They were in use until 1894.{{sfn|Cooke|1913|page=445}}

The steamship [[Likelike (steamer)|''Likelike'']], named for the princess, was launched on August 2, 1877, from San Francisco and arrived in Honolulu on August 14. Sold to businessman [[Samuel Gardner Wilder]] and used for inter-island transport, it was wrecked in 1897 off the coast of [[Keawe‘ula]] on the island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]].{{sfn|Clark|2002|p=216}}{{sfn|Kuykendall|1967|pages=101–102}}

A window at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu was dedicated to Likelike by her daughter, Kaʻiulani.{{sfn|Restarick|1924|page=274}}
Several places in Hawaii are named after the princess, including [[Hawaii Route 63|Likelike Highway]]<ref>{{cite web |title=LikeLike Highway |url=http://www.hawaiihighways.com/photos-Oahu6.htm |website=Hawaii Highways – Road Photos – Other Oahu East |date=May 3, 2020 |access-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018195444/http://www.hawaiihighways.com/photos-Oahu6.htm |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Likelike Elementary School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Likelike Elementary School |url=https://www.likelike.k12.hi.us/ |access-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417214227/http://www.likelike.k12.hi.us/ |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Ancestry ==
{{Kalākaua family tree |state=autocollapse}}

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
===Books and journals===
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* {{cite journal|last1=Cleghorn|first1=Thomas A. K.|last2=Cleghorn|first2=Nellie Yarnell Maxwell|last3=Argow|first3=Dorothy|last4=Allen|first4=Katherine B.|title=Thomas Alexander Kaulaahi Cleghorn|journal=The Watumull Foundation, Oral History Project|location=Honolulu|year=1979|hdl=10524/48595|oclc=10006035|pages=1–82}}
* {{cite book|last=Cook|first=Kealani|title=Return to Kahiki: Native Hawaiians in Oceania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OKhJDwAAQBAJ|year=2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-1-108-16914-1|oclc=1126637571}}
* {{cite news|last=Cooke|first=Amos Francis|title=The Story of Hawaiian Stamps (Continued)|work=The Mid-Pacific Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Er5BAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA451|year=1913|publisher=T. H., A. H. Ford; [[Pan-Pacific Union]], Pan-Pacific Research Institution|location=Honolulu|oclc=45158315|pages=451–456}}
* {{cite journal |last=Coulter |first=John Wesley |date= June 1964 |title=Great Britain in Hawaii: The Captain Cook Monument |journal=The Geographical Journal |publisher=The Royal Geographical Society|location=London |volume=130 |issue=2 |pages= 256–261 |doi=10.2307/1794586 |jstor=1794586|bibcode=1964GeogJ.130..256C }}
* {{cite book|editor-last=Forbes|editor-first=David W.|title=Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780–1900, Volume 4: 1881–1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAuzOipG26YC|volume=4|year=2003|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-0-8248-2636-9|oclc=123279964}}
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* {{cite book|last=Haley|first=James L.|title=Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9ugBAAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-312-60065-5|oclc=865158092}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hodges |first1=Wm C. (William C. ) |title=The passing of Liliuokalani : preceded by A brief historical interpretation of the life of Liliuokalani of Hawaii |date=1918 |publisher=Honolulu : Honolulu Star Bulletin |url=https://archive.org/details/passingofliliuok00hodg/page/n41/mode/2up }}
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* {{cite book |last=Dailybulletin |title=Constitution & by-laws of the Ahahui hooulu a hoola society |date=1888 |publisher=Daily bulletin steam printing office |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000159714 }}
* {{cite book|last=Kam|first=Ralph Thomas|title=Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty: Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalakaua Dynasties, 1819–1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kvanAAACAAJ|year=2017|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|location=S. I.|isbn=978-1-4766-6846-8|oclc=966566652}}
* {{cite book|last=Kamehiro|first=Stacy L.|title=The Arts of Kingship: Hawaiian Art and National Culture of the Kalākaua Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQCJ3NkS2ncC|year=2009|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-0-8248-3263-6|oclc=663885792}}
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* {{cite book|last=Kanahele|first=George S.|title=Hawaiian Music and Musicians: An Illustrated History|url=https://archive.org/details/hawaiianmusicmus00kana|url-access=registration|year=1979|publisher=University Press of Hawaii|isbn=978-0-8248-0578-4|oclc=903648649}}
* {{cite book|last=Kanahele|first=George S.|author-link=George Kanahele|title=Pauahi: The Kamehameha Legacy|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=pauahi&l=en|year=2002|orig-year=1986|publisher=Kamehameha Schools Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-0-87336-005-0|oclc=173653971|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927092732/http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=pauahi&l=en|archive-date=September 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book|last=Kuykendall|first=Ralph Simpson|author-link=Ralph Simpson Kuykendall|title=The Hawaiian Kingdom 1854–1874, Twenty Critical Years|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=kingdom2&l=en|volume=2|year=1953|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-0-87022-432-4|oclc=47010821|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213222744/http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=kingdom2&l=en|archive-date=December 13, 2014|url-status=live}}
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* {{cite book |last1=Law |first1=Anwei Skinsnes |title=Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory |date=2012 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=978-0-8248-6580-1 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/18945 |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026080646/https://muse.jhu.edu/book/18945 |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book|author=Liliuokalani|author-link=Liliuokalani|title=Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani|url=https://archive.org/details/hawaiisstorybyh00goog|location=Boston|publisher=Lee and Shepard|year=1898|isbn=978-0-548-22265-2|oclc=2387226}}
* {{cite book|author=Liliuokalani Education Society|title=Letters of Condolence and Resolutions on the Death of Princess Likelike, Wife of A.S. Cleghorn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOhHHXDR8OMC|year=1887}}
* {{cite book|last=Linnea|first=Sharon|title=Princess Kaʻiulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People|url=https://archive.org/details/princesskaiulani00shar|year=1999|publisher=Eerdmans Young Readers|location=Grand Rapids, MI|isbn=978-0-8028-5088-1|oclc=36727806}}
* {{cite book|last=Lyons|first=Lorenzo|author-link=Lorenzo Lyons|title=Makua Laiana: The Story of Lorenzo Lyons, Lovingly Known to Hawaiians as Ka Makua Laiana, Haku Mele O Ka Aina Mauna (Father Lyons, Lyric Poet of the Mountain Country)|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001937519|year=1945|publisher=Privately printed, Honolulu Star-Bulletin|location=Honolulu|oclc=5067980}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Mcdermott|first1=John F.|last2=Choy|first2=Zita Cup|last3=Guerrero|first3=Anthony P. S.|title=The Last Illness and Death of Hawaiʻi's King Kalākaua: A New Historical/Clinical Perspective Cover|journal=The Hawaiian Journal of History|location=Honolulu|publisher=Hawaiian Historical Society|volume=49|year=2015|oclc=60626541|pages=59–72|doi=10.1353/hjh.2015.0002|hdl=10524/56606|doi-access=free|hdl-access=free}}
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* {{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Julie Stewart |title=From the Mountains to the Sea: Early Hawaiian Life |date=1997 |publisher=Kamehameha Schools Press |isbn=0-87336-030-3 |url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=d-0english-000Sec--11en-50-20-frameset-book--1-010escapewin&a=d&p2=book |access-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619074100/http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=d-0english-000Sec--11en-50-20-frameset-book--1-010escapewin&a=d&p2=book |archive-date=June 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book|last=Zambucka|first=Kristin|title=The High Chiefess: Ruth Keelikolani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZNpEIgcNHAC|year=1977|publisher=Mana Publishing Company|location=Honolulu|oclc=3836213}}
* {{cite book|last=Zambucka|first=Kristin|title=Princess Kaiulani Of Hawaii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A00CJSE8Mi4C|year=1998|publisher=Mutual Publishing|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-1-56647-710-9|oclc=1057013348|access-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613173615/https://books.google.com/books?id=A00CJSE8Mi4C|archive-date=June 13, 2020|url-status=live}}
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===Newspapers and online sources===
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* {{cite news|last1=Apple|first1=Russ|last2=Apple|first2=Peg|title=This Day In Our Hawaiian Heritage|newspaper=Honolulu-Star Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=September 22, 1970|page=20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50266905/honolulu-star-bulletin/|access-date=July 4, 2018}}
* {{cite news|title=At Rest|newspaper=The Independent|location=Honolulu|date=March 11, 1903|page=2|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047097/1903-03-11/ed-1/seq-2|ref={{harvid|The Independent|1903}}|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194121/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047097/1903-03-11/ed-1/seq-2/|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}
* {{cite news|title=By Authority|newspaper=The Hawaiian Gazette|location=Honolulu|date=April 2, 1879|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50044057/by-authority-appointment-of-likelike/|access-date=May 1, 2020|ref={{harvid|The Hawaiian Gazette|1879}}}}
* {{cite news|title=By Authority|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=September 4, 1880|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50043103/the-pacific-commercial-advertiser/|access-date=May 1, 2020|ref={{harvid|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1880}}}}
* {{cite news|title=By Authority|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=February 17, 1883a|page=5|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1883-02-17/ed-1/seq-5/|access-date=October 15, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108233807/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1883-02-17/ed-1/seq-5/|archive-date=November 8, 2017|ref={{harvid|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1883a}}}}
* {{cite news|title=A Hawaiian Chief Dies of the Asthma|newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=August 8, 1909|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20679874/obituary_annie_kaikioewa_wife_of_ac/|access-date=July 4, 2018|ref={{harvid|The Honolulu Advertiser|1909}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005609/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20679874/obituary_annie_kaikioewa_wife_of_ac/|archive-date=July 26, 2018|url-status=live}}
* {{cite news|title=In Memoriam, Princess Likelike|newspaper=The Hawaiian Gazette|location=Honolulu|date=February 15, 1887|page=1|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1887-02-15/ed-1/seq-1/|access-date=December 29, 2018|ref={{harvid|The Hawaiian Gazette|1887}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181108/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1887-02-15/ed-1/seq-1/|archive-date=December 30, 2018|url-status=live}}
* {{cite news|last=Hawe|first=Jeff|title=Ahead of Her Time|magazine=Hawaii Business Magazine|location=Honolulu|date=August 7, 2018|url=https://www.hawaiibusiness.com/ahead-of-her-time/|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103001837/https://www.hawaiibusiness.com/ahead-of-her-time/|archive-date=January 3, 2019|url-status=live}}
* {{cite news|last=Kapiikauinamoku|title=Likelike Was Cherished By Kamehameha Dynasty – The Story of Hawaiian Royalty|newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=November 28, 1955|page=20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42921741/the-honolulu-advertiser/|access-date=July 4, 2018}}
* {{cite news|last=Kapiikauinamoku|title=Peleuli II Brought Up In Kamehamehaʻs Court – The Story of Maui Royalty|newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=June 21, 1956|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25417667/peleuli-ii-brought-up-in-kamehamehas/|access-date=July 4, 2018}}
* {{cite web|url=http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH01db/68227804.dir/Likelike,%20Princess.jpg|title=Likelike, Princess office record|work=digital archives|publisher=State of Hawaii|access-date=December 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721042830/http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH01db/68227804.dir/Likelike%2C%20Princess.jpg|archive-date=July 21, 2011|ref={{harvid|Hawaii state office record}}}}
* {{cite news|title=Married|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=September 24, 1870|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26274657/married_cleghornkapaakea/|access-date=July 4, 2018|ref={{harvid|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1870}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217014919/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26274657/married_cleghornkapaakea/|archive-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live}}
* {{cite news|title=Notes of the Week|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=April 25, 1874|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50637049/likelike-street/|access-date=May 10, 2020|ref={{harvid|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1874}}}}
* {{cite news|title=Obituary of Kaiulani|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=March 13, 1899|pages=1–3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50191171/details-about-kaiulanis-birth-and/|access-date=May 4, 2020|ref={{harvid|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1899}}}}
* {{cite news|title=The Oldest Government Officer|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=April 15, 1892|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54300722/the-oldest-government-officer/|access-date=May 1, 2020|ref={{harvid|The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|1892}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701001237/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54300722/the-oldest-government-officer/|archive-date=July 1, 2020|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|author=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|title=Coronation of the King and Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, at Honolulu, Monday, Feb 12th 1883|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_c0_AAAAYAAJ|year=1883b|publisher=Printed at the Advertiser Steam Printing House|location=Honolulu|oclc=77955761}}
* {{cite news|title=The Weird Ceremonial of Monarchial Times Marked Transfer of Kalakaua Dynasty Dead to Tomb|newspaper=The Hawaiian Gazette|location=Honolulu|date=June 28, 1910|page=2|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1910-06-28/ed-1/seq-2/|access-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018020742/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1910-06-28/ed-1/seq-2|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=live|ref={{harvid|The Hawaiian Gazette|1910}}}}
* {{cite news|last=Scott|first=Marjorie J.|title=Contributions of royal family recognized|newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=September 8, 1995|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/265527025/|access-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202724/https://www.newspapers.com/image/265527025/|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Clarice B. |editor-last=Holt |editor-first=Lisa Ululani |title=The Fabulous Holts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208225914/https://doc-0o-bo-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/ha0ro937gcuc7l7deffksulhg5h7mbp1/lg1bp1bjgivj5hbnkr9cohlq58egh3ek/1481234400000/05748106306902505638/%2A/0B1TNpFAo1DgeYWl3bmQ5U2ZYTFE?e=download |archive-date=December 8, 2016 |url=https://doc-0o-bo-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/ha0ro937gcuc7l7deffksulhg5h7mbp1/lg1bp1bjgivj5hbnkr9cohlq58egh3ek/1481234400000/05748106306902505638/*/0B1TNpFAo1DgeYWl3bmQ5U2ZYTFE?e=download |year=1954 |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |location=Honolulu |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Clarice B.|title=Little Tales All About Hawaii – Kunuiakea Is Raised As a Future Prince – No. 18|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|location=Honolulu|date=February 3, 1951|page=44|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15307604/honolulu-star-bulletin/|access-date=December 29, 2018|ref={{harvid|Taylor|1951a}}}}
* {{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Clarice B.|title=Little Tales All About Hawaii – Keohokalole Has A Family of 11 – No. 15|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|location=Honolulu|date=June 15, 1951|page=26|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/15359143/|access-date=December 29, 2018|ref={{harvid|Taylor|1951b}}}}
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Likelike}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080229032956/http://www.hawaiitravelnewsletter.com/monarchy/princess-miriam-likelike.htm Hawaiian Princess Miriam Likelike, Mother of Crown Princess Kaiulani]

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