User:KAVEBEAR/Alekoki

Lunalilo was betrothed to his cousin Princess Victoria Kamāmalu, a popular choice among the Hawaiian people except for Victoria's brothers. They both refused to have her marry him. Their children would outrank the House of Kamehameha in family rank (mana). There were two failed attempts of marriage between the two. Lunalilo composed the Hawaiian song ʻAlekoki for his unrequited love. Victoria Kamāmalu would die unmarried and childless at the age of 27 in 1866 while the bachelor King Lunalilo died in 1874 also without leaving any children.