John Owen Dominis

John Owen Dominis

Infobox Hawaiian Royalty|prince|consort
name =John Owen Dominis
title =Prince Consort of the Hawaiian Islands


imgw =249px
reign =29 Jan 189117 Jan 1893
predecessor =
successor =
spouse =Liliuokalani
issue =
full name =John Owen Dominis
titles ="HE" The Royal Governor of Ookinaahu
"HE" The Royal Governor of Maui
"HRH" The Prince Consort
royal house =House of Kalakaua
royal anthem =
father =John Dominis
mother =Mary Dominis
date of birth =birth date|1832|3|10|df=y
place of birth =Shenectady, New York
date of death =death date and age|1891|8|27|1832|3|10|df=yes
place of death =Washington Place, Honolulu, Oahu
place of burial =Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum|

John, Prince Consort of Hawaii (John Owen Dominis) (styled His Royal Highness John, Prince Consort of Hawaii) (10 March 1832 – 27 August 1891) was an American-born statesman. He became Prince Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiokinai upon his marriage to the last reigning monarch, Queen Liliokinauokalani. The Queen was overthrown by the Committee of Safety, a group of American and European businessmen who sought to promote Western interests in the region.

John Owen Dominis was born in Schenectady, New York. He grew up in a mansion commissioned by Kamehameha III for the Dominis family called Washington Place, which is now a museum. In 1862, Dominis married Princess Lydia Kamakaokinaeha Paki, as Queen Liliuokinaokalani was then known. Their wedding was postponed because of Kamehameha IV's death. The marriage was not happy. She wanted children of her own, but couldn't have any. John chose to socialize without her, and his relationship with his color-prejudiced mother-in-law saddened Lydia.

He eventually had a child, John Owen Dominis, Jr., with Mary Purdy Lamiki Aimoku. Liliuokalani went on to adopt her husband's son. For a time, Dominis was a mercantile clerk in San Francisco, and later he served as a clerk in a Honolulu commercial house.

His marriage to Liliuokalani and his friendship with Kamehameha V brought him many honors. In 1868, Dominis was appointed royal governor of Ookinaahu and Maui, an office he held until his death. Upon the death of Mary Dominis in 1889, Dominis's wife became mistress of Washington Place, which became a lesser royal palace. Dominis died on 27 August 1891 in Honolulu.


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