page_title: Kamehameha IV
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Kamehameha IV / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Prince Alexander Liholiho with leis.
context_page_description: Kamehameha IV February 9, 1834 – November 30, 1863, reigned as the fourth monarch of Hawaii under the title Ke Aliʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina of the Kingdom of Hawaii from January 11, 1855 to November 30, 1863.
context_section_description: Alexander was born on February 9, 1834 in Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu. His father was High Chief Mataio Kekūanāoʻa, Royal Governor of Oʻahu. His mother was Princess Elizabeth Kīnaʻu the Kuhina Nui or Prime Minister of the Kingdom. He was the grandson of Kamehameha I, first monarch of all the islands. Alexander had three older brothers, David Kamehameha, Moses Kekūāiwa and Lot Kapuāiwa, and a younger sister, Victoria Kamāmalu.
  As a toddler, Alexander was adopted by his uncle, King Kamehameha III who decreed Alexander heir to the throne and raised him as the crown prince.
  His name 'Iolani means "hawk of heaven", or "royal hawk".
caption: Prince Alexander Liholiho wearing leis.
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