page_title: E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua
hierarchical_section_title: E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua
caption_attribution_description: English: The young Prince William Charles Lunalilo around the age of fourteen. From a daguerreotype by an unknown photographer. Original in possession of William Bishop Taylor. Copy made by R. J. Baker and presented by W. B. Taylor to Hawaii State Archives on September 1945.
context_page_description: "E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua", translated as God Save the King, was one of Hawaii's four national anthems. It was composed in 1860 by Prince William Charles Lunalilo, who later became King Lunalilo. Prior to 1860, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi lacked its own national anthem and had used the British royal anthem God Save The King. A contest was sponsored in 1860 by Kamehameha IV, who wanted a song with Hawaiian lyrics set to the tune of the British anthem. The winning entry was written by the 25-year-old Lunalilo and was reputed to have been written in 20 minutes. Lunalilo was awarded 10 dollars which he later donated to the Queen's Hospital. His composition became Hawaiʻi's first national anthem. It remained Hawaiʻi's national anthem until 1866, when it was replaced by Queen Liliʻuokalani's composition He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi.
context_section_description: "E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua", translated as God Save the King, was one of Hawaii's four national anthems. It was composed in 1860 by Prince William Charles Lunalilo, who later became King Lunalilo. Prior to 1860, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi lacked its own national anthem and had used the British royal anthem God Save The King.  A contest was sponsored in 1860 by Kamehameha IV, who wanted a song with Hawaiian lyrics set to the tune of the British anthem.  The winning entry was written by the 25-year-old Lunalilo and was reputed to have been written in 20 minutes. Lunalilo was awarded 10 dollars which he later donated to the Queen's Hospital. His composition became Hawaiʻi's first national anthem. It remained Hawaiʻi's national anthem until 1866, when it was replaced by Queen Liliʻuokalani's composition He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi .
caption: Lunalilo wrote the lyrics for Hawaiʻi's first national anthem.
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