Kamehameha III

Japanese: カメハメハ[3世]（英語表記）Kamehameha III

1814‐54
The third king of the Kamehameha Dynasty of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was the son of King Kamehameha the Great and the younger brother of the previous king, Kamehameha II. He ascended to the throne upon the death of the previous king, and his reign (1825-54) lasted for almost 30 years, making him the longest of any king in the Kingdom of Hawaii's history. It was during his reign that Hawaii became a constitutional kingdom and a representative parliament was established. He issued a constitution in 1840 and established the capital in Honolulu in 1845. He also established the legislative, administrative, and judicial systems to give it the appearance of a modern state, and carried out the Great Mahele (mahele means "division" in Hawaiian), which opened up land ownership rights, which had previously been the monopoly of the king, to the general public.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1814‐54
ハワイ王国カメハメハ王朝第3代の国王。カメハメハ大王の息子で，前王カメハメハ2世の弟に当たる。前王の死去に伴って即位し，その治世(1825‐54)はほぼ30年にわたり，ハワイ王国歴代諸王の中で最も長い。ハワイが立憲王国となり，代議制の国会が開設されたのは彼の治世においてである。1840年に憲法を発布し，45年には首都をホノルルに定めた。立法，行政，司法の諸制度を整備して近代国家の体裁を整え，従来国王の独占にゆだねられていた土地所有の権利を人民一般に解放した〈大マヘレ〉(マヘレはハワイ語で〈分割〉の意)を断行したのも彼である。

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