Kapiolani
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Kapi'olani, formally Julia Kapi'olani or Julia Kapi'olani Napelakapuokaka'e, was married to King David Kalakaua and reigned as Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. She was the granddaughter of Kaumuali'i, the last king of the island of Kaua'i before being ceded to the unified Hawaiian Islands governed by Kamehameha the Great. She was also the step-daughter of Queen Regent Kaahumanu. Queen Julia Kapi'olani's principal legacy was her establishment of the Kapi'olani Maternity Hospital for native Hawaiian mothers. It survives today as the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children. The premier park in Waikīkī also bears her name.