mausoleum had become too full. Today, the mausoleum is burial site of most of the members of the Hawaiian royal family. The King's depression was so severe that he considered abdicating the throne. A year later, he would die as well. To express her grief, Queen Emma changed her name to Kaleleo(n)ālani "Flight of the Heavenly Chief(s)," to symbolize her double loss. Legacy His death left his father without a constitutionally recognized heir. Consequently, after his father's death in 1864, the Kuhina Nui (Albert's aunt) had to fill in the vacant office of head of state for a day until the Legislature could decide upon the accession of his uncle as king. Besides the Royal Mausoleum, the four-year-old prince left other marks on Hawaii. The area of Princeville on the island of Kauai was named in honor of the young prince by Scotsman Robert Crichton Wyllie, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Kamehameha III and IV, after a visit by the Kamehameha IV family in 1860. In 1867 Elisha Allen bought the property and developed it into a sugarcane plantation. It was developed into a resort with its main street named Ka Huku Road at . The road to Kamehameha III's birthplace is named Kaleiopapa Street near Keauhou Bay at on the island of Hawaii. The Leiopapa a Kamehameha Building (the State Office Tower) in downtown Honolulu is also named for him. According to local folklore, his ghost is said to inhabit the building at 235 South Beretania Street, . Family tree Paternal Maternal References Bibliography External links 1858 births 1862 deaths Burials at the Royal Mausoleum (Mauna ʻAla) Hawaiian Kingdom Anglicans Heirs apparent who never acceded Heirs to the Hawaiian throne Princes of Hawaii Royalty of the Hawaiian Kingdom Royalty who died as children Sons of kings