John Owen Dominis
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John Owen Dominis
Prince Consort of the Hawaiian Islands
Consort	29 Jan 1891 — 17 Jan 1893
Consort to	Liliuokalani
Full name
John Owen Dominis
Detail Titles and styles
HE The Royal Governor of Oʻahu HE The Royal Governor of Maui HRH The Prince Consort
Royal house	House of Kalakaua
Father	John Dominis
Mother	Mary Dominis
Born	10 March 1832(1832-03-10) Shenectady, New York
Died	27 August 1891 (aged 59) Washington Place, Honolulu, Oahu
Burial	Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum

John, Prince Consort of Hawaii (John Owen Dominis) (styled His Royal Highness John, Prince Consort of Hawaii) (10 March 1832 – 27 August 1891) was an American-born statesman. He became Prince Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi upon his marriage to the last reigning monarch, Queen Liliʻuokalani. The Queen was overthrown by the Committee of Safety, a group of American and European businessmen who sought to promote Western interests in the region.

John Owen Dominis was born in Schenectady, New York. He grew up in a mansion commissioned by Kamehameha III for the Dominis family called Washington Place, which is now a museum. In 1862, Dominis married Princess Lydia Kamakaʻeha Paki, as Queen Liliuʻokalani was then known. Their wedding was postponed because of Kamehameha IV's death. The marriage was not happy. She wanted children of her own, but couldn't have any. John chose to socialize without her, and his relationship with his color-prejudiced mother-in-law saddened Lydia.

He eventually had a child, John Owen Dominis, Jr., with Mary Purdy Lamiki Aimoku. Liliuokalani went on to adopt her husband's son. For a time, Dominis was a mercantile clerk in San Francisco, and later he served as a clerk in a Honolulu commercial house.

His marriage to Liliuokalani and his friendship with Kamehameha V brought him many honors. In 1868, Dominis was appointed royal governor of Oʻahu and Maui, an office he held until his death. Upon the death of Mary Dominis in 1889, Dominis's wife became mistress of Washington Place, which became a lesser royal palace. Dominis died on 27 August 1891 in Honolulu.

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