The most far-seeking Hawaiian monarch was not a Kalakaua, related to the Kawanakoas, but a Kamehameha, Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III, the longest serving Hawaiian monarch. He initiated he Royal School to train the ali'i children in the ways of the Western world and is recorded as the initiator of many other positive policies for the betterment of his Hawaiian nation. There are two reasons that he has been relegated to the dustbin of history. Although he had children from his wife, Queen Kalama, and twin sons by his mistress Jane Lahilahi Young, he also had a Tahitian male lover. The mistress and male lover issues were not acceptable to those who were in control during the Territorial Era. The second reason is that many Native Hawaiians are not comfortable with the fact that he negotiated to join the US shortly before his death in 1854. Numerous foreign powers had attempted to usurp the Hawaiian Kingdom, with invasions and otherwise. He felt that the US would best protect his people.