henry i | (n) King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135), Syn. Henry Beauclerc |
henry ii | (n) king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559) |
henry ii | (n) first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189) |
henry iii | (n) son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589) |
henry iii | (n) son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272; his incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de Montfort (1207-1272) |
henry iv | (n) king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France, Syn. Henry of Navarre, Henry the Great |
henry iv | (n) King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106) |
henry iv | (n) the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413), Syn. Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke |