| / English Dictionary |
HENRY II
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Henry II" is a member of...):
Plantagenet; Plantagenet line (the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485)
Sense 2
Meaning:
King of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)
Holonyms ("Henry II" is a member of...):
Valois (French royal house from 1328 to 1589)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
