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HENRY IV
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
Synonyms:
Bolingbroke; Henry Bolingbroke; Henry IV
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Henry IV" is a member of...):
House of Lancaster; Lancaster; Lancastrian line (the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Holy Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire)
King of the Germans (the sovereign ruler of the Germans)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Henry IV; Henry of Navarre; Henry the Great
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)
Holonyms ("Henry IV" is a member of...):
Bourbon; Bourbon dynasty (a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily)
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