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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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