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HENRY OF NAVARRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Instance hypernyms:
King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)
Holonyms ("Henry of Navarre" is a member of...):
Bourbon; Bourbon dynasty (a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily)