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HENRY VIII
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)
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Instance hypernyms:
King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Henry VIII" is a member of...):
House of Tudor; Tudor (an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603))