HENRY IV

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• HENRY IV (noun)
  The noun HENRY IV has 3 senses:

1. 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

2. King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)

3. the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)

  Familiarity information: HENRY IV used as a noun is uncommon.

• HENRY IV (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry IV; Henry of Navarre; Henry the Great

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)

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:

The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bolingbroke; Henry Bolingbroke; Henry IV

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)