HENRY II

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• HENRY II (noun)
  The noun HENRY II has 2 senses:

1. king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)

2. first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189)

  Familiarity information: HENRY II used as a noun is rare.

• HENRY II (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

King of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)

Holonyms ("Henry II" is a member of...):

Valois (French royal house from 1328 to 1589)

Sense 2

Meaning:

First Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("Henry II" is a member of...):

Plantagenet; Plantagenet line (the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485)