HENRY THE GREAT

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• HENRY THE GREAT (noun)
  The noun HENRY THE GREAT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HENRY THE GREAT used as a noun is very rare.

• HENRY THE GREAT (noun)

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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 the Great" is a member of...):

Bourbon; Bourbon dynasty (a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily)