henry iv Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun 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;
   Henry of Navarre; Henry the Great.
   
2. noun King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
   
3. noun the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
   Henry Bolingbroke; Bolingbroke.
   

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