Henry

Henry
Henry
Henry1 [hen′rē]
n.
[Fr Henri < Ger Heinrich < OHG Haganrih, lit., ruler of an enclosure (< hag-, HAW1, a hedging in + rihhi, ruler) & also altered < OHG Heimerich, lit., home ruler (< heim, HOME)]
a masculine name: dim. Hal, Hank, Henny; var. Harry; equiv. L. Henricus, Du. Hendrik, Fr. Henri, Ger. Heinrich, It. Enrico, Sp. Enrique; fem. Henrietta
Henry2 [hen′rē]
1. 1394-1460; prince of Portugal: called Henry the Navigator
2. Henry I 1068-1135; king of England (1100-35): son of William the Conqueror
3. Henry II 1133-89; king of England (1154-89): 1st Plantagenet king
4. Henry III 1207-72; king of England (1216-72)
5. Henry III 1551-89; king of France (1574-89)
6. Henry IV 1050-1106; king of Germany (1056-1105) & Holy Roman Emperor (1084-1105): dethroned
7. Henry IV 1367-1413; king of England (1399-1413): 1st Lancastrian king: son of John of Gaunt: called Bolingbroke
8. Henry IV 1553-1610; king of France (1589-1610): 1st Bourbon king: called Henry of Navarre
9. Henry V 1387-1422; king of England (1413-22): defeated the French at Agincourt
10. Henry VI 1421-71; king of England (1422-61; 1470-71)
11. Henry VII 1457-1509; king of England (1485-1509): 1st Tudor king
12. Henry VIII 1491-1547; king of England (1509-47): broke with the papacy and established the Church of England
13. O. (pseud. of William Sydney Porter) 1862-1910; U.S. short-story writer
14. Patrick 1736-99; Am. patriot, statesman, & orator
Henry3 [hen′rē]
1. Cape [after Prince Henry, son of JAMES2] promontory in SE Va., at the entrance of Chesapeake Bay
2. Fort Confederate fort in NW Tenn., on the Tennessee River: captured (1862) by Union forces

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