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

Type of: Holy Roman Emperor, King of England, King of France, King of Great Britain, King of the Germans

Part of: Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty, House of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancastrian line

Encyclopedia: Henry IV, King of France

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