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Noun: Henry VII
  1. King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)
     
  2. First Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
    - Henry VII of England, Henry Tudor

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

Part of: House of Tudor, Tudor

Encyclopedia: Henry VII, King of England