Definition of Henry III

1. Noun. Son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589).

Group relationships: Valois
Generic synonyms: King Of France

2. Noun. Son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272; his incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de Montfort (1207-1272).
Group relationships: Plantagenet, Plantagenet Line
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Henry III

Henry Cavendish
Henry Clay
Henry Clay Frick
Henry David Thoreau
Henry Engelhard Steinway
Henry Fielding
Henry Fonda
Henry Ford
Henry Ford II
Henry Graham Greene
Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hubert Turner
Henry Hudson
Henry I
Henry II
Henry III (current term)
Henry IV
Henry James
Henry John Heinz
Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell
Henry Kissinger
Henry Laurens
Henry Lee
Henry Louis Aaron
Henry Louis Gehrig
Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Luce
Henry M. Robert
Henry M. Stanley
Henry Martyn Robert

Literary usage of Henry III

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century of the Renaissance: Crowned by the Académie Des Sciences Morales by Louis Batiffol, John Edward Courtenay Bodley (1916)
"Henry III Causes of the Catholic reaction against Protestantism. The character of Henry III, 1574-1589 ; his difficulties with his brother the Duke of Anjou ..."

2. Germany in the Early Middle Ages, 476-1250 by William Stubbs (1908)
"'s European position—Criticism of Hallam's charges against Henry III. ... Henry III. ascended the German throne at twenty-two, the age at which Otto III. ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1898)
"set and Oxfordshire ; in the lost weeks of East er term and in Trinity term of 28 Henry III (1244) in Devonshire and Dorset ; in Easter and Trinity terms of ..."

4. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"To free himself from the Guises, Henry III caused the Duke to be murdered almost in his presence, and fled to the Huguenots (December, 1588). ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"To free himself from the Guises, Henry III caused the Duke to be murdered almost in his presence, and fled to the Huguenots (December, ..."

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