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Definition of Henry II

1. Noun. King of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559).

2. Noun. First Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Henry II

Henry Bolingbroke 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 (current term) Henry III 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

Literary usage of Henry II

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

1. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Agesby Henry Hallam by Henry Hallam (1837)
"Henry II. elected emperor of Germany, 127, 228. Hemy IV. (emperor of Germany), unfortunate reign of, 228, 229 ; differences of, ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The daughters of Henry II., like the daughters of Eadward the Unconquered, ... England rose for a moment under Henry II. to a greater height than it had ..."

3. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"538 Mackenzie, Sir George II, 429 More, Henry II, 373 More, Sir Thomas I, 241 Pearson,John 11368 Penn, William II. 626 Pole, Reginald 1280 Prior, ..."

4. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"... Queen, iii, 72 1 Henrietta Temple, Disraeli, iv, iSS, 199 Henry II., i, 75, ... 45 Herbert, Mrs., mother of George, iii, 28, 29 Herbert, Sir Henry, ii, ..."

5. The Century of the Renaissance: Crowned by the Académie Des Sciences Morales by Louis Batiffol, John Edward Courtenay Bodley (1916)
"Clearness and precision of French policy under Henry II; ... Hatred of Henry II for Charles V. Short war with England and the capture of Boulogne, 1550. ..."

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