HyperDic: henry_the_great

English > 1 sense of the expression Henry the Great:
NOUNperson Henry the Great, Henry IV, Henry of Navarreking of France from 1589 to 1610
English > Henry the Great: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningKing 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.
SynonymsHenry IV, Henry of Navarre
Instance ofKing of FranceThe sovereign ruler of France
Member ofBourbon, Bourbon dynastyA European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily

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