HyperDic: house_of_lancaster

English > 1 sense of the expression House of Lancaster:
NOUNgroupHouse of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancastrian linethe English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461
English > House of Lancaster: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningThe English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose.
SynonymsLancaster, Lancastrian line
MembersHenry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry BolingbrokeThe first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413
Henry Vson of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422
Henry VIson of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461
LancastrianA member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
BroaderdynastyA sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
royalty, royal family, royal line, royal houseroyal persons collectively
SpanishLancaster
CatalanLancaster

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