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).

Group relationships: Valois
Generic synonyms: King Of France

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).
Group relationships: Plantagenet, Plantagenet Line
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain

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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