Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun henry_ii

2 senses of henry ii

Sense 1
Henry II -- (king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559))
       INSTANCE OF=> King of France -- (the sovereign ruler of France)

Sense 2
Henry II -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> King of England, King of Great Britain -- (the sovereign ruler of England)