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HENRY OF NAVARRE

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HENRY OF NAVARRE (noun)
  The noun HENRY OF NAVARRE has 1 sense:

1. king 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 Franceplay

  Familiarity information: HENRY OF NAVARRE used as a noun is very rare.


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HENRY OF NAVARRE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

King 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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry IV; Henry of Navarre; Henry the Great

Instance hypernyms:

King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)

Holonyms ("Henry of Navarre" is a member of...):

Bourbon; Bourbon dynasty (a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily)


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