ALL meanings of henry iv
hen·ry IV
H h - noun henry iv 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106. 1
- noun henry iv (Bolingbroke"Henry of Lancaster") 1367–1413, king of England 1399–1413 (son of John of Gaunt). 1
- noun henry iv ("Henry of Navarre"; "Henry the Great") 1553–1610, king of France 1589–1610: first of the French Bourbon kings. 1
- noun henry iv (italics) a two-part drama (Part 1, 1597?; Part 2, 1597–98?) by Shakespeare. 1
- noun henry iv 1050–1106, Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105) and king of Germany (1056–1105). He was excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII, whom he deposed (1084) 0
- noun henry iv surnamed Bolingbroke. 1367–1413, first Lancastrian king of England (1399–1413); son of John of Gaunt: deposed Richard II (1399) and suppressed rebellions led by Owen Glendower and the Earl of Northumberland 0
- noun henry iv known as Henry of Navarre. 1553–1610, first Bourbon king of France (1589–1610). He obtained toleration for the Huguenots with the Edict of Nantes (1598) and restored prosperity to France following the religious wars (1562–98) 0