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Bolingbroke, Henry of
(Encyclopedia)Bolingbroke, Henry of: see Henry IV (England). ...Matilda, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Matilda, Saint: see Henry I (Henry the Fowler). ...Henry the Fowler
(Encyclopedia)Henry the Fowler: see Henry I, German king. ...Henry of Navarre
(Encyclopedia)Henry of Navarre: see Henry IV, king of France. ...Peter the Cruel
(Encyclopedia)Peter the Cruel, 1334–69, Spanish king of Castile and León (1350–69), son and successor of Alfonso XI. His desertion of his wife, Blanche of Bourbon, for María Padilla and his favors to the Padi...Percy, Sir Henry
(Encyclopedia)Percy, Sir Henry, 1366–1403, English nobleman, called Hotspur or Henry Hotspur; son of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland. In 1388 he participated in the famous battle of Otterburn, or Chevy Ch...Henry V, Holy Roman emperor and German king
(Encyclopedia)Henry V, 1081–1125, Holy Roman emperor (1111–25) and German king (1105–25), son of Henry IV. Crowned joint king with his father in 1099, he put himself at the head of the party desiring reconcil...Catherine of Valois
(Encyclopedia)Catherine of Valois vălˈwä, Fr. välwäˈ [key], 1401–37, queen consort of Henry V of England, daughter of Charles VI of France. Married in 1420, she bore Henry the son who was to become Henry VI...Henry I, German king
(Encyclopedia)Henry I or Henry the Fowler, 876?–936, German king (919–36), first of the Saxon line and father of Otto I, the first of the Holy Roman emperors. Henry succeeded his father as duke of Saxony in 912...Beaufort, Henry
(Encyclopedia)Beaufort, Henry bōˈfərt [key], 1377?–1447, English prelate and statesman. The son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and his mistress (later wife) Catherine Swynford, he was half-brother to Hen...Browse by Subject
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