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Henry II

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Henry II

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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)
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n
king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Henry II
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n 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)

Example of:
King of England, King of Great Britain
the sovereign ruler of England
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n king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)

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King of France
the sovereign ruler of France
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