'Henry IV' definitions:

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; [syn: Henry IV, Henry of Navarre, Henry the Great]

King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)

The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413) [syn: Henry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke]