henry ii

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henry ii - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Henry II
      n 1: king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the
           English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of
           Charles IX (1519-1559)
      2: 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)