henry vii

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

  Henry VII
      n 1: King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)
      2: first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the
         house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard
         III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the
         daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and
         Lancaster (1457-1509) [syn: Henry VII, Henry Tudor]