Henry IV: Meaning and Definition of

Henry IV

1. 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
2. (Bolingbroke) (“Henry of Lancaster”) 1367–1413, king of England 1399–1413 (son of John of Gaunt).
3. (“Henry of Navarre”; “Henry the Great”) 1553–1610, king of France 1589–1610: first of the French Bourbon kings.
4. (italics) a two-part drama (Part 1, 1597?; Part 2, 1597–98?) by Shakespeare.