Henry

(hèn're.) [Fr. Henri; It. Enrico; Sp. Enrique; Ger.He in rich.] The baptismal name of a long list of European sovereigns and potentates, of whom the following po e historical importance enough to receive mention:-KINGS OF CASTILE. H. II. (styled HENRY OF TRASTAMARA), B 1333, was a natural son of Alfonso XI. After intriguing unsucce fully to dethrone his brother, the king, Pedro the Cruel, H. raised an army in France, and invading Castile in 1366, was defeated by Edward the Black Prince, an ally of Pedro. Eventually, a third attempt caused the defeat and death of the king, and the acce ion ofH., 1368. D. 1379.-KINGS OF ENGLAND. H.I. (surnamedBeauclerc, " Fine Scholar"), B. 1068, was the 4th son of William the Conqueror, and after the death of William II. (Rufus) usurped the throne in the absence of his elder brother Robert. The latter, after a brief struggle, submitted to H., who, however, later invaded his brother's duchy of Normandy,defeated him and held him prisoner during life. H. was an able monarch, 29 3G and gained popularity by granting a charter which enlarged the liberties of the English people. D.1135.-H. II., first of the Plantage net line, and grandson of the preceding, s. Stephen in 1154. During his reign occurred wars with France, and a struggle for religious supremacy which ended in favor of the crown. In 1170, Thomas à [s. 449]