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

Hey! There’s a King Under Our Parking Lot Too! Tom Sykes February 12, 2013
Gal With a Suitcase Jolie Hunt June 4, 2010

Historical Examples

Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2) Sutherland Menzies
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The History of Chivalry G. P. R. James
Henry IV, Makers of History John S. C. Abbott
Cathedral Cities of England George Gilbert
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 J. Endell Tyler
Chats on Costume G. Woolliscroft Rhead
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various

noun
1050–1106, Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105) and king of Germany (1056–1105). He was excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII, whom he deposed (1084)
surnamed Bolingbroke. 1367–1413, first Lancastrian king of England (1399–1413); son of John of Gaunt: deposed Richard II (1399) and suppressed rebellions led by Owen Glendower and the Earl of Northumberland
known as Henry of Navarre. 1553–1610, first Bourbon king of France (1589–1610). He obtained toleration for the Huguenots with the Edict of Nantes (1598) and restored prosperity to France following the religious wars (1562–98)

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