the name of a succession of sovereigns in England, France, and Germany. The English kings of this name are:—Henry I., surnamed Beauclerc, third son of William the Conqueror. He succeeded his brother, William Rufus, and reigned from 1100 to 1135. Henry II., son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Earl of Anjou, and Matilda, daughter of Henry I. He succeeded Stephen, and reigned from 1153 till 1189. Henry III., son of King John, reigned from 1216 till 1272. Henry IV. usurped the throne in 1399, died in 1413. Henry V., his son, succeeded him in 1413, and died in 1422. Henry VI. was crowned in 1422, when only ten months old, and was killed in the Tower in 1471. Henry VII., founder of the Tudor dynasty, came to the throne in 1485, and reigned till 1509. Henry VIII. reigned from 1509 till 1547.

Four kings of the name of Henry or Henri have reigned in France. Henri I., son of Robert, and grandson of Hugues Capet, reigned from 1031 till 1060. Henri II. succeeded his father, Francis I., in 1547, and was accidentally killed at a tourney in 1559. Henri III., the third son of Henri II., and Catherine de Medici, succeeded his brother, Charles IX., as king of France in 1574, and was assassinated in 1589. Henry IV., called Henry the Great and Henry of Navarre, was virtually king of France from 1589 till his assassination in 1610.

The German emperors of the name of Heinrich or Henry are seven, viz.—Henry I., 919–936; Henry II., 1002–1024; Henry III., 1039–1056; Henry IV., 1056–1105; Henry V., 1111–1125; Henry VI., 1190–1197; Henry VII., 1308–1313.

The histories of these sovereigns are given in full under the special heads of England, France, and Germany.