Henry VI

American  

noun

1. 1165–97, king of Germany 1190–97; king of Sicily 1194–97; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1191–97 (son of Frederick I).

2. 1421–71, king of England 1422–61, 1470–71 (son of Henry V).

3. (italics) a three-part drama (Part 1, 1591–92; Part 2, 1590?; Part 3, 1590?) by Shakespeare.

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Henry VI British  

noun

1. 1165–97, king of Germany (1169–97) and Holy Roman Emperor (1190–97): added Sicily to the Empire

2. 1421–71, last Lancastrian king of England (1422–61; 1470–71); son of Henry V. His weak rule was blamed for the loss by 1453 of all his possessions in France except Calais; from 1454 he suffered periods of insanity which contributed to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses (1455–85). He was deposed by Edward IV (1461) but was briefly restored to the throne (1470)

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The Almshouse was founded in 1437 under a licence from King Henry VI, with patronage from Robert Neville, Bishop of Salisbury.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

Henry VI founded Eton as a school for children of the poor, but over time it became a bastion for the offspring of Britain’s rich and powerful, almost by birthright.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

The estranged Duke of Sussex also writes that King Henry VI, who founded Eton, was his “great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

His four brothers were all also called Heinrich — like every other male heir in the family — under the dynasty’s unusual naming traditions that are in tribute to Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

Of thirty-two gentlemen, traitors, who were taken, in the reign of Henry VI.,

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old