Henry VII

American  

noun

1. Henry of Luxembourg, 1275?–1313, king of Germany 1309–13 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1312–13.

2. Henry Tudor, 1457–1509, king of England 1485–1509: first king of the house of Tudor.

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Henry VII British  

noun

1. ?1275–1313, Holy Roman Emperor (1312–13) and, as Henry VI, count of Luxembourg (1288–1313). He became king of the Lombards in 1313

2. 1457–1509, first Tudor king of England (1485–1509). He came to the throne (1485) after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the Wars of the Roses. Royal power and the prosperity of the country greatly increased during his reign

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Example Sentences

Henry VII reinforced this further by ensuring that his wife, Elizabeth of York, gave birth in the old English capital of Winchester, believed to be the site of Camelot.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2022

England’s Henry VII passed a law in 1495 that beggars who couldn’t work were forced to go back to the place where they last lived or were born, and couldn’t beg outside that area.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2018

Benson also played Henry VII in BBC comedy Blackadder, and appeared more recently in hospital drama, Casualty.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2018

The tradition dates back to at least the reign of King Henry VII, who established the Yeoman Warders as the royal bodyguard in 1485.

From New York Times • May 17, 2018

These men were to Justinian what Ralph Flambard was to William Rufus, or Empson and Dudley to Henry VII: they raised him funds by flagrant extortion and illegal stretching of the law.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick