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Henry III

NOUN
  1. son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589)
  2. son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272; his incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de Montfort (1207-1272)

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  • Many of the constitutional conflicts in the reigns of John, Henry III, and Edward II turned on aspects of the prerogative - e.g. the king's right to tallage.
  • Henry III infuriated the barons by favouring foreigners over his own nobility.
  • The following is also a favourite ballad on the battle of Coutras and the death of Joyeuse, the magnificent favourite of Henry III., whose contemptuous remark on his effeminacy was the cause of his exposing himself in the _mêlée_. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre
  • They were declared vassals of the empire; but the emperor, Henry III., discontented with these feudatory conquerors, engaged Leo IX. to launch the excommunication at the head of an army of Germans. A Philosophical Dictionary
  • By lending large sums to Henry III and Edward I, they obtained royal patronage and protection.
  • Eager to share the Tower's fascinating history, there was also the task of slipping in all those intriguing tidbits -- such as Henry III's polar bear fishing for salmon in the Thames -- without breaking the narrative. Julia Stuart: How a Beefeater and a Tortoise Captured America's Attention
  • But long after him the term highness was applied to kings of France; and some letters to Henry III. are still extant in which he is addressed by that title. A Philosophical Dictionary
  • Against Henry III's orders, Guise marched on Paris.
  • Thus in 1217 Honorius III ordered bishops and prelates to help out the boy-king Henry III.
  • In 1262, being the 51st of Henry III. was revived an ancient statute, called the assize of bread and ale, which, the king says in the preamble, had been made in the times of his progenitors, some time kings of England. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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