Henry may refer to:

People

Henry (given name) Henry is a masculine given name derived from Old French ''Henri'' / ''Henry'', itself derived from the Old Frankish name ''Heimeric'', from Common Germanic ''*Haimarīks'' (from '' *haima-'' "home" and ''*rīk-'' "ruler"). In Old High German, t ...

Henry (surname) Henry is an English and French male given name and an Irish and French surname, borrowed from Old French, originally of Germanic origin ('' Haimirich'') from the elements ''haim'' ("home") and ''ric'' ("powerful"). Equivalents in other languages ar ...

* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry

Royalty

* Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal

Henry, King of Portugal Henry ( pt, Henrique ; 31 January 1512 — 31 January 1580), dubbed the Chaste ( pt, o Casto, links=no) and the Cardinal-King ( pt, o Cardeal-Rei, links=no), was king of Portugal and a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church, ...

** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince

Henry the Navigator ''Dom'' Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator ( pt, Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15t ...

, Infante of Portugal **

Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra ''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to t ...

(born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **

Henry the Fowler Henry the Fowler (german: Heinrich der Vogler or '; la, Henricus Auceps) (c. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he ...

(876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots **

Henry Benedict Stuart Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York (6 March 1725 – 13 July 1807) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, as well as the fourth and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of Great Brit ...

, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: ** Henry I of Castile ** Henry II of Castile **

Henry III of Castile Henry III of Castile (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), called the Suffering due to his ill health (, ), was the son of John I and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded his father as King of Castile in 1390. Birth and education Henry was born ...

Henry IV of Castile Henry IV of Castile ( Castilian: ''Enrique IV''; 5 January 1425 – 11 December 1474), King of Castile and León, nicknamed the Impotent, was the last of the weak late-medieval kings of Castile and León. During Henry's reign, the nobles became ...

* Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to make the difference with the Norman and the English Henry. ** Henry I of France **

Henry II of France Henry II (french: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder bro ...

Henry III of France Henry III (french: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; pl, Henryk Walezy; lt, Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of ...

Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...

Henri, comte de Chambord Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (french: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) was disputedly King of France from 2 to 9 August 1830 as Hen ...

, Henry V of France * Six Holy Roman Emperors: **

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II (german: Heinrich II; it, Enrico II; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler ...

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (28 October 1016 – 5 October 1056), called the Black or the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was the eldest son of Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. Henry was raised by ...

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (german: Heinrich IV; 11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105, King of Germany from 1054 to 1105, King of Italy and Burgundy from 1056 to 1105, and Duke of Bavaria from 1052 to 1054. He was the son ...

Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V (german: Heinrich V.; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125, in Utrecht) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He was made co-ru ...

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI (German: ''Heinrich VI.''; November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany ( King of the Romans) from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of S ...

Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII (German: ''Heinrich''; c. 1273 – 24 August 1313),Kleinhenz, pg. 494 also known as Henry of Luxembourg, was Count of Luxembourg, King of Germany (or '' Rex Romanorum'') from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312. He was the first empe ...

* Eight Kings of England: **

Henry I of England Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in ...

Henry II of England Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (french: link=no, Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin king ...

***

Henry the Young King Henry the Young King (28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183) was the eldest son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine to survive childhood. Beginning in 1170, he was titular King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Mai ...

, co-ruler with his father, Henry II, until his death. **

Henry III of England Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry a ...

Henry IV of England Henry IV ( April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413. He asserted the claim of his grandfather King Edward III, a maternal grandson of Philip IV of France, to the Kingdom of F ...

Henry V of England Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the ...

Henry VI of England Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English thron ...

Henry VII of England Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort ...

Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

* Counts of Waldeck **

Henry III, Lord of Waldeck Henry III, Lord of Waldeck ( – 1267) was a German nobleman. He was the eldest son of Count Adolph I of Waldeck and Schwalenberg (d. 1270), from his first marriage with Sophie (d. 1254). Life Henry was already a co-ruler of Waldeck dur ...

** Henry IV, Count of Waldeck **

Henry VI, Count of Waldeck Count Henry VI of Waldeck, nicknamed ''of Iron'', ( – 16 February 1397 at Waldeck Castle, was Count of Waldeck from 1369 to 1397. The nickname ''of Iron'' refers to the fact that, due to his involvement in numerous wars and feuds, he oft ...

Henry VII, Count of Waldeck Henry VII of Waldeck (died after 1442It is commonly assumed that he died in 1444.) was Count of Waldeck from 1397 until his death, after which he acted several times as bailiff for the Electorate of Mainz in Upper and Lower Hesse. Life He w ...

** Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck **

Henry IX, Count of Waldeck Henry IX of Waldeck-Wildungen (10 December 1531 – 3 October 1577 in Werbe) was the fourth son of the Count Philip IV (1493–1574) and his first wife, Margaret of East Frisia (1500–1537). In 1577, he was the ruling Count of Waldeck-Wildungen ...

Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck (28 March 1642 in Culemborg – 15 July 1664 in Graz) was from 1645 Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg and Lord of Culemborg. Life He was the son of Count Philip Dietrich of Waldeck-Eisenberg and his wife Maria Magd ...

* Prince Harry (formally Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex), son of King Charles III and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of England *

Henry of Prussia (disambiguation) Henry or Heinrich of Prussia may refer to: * Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802), younger brother of King Frederick the Great * Frederick Henry Charles, Prince of Prussia (1747–1767), second son of Frederick the Great's brother, Prince Augustus ...

, multiple people *

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri (french: Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume, ; born 16 April 1955) is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He has reigned since 7 October 2000. Henri, the eldest son of Grand Duke Jean and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, is a f ...

* Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, né Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat *

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, (Henry William Frederick Albert; 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974) was the third son and fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary. He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947, the only memb ...

* Prince Henry of Battenberg *

Henry (Obotrite prince) Henry (before 1066 – 22 March or 7 June 1127) was an Obotrite prince or king (1093–1127) from the Nakonid dynasty; he was regarded by contemporaries as "King of the Slavs" (''rex Slavorum'').Herrmann, p. 316 The Obotrite realm reached its grea ...

(died 1127), "King of the Slavs"

Places

Extraterrestrial

Henry (Apollo lunar crater) Henry is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley, located at the foot of the Sculptured Hills. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed to the southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. Henry is nort ...

, smaller than the above, visited by astronauts during

Apollo 17 Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on ...

mission *

Henry (lunar crater) Henry is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located to the northwest of the larger crater Cavendish (crater), Cavendish, in the southeastern part of the Moon's near side. It was named after the Scottish-American scientist Joseph Henry. ...

Henry (Martian crater) Henry is a large impact crater, crater in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars. It is in diameter and was named after the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry, both of whom were French telescope makers and astronomers. Arago (Martian crater), Arago c ...

Terrestrial

Henry Bay Henry Bay () is a small bay at the eastern end of the Sabrina Coast, Antarctica, with the Henry Islands lying in its western part. The bay was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by the Ad ...

, Antarctica *

Henry County (disambiguation) Henry County is the name of ten counties in the United States of America: * Henry County, Alabama * Henry County, Georgia * Henry County, Illinois * Henry County, Indiana * Henry County, Iowa * Henry County, Kentucky * Henry County, Missouri ...

Henry Creek Henry Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Kansas. Henry Creek was named for Henry Comstock, a pioneer who settled there. See also *List of rivers of Kansas This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arra ...

, a stream in Kansas *

Henry, Illinois Henry is a city in Marshall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,464 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Henry is named after General James D. Henry, and was initially ...

, a city *

Henry, Indiana Henry is an unincorporated community in Ripley Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. ...

, an unincorporated community *

Henry, Nebraska Henry is a village in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 106 at the 2010 census. History Henry was founded in 1909 when the railroad was exten ...

, a village *

Henry, South Dakota Henry is a town in southwestern Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 256 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Watertown, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office called Henry has been in op ...

, a town *

Henry Lake (disambiguation) Henry Lake may refer to: *Henry Lake (Halifax County), Nova Scotia *Henry Lake (District of Chester) in Chester, Nova Scotia *Henry Lake (Vancouver Island) on Vancouver Island, British Columbia *Henry Atwell Lake (1808–1881), colonel of the Royal ...

* Henry Township (disambiguation) *

Henry River (disambiguation) Henry River may refer to: *Henry River (New South Wales), Australia, tributary of Mann River *Henry River (Western Australia), Australia, tributary of Ashburton River *Henry River (New Zealand), New Zealand, tributary of Waiau River See also * H ...

Lake Henry (disambiguation) Lake Henry may refer to: Cities, towns, townships etc. *Lake Henry, Minnesota, a small city in Stearns County *Lake Henry Township, Stearns County, Minnesota Lakes *Lake Henry (Florida), located in Highlands County, Florida *Lake Henry (Polk Cou ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Henry'' (2015 film), a virtual reality film * ''Henry'' (2011 film), a short film by Yan England * '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'', a horror movie * ''Henry'' (comics), an American comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Anderson * "Henry", a song by

New Riders of the Purple Sage New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969 and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. The band is sometimes referred ...

* Henry, a character in ''The Walking Dead'' TV series *

Henry the Green Engine This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of ''The Railway Series'' by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert ...

, a character from ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' * Henry Stickmin, the Main Character of the ''Henry Stickmin Collection''

Firearms

* Henry rifle, the first "practical" repeating rifle * Henry Repeating Arms, a firearms manufacturing company established in 1996

Ships

* HMS ''Henry'' (1656), English Royal Navy vessel *

Henry (1819 ship) ''Henry'' was a sailing ship built in 1819 at Quebec, Canada. She initially sailed between London and Quebec, but then she made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia. She was wrecked in the Torres Strait in 1825. Career ' ...

wrecked in 1825 * Henry (1826 ship) lost in 1841 * SS ''Henry'', a Norwegian merchant ship sunk in controversial circumstances in 1944

Other uses

* Henry (unit), the SI unit of inductance * Henry's law, which describes the distribution of a chemical between the gas and the liquid phase *

Henry (vacuum) Henry (also known as Henry Hoover) is the brand name given to a canister vacuum cleaner made and sold by Numatic International, and is the only mass-produced consumer vacuum cleaner still made in Britain. It is most notable for its cartoon eye ...

, flagship vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International Limited *

Henry the Hexapus Henry the Hexapus was a six-limbed lesser octopus found by British marine scientists in 2008. The name alludes to King Henry VIII, who had six wives. While the name Hexapus is descriptive, Henry the Hexapus should not be confused with Hexapus, ...

, a six-legged octopus found by British marine scientists in 2008