Henry the Great

The edict of Nantes maintaining the religious liberty of the Huguenots gave lustre to the fame of Henry the Great, whose name will gild the pages of philosophic history after mankind may have forgotten the martial prowess and the white plume of Navarre.

The American Union Speaker 1852

The fame of Henry the Great, after a long career of brilliant deeds of arms, high statesmanship, and twenty years of bountiful friendship for the States, was already equalled by that of Louis XIII., who had tremblingly acquiesced in the summary execution of an odious adventurer -- his own possible father -- and who never had done anything else but feed his canary birds.

PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

The fame of Henry the Great, after a long career of brilliant deeds of arms, high statesmanship, and twenty years of bountiful friendship for the States, was already equalled by that of Louis XIII., who had tremblingly acquiesced in the summary execution of an odious adventurer -- his own possible father -- and who never had done anything else but feed his canary birds.

Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1614-23) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Hence it is not unnatural that he should hold his place in the national chronicle as Henry the Great.

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Hence it is not unnatural that he should hold his place in the national chronicle as Henry the Great.

History of the United Netherlands, 1595-96 John Lothrop Motley 1845

The fame of Henry the Great, after a long career of brilliant deeds of arms, high statesmanship, and twenty years of bountiful friendship for the States, was already equalled by that of Louis XIII., who had tremblingly acquiesced in the summary execution of an odious adventurer -- his own possible father -- and who never had done anything else but feed his canary birds.

Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Hence it is not unnatural that he should hold his place in the national chronicle as Henry the Great.

PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

Hence it is not unnatural that he should hold his place in the national chronicle as Henry the Great.

History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

She also ranked amongst her suitors Henry the Third of France, and Henry the Great.

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807

Mary of Medicis, the widow of Henry the Great, mother of Louis XIII., mother-in-law of three sovereigns, and regent of France, frequently wanted the necessaries of life, and died at Cologne in the utmost misery.

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807