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In the High Middle Ages, the name was Latinized as Henricus.It was a royal name in Germany, France, and England throughout the high medieval period (Henry I of Germany, Henry I of England, Henry I of France) and widely used as a given name; as a consequence, many regional variants developed in the languages of Western and Central Europe.
Henri is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include: Bearers of the given name include: People
Henry is an English male given name and an Irish and French [1] [2] surname, borrowed from Old French, originally of Germanic origin from the elements haim ("home") and ric ("powerful").
Henrietta is a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry.The name is an English version of the French Henriette, a female form of Henri.A short version of the name is Harriet, which was considered the "spoken form" of Henrietta, much as Harry was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England.
Explore the Wikipedia page dedicated to the name "Henry," covering its etymology, history, and notable people who bear the name.
Henrik is a male given name of Germanic origin, primarily used in Scandinavia, Finland, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. [2] In Poland, the name is spelt Henryk but pronounced similarly.
Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 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 brother Francis in 1536.
After the surrender of Toussaint Louverture and other high-ranking Saint-Domingue generals like Henri Christophe and Dessalines to Leclerc, Sans-Souci was among those who continued to fight the French. [8] Like the other black military leaders in Saint-Domingue, however, Sans-Souci eventually made peace with Leclerc in June 1802.