NOUN (2)

1. king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559);

2. first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189);

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Henry II
    n 1: king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the
         English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of
         Charles IX (1519-1559)
    2: first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and
       financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket
       concerning the authority of the Crown over the church
       (1133-1189)