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A statue of King Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422), designed by John Blakely, 1990. Near Stratford-upon-Avon, West Midlands.

A mid-13th century CE illustration of Henry I of England (r. 1100-1135 CE). From a work by Mathew Paris, c. 1200-1259 CE. (British Library, London).

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), stipple and line steel engraving on paper by an unknown artist after Samuel Worcester Rowse, c. 1863 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

An illustration showing the attack of the buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688) on Puerto Principe, Cuba in 1668. (From On the Spanish Main by John Masefield, 1939)

A portrait of Henry, Duke of Lancaster (c. 1310-1361 CE) wearing the robes of the chivalric order, the Most Noble Order of the Garter. From the 15th century CE Garter Book by William Bruge. (British Library, London)

English navigator and explorer Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611) is best known for his four voyages that took place between 1607 and 1610 in search of a northwest passage to the Far East.

A 1702 illustration of the English pirate Henry Every and his ship the Fancy. Every captured fabulous treasure from an Indian treasure ship in 1695 and disappeared soon after never to be seen again.

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1084-1105) submitting to Gregory VII at Canossa in 1077, study for a fresco by Federico Zuccaro, 1557-1609. British Museum, London.

Page from the early 14th-century Codex Manesse - an illuminated book of poetry composed in Middle High German - depicting Henry I, Count of Anhalt participating in a tournament.

A speculative portrait of Henry Hudson (c. 1565 -1611 CE) that was made around 1885. Hudson was an English sea navigator who explored areas of present-day Canada and parts of the modern New York metropolitan area. He was working for the Dutch...