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Noun: Bolingbroke  'bó-ling,brûk
  1. The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
    - Henry IV of England, Henry IV, Henry Bolingbroke

Type of: King of England, King of Great Britain

Part of: House of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancastrian line

Encyclopedia: Bolingbroke, Ontario