Henry IX

Henry IX (English: Henry Edward Alexander, French: Henri Édouard Alexandre ; born 25 August 1732) is the current reigning King of England and France, as well as the Lord of Ireland and Emperor of Enconnes.

He was born at the Palace of Anjou in Bordeaux, as the third child of Harold III and Queen Jane of England and France. A sickly child at birth, Henry eventually overcame his illness in 1795. He was educated privately at home until the age of 11, after which he attended the École Henri at Avignon, a new independent religious school instituted by his father in 1741. By 1757, he attended Kingsent College in Bordeaux, where he read History. In 1763, Henry married Princess Mary of Sicily, with whom he has had one son: William, Prince of the Britons.

Henry's reign marks the fourth reign of any monarch from the House of York: a cadet dynasty of the House of Plantagenet, which has overall governed England since 1154 and France since 1415.