Hundred Years' War
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The Hundred Years' War (Template:Lang-fr) was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne, which was vacant with the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings. The two primary contenders were the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou. The House of Valois claimed the title of King of France, while the Plantagenets from England claimed to be Kings of France and England. Plantagenet Kings were the 12th century rulers of the Kingdom of England, and had their roots in the French regions of Anjou and Normandy. French soldiers fought on both sides, with Burgundy and Aquitaine providing notable support for the Plantagenet side.
See also
- Timeline of the Hundred Years' War
- French military history
- British military history
- Influence of French on English
- Anglo-French relations
- Medieval demography
- Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry – this conflict is also called by some historians, the "First Hundred Years War".
- Second Hundred Years' War – this is the name given by some historians to the near-continuous series of conflicts between Britain and France from 1688 to 1815, beginning with the Glorious Revolution and ending with the Battle of Waterloo.
- List of battles involving France in the Middle Ages