Hundred Years' War - 1337 - c. 1461 - Growing
tensions between the King of England, Edward III, and Philip VI of
France resulted in a Hundred Years' War. Edward III was duke of
Gascony, which meant he must swear allegiance as a vassal of the King
of France, however, tensions between the two and political
disagreements over the fate of the territory of Gascony caused
Edward to refuse allegiance and declare war on Phillip. The
disputes waged on and off for more than one hundred years, until
Joan of Arc intervened. Charles the dauphin, heir to the French
Throne, was established as monarch in 1429 and though the war
waged on for two more decades, the tone for the conflict had been
established and England was forced out of French territory by
1461.
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