English claims to the French throne
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english-claims-to-the-french-throne-185-3758003
title:
English claims to the French throne
text:
From the year 1340 to 1802, excluding two brief intervals in the 1360s and the 1420s, the kings and queens of England and Ireland also claimed the throne of France. The claim dates from Edward III, who claimed the French throne in 1340 as the sororal nephew of the last direct Capetian, Charles IV. Edward and his heirs fought the Hundred Years' War to enforce this claim, and were briefly successful in the 1420s under Henry V and Henry VI, but the House of Valois, a cadet branch of the Capetian dy
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Claims to the French throne by English and British monarchs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_claims_to_the_French_throne
date created:
2005-01-25T00:30:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T15:54:28Z
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