Anglo-French Wars
Appearance
The Anglo-French Wars (1109–1815) were a series of conflicts between the territories of the Kingdom of England (and its successor state, the United Kingdom) and the Kingdom of France (succeeded by a republic). Their conflicts spanned throughout the Middle Ages to the modern age.
Middle Ages
[edit]High Middle Ages
[edit]- Anglo-French War (1109–1113) – first conflict between the Capetian dynasty and the House of Normandy post-Norman conquest
- Anglo-French War (1116–1119) – conflict over English possession of Normandy
- Anglo-French War (1123–1135) – conflict that amalgamated into The Anarchy
- Anglo-French War (1158–1189) – first conflict between the Capetian dynasty and the House of Plantagenet
- Anglo-French War (1193–1199) – conflict between King Richard the Lionheart and King Philip Augustus
- Anglo-French War (1202–1204) – French invasion of Normandy
- Anglo-French War (1213–1214) – conflict between King Philip Augustus and King John of England
- Anglo-French War (1215–1217) – the French intervention in the First Barons War
- Anglo-French War (1224) – known as the Poitou War
- Anglo-French War (1242–1243) – known as the Saintonge War
Late Middle Ages
[edit]- Anglo-French War (1294–1303) – known as the Gascon War in English and the Guyenne War in French
- Anglo-French War (1324) – known as the War of Saint-Sardos
- Anglo-French War (1337–1453) – the Hundred Years' War and its peripheral conflicts, often broken up into:
- Edwardian War (1337–1360)
- Caroline War (1369–1389)
- Lancastrian War (1415–1453)
- Anglo-French War (1496–1498) – part of the Italian War of 1494–1498
Modern period
[edit]1500s and 1600s
[edit]- Anglo-French War (1512–1514) – part of the War of the League of Cambrai
- Anglo-French War (1522–1526) – part of the Italian War of 1521–1526
- Anglo-French War (1542–1546) – part of the Italian War of 1542–1546
- Anglo-French War (1557–1559) – part of the Italian War of 1551–1559
- English expedition to France (1562–1563) - English intervention in the first of the French Wars of Religion.
- Anglo-French War (1627–1629) – the English intervention during the Huguenot rebellions
- Anglo-French War (1666–1667) – minor corollary of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
- Anglo-French War (1688–1697) – part of the Nine Years' War and its peripheral conflicts
1700s
[edit]- Anglo-French War (1702–1713) – part of the War of the Spanish Succession and its peripheral conflicts
- Anglo-French War (1744–1748) – part of the War of the Austrian Succession and its peripheral conflicts
- Anglo-French War (1746–1763) – also known as the Carnatic Wars
- Anglo-French War (1756–1763) – part of the Seven Years' War and its peripheral conflicts
- Anglo-French War (1778–1783) – part of the American Revolutionary War and its peripheral conflicts
- Anglo-French War (1793–1802) – part of the French Revolutionary Wars and their peripheral conflicts
After 1802
[edit]- Anglo-French War (1803–1815) – part of the Napoleonic Wars and their peripheral conflicts
- Anglo-Vichy French War (1940–42) – part of WWII; Britain fought alongside Free France against Vichy France
Crises
[edit]Events that nearly brought the two countries to war:
- Corsican Crisis
- Falklands Crisis of 1770
- Nootka Crisis
- Rio Nuñez incident
- Fashoda Incident
- Levant Crisis
See also
[edit]- 1993 Cherbourg incident
- Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
- Auld Alliance
- Entente Cordiale
- France–United Kingdom relations
- Second Hundred Years' War
Bibliography and external links
[edit]- Kohn, George C (2006). Dictionary of Wars. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438129167.
- Lee, Roger. "Anglo-French Wars". The History Guy. Retrieved 1 January 2020.