Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War was fought between France and England during the late Middle Ages from 1337 to 1453.^[1]

The war lasted 116 years and started because Charles IV of France died in 1328 without an immediate male heir (a son or a younger brother). Edward III of England believed that he then had the right to become the new king of France through his mother, who made him the king's nephew.^[2]

Since the French did not want a foreign king, Philip VI of France, king's cousin, said that he was king because the Salic law prevented French women from ruling or transmitting the right to rule to their sons. Both countries went to war because the English did not have that rule.

1. ↑ "Medieval Sourcebook: Jean Froissart: On The Hundred Years War (1337-1453)". fordham.edu. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
2. ↑ "Hundred Years' War". theotherside.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2010.