Anglo-French Wars

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.

Anglo-French Wars
Date 1109–1815 Location Territories of England, France and their respective allies (Spain, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, the United States and others) Result British victory in the Napoleonic Wars. France and Britain become informal allies in the late 19th century. Entente Cordiale in 1904. Momentary disruption of the Franco-British alliance when France is occupied by Germany during World War II. Free French Forces still fight as allies with the British. France and Britain become permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in 1945 and join NATO in 1949.
Belligerents
Kingdom of England (1109–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801) United Kingdom (1801–1815)	Kingdom of France (1109–1792) French Republic (1792–1804) French Empire (1804–1815)

Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

See also: First Hundred Years' War

• 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

• 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

1500s and 1600s

See also: Second Hundred Years' War

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 1993 Cherbourg incident
• Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
• Auld Alliance
• Entente Cordiale
• France–United Kingdom relations
• Second Hundred Years' War

Bibliography and external links

• Kohn, George C (2006). Dictionary of Wars. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438129167.
• Lee, Roger. "Anglo-French Wars". The History Guy. Retrieved 1 January 2020.