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What caused the hundred year war?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 10/31/2021

The immediate cause of the war was from conflict between Edward III of England and Philip VI of France for the duchy of Gascony. There was already tension between the two on who is the rightful heir of the French throne.

Edward declared war and the willing personalities of both rulers contributed to the start of the war.
One reason for the Hundred Year war was feuding kings from Britain and France.
Charles IV of France dies in 1328 and leaves no heir to the French throne. Philip VI of France, a nobleman, becomes King and declares that lords and nobles should take an oath of fealty so he is taken seriously as king. The King of England, Edward III, has land in France and thus is asked the same. He refuses and this is the start of the war.
The Hundred Years' War was a series of separate conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their various allies for control of the French throne.

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Maynard Windler

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4y ago

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