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For the 20th Day of White History Month we celebrate the legendary multi-generation struggle between France and England known as the Hundred Years War! The greatest national rivalry that has ever been. Both nations throughout the war, faced with hopeless situations, pushed each other to the brink and achieved victories no one could have thought possible. In this 116 year competition for the throne of France, the two great nations raced to the apex of military supremacy on this Earth.

After the Norman conquest in 1066, the English monarchy held significant land and titles on the continent, that owed homage to the French Crown. The English Crown was sovereign but it's properties, such as the Duchies of Aquitaine or Normandy, were occasionally required to pay tax and levies to the France. The King of France Charles IV the fair, died without a son in 1328. The law as written stated the line of succession would pass to the King's nearest male relative. In this case through his sister to her son. This was a problem for the French Crown as the King's sister had been married to the previous English King, and her son was the current King of England Edward III. The French nobles quickly revised the law to prevent the Kingdom from falling into English hands, disallowing it from passing through any woman. The line then went up to the deceased King's grandfather then down his 4th sons line to the new King of France Phillipe VI "The Fortunate."

King Phillipe VI had two major threats facing him upon taking the throne. First was the looming threat of an English Invasion from the rival claimant who controlled lands to his North and South-West. The second was the rising power of the Duchy of Burgundy in the East of France, which was now contending with the Capetian Dynasty of Valois for dominion. France was becoming decentralized. The power of the throne in Paris was not what it had been in the 13th century. Phillipe VI hoped to regain control by driving the English off the continent, hopefully subduing the Burgundian rivalry in the process, without open war. The French King claimed direct ownership over England's mainland dominions in 1337. King Edward III of England responded by pressing his claim to the French Crown through his grandfather, Phillipe IV of France. He created a new flag for his dual monarchy, in the hopes of a restored Angevin Empire. The resulting conflict lasted 116 years, from 1337 to 1453 and became known as The Hundred Years War.

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