Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The historical ties between France and the United Kingdom, and the countries preceding them, are long and complex, including conquest, wars, and alliances at various points in history. The Roman era saw both areas largely conquered by Rome, whose fortifications largely remain in both countries to this day.
England and France fought each other in the War of the League of Augsburg from 1688 to 1697 which set the pattern for relations between France and Great Britain during the eighteenth century. Wars were fought intermittently, with each nation part of a constantly shifting pattern of alliances known as the stately quadrille .
The Lord Darcy alternative history stories take place in a world where Richard I of England lived much longer and managed to unite England and France under his rule; by the 20th century, Anglo-French is a common language spoken by the inhabitants on both sides of the Channel, and there is no doubt surrounding them being a single people.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
France–United Kingdom sports relations (3 C, 6 P) Pages in category "France–United Kingdom cultural relations" This category contains only the following page.
The war dragged on and on, and neither France nor England could afford the mounting expenses, so a compromise solution was finally reached in the Treaty of Utrecht that protected most of England's interests; the French abandoned their long-term claim that the Old Pretender was the true King of England. [63]
The dual monarchy of England and France existed during the latter phase of the Hundred Years' War when Charles VII of France and Henry VI of England disputed the succession to the throne of France. It commenced on 21 October 1422 upon the death of King Charles VI of France , who had signed the Treaty of Troyes which gave the French crown to his ...
Relations between the Kingdom of Great Britain and France See also the succeeding Category:France–United Kingdom relations See also the preceding Category:England–France relations