Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Pale of Calais [a] was a territory in northern France ruled by the monarchs of England from 1347 to 1558. [1] The area, which centred on Calais , was taken following the Battle of Crécy in 1346 and the subsequent Siege of Calais , and was confirmed at the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, in the reign of Edward III of England .
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley was lieutenant of Calais Castle from 1437 to 1442. [31] 1439–1442 Thomas Kyriell: Lieutenant. [32] 1441–1451 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Captain. [33] Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley was Captain of Calais Castle 1450–1452, and was sent to Calais in 1451. [34] Sir John Stoughton was Lieutenant ...
Church of St. Nicholas, Calais 4 November 1396 No children 14 February 1400 Pontefract Castle ... Succession to the British throne § Current line of succession, ...
[30] [73] Edward granted Calais numerous trade concessions or privileges and it became the main port of entry for English exports to the continent, a position which it still holds. [30] [74] Calais was finally lost by the English monarch Mary I, following the 1558 siege of Calais. The fall of Calais marked the loss of England's last possession ...
English and later British monarchs continued to use the title of King or Queen of France until 1801. Pale of Calais: Calais had been captured by Edward III in 1347 and English possession was confirmed by the Treaty of Brétigny. It was the only remaining English possession on the Continent after the effective end of the Hundred Years' War in 1453.
Anthony Browne, born at Betchworth Castle, [1] was a younger son of Sir Thomas Browne and Eleanor FitzAlan, daughter of Thomas Fitzalan, third son of John de Arundel, 2nd Baron Arundel (d. 14 August 1390), and Elizabeth le Despenser (d. 10/11 April 1408).
Near Calais, the English garrison forces were frequently pitted against the French or Burgundian forces. Relieved by the long confrontation between Burgundy and France, English rule over Calais was able to flourish for 150 years. The French and the Burgundians each coveted the city, but preferred to see it under the English rather than their rival.
The first English claim to the French throne was made by the Plantagenet king, Edward III. [14] In 1328 Charles IV of France died, leaving no children except a daughter, born posthumously. [15] The successions to the French throne in 1316 and 1322 had, by this time, set the clear precedent that a woman could not succeed to the crown. [16]