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Was England a part of France for awhile?

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The Normans were not French, they were Norman. They had conquered that part of France (hence it is called Normandy) for the purpose of invading England. Thus after a few centuries they spoke the local language. The country we now call France did not exist at that point in history. read more

There was a brief period in which the king of France and England was an identical person. In 1422, when Henry VI as a baby succeeded his father Henry V, he also claimed to be King of France as well as England. read more

Following an episode of insanity on the part of Henry VI of England in 1453 and the subsequent outbreak of the Wars of the Roses (1455–87), the English were no longer in any position to pursue their claim to the French throne and lost all their land on the continent, except for Calais. read more

Henry VI was also now King of France united with Normandy, and Gascony, by the Treaty of Troyes, passed directly to the French king Charles VI; when Henry VI of England succeeded to the French crown in 1422 it was included as part of the jurisdiction. read more

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Anglo-French Wars: a chronological listing
britishbattles.homestead.com

French for a While
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SCENE I. France. Before Angiers.
shakespeare.mit.edu