Which English and French royal dynasties fought in the Hundred Years’ War?

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Medieval illustration of the Battle of Crecy shows armored soldiers fighting with swords, shields, and bows as mounted knights and banners fill the background. — Hundred Years’ War Image depicting the Battle of Crécy, during the Hundred Years' War, in which Edward III of England defeated Philip VI of France on August 26, 1346.

The Hundred Years’ War was fought primarily between the English Plantagenet dynasty and the French Valois dynasty.12

The conflict arose from long-standing disputes over English territorial possessions in France and the legitimate succession to the French throne. The Valois dynasty, a branch of the Capetian family, ascended to the French throne in 1328. The English monarchs, who were descendants of the Angevin line, maintained claims to French lands and, beginning with Edward III, asserted their own claim to the French crown. This dynastic rivalry fueled the intermittent warfare that lasted from 1337 until 1453.341562