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Facts

Date 1337 - 1453
Location Europe ‱ Flanders ‱ France ‱ Spain ‱ Kingdom of Navarre
Participants France ‱ England

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Timeline

Medieval illuminated painting by Loyset Liedet showing the Battle of Sluys with armored soldiers fighting on crowded wooden ships, some falling into the water, with banners and sails overhead.
Battle of Sluys
June 24, 1340
Medieval illustration of the Battle of Crecy shows armored soldiers fighting with swords, shields, and bows as mounted knights and banners fill the background.
Battle of Crécy
August 26, 1346
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Battle of Neville’s Cross
October 17, 1346
The Combat of the Thirty
Combat of the Thirty
March 27, 1351
Battle of Poitiers
Battle of Poitiers
September 19, 1356
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Jacquerie
May 21, 1358 - June 10, 1358
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
Battle of Agincourt
October 25, 1415
The Siege of Rouen (1418–1419)
Siege of Rouen
July 31, 1418 - January 19, 1419
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Siege of Orléans
October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429
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Battle of Formigny
April 15, 1450
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Battle of Castillon
July 17, 1453

Key People

Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Edward III
Edward III
king of England
Charles VII
Charles VII
king of France
Henry V
Henry V
king of England
Edward the Black Prince, electrotype from effigy in Canterbury cathedral, c. 1376; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward The Black Prince
English prince
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Arthur, constable de Richemont
French military officer
John, duke of Burgundy
John
duke of Burgundy
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William de la Pole, 1st duke of Suffolk
English military officer
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Jacob van Artevelde
Flemish leader
John II
John II
king of France
Philip VI
Philip VI
king of France
Charles V
Charles V
king of France
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Gilles de Rais
French noble
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
English soldier and diplomat
Gregory XI
Gregory XI
pope
John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford
John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford
English statesman
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Pierre II de Brézé
French soldier and statesman
Jean d'Orléans, count of Dunois
Jean d’OrlĂ©ans, comte de Dunois
French military commander
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Henry, 1st duke and 4th earl of Lancaster
English soldier and diplomat [1300-1361]
Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin
constable of France

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