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How long did the Hundred Years' War actually last?
The conventional dates are 1337 (Edward III's claim to the French throne) to 1453 (the French recovery of Bordeaux). That's 116 years, with multiple long periods of de facto truce. The label *Guerre de Cent Ans* is a 19th-century French historiographical convenience for what contemporaries experienced as a series of distinct wars.
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The Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453. It originated in a dispute over the French throne and ended with the expulsion of English forces from all of France except Calais.
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