England and Flanders (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Great Britain and Flanders that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

August 1340: Robert of Artois was a French nobleman who sided with the English during the Hundred Years' War. Edward III was the King of England at the time and was leading the military campaign against France. The invasion of Artois was part of Edward III's strategy to expand English territory in France.

Chronology

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1. Hundred Years´ War

Were a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France that spanned more than a century (with interruptions) from 1337 to 1453. The immediate causes of the conflicts were the English possessions in France which were at the same time vassals of the French Kingdom, as well as disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French royal House of Valois. At the end of the war Englans lost all its possessions in France with the exception of the city of Calais.

1.1.Edwardian War

Was the first phase of the Hundred Years' War between France and England, lasting from 1337 to 1360.

1.1.1.Second English Campaign (Edwardian War)

Was the second English military campaign in France during the Edwardian War.

September 1340: Truce of Espléchin (1340).