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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Anglo-French Wars
| place             = Territories of [[England]], [[France]] and their respective allies ([[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Scotland]], [[Ireland]], the [[United States]] and others)
| combatant1        = {{plainlist|
* {{flagdeco|England}} [[Kingdom of England]] (1109–1707)
* {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] (1707–1801)
* {{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] (1801–1815)
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| combatant2        = {{plainlist|
* {{flagdeco|Kingdom of France}} [[Kingdom of France]] (1109–1792)
* {{flagdeco|France}} [[French First Republic|French Republic]] (1792–1804)
* {{flagdeco|France}} [[First French Empire|French Empire]] (1804–1815)
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* France and Britain become informal allies in the late 19th century.
* [[Entente Cordiale]] in 1904.
* Momentary disruption of the Franco-British alliance when France is occupied by Germany during [[World War II]]. [[Free France|Free French Forces]] still fight as allies with the British.
* France and Britain become [[permanent members of the United Nations Security Council]] in 1945 and join [[NATO]] in 1949.
| date              = 1066–1815
}}

The '''Anglo-French Wars''' (1109–1815) were a series of conflicts between the [[territories]] of the [[Kingdom of England]] (and its successor state, the [[United Kingdom]]) and the [[Kingdom of France]] (succeeded by a [[France|republic]]). Their conflicts spanned throughout the [[Middle Ages]] to the [[modern age]].

==Middle Ages==
{{Campaignbox Anglo-French wars}}
===High Middle Ages===
{{seealso|First Hundred Years' War}}
* Anglo-French War (1109–1113) – first conflict between the [[Capetian dynasty]] and the [[House of Normandy]] post-[[Norman Conquest|Norman conquest]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Battle of Brémule|Anglo-French War (1116–1119)]] – conflict over English possession of Normandy
* Anglo-French War (1123–1135) – conflict that amalgamated into [[The Anarchy]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1158–1189) – first conflict between the [[Capetian dynasty]] and the [[House of Plantagenet]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1193–1199) – conflict between [[King Richard the Lionheart]] and [[King Philip Augustus]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Invasion of Normandy by Philip II of France (1202–1204)|Anglo-French War (1202–1204)]] – French invasion of Normandy
* [[Anglo-French War (1213–1214)]] – conflict between [[King Philip Augustus]] and [[King John of England]] 
* Anglo-French War (1215–1217) – the French intervention in the [[First Barons War]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1224) – known as the [[Siege of La Rochelle (1224)|Poitou War]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1242–1243) – known as the [[Saintonge War]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}

===Late Middle Ages===
* Anglo-French War (1294–1303) – known as the [[Gascon War]] in English and the [[Guyenne War]] in French{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1324) – known as the [[War of Saint-Sardos]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1337–1453) – the [[Hundred Years' War]] and its peripheral conflicts, often broken up into:
** [[Hundred Years' War (1337–1360)|Edwardian War]] (1337–1360)
** [[Hundred Years' War (1369–1389)|Caroline War]] (1369–1389)
** [[Hundred Years' War (1415–1453)|Lancastrian War]] (1415–1453)
* Anglo-French War (1496–1498) – part of the [[Italian War of 1494–1498]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==Modern period==
===1500s and 1600s===
{{seealso|Second Hundred Years' War}}
* Anglo-French War (1512–1514) – part of the [[War of the League of Cambrai]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1522–1526) – part of the [[Italian War of 1521–1526]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1542–1546) – part of the [[Italian War of 1542–1546]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Anglo-French War (1557–1559)]] – part of the [[Italian War of 1551–1559]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[English expedition to France (1562-1563)|English expedition to France (1562–1563)]] - English intervention in the first of the [[French Wars of Religion]].{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Anglo-French War (1627–1629)]] – the English intervention during the [[Huguenot rebellions]]
* Anglo-French War (1666–1667) – minor corollary of the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1688–1697) – part of the [[Nine Years' War]] and its peripheral conflicts{{cn|date=May 2025}}

===1700s===
* Anglo-French War (1702–1713) – part of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] and its peripheral conflicts{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1744–1748) – part of the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] and its peripheral conflicts{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1746–1763) – also known as the [[Carnatic Wars]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* Anglo-French War (1756–1763) – part of the [[Seven Years' War]] and its peripheral conflicts{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Anglo-French War (1778–1783)]] – part of the [[American Revolutionary War]] and its peripheral conflicts
* Anglo-French War (1793–1802) – part of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] and their peripheral conflicts{{cn|date=May 2025}}

===After 1802===
* Anglo-French War (1803–1815) – part of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] and their peripheral conflicts{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Foreign relations of Vichy France#Conflicts with Britain in Dakar, Syria, and Madagascar|Anglo-Vichy French War]] (1940–42) – part of [[WWII]]; Britain fought alongside [[Free France]] against [[Vichy France]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==Crises==
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Events that nearly{{according to whom?|date=May 2025}} brought the two countries to war:
* [[Corsican Crisis]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Falklands Crisis of 1770]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Nootka Crisis]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Rio Nuñez incident]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Fashoda Incident]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}
* [[Levant Crisis]]{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==See also==
* [[1993 Cherbourg incident]]
* [[Attack on Mers-el-Kébir]]
* [[Auld Alliance]]
* [[Entente Cordiale]]
* [[France–United Kingdom relations]]
* [[Second Hundred Years' War]]

==Bibliography and external links==
* {{cite book |last1=Kohn |first1=George C |title=Dictionary of Wars|date=2006 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=9781438129167}}
* {{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Roger |title=Anglo-French Wars |url=https://www.historyguy.com/anglo_french.html#.Xg0mp7DAPUI |website=The History Guy |accessdate=1 January 2020}}
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