Gascon War

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The Gascon War, also known as the 1294–1303 Anglo-French War or the Guyenne War (French: Guerre de Guyenne), was a conflict between the kingdoms of France and England. Most of the fighting occurred in the Duchy of Aquitaine, made up of the areas of Guyenne and Gascony. The ruling family of England, the House of Plantagenet, held Gascony as a fief of the King of France following the 1259 Treaty of Paris. The Gascon War was the beginning of but part of a wider conflict that included the First War of Scottish Independence and the Franco-Flemish War as Philip IV of France and Edward I of England sought allies in Scotland and Flanders respectively, thus triggering these related conflicts. It began with personal clashes between sailors in the English Channel in the early 1290s but became a widespread conflict over control of Edward I's continental holdings after he refused a summons from Philip IV and renounced his state of vassalage. The first phase of the war lasted from 1294 to 1298, by which...

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