The Hundred Years ' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet , rulers of the Kingdom of England , against the House of Valois , rulers of the Kingdom of France , over the succession of the French throne . Historians commonly divide the war into three phases separated by truces : the Edwardian Era War ( 1337 -- 1360 ) ; the Caroline War ( 1369 -- 1389 ) ; and the Lancastrian War ( 1415 -- 1453 ) . The Hundred Years ' War , 1337 to 1453 , was a series of punctuated , separate conflicts waged between the kingdoms of England and France and their various allies for control of the French throne . The Lancastrian War was the third phase of the Anglo-French Hundred Years ' War . The phase was named after the House of Lancaster , the ruling house of the Kingdom of England , to which Henry V belonged .
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