English claims to the French throne

From 1340-1800 many English and later British monarchs claimed the throne of France. The origin of the claims come from Edward III's territorial claims of France which he claimed gave him the right to be king. He tried to take the throne of France and started the Hundred Years' War.

 Claims to the throne of France (1340-1360), (1369-1420) 
Name of MonarchBirth of MonarchDeath of MonarchReign of MonarchEdward III (first reign)13th November 131221st June 137724th January 1340 - 8th May 1360Edward III (second reign)13th November 131221st June 1377Sometime 1369 - 21st June 1377Richard II6th January 136714th February 140021st/22nd June 1377 - 30th September 1399Henry IV15th April 136720th March 141330th September 1399 - 20th March 1413Henry V9th August 138631st August 142220th March 1413 - 21st May 1420

 Heir of France (1420-1422) 
Name of MonarchBirth of MonarchDeath of MonarchReign of MonarchHenry V9th August 138631st August 142221st May 1420 - 3st August 1422Henry VI6th December 142121st May 147131st August 1422 - 21st October 1422

 King of France (1422-1461), (1470-1471) 
alt=Portrait of Henry VI, 16th century ~.|thumb|Henry VI The first English monarch to completely rule France for majority of his reign.
Henry VI was made to be successor of French king Charles VI and on October 21st 1422 took up the position of the French king. He was said to rule the whole of France but in reality only ruled small parts of the north. Charles VII was later crowned as king of France, son of Charles VI starting a small line of disputed monarchs and the English, later British monarch claiming the throne of France for another 350 years.
Name of MonarchBirth of MonarchDeath of MonarchReign of MonarchHenry VI (first reign)6th December 142121st May 147121st October 1422 - 4th March 1461Henry VI (second reign)6th December 142121st May 147131st October 1470 - 11th April 1471

 King of Calais (1461-1470), (1470-1558) 
Edward IV also claimed the throne of France during Henry VI's absence from the English throne and his claims happened in between Henry's so reign of the monarch may not be in perfect order for this list. The claim was of France but really monarchs only ruled Calais due to the terrible general skills of the Duke of Somerset, a close friend of Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI.
Name of MonarchBirth of MonarchDeath of MonarchReign of MonarchEdward IV of England (first reign)28th April 14429th April 14834th March 1461 - 31st October 1470Edward IV of England (second reign)28th April 14429th April 148311th April 1471 - 9th April 1483Edward V of England2nd November 1470After 26th June 14839th April 1483 - 26th June 1483 (deposed)Richard III of England2nd October 145222nd August 148526th June 1483 - 22nd August 1485 (killed in battle)Henry VII of England28th January 145721st April 150922nd August 1485 - 21st April 1509 Henry VIII of England28th June 149128th January 154721st April 1509 - 28th January 1547 Edward VI of England12th October 15376th July 155328th January 1547 - 6th July 1553Jane of England (Lady Jane Grey)Around 1536-153712th February 15546th/10th July 1553 - 19th July 1553 (deposed, then executed)Mary I of England18th February 151617th November 155819th July 1553 - 7th January 1558 
alt=Henry VI coat of arms used between 1422-1460, 1470-1471.|thumb|Coat of arms of Henry VI, shows fleur de lies meant to represent France.
Phillip II of Spain/Phillip I of England who ruled with Mary did claim Calais and partially rule it but he is considered a co-king of the Tudor dynasty and will not be counted as a legitimate Calais ruler or English king and more of a co-king/consort.

 Later Tudor claimants (1558-1603) 
Name of MonarchBirth of MonarchDeath of MonarchReign of MonarchMary I of England18th February 151617th November 15587th January 1558 - 17th November 1558Elizabeth I of England7th September 153324th March 160317th November 1558 - 24th March 1603

 English and Scottish claims (1603-1707) 
English and Scottish claims refer to claims made after the 1603 union between the English monarch and the Scottish monarch when Scottish king James VI became English king James I uniting the kingdoms under one king. However they remained geo-politically separate until the 1707 Acts of Union which united Scotland and England (including the Principality of Wales) into one nation now named Great Britain as of 1707, later the United Kingdom in 1800, the year George III dropped his claim.
Name of MonarchBirth of MonarchDeath of MonarchReign of MonarchJames VI/I of England and Scotland19th June 156627th March 1625/6th April 1625 (disputed historically)24th March 1603 - 27th March 1625Charles I of England and Scotland19th November 160030th January 1649 (executed by Oliver Cromwell)27th March 1625 - 30th January 1649Charles II of Scotland, later England29th May 16306th February 1685 (passed the throne to his brother)30th January 1649 - 6th February 1685James VII/II of England and Scotland14th October 163316th September 1701 (deposed as he was catholic)6th February 1685 - 12th February 1689William and Mary (ruling together)4th November 1650 & 30th April 166228th April 1694 (Mary) & 8th March 1702 (William)12th February 1689 - 28th April 1694William III/II (on his own)4th November 16508th March 170228th April 1694 - 8th March 1702Anne (of Great Britain, later)6th February 166524th August 17148th March 1702 - 1st May 1707

 British claims (1707-1800) 
Name of MonarchBirth of MonarchDeath of MonarchReign of MonarchAnne (of England and Scotland, previously)6th February 166524th August 17141st May 1707 - 24th August 1714George I (of Great Britain)28th May 166011th June 172724th August 1714 - 11th June 1727George II (of Great Britain) and Ireland30th October/9th November 168325th October 176011th June 1727 - 25th October 1760George III (of Great Britain) later the UK4th June 173816th February 182025th October 1760 - 31st December 1800

References

Category:History of England
Category:History of France