This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of France from 987 until the abolition of the French monarchy on 21 September 1792. For specific battles involving the Kingdom of France, see List of battles involving the Kingdom of France. For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving Francia. For pre-987 battles involving the preceding Franks and (West) Francia, see List of battles involving the Franks and Francia. For post-1792 wars, see List of wars involving France. For specific post-1792 battles, see List of battles involving France in modern history.
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, , result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
Early and High Middle Ages
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 OutcomeReconquista(722–1492) Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa Location: Iberia Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of León Kingdom of Navarre Crown of Aragón County of Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of France Many other Christian states and Crusader orders Islamic states and factions of Iberia Christian victoryCharles-Hugh Capet war(987–991) Location: Iberia Kingdom of FranceLower Lotharingia French victoryThe Breton War(1076–1077) Location: Brittany Duchy of Brittany France England Duchy of Normandy Victory Philip I of France prevents further Norman expansion into the regionThe Vexin War(1087) Location: Vexin France England Duchy of Normandy Victory Anglo-Norman failure to conquer the 'French Vexin' William I mortally woundedFirst Crusade(1096–1099) Location: Mostly Levant and Anatolia Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader orders Seljuk Empire Sultanate of Rûm Danishmends Seljuk Emirate of Aleppo Seljuk Emirate of Damascus Abbasid Caliphate Crusader VictoryThe Second Vexin War(1097-1098) Location: Vexin France England Duchy of Normandy Inconslusive Truce Mixed Results Status Quo Ante Bellum in Vexin Failure to conquer French Vexin by Normans Northern Maine Annexed by NormandyCrusade of 1101 Location: Anatolia Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Byzantine Empire Papal States Sultanate of Rum Rum victoryAnglo-French War 1109–13 Location: Normandy Kingdom of France Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England TruceAnglo-French War 1116–19 Location: Normandy Norman Rebels Kingdom of France Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Anglo-Norman VictoryAnglo-French War 1123–1135 Location: France Kingdom of France County of Maine Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Rebellion in Maine suppressed by Anglo-Normans, French remain in a strong position, Henry I dies. The White Ship incident opens succession question and the Anarchy begins before conclusive resultSecond Crusade(1147–1150) Location: Iberia, Levant and Anatolia Kingdom of France Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader orders Various Muslim Kingdoms Mixed results Iberia – Crusader Victory Levant – Status quo Anatolia – Crusader DefeatAnglo-French War 1158–1189 Location: France Kingdom of France Angevins supporting Prince Richard Kingdom of England Revolt of 1173-74 defeated, Richards revolt successful in 1189 with the help of Philip II and French forces, Treaty of Azay-le-Rideau, Prince Richard becomes king of England at expense of Henry II following the battle of BallansAnglo-French War 1193–1199 Location: France Kingdom of France Kingdom of England Truce at VernonThird Crusade(1189–1192) Location: Levant and Anatolia Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of England Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader orders Ayyubid Sultanate Sultanate of Rûm
Byzantine Empire Empire of Cyprus Crusader VictoryFourth Crusade(1202–04) Location: Holy Land and Byzantine Empire Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire In Europe: Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Croatia (in union with Hungary) Holy Land: Ayyubid Sultanate Division of Byzantine EmpireFrench invasion of Normandy (1202–1204) Location: Normandy Kingdom of France Kingdom of England French Victory, Normandy, Anjou and Maine annexed by FranceAlbigensian Crusade(1209–1229) Location: Languedoc, France Crusade Papal States Episcopal Inquisition Dominican Order Militia of the Faith of Jesus Christ Hospitallers of the Holy Spirit Knights of Saint George Kingdom of France Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Brittany County of Nevers County of Auxerre County of Saint-Pol Viscounty of Donges Viscounty of Torèna English volunteers Duchy of Austria Duchy of Berg Electorate of Cologne County of Aurenja County of Provence–Forcalquier Cathars County of Toulouse Viscounty of Béziers and Albi County of Valentinois Lordship of Séverac Marquisate of Provence Viscounty of Béarn County of Astarac Crown of Aragon County of Foix County of Comminges Viscounty of Carcassonne Lordship of Menèrba Lordship of Tèrmes Lordship of Cabaret Lordship of Montsegúr Exiled knights Crusader Victory Anglo-French War (1213-14) Battle of Bouvines Location: France, Flanders Kingdom of France Angevin Empire Kingdom of England County of Anjou Duchy of Normandy Duchy of Aquitaine Holy Roman Empire County of Flanders County of Boulogne French Victory Truce of Chinon Collapse of the Angevin Empire End of the German throne dispute First Barons War(1215–17) Location: England Army of God and Holy Church Kingdom of France Pro-Angevin forces French Invasion Defeat War of the Succession of Champagne(1216-1222) Location: County of Champagne (mostly concentrated in southeastern Champagne), Duchy of Lorraine, AlsaceCount of ChampagneKingdom of FranceHoly Roman EmpireDuchy of BurgundyCounty of Barmedieval Papacy Most of the local barons in the eastern and southern borderlands of Champagne, united under Erard of Brienne claiming succession by marrying Theobald IV's cousin Philippa.Duchy of Lorraine French Victory Theobald IV succeeds as count, Countess-Regent Blanche centralizes authority over local barons Champagne secures control over local barons east of the Marne river; Champagne's borders extended east at the expense of Lorraine Fifth Crusade(1217–1221) Location: Egypt and Levant Kingdom of France Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader Orders Ayyubids Crusader Defeat Poitou War(1224) Location: Poitou France England French Victory English reclamation of Gascony(1225-1226) Location: Gascony France England French Defeat England regains control of Gascony Gascony remains a Plantagenet possession until the end of the Hundred Years’ War English invasion of France (1230)(1230) Location: Brittany and Western France France England English Withdrawal Breton Conflict (1234)(1234) Location: Brittany France Duchy of Brittany England English loss of Brittany as vassal Barons' Crusade(1239–1241) Location: Levant France England Kingdom of Navarre Kingdom of Jerusalem Ayyubids Crusader Diplomatic Victory Saintonge War(1242–1243) Battle of Taillebourg Location: Saintonge France England French Victory Seventh Crusade(1248–1254) Location: Egypt Kingdom of France Poitou Anjou Artois Principality of Morea Knights Templar Ayyubids Crusader Defeat Eighth Crusade(1270) Location: Tunisia Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Navarre County of Luxembourg Scottish volunteersHafsid dynasty Inconclusive Crusaders withdraw from Tunisia Death of Louis IX of France Treaty of Tunis Opening of trade with Tunis Guerra de la Navarrería(1276) Location: NavarreKingdom of FranceCrown of Castille Kingdom of Navarre Victory War of the Sicilian Vespers(1282–1302) Aragonese Crusade Location: Sicily and Catalonia Angevin Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of France Kingdom of Majorca Kingdom of Navarre Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Trinacria French defeat Peace of Caltabellotta, House of Barcelona gains Sicilian throne Division of the pre-war Kingdom of Sicily into Trinacria (insular Sicily) and Angevin Kingdom of Naples Aragon gains suzerainty over the Kingdom of Majorca Aragon gains claim on Corsica and Sardinia Papacy cedes right to name king of Sicily Frederick III agrees to pass throne to House of Anjou upon death (later reneges) War of the Strait(1292–1350) Location: Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Gibraltar) Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Navarre Kingdom of France Kingdom of EnglandMarinid Sultanate Emirate of Granada End of Moroccan hegemony in the Strait of Gibraltar. No more offensive or expansion attempts against the Christian Kingdoms would be done by Marinids, being just at the defensive for the rest of the reconquista. Gascon War(1294–1303) Location: Southwestern France France England Treaty of Paris: French occupation of Aquitaine ended with royal marriages. Aquitaine becomes a fief of France. Franco-Flemish War(1297–1305) Location: Flanders France County of Flanders French Victory Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge Flanders cedes Lille, Douai, and Bethune to France
Late Middle Ages
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 OutcomePeasant revolt in Flanders 1323–1328(1323–1328) Battle of Cassel (1328) Location: Flanders Kingdom of France Flemish count and loyalists Flemish rebels French Victory War of Saint-Sardos(1324) Location: Aquitaine France England French Victory Hundred Years' War(1337–1453) Edwardian Phase Battle of Poitiers Battle of Crécy Caroline Phase Battle of Pontvallain Lancastrian Phase Battle of Agincourt Siege of Orléans Battle of Patay Battle of Formigny Battle of Castillon Location: France, England, Spain, Scotland and Low Countries France Burgundian State (1337–1419 and 1435–53) Kingdom of Scotland Crown of Castile Republic of Genoa Kingdom of Bohemia Crown of Aragon Avignon Papacy Kingdom of England Burgundian State (1419–35) Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Navarre Ghent Rebels Papal States French Victory England loses all continental possessions except for the Pale of CalaisCastilian Civil War(1351–1369) Battle of Montiel Location: Spain Forces of Henry of Trastámara Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon Forces of Peter of Castile Kingdom of England (until 1367) Kingdom of Navarre Kingdom of Majorca Kingdom of Granada Victory for Henry of TrastámaraNavarrese conquest of Albania (1376) Location: AlbaniaDuchy of Durazzo Kingdom of Navarre Navarrese Company Kingdom of FranceKingdom of Albania Karl Thopia forces VictoryRevolt of Ghent (1379-85) Location: Ghent, Flanders France Flanders Burgundy (1384–5) Rebels of Ghent England (1383–5) Victory1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum Location: Iberia Party of Beatrice of Portugal Castile France Aragon Genoese volunteers Party of the Grandmaster of Avis England Defeat John of Avis becomes John I of Portugal, ushering in the Johanine Dynasty Consolidation of Portuguese independence from Castile. Signing of the Treaty of Windsor, strengthening the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance and kickstarting the so-called "Illustrious Generation"Invasion of Castile by John of Gaunt (1386–1388) Location: Iberia Crown of Castile Kingdom of France Supportes of John of Gaunt Kingdom of Galicia Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of England VictoryBarbary Crusade(1390) Location: TunisiaKingdom of FranceRepublic of GenoaHafsidsZianidsBéjaïa Truce negotiated, Both sides claim victorySiege of Constantinople (1394–1402) Location: Constantinople(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire Franco-Byzantine victoryNicopolis Crusade(1396) Battle of Nicopolis Location: Nicopolis Crusade: Holy Roman Empire Bohemian Crown Duchy of Savoy Swiss Confederacy Tuchman, 548 Duchy of Burgundy Kingdom of Hungary Voivodeship of Transylvania Kingdom of Croatia Principality of WallachiaThe Crusades and the military orders: expanding the frontiers of Latin Christianity; Zsolt Hunyadi page 226 Knights Hospitaller Bulgarian EmpireValerii︠a︡ Fol, Bulgaria: History Retold in Brief, (Riga, 1999), 103. Polish Crown Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Navarre Teutonic Order Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire