<previous In 1337, Edward the III (1312-1377) embarked on his campaign against France as he claimed the throne of France, a war that lasted 116 years and saw the short rise of Joan of Arc. In the first part of the war, Edward is recognized in 1360, as the ruler of Aquitaine (region of Bordeaux), a region of south west of France at the Treaty of Bretigny.
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