Note 16 — Chapter X · THE COMING OF THE CAVALIERS.
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The claim to the French crown set up by Edward III. in 1328 led to the so-called Hundred Years’ War, in the course of which Henry VI. was crowned King of France in the church of Notre Dame at Paris in 1431. His sway there was practically ended in 1436, but the English sovereigns continued absurdly to call themselves Kings of France until 1801.