List of wars involving the Kingdom of France

This article is about wars involving France from 987 until 1792. For pre-987 wars involving (West) Francia, see List of wars involving Francia. For post-1792 wars, see List of wars involving France.

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.

  French victory

  French defeat

  Another result *

*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive

Kingdom of France (987–1792)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Outcome
Reconquista (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 victory
First Crusade (1096–1099) Location: Mostly Levant and Anatolia	Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader orders	Fatimid Caliphate Seljuk Empire Sultanate of Rûm Danishmends Seljuk Emirate of Aleppo Seljuk Emirate of Damascus Abbasid Caliphate	Crusader Victory
Crusade of 1101 Location: Anatolia	Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Byzantine Empire Papal States	Sultanate of Rum	Rum victory
Anglo-French War 1109–13 Location: Normandy	Kingdom of France	Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England	Truce
Anglo-French War 1116–19 Location: Normandy	Norman Rebels Kingdom of France	Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England	Anglo-Norman Victory
Anglo-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 result
Second 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 Defeat
Anglo-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 Ballans
Anglo-French War 1193–1199 Location: France	Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England	Truce at Vernon
Third 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 Victory
Fourth Crusade (1202–04) Location: Holy Land and Byzantine Empire	Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Republic of Venice	In Europe: Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Croatia (in union with Hungary) Holy Land: Ayyubid Sultanate	Division of Byzantine Empire
French invasion of Normandy (1202–1204) Location: Normandy	Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England	French Victory, Normandy, Anjou and Maine annexed by France
Albigensian 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, Collapse of Angevin Empire
First Barons War (1215–17) Location: England	Army of God and Holy Church Kingdom of France	Pro-Angevin forces	French Invasion Defeat
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 invasion of France (1230) (1230) Location: Brittany and Western France	France	England	English Withdrawal
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 Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Navarre	Hafsid dynasty	Inconclusive, Death of King Louis IX
War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302) Aragonese Crusade Location: Sicily and Catalonia	Angevin Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of France Kingdom of Majorca	Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Trinacria Byzantine Empire	Division of the kingdom of Sicily into Aragonese Trinacria and Angevin Naples, Aragonese Crusade defeated
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
Peasant 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 Crecy Caroline Phase Battle of Pontvallain Lancastrian Phase Battle of Agincourt Siege of Orleans 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
Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) Battle of Bosworth Field Location: England	House of Lancaster House of Tudor France Kingdom of Scotland	House of York Burgundian State	Victory and beginning of the Tudor dynasty
Castilian 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 Kingdom of Navarre Kingdom of Majorca Kingdom of Granada	Victory for Henry of Trastámara
Barbary Crusade (1390) Location: Tunisia	Kingdom of France Republic of Genoa	Hafsids Zianids Bejaia	Truce negotiated, Both sides claim victory
Nicopolis Crusade (1396) Battle of Nicopolis Location: Nicopolis	Crusade: Holy Roman Empire Bohemian Crown Duchy of Savoy Swiss Confederacy Kingdom of France Duchy of Burgundy Kingdom of Hungary Voivodship of Transylvania Kingdom of Croatia Principality of Wallachia Knights Hospitaller Republic of Venice Republic of Genoa Bulgarian Empire Polish Crown Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Navarre Teutonic Order Byzantine Empire	Ottoman Empire Moravian Serbia	Defeat
Old Zurich War (1440–1446) Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs Location: Swiss plateau	Imperial City of Zurich Habsburg Further Austria France	Old Swiss Confederacy: Canton of Bern Canton of Lucerne Canton of Uri Canton of Schwyz Canton of Unterwalden Canton of Glarus Canton of Zug Vogteien of Appenzell	Peace of Einsiedeln
Milanese War of Succession (1447–54) Location: Italy	House of Sforza Duchy of Milan (1450–4) Republic of Florence (1452–4) Kingdom of France (1452–4)	Republic of Venice Margravate of Mantua Ambrosian Republic (1447–50) Duchy of Savoy	Francesco Sforza recognised as Duke of Milan
War of the Burgundian Succession (1477–1482) Location: France, Low Countries	Valois-Orléans: Kingdom of France	Burgundy-Habsburg: Burgundian State	France annexes several Burgundian territories, Maximilian I retains the Netherlands, the County of Burgundy, Artois and Charolais.
Catalan Civil War (1462–1472) Location: Catalonia	John II of Aragon France	Principality of Catalonia rebels	John reestablished as King
War of the Castilian Succession (1475–1479) Location: Spain	Joanna's supporters Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of France	Isabella's supporters Crown of Aragon	Isabella is recognised as Queen of Castile in exchange for Ferdinand breaking alliance with Maximilian I, Duke of Burgundy
French-Breton War (1487–1491) Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (1488) Location: Duchy of Brittany	Kingdom of France	Duchy of Brittany Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of England Kingdom of Castile and León	French Victory, Anne of Brittany marries Charles VIII of France
First Italian War (1494–1498) Location: Italy	Kingdom of France Swiss mercenaries Duchy of Milan (before 1495)	1494: Kingdom of Naples 1495: League of Venice Papal States Republic of Venice Kingdom of Naples Kingdoms of Spain Duchy of Milan Holy Roman Empire Republic of Florence England (1496–98) Duchy of Mantua Republic of Genoa	Victory for the League of Venice
Second Italian War (1499–1501) Battle of Novara Location: Italy	France Papal States Venice (1499) Spain (1500) Marquisate of Saluzzo	Duchy of Milan Naples	France conquers the Duchy of Milan
Third Italian War (1502–1504) Location: Italy	France	Spain	Spanish victory, France cedes Naples
War of the League of Cambrai (1508–1516) Battle of Marignano Location: Italy, France, England and Spain	1508–1510: League of Cambrai: Papal States France Holy Roman Empire Spain Duchy of Ferrara 1510–1511: France Duchy of Ferrara 1511–1513: France Duchy of Ferrara Scotland Florence 1513–1516: France Venice Duchy of Ferrara	1508–1510: Venice 1510–1511: Papal States Venice 1511–1513: Holy League: Papal States Venice Spain Holy Roman Empire England Swiss mercenaries 1513–1516: Papal States Spain Holy Roman Empire England Duchy of Milan Swiss mercenaries	French and Venetian Victory
Italian War of 1521–1526 Battle of Pavia Location: France, Italy and Spain	France Swiss mercenaries Republic of Venice Papal States (1524–1525) Marquisate of Saluzzo	Holy Roman Empire Spain England Papal States (1521–1523 and 1525–1526)	Habsburg victory, capture of Francois I
War of the League of Cognac (1526–30) Location: Italy	Kingdom of France Swiss mercenaries Papal States Swiss Guards Republic of Venice Republic of Florence Kingdom of England Republic of Genoa (1526–1528) Kingdom of Navarre Duchy of Milan	Holy Roman Empire Spain Duchy of Ferrara Republic of Genoa (1528–1530) Duchy of Mantua (1528–1530)	Habsburg Victory
Italian War of 1536–1538 Location: Provence, Piedmont and Lombardy	France Ottoman Empire	Holy Roman Empire Spain	Truce of Nice, Savoy and Piedmont acquired by France
Italian War of 1542–1546 Location: England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Low Countries	France Swiss mercenaries Ottoman Empire Jülich-Cleves-Berg	Holy Roman Empire Saxony Brandenburg Spain Kingdom of England	Treaty of Crépy and Treaty of Ardres
Rough Wooing (1542–1551) Location: Northern England and Scotland	Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England	Scottish and French Victory
Italian War of 1551–1559 Location: France, Flanders, Italy and the Mediterranean	Kingdom of France Swiss mercenaries Republic of Siena Ottoman Empire Papal States	Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Duchy of Mantua Republic of Florence Duchy of Savoy	Spanish-Imperial Victory
Anglo-French War (1557–1559) Location: Pale of Calais Siege of Calais (1558)	Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England	French Victory
French Wars of Religion (1562–1628) First War (1562–1563) Second War (1567–1568) Third War (1568–1570) Fourth War (1572–1573) Fifth War (1574–1576) Sixth War (1576–1577) Seventh War (1579–1580) War of the Three Henrys Huguenot rebellions Location: France	France France	Protestants: Huguenots England Scotland Navarre Catholic League Spain Savoy Portugal	Edict of Nantes 1598, Edict of Fontainebleau 1685 revokes treaty of Nantes
English expedition to France (1562-1563) Location: Le Havre, Dieppe	Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England, Huguenots (Before Edict of Amboise)	Elizabeth I accepts French rule over Pale of Calais
War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583) Location: Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, and the Azores Islands	Pro-Crato Portugal Supported by: France England Dutch Republic	Spain Pro-Philip Portugal	Spanish victory, Philip II of Spain crowned king of Portugal, Iberian Union
Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) (simultaneously supporting the Dutch Republic in the Eighty Years' War during 1596–98) Battle of Fontaine-Française Siege of Le Catelet Siege of Doullens Siege of Calais Siege of Amiens (1597) Location: Western Europe	Kingdom of France England	Spain	French Victory
Franco-Savoyard War (1600–1601) Location: Savoy	Kingdom of France	Duchy of Savoy	Treaty of Lyon (1601)
War of the Jülich Succession (1609–10) Location: United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg	Margraviate of Brandenburg Palatinate-Neuburg United Provinces Kingdom of France Protestant Union	Rudolph II Principality of Strasbourg Prince-Bishopric of Liège Catholic League	France did not participate when war resumed in 1614
Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628) Location: Algiers	Kingdom of France	Regency of Algiers	Defeat
Valtellina War (1620–26) Location: Valtellina	France The Three Leagues Venice Savoy	Papal States Holy Roman Empire Spain	Treaty of Monzon, France prevents complete Habsburg control of Valtellina
First Savoyard-Genoese War (1625) Location: Genoa	Kingdom of France Duchy of Savoy	Spain Republic of Genoa	Defeat
Anglo-French War (1627–1629) Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré Siege of La Rochelle Location: France, Quebec	France	England	Treaty of Susa, English withdraw support for Huguenots, status quo ante bellum in Canada
War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–31) Location: Northern Italy	Supporting the Duke of Nevers: France Venice	Supporting the Duke of Guastalla: Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Savoy Spain	Duke of Nevers is recognised as ruler of Mantua
Thirty Years War (1618–1648) Location: Europe, primarily in Germany	France (from 1635) Bohemia (until 1620) Sweden (from 1630) Palatinate (until 1632) Duchy of Savoy (1618–19) Transylvania (until 1621) Dutch Republic (from 1619) Denmark–Norway (1625–29) Heilbronn League (1631–1635) Hesse-Kassel (from 1629) Brandenburg-Prussia (1631–1635)  Brunswick-Lüneburg (1634–1642) Saxony (1630–1635)	Habsburg Monarchy Spanish Empire Electorate of Bavaria Catholic League (1618–1635) Supported by: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Papal States	France annexes Décapole and Upper Alsace Peace of Westphalia
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) (simultaneously supporting the Dutch Republic in the Eighty Years' War during 1635–48) Battle of the Dunes Location: Northern France, Catalonia, Spanish Netherlands, Northern Italy, the Rhineland	Kingdom of France Dutch Republic (1635–48) Commonwealth of England (1654–59) Duchy of Savoy Modena and Reggio (1647–49, 1655–59) Duchy of Parma (1635–37) Principality of Catalonia (1640–41) Catalan Republic (1641) Co-belligerent: Kingdom of Portugal (1640–59)	Spanish Empire (incl. Spanish Netherlands) Holy Roman Empire (1635–48) Modena and Reggio (1635–46) English Royalists (1657–59)	Treaty of the Pyrenees, Artois, Roussillon and Perpignan annexed by France
Portuguese Restoration War (1640–1668) Location: Portugal	Kingdom of Portugal France Kingdom of England	Spanish Empire	Portuguese and allied victory, end of the Iberian Union
War of Candia (1645–1669) Siege of Candia Location: Cretan	Venice Knights of Malta Papal States France	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Crete conquered by the Ottoman Empire Venetian gains in Dalmatia
Savoyard–Waldensian wars (1655–1690) Location: Piedmont, Duchy of Savoy	Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of France (1686–1690)	Waldensian rebels	Status quo Waldensians resettle their valleys Savoyard-Waldensian alliance against France, Savoy joins Augsburg League Edict of Reintegration 1694
Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664) Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) Location: Kingdom of Hungary	League of the Rhine:  Kingdom of France  Holy Roman Empire  Electorate of Saxony  Brandenburg-Prussia  Electorate of Bavaria  Baden-Baden  Swabia  Piedmont-Savoy  Kingdom of Hungary  Kingdom of Croatia Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Ottoman Empire	Peace of Vasvár
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667) Location: Europe, Caribbean, North Sea and English Channel	Dutch Republic Denmark–Norway France	England Scotland Münster	Treaty of Breda
War of Devolution (1667–1668) Location: Spanish Netherlands, Franche-Comté, Northern Catalonia	France	Spanish Empire (incl. Spanish Netherlands) Triple Alliance: Dutch Republic Kingdom of England Swedish Empire	Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), France gains Armentières, Bergues, Charleroi, Kortrijk, Douai, Veurne, Lille, Oudenaarde and Tournai
Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) Location: Low Countries, England, Alsace, Rhineland, Brandenburg, Sicily, France, North America, West Indies	France England (1672–74) Münster (1672–1673) Cologne (1672–1673)	Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire (from 1673) Spain (from 1673) Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673) Lorraine (from 1673) Denmark–Norway (from 1674) England (1678)	Treaties of Nijmegen, France gains Franche-Comté
War of the Reunions (1683–1684) Location: Spanish Netherlands, Catalonia, Genoa	France	*Holy Roman Empire Spain Republic of Genoa	French Victory, Spain cedes Luxembourg to France Holy Roman Empire cedes Strasbourg to France
French conquest of Senegal (1659–1895) Location: Senegal	France	Waalo Kingdom Kingdom of Cayor Jolof Empire Baol Kingdom of Sine Saloum	French victory France conquers territory of present-day Senegal
French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) Location: Chios, Tripoli and Tunis	France	Tripolitania Tunis	French Victory
French-Algerian War 1681–88 (1681–88) Location: Algiers	France	Regency of Algiers	Peace treaty
Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688) Location: Siam	Prasat Thong dynasty France French East India Company	Phetracha and various Siamese lords Supported by: Dutch East India Company	French defeat Establishment of Ban Phlu Luang dynasty Expulsion of French troops in Bangkok
Nine Years' War King William's War (1688–1697) Williamite War in Ireland Location: Europe, Ireland, Asia, North America	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Jacobites	Grand Alliance: Dutch Republic England Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Duchy of Savoy Swedish Empire (until 1691)	Treaty of Ryswick
French and Iroquois Wars (17th century) Location: Great Lakes region	Huron, Erie, Neutral, Odawa, Ojibwe, Mississaugas, Potawatomi, Algonquin, Shawnee, Wenro, Mahican, Innu, Abenaki, Miami, Illinois Confederation, other nations allied with France Supported by: France	Haudenosaunee Supported by: England Dutch Republic	Military stalemate Great Peace of Montreal Growth of French token influence in the Great Lakes region Huron-Wendat Confederacy destroyed or assimilated Military refugee migration results in expansion of Iroquois hunting grounds down to Mississippi River Further Iroquois territorial expansion halted in military campaigns by the Council of Three Fires
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) Queen Anne's War First Carnatic War Rákóczi's War of Independence Battle of Blenheim Battle of Denain Location: Europe, North America, Asia, Africa	* France Bourbon Spain Bavaria (until 1704) Savoy (until 1703) Cologne (until 1702) Liège (until 1702)	Holy Roman Empire Great Britain Dutch Republic Pro-Habsburg Spain Prussia (from 1702) Savoy (after 1703) Portugal (from 1703)	Treaty of Utrecht, Treaty of Portsmouth Philip of the House of Bourbon becomes Philip V of Spain Partition of Spanish holdings in Europe France cedes territories in North America to Britain
Chickasaw Wars (1721–1763) Location: Mississippi River	France Choctaw Illini	Great Britain Chickasaw	Chickasaw victory Treaty of Paris
War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) Location: Europe, North America	Great Britain France Austria Dutch Republic Savoy	Spain	Allied victory
Fox Wars (1712–1733) Location: Detroit	Kingdom of France and Indigenous Allies	Fox Peoples	French victory
War of the Polish Succession (1733–1735) Location: Poland, Rhineland, Italy	* Poland loyal to Stanislaus I France Spain Savoy-Sardinia Duchy of Parma	* Poland loyal to Augustus III Russia Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Monarchy Saxony Prussia	Treaty of Vienna, Bourbon territorial gains, France guaranteed Lorraine following death of Stanisław Leszczyński
War of Austrian Succession (1740–48) King George's War (1744–1748) Second Carnatic War Jacobite Rising of 1745 Battle of Fontenoy Location: Europe, North America	*France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45) Spain Bavaria (1741–45) Saxony (1741–42) Savoy-Sardinia (1741–42) Genoa (1745–48) Sweden (1741–43) Duchy of Modena	*Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Hanover Dutch Republic Co-belligerents: Saxony (1743–45) Savoy-Sardinia (1742–48) Russia (1741–43, 1748)	Status quo Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755) Location: Acadia and Nova Scotia	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Mi'kmaw militia Maliseet militia	Great Britain British America	French defeat
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) French and Indian War (1754–1763) Third Carnatic War Location: Europe, North America, Asia St. Lawrence and Mohawk theater Battle of the Plains of Abraham Battle of Plassey West Indies Campaign (1757–1762) Location: West Indies West African Campaign Location: West Africa	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Mi'kmaw militia Algonquin Lenape Ojibwa Ottawa Shawnee Wyandot	Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Catawba Cherokee (before 1758)	French defeat
Larache expedition (1765) Location: Larache, Morocco	France	Morocco	French defeat
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) (1778–83) American Revolutionary War Battle of the Chesapeake Siege of Yorktown (1781) Location: English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, West Indies, North America, Straits of Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, East Indies	France Spain United States Co-belligerent: Dutch Republic (1780–1784)	Great Britain	French victory United States gain independence from Britain France weakens Britain, but incurs huge debts Dutch economy ruined, Patriots radicalise
French conquest of Corsica (1768–1770) Location: Corsica	France	Corsican Republic	French victory
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, West Indies	France Batavian Republic (from 1795) Polish Legions (from 1797) Sister Republics Spain (from 1796)	Army of Condé Dutch Republic (until 1795) Great Britain Holy Roman Empire (until 1797) Habsburg monarchy (until 1797) Prussia (until 1795) Naples (until 1796) Portugal Sardinia (until 1796) Spain (until 1795) Other Italian states	French victory

Wars France was not involved in but provided support (material, political, advisory etc.)

Conflict	Supported by France	Opposed by France	Outcome
Byzantine–Norman wars (1040–1189) Location: Italy	Norman Sicily	Byzantine Empire	Norman victory
Breton–Norman War (1064–1066) Location: Normandy and Brittany	Duchy of Normandy Anglo-Saxon England	Duchy of Brittany	Norman victory
Norman conquest of England (1066–1075) Location: England	Duchy of Normandy	Anglo-Saxon England	Norman conquest of England
Loon War (1203–1206) Location: Low Countries	Ada and Louis II Loon Support by: France Staufen Flanders Brabant Limburg Utrecht Liège	William Holland Support by: England House of Welf	Military and long-term political victory for William William recognised as count of Holland

Civil wars and revolts

Conflict	French Government	Rebels	Outcome
First Norman Rebellion against William (1047) Location: Normandy	Kingdom of France Duchy of Normandy	Norman rebels	French-Norman victory, rebels defeated
Second Norman Rebellion against William (1052–1054) Location: Normandy	Kingdom of France Norman rebels	Duchy of Normandy	Norman victory, French and rebels defeated
War of the Flemish succession (1070–1071) (1070–1071) Location: County of Flanders	Pro-Arnulf Flanders Kingdom of France County of Hainaut County of Boulogne Duchy of Normandy	Pro-Robert Flanders West Frisia (later County of Holland)	West Frisian victory Robert the Frisian becomes Count of Flanders
Shepherds' Crusade (1251) Location: France	Kingdom of France Catholic Church in France Civilians (especially Jews)	French peasant crusaders	French government victory Crusaders dispersed
Shepherds' Crusade (1320) Location: France, Crown of Aragon	Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon Civilians (especially Jews)	French peasant crusaders	Franco–Aragonese victory Crusaders dispersed
War of the Public Weal (1465) Battle of Montlhéry Location: France	Kingdom of France Loyal Nobles: Duchy of Anjou County of Maine Count of Nevers County of Vendôme Counts of Eu Supported by: Duchy of Milan	Rebellious nobles: Duchy of Berry Duchy of Bourbon Duchy of Brittany Duchy of Lorraine Duchy of Nemours County of Armagnac County of Saint-Pol County of Dunois County of Dammartin County of Albret Supported by: Burgundian State Palatinate Duchy of Cleves	Rebellious nobles victory Louis made concessions to the rebels in the Treaty of Conflans, Treaty of Saint-Maur and Treaty of Caen, before going back on them in the following years.
Mad War (1485–1488) Location: France	Kingdom of France	Duchy of Lorraine Duchy of Brittany Lordship of Albret Principality of Orange County of Angoulême Supported by: Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of England Kingdom of Castile-León	Royal victory
War in the Cevennes (1702–1710) Location: Cévennes	Kingdom of France	Camisards	Royal victory
French Revolution (1789–1799) Location: France	Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army Chouans Armée des Émigrés	Revolutionaries Jacobins Cordeliers Girondins Sans-culottes Thermidorians	French Republican victory Establishment of the French First Republic (1792) Execution of Louis XVI (1793) Thermidorian Reaction (1794) French Directory (1795) Coup of 18 Brumaire (1799)
Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) Location: Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue expedition Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Blockade of Saint-Domingue Battle of Vertières	Slave owners Kingdom of France French Republic	Ex-slaves French royalists Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1793–1795) Great Britain Ex-slaves (1802–1803)	Haitian victory French colonial government expelled Massacre of the French French occupation of Santo Domingo

See also

• Anglo-French Wars
• Franco-Spanish War (disambiguation)
• List of battles involving France (disambiguation)
• List of wars involving Francia (France before 987)
• List of wars involving France (France after September 1792: First to Fifth Republic, First and Second Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, and Vichy France)
• List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
• List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)
• Military history of France

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