How many years did the Hundred Years’ War actually last?

History easy Data from 1453

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116 years

The Hundred Years’ War ran from 1337 to 1453 — 116 years. It was not one continuous war either, but a series of conflicts separated by long truces, fought by five generations of English and French monarchs over the French crown.

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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Figure refers to 1453
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