He won a major victory over rebels in Flanders at Cassel, but was forced to surrender Navarre, which had been acquired when his uncle married Queen Joanna.
He won a major victory over rebels in Flanders at Cassel, but was forced to surrender Navarre, which had been acquired when his uncle married Queen Joanna. He came to the throne after the death of Charles IV, but his claim to power was challenged by Edward III under an interpretation of the Salic Law, leading in 1337 to the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War. FTP, identify this French king, who suffered defeats at Sluys and Crecy, the first member of the house of Valois.
He won a major victory over rebels in Flanders at Cassel, but was forced to surrender Navarre, which had been acquired when his uncle married Queen Joanna.
{Philip VI}