What If England Conquered France In The 100 Years War? | Alternate History

What if the Kingdom of England had succeeded in conquering and annexing the Kingdom of France into a united Anglo-French Empire under the leadership of King Henry V during the century sprawling conflict known to history as the Hundred Years War? How would this unified French and English dual monarchy work? And how would this effect the rest of Europe and the world?

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[RickyBirdhouse]

What if Louis XVI, his court, and a bunch of loyalists left France during the revolution and established the Kingdom of Louisiana in America

[thendarkendwolf]

France: Wait, it’s all just England?
England: Always has been. *pulls out gun*

[purpledevilr]

I’d like to see a “what if the Habsburgs and king Henry’s daughter married, uniting Western Europe under one dynasty and creating a more grand, pseudo-Roman empire”

[jimtalbott]

I've seen this mod - it's called "Divergences of Darkness" in Victoria 2. :P

[Kai]

I honestly doubt that the english would impose english as the offical language of France, english was still seen as the language of the english peasentry and french that of the nobility

[gyorkshire]

Realistically speaking, a united France and England speaks French not English. The collapse of the French language in England didn't happen till after the loss of the French possessions. At the time of Henry V, the courts still used French as did parliament. With stronger contact with France, and the king spending much of his time over there, we see French strengthening its position in England.

[manateemanatee-ebkn]

This gives a whole new meaning to Franco-British Union.

[njb]

What if James bissonette was never rich enough to fund history?

[spaniardmapper]

What if the kingdoms of Northern Iberia lost the Reconquista

[Monosekist]

Ah yes, the United Kingdom of England and France.

[jessicaokeke]

If your wondering it's his real voice

[monarchblue]

All dislikes are from Joan of Arc and her soldiers.

[achistorian]

What if The Roman Empire collapsed during the third century crisis ?

[SAVAGE-oefg]

Please make more videos on the boers
-Maritz rebellion is successful
-Hertzog creates a boer confederation
-Dengaan gives the voortrekkers natalie

[mcallisterwill]

In this timeline I wonder, the English nobility may never have switched over to speaking English as a first language. I presume that early Plantagenets like Richard I and John who spoke only French considered themselves to be French and didn't feel like they were a foreign occupier in France (albeit using a lot of English soldiers) and English identity as a nation state only really developed after the nobility gave up their notions of being French.

In this era the population of England was far less than that of France and so arguably if the Plantagenets were able to take over the whole of France, they would quickly revert to full 'Frenchness' relocate their court to Paris and it people would view it as a French king ruling over England rather than an English king ruling over France. You could make comparisons with the way that when the Stuarts inherited the English throne it certainly didn't result in Scottish dominion over England, likewise when Charles king of Burgundy inherited Spain, it was the Netherlands that became a Spanish posession not the other way around.

The eventual outcome may have been a very different British Isles to the one we know today, with England winning independence from France around the time in our timeline that the Dutch won independence from Spain, perhaps as a republic.

[shanepond]

Fantastic to see you dive into the complex and inter tangled web of medevil France and England you should do one about 'What if the Norman Conquest of England failed?" it would be a great counterpart to this video.

[Perrirodan]

I think you really got it wrong thinking that Henry V would impose English language in France. He only let English become more important because he had more land in England. With all the French land things are different. The population of France was more than 12 millions while that of England only 4.
English was seen as a language of peasant so I don't see it being popular. With the power of the french nobles due to the land being more rich, the French part would always be more favoured. English nationalist don't realize that the only way they could "win" the 100 year war was by loosing it. Had the Anglo Norman won, the influx of French influence would have increased even more. The best that could happen for them is for a secession to occur, the worst is that the English language disapear like the Irish one did in our timeline.

[TrueWeej]

This is likely my favourite alternate history discussion I think I’ve ever heard. Really great topic. You did really well condensing it to the most salient points. The can of worms this opens is worthy of an hour long video. Bravo really great food for thought. 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻

[ktyphoy]

I want to see the new chapters of Scar Nicholas the second! :D

[Caveman]

Ive been waiting for this one, good stuff