That time Edward III nearly became King if France and England #history #medieval #edwardiii

[powsniffer]

Almost happened a couple times before that too! Couple hundred years before.

[irtnyc]

The world probably would have been a much better place if France and England had merged into one family empire run by a mix of Plantagenet-Capets. Instead of what actually happened, later, with the Habsburgs taking over half of Europe and provoking centuries of war.

Interestingly, this almost happened about four different times.