最有名的:
1066年法国的诺曼底公爵威廉登陆英格兰,结束了威塞克斯王朝的统治。
金雀花-卡佩战争:
无地王约翰(亨利二世之幼子,理查一世“狮心王”之弟)统治期间,法国王太子路易曾经在1216年第一次男爵战争时期攻占一半以上英格兰并被拥立为英王,但未加冕。
The rebellious barons, faced with an uncompromising king, turned to King Philip's son, Prince Louis, who, in 1216, then sailed to England with an army despite his father's disapproval, as well as the Pope's, who subsequently excommunicated him. Louis captured Winchester and soon controlled over half of the English kingdom. [1]He was proclaimed "King of England" in London by the barons, although never actually crowned.
This came in May 1216, when watchmen on the coast of Thanet detected sails on the horizon, and on the next day, the King of England and his armies saw Louis's troops disembark on the coast of Kent.
John decided to escape to the Saxon capital of Winchester, and so Louis had little resistance on his march to London. He entered London, also with little resistance, and was openly received by the rebel barons and citizens of London and proclaimed (though not crowned) king at St Paul's Cathedral. Many nobles gathered to give homage to him, including Alexander II of Scotland, who held fiefs in England.
因为当时的英国国王不只是“英格兰岛的统治者”,领土范围并不局限在岛上
他是法国国王的封臣,领有法国北部的封土,最全盛时期还利用婚姻外交得到了相当于现在法国三分之二的领土(阿基坦之争),能够与法国国王分庭礼抗,是不亚于法兰西的一大势力,在百年战争的末期,法国人一统天下,英国人被彻底赶下海,失去了原有的法国北部疆域,才不得不蜷缩在小岛上