- Pale of Calais
The Pale of Calais (French: "Calaisis") is a historical region of
France that was controlled by theKingdom of England .After the
Battle of Crécy in 1346,Edward III of England , having renounced the throne of France, kept some territory within France, namelyAquitaine and the area around Calais, under theTreaty of Brétigny , signed on the 8 May 1360. The area of thePale of Calais comprised the communes of:Andres ,Balinghem ,Bonningues-lès-Calais ,Calais ,Campagne-lès-Guines ,Coquelles ,Coulogne ,Fréthun ,Guemps ,Guînes ,Hames-Boucres ,Hervelinghen , Marck,Nielles-lès-Calais ,Nouvelle-Eglise ,Offekerque ,Oye-Plage ,Peuplingues ,Pihen-lès-Guînes ,Sangatte , Saint-Pierre (Calais absorbed Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais inhabited with 33 290 habitants in 1885, now southern part of Calais),Saint-Tricat , andVieille-Église .By
1453 , at the end of theHundred Years' War , it was the only part of France to remain in English hands. It was controlled by England until the area was finally ceded to France in1558 by Mary of England after French troops, led byFrancis, Duke of Guise , took the town of Calais.
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