 Complete the following phrase:  Throughout the 14th century, French kings sought to expand their influence at the expense of the territorial holdings of the nobility. They ran into difficulties when attempting to confiscate the holdings of the English kings in southern France, leading to the Hundred Years War, waged from 1337 to 1453. Early in the war the English under Edward III r. 132777 and his son Edward, the Black Prince d. 1376, won the battles of Crécy and 