During the Middle Ages large parts of France were held by the English. Calais was the last part of France to be lost by the English crown, in 1558. The English queen at the time, Mary I (Mary Tudor), is said to have lamented "When I die you will find the word Calais engraved on my heart". | During the Middle Ages large parts of France were held by the English. Calais was the last part of France to be lost by the English crown, in 1558. The English queen at the time, Mary I (Mary Tudor), is said to have lamented "When I die you will find the word Calais engraved on my heart". |