Most of Western Europe and the Americas are united in an Angevin Empire whose continental possessions were never lost by that king.

English monarchs made subsequent attempts to reclaim their former continental possessions, particularly during the Hundred Years' War, and even claimed the throne of France itself.

Belize was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas.

At a higher social level the lives and fortunes of individuals continued to be bound up with the continental possessions.

Louis was to some degree right; since 1202 no homage had been performed to a king of France by any plantagenet king for his residual continental possessions.

By 1453, the French had expelled English from all their continental possessions, except for the Pale of Calais.

After the change of government he was made Savio di Terraferma (for the administration of the republics continental possessions), and became a senator.

It held an equally powerful appeal to the lords and knights of Santerin's continental possessions, along their frontiers with Arnhand.

From John's perspective, what then followed represented an opportunity to stabilise control over his continental possessions and produce a lasting peace with Philip in Paris.

At the same conference Henry II did homage to Philip for all his continental possessions.