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Jeanne d'Arc
(c. 1412-31)
Other names: the Maid of Orléans (la Pucelle d'Orléans)[J92]
Biographical
Canonised, 1920.[J92]
Ennobled along with her family, 1429.[J92]
National heroine of France.[J92]
Led the French army in Orléans against the English during their attempt
to conquer France in the Hundred Years' War, 1429.[J92]
Present at the coronation of Charles VII in 1429.[J92]
Captured by the Burgundians at the siege of Compiègne, 1430, and imprisoned.[J92]
Sold by the Burgundians to the English who put her on trial at Rouen for
heresy and she was executed.[J92]
After an enquiry into the trial ordered by Charles VII, her sentence was
revoked by the Pope in 1455-56.[J92]
Place of birth: Domrémy, Bar, France[J92]
Place of death: Rouen[J92] |
