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Gilles, the Baron de Rais (c.1405 - 26 October 1440) was a French leader during the Hundred Years War. In 1429 he was made the Marshal of Fr...

Jeanne d'Arc had four siblings. Although Charles VII ennobled the family after her help getting him crowned, the family did not disting...

Isabelle Romée (1377 - 1458) grew up in Vouthon-Bas and move to Domrémy when she married Jacques d'Arc , a wealthy farmer who had inheri...

Often in history a figure comes out of nowhere who has a big effect on the world stage, yet we know nothing of their background. In the case...

One of the problems the authorities had with Jeanne d'Arc after her capture and during her trial was her insistence, from the start of...

After she was captured by the French Burgundians and handed over to the English, Jeanne d'Arc was taken to Rouen (the center of the En...

Jeanne d'Arc had accomplished the chief mission of her visions, putting Charles VII on the Throne of France through her military suppo...

The goal and prediction of Jeanne d'Arc was that she would lift the Siege of Orléans and get the Dauphin crowned as King Charles VII of...

After the siege of Orléans was lifted thanks to Jeanne d'Arc's motivation and inspiration, she insisted there push on to Reims, the...

The historical figure we call Joan of Arc was born Jeanne d'Arc c.1412 in northeast France. During a crucial time in the Hundred Years ...

About the year 1412, on (tradition claims) the Feast of the Epiphany, 6 January, a girl was born to a peasant family in northeast France, in...

When Charles VI died in October 1422, the Treaty of Troyes determined that the Crown would pass to Henry V of England or his successor. Henr...

Charles was born on 22 February 1403, the third "Charles" of his father's sons. His father was King Charles VI, and had a son ...

One of the last written works by Christine de Pizan was the poem Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc ("The Tale of Joan of Arc"), publish...

With the change of reign in England in 1066, Duke William of Normandy saw his opportunity to become king of a country, believing that it wa...

Once in a time known as the Dark Ages There lived a legend whose coming had been foretold by the great prophet Merlin. This is the openi...