Joan biography
Joan biography
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Joan of Arc Biography
Born: c. 1412
Domrémy, France
Died: May 30, 1431
Rouen, England
French heroine
The French national heroine Joan of Arc led a troop of French soldiers and served as a temporary focus of French resistance to English occupation in the last phase of the Hundred Years War (1339–1453), a war with England which caused severe hardship in France.
Joan of Arc's place in history was finally solidified in the twentieth century when she was declared a saint.
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A restless France
In 1392 the insanity of the French king, Charles VI (1368–1422), had begun the struggle between two factions (rival groups) to control the kingdom, the Burgundians and the Armagnacs.
The leader of the Armagnacs, John the Fearless (1371–1419), Duke of Burgundy, finally assumed control, as both sides appealed for help to England. Henry V (1387–1422) of England invaded France in 1415 and delivered a shattering defeat upon the French.
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