Joan of Arc, born around 1412 at Domrémy and died on 30 May 1431 at Rouen, is the most famous figure of the end of the Hundred Years’ War. She helped lift the siege of Orléans and have Charles VII crowned at Reims, before being captured, tried and burned. Canonised in 1920, she remains a major symbol of French history.
Orléans and Reims (1429)
After meeting the dauphin at Chinon, Joan took part in the relief of Orléans and pushed for the coronation at Reims on 17 July 1429.
Trial and memory
Captured in 1430, she was tried at Rouen and executed in 1431. A nullification trial (1456) rehabilitated her; she was canonised in 1920.