Joan of Arc, born around 1412 in Domrémy, is a key figure in the Hundred Years’ War between France and England.
At the age of 13, she claimed to receive visions from saints (Saint Catherine, Saint Michael, and Saint Margaret)
who instructed her to liberate France and have the Dauphin Charles crowned in Reims.

In 1429, she led the French troops to victory during the siege of Orléans and saw Charles VII crowned in Reims Cathedral.
Captured in 1430 by the Burgundians, she was sold to the English and tried for heresy. Burned at the stake in 1431 in Rouen,
she was posthumously rehabilitated in 1456 during a new trial held at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

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