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Nevertheless, a coronation in Reims would have a much greater impact because it would be seen as a new miracle, attesting to his divine legitimacy. [10] [11] After initially meeting the Dauphin on 23 May 1429 at Loches, [12] Joan of Arc next met him on 21 June at the Fleury Abbey to persuade him to go to Reims.
The Battle of Patay, fought on 18 June 1429 during the Hundred Years' War, was the culmination of the Loire Campaign between the French and English in north-central France. In this engagement, the horsemen of the French vanguard inflicted heavy casualties on an English army; most of them sustained by the longbowmen as the English cavalry fled.
Charles VII was crowned in Notre-Dame de Reims in 1429, and from then a slow but steady reconquest of English-held French territories ensued. Ultimately the English would be expelled from France, except for the Pale of Calais , which would be re-captured by the French a century later.
After some preparation, the march on Reims began from Gien on 29 June, the Dauphin Charles following Joan and the French army through the dangerous Burgundian-occupied territory of Champagne. Although Auxerre (1 July) closed its gates and refused them entry, Saint-Florentin (3 July) yielded, as did, after some resistance, Troyes (11 July) and ...
After pushing further into English and Burgundian-controlled territory, Charles was crowned King Charles VII of France in Reims Cathedral on 17 July 1429. Joan was later captured by Burgundian troops under John of Luxembourg at the Siege of Compiègne on 24 May 1430. [11] The Burgundians handed her over to their English allies.
March to Reims; Restoration of Min Saw Mon; S. Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier; Siege of Inverness (1429) Siege of La Charité; Siege of Paris (1429) T.
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Articles relating to the Hundred Years' War, 1415–1453 (1415-1453), also known as the Lancastrian War.It was the third and final phase of the Anglo-French Hundred Years' War.