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Joan of Arc was born c. 1412 [9] in Domrémy, a small village in the Meuse valley now in the Vosges department in the north-east of France. [10] Her date of birth is unknown and her statements about her age were vague. [11] [b] Her parents were Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée. Joan had three brothers and a sister. [15]
The youngest son of Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée, Pierre and his older brother Jéan fought under their sister's banner at the Siege of Orléans. [1] Pierre and Joan were both captured in Compiègne, but he was released. [1]
As a child, Joan of Arc had a violent and supernatural vision. She returns home to find her village burning. Her older sister, Catherine, tries to protect her by hiding her from the attacking English forces. While hiding, Joan witnesses the brutal murder and rape of her sister. In shock, Joan is taken in by distant relatives.
The Sisters of St. Joan of Arc (S.J.A.) were founded in 1914 in Worcester, Massachusetts (US) by Marie-Clément Staub and Sr. Jeanne du Sacre Coeur, born Célina Benoît. (1876–1936). The mother-house was established in Sillery, Québec in 1917.
In 1434 Joan of Arc's brothers Pierre and Jean temporarily accepted Jeanne des Armoises as the actual Joan. [2] Over the next six years, the brothers and their "sister" traveled from town to town, beginning at Orléans , receiving lavish gifts from Joan's many admirers, among them, Princess Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1390-1451), and Elisabeth von ...
Joan of Arc drawing by Clément de Fauquembergue, 1429. The artist never saw Joan. [1] There are a number of revisionist theories about Joan of Arc which contradict the established account of her life. These include the theories she was an illegitimate royal child; that she was not burned at the stake; that most of her story is a fabrication ...
Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix (née Bottom; born November 21, 1972) is an American actress, musician, and singer. She is the older sister of Joaquin , Liberty and Summer Phoenix and younger sister of River Phoenix .
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, c.1412–1431), French folk heroine and saint; Jeanne Devos (religious sister) Jeanne Devos (photographer) Joan of Flanders, Countess of Montfort (1295–1374) Joan of Penthièvre (1319–1384) Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), American marimbist, percussionist, violinist, and arranger