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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.
The English attack Joan of Arc's positions at the Siege of Orléans.. The English under John, Duke of Bedford ordered John, Lord Talbot to besiege Orléans with his subordinates, the Earl of Suffolk and the Earl of Salisbury.
17 July – Charles VII is crowned as King of France at the traditional site of Reims. 8 September – Joan of Arc leads a failed attempt to capture Paris. Unknown – The future Louis XI becomes Dauphin of France.
In the spring of 1429, acting in obedience to what she said was the command of God, Joan inspired the Dauphin's armies in a series of stunning military victories which lifted the Siege of Orléans and destroyed a large percentage of the remaining English forces at the Battle of Patay, reversing the course of the Hundred Years' War.
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.
2008 – November: French Socialist Party congress held in Reims. 2009 – Festival Reims Scènes d'Europe begins. 2011 – Reims tramway begins operating. 2012 – Population: 181,893. 2014 March: Reims municipal election, 2014 held. Arnaud Robinet becomes mayor. 2016 – Reims becomes part of the Grand Est region.
The siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier was a venture of the so-called Lancastrian War.The small town was, however, heavily fortified and surrounded by a deep moat. According to Joan of Arc's bodyguard, Jean d'Aulon, the initial assault failed and the retreat wa