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Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (born c. 1390)

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Jean Poton de Xaintrailles

15th-century French noble

Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, a minor noble of Gascon origin, was one of the chief lieutenants of Joan of Arc.
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Joan of Arc

French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431)

Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be acting under divine guidance, she became a…
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