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Joan of Arc, in French, Jeanne d'Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, was a patron saint of France and a national heroine. She led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was born the third of five children in 1412 to a farmer, Jacques Darc and his wife Isabelle de Vouthon in the town of Domremy on the border of provinces of Champagne and Lorraine. When Joan was 13 …

…acter and reputation proved them to be false. Joan was tried by an English inquisition court, found to be heretical, and burned at the stake in 1431 at the age of 19. Despite her reputation as a warrior, Joan testified at her trial that she never killed a man. She preferred carrying her standard herself during attacks to avoid killing anyone. That is the kind of leader that she was. Her leadership ability was second to none.