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Encyclopedia > Poton de Xaintrailles

Poton de Xaintrailles (1390-1461) was one of the chief lieutenants of Joan of Arc. He participated in the siege of Orleans (1429) and the battles of Jargeau, Meung, Beaugency, and Patay. In 1454, he was made a Marshal of France. Image of Joan of Arc, painted between 1450 and 1500 (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490). ... The Siege of Orléans was the first French victory of Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years War and turning point of great war between France and England. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ...


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Poton de Xaintrailles was captured in March 1431, by the earl of Warwick, when his raiding force attempted to ambush the English regent, duke Bedford.
De Bueil served with distinction in the final reconquest of Normandy, and in 1450 he was appointed admiral of France [after Coëtivy was killed at the siege of Cherbourg in the same month], and he received the Norman vicomté of Carentan.
De Brézé served Louis XI most loyaly and died in the inconclusive battle of Montlhéry, leading the advance guard of the French king's royal army against the larger allied force of Burgundians and French nobles in revolt.
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