The Dauphin was the prince, the eldest son of the king. The Dauphin was the son who was to inherit the crown, and was his title before he was crowned as King.
The dauphin Charles VII
Joan of Arc picked the dauphin Charles, the crown prince of France, out of a room full of about 300 courtiers on March 6, 1429. Joan told the dauphin that God had given her a mission to raise the siege of Orleans by the English and to then conduct him to Rheims to be crowned King of France. The amazed dauphin asked Joan if she could give him a sign that she was truly sent to him by God? Joan told the dauphin (in private, of course) that she knew of a prayer he had said the previous November, in which he had asked God that if he, Charles, was indeed the legitimate heir to the French throne, to help him be crowned, but that if he were illegitimate (his mother had slept around, so his very legitimacy had been in doubt), to please let him suffer and not his poor people any longer by the cruelty of the English. Joan then assured him that God had told her that he was indeed the legitimate heir to the French throne! Charles was stunned by this revelation. He immediately believed Joan and gave her a great war horse, a new suit of armor, a steward, pages and heralds, and an army with which to raise the siege of Orleans.
She revealed something that was a complete secret to him.
King Charles Vii was her political and military superior, if that is what you are getting at. These were flesh and blood soldiers, not spiritual troopers! It is easy to remember Charles Vii ( the seventh)- as there are seven letters in the word- Charles. Charles later turned on the Maid of Orleans- for reasons never quite made clear.
She was sent to Orleans where the French were trying to lift the seven month siege of the city. She was successful and the Dauphin believed her.
The dauphin Charles VII
Joan answered to the Dauphin - Prince Charles who would later be crowned as King Charles VII.
Charles Dauphin died in 1677.
She lead an army of French soldiers provided her by the Dauphin, the future King Charles VII.
Actually she visited the Dauphin, or prince, who would later become King Charles VII.
They were all soldiers of the French army under the monarch - Prince (Dauphin) Charles, leter to be crowned King Charles VII.
The Dauphin, Prince Charles, granted her permission as he had tried everything else to defeat the British with no success. He felt he had nothing to lose by allowing Joan into the army.
The Dauphin, Prince Charles, granted her permission as he had tried everything else to defeat the British with no success. He felt he had nothing to lose by allowing Joan into the army.
The most famous person that Joan of Arc helped was, of course, the dauphin, the crown prince of France. After Joan had raised the siege of Orleans and cleared the Loire River valley around Orleans in several decisive battles, like the one at Patay, she conducted the dauphin to the city of Rheims where he was crowned Charles VII, king of France.
First off, she believed in Jesus Christ. Secondly she believed in the Dauphin, Prince Charles. Finally, she believed in the French people.
She convinced Prince Charles, the Dauphin, but also had the support of his mother who was actually the regent acting on her son's behalf.
Joan of Arc picked the dauphin Charles, the crown prince of France, out of a room full of about 300 courtiers on March 6, 1429. Joan told the dauphin that God had given her a mission to raise the siege of Orleans by the English and to then conduct him to Rheims to be crowned King of France. The amazed dauphin asked Joan if she could give him a sign that she was truly sent to him by God? Joan told the dauphin (in private, of course) that she knew of a prayer he had said the previous November, in which he had asked God that if he, Charles, was indeed the legitimate heir to the French throne, to help him be crowned, but that if he were illegitimate (his mother had slept around, so his very legitimacy had been in doubt), to please let him suffer and not his poor people any longer by the cruelty of the English. Joan then assured him that God had told her that he was indeed the legitimate heir to the French throne! Charles was stunned by this revelation. He immediately believed Joan and gave her a great war horse, a new suit of armor, a steward, pages and heralds, and an army with which to raise the siege of Orleans.