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.
No, Joan of Arc and Martin Luther did not meet. Joan of Arc lived from 1412 to 1431, while Martin Luther was born in 1483, more than 50 years after Joan's death. Their lives were separated by significant historical events and periods, including the Hundred Years' War and the Protestant Reformation.
The dauphin Charles VII
Charles VII
No, Joan of Arc was not a 'tart.'
No, she was not, Charles VII was married to Marie of Anjou in 1422. However, Joan was very much in love with Charles VII, and he was very much in love with her.
Joan of Arc first met Charles VII in Chinon.
shortly before the Battle of Rheims (l429) Once a Knight is Enough!
Joan answered to the Dauphin - Prince Charles who would later be crowned as King Charles VII.
She was commissioned a knight by Prince Charles. She had no formal military training, everything was on-the-job training for her.
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.
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.
First off, she believed in Jesus Christ. Secondly she believed in the Dauphin, Prince Charles. Finally, she believed in the French people.
Charles VII of France
Charles VII