Joan of Arc or maid of Orleans. Joan also called her self Jeanne la Pucelle (Joan the maid). Personal details. Joan was born on the 06 of jan 1412. She lived in a village of Domremy on the Meuse in the northeast France. Joan was the daughter of a well to do peasant named Jacques D’Arc, and his wife Isabelle. Joan did not attend school, but she learnt to spin and sew from her mother. She …showed first 75 words of 320 total…

…showed last 75 words of 320 total…how a young girl could help her country, but the voices simply said it was God’s command. At first Joan sought aid from the military commander of a nearby town, who was loyal to Daudhin, He dismissed her as foolish and sent her home. But on her secound trip, Joan succeeded in persuading him to help her. He gave her some soldiers for protection and sent her to chinon, where the Dauphin was staying.