JEANNE See also:

• HACHETTE, JEAN NICOLAS PIERRE (1769-1834)
• JEANNE HACHETTE
• HACHETTE, LOUIS CHRISTOPHE FRANCOIS

HACHETTE  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French heroine . Jeanne Laine, or Fourquet, called Jeanne See also:

• HACHETTE, JEAN NICOLAS PIERRE (1769-1834)
• HACHETTE, JEANNE
• HACHETTE, LOUIS CHRISTOPHE FRANCOIS

Hachette, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1454 . We have no precise See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about her See also:

• FAMILY

family or origin . She is known solely for her See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of heroism which on the 27th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1472 saved See also:

• BEAUVAIS

Beauvais when it was on the point of being taken by the troops of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bold, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy . The See also:

• TOWN

town was defended by only 300 men-at-arms, commanded by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis de Balagny . The Burgundians were making an See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault, and one of their number had actually planted a See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag upon the battlements, when Jeanne, See also:

• AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

axe in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, flung herself upon him, hurled him into the See also:

• MOAT

moat, tore down the flag, and revived the drooping courage of the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison . In gratitude for this heroic See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed, Louis XI. instituted a procession in Beauvais called the Procession of the Assault, and married Jeanne to her chosen See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover See also:

• COLIN, ALEXANDRE (1526-1612)

Colin Pilon, loading them with favours . See Georges Vallat, Jeanne Hachette (See also:

• ABBEVILLE

Abbeville, 1898) .