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Joan of Arc led French forces to relieve the Siege of Orleans
A teenage peasant girl inspired French victories during the Hundred Years' War in 1429
In 1429, seventeen-year-old peasant Joan of Arc persuaded Prince Charles VII to let her assist French troops besieging Orleans. Her military leadership broke the nine-month English siege in nine days, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War and paving the way for Charles's coronation at Reims.
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