House of Jeanne 14
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The
father
of
the
Maid
therefore
possessed,
among
his
fellow
citizens,
a
personal
notability,
but
from
there,
does
it
follow,
as
has
been
insinuated,
that
he
had
certain
noble
ties?
Everything
demonstrates
the
contrary,
and
what
proves
it
abundantly
are
the
letters
patent
granted
by
King
Charles
VII
in
December
1429
and
sent
to
the
Court
of
Auditors
on
the
following
16
January,
ennobling
Jean
d'Arc
and
his
family
"although,
these
letters
say,
they
are
not
of
noble
extraction,
and
that
perhaps,
even,
they
are
of
other
condition
than
free
condition:
<< non obstante quod ipsi ex nobili genere ortum non sumpserint, et forsan alterius quam liberæ conditionis existent. »
The
name
Arc
probably
came
from
the
small
town
of
Arc
en
Barrois
located
on
the
Aujon
stream
in
the
Chaumont
district
(Haute-Marne).
Jacques
d'Arc
married
Isabelle
Romée,
a
native
of
Vouthon,
a
village
in
the
Meuse,
bordering
Domremy,
and
which
is
now
part
of
the
canton
of
Gondrecourt.
From
this
union
were
born
five
children:
three
sons,
Jacquemin,
Jean
and
Pierre
or
Pierrelo,
and
two
daughters,
Catherine,
who
died
without
posterity,
and
Jeanne,
whose
birth
is
set
for
February
6,
1411.
She
was
baptized
by
Jean
Minet,
priest
of
Domremy,
in
the
village
church
dedicated
to
Saint-Remi.
Everyone
knows
how
Jeannette
(that
is
what
she
was
called
then)
spent
her
early
years
with
her
family.
She
was,
according
to
all
the
witnesses
heard
in
the
investigations
that
followed
her
death,
a
good
girl,
simple,
chaste,
modest,
patient,
hard-working,
dividing
her
days
between
work
and
prayer,
devoting
herself,
as
she
herself
declared,
to
the
care
of
the
household,
only
occasionally
going
to
the
fields
to
look
after
the
sheep
and
other
animals.
It
is
the
humble
home
where
her
mother
taught
her
to
sew
pieces
of
linen
and
to
spin
hemp,
that
every
year,
a
large
number
of
people
go
religiously
to
visit.
As
soon
as
one
has
passed
the
church
and
crossed
a
street
opened
in
1823
on
the
site
of
the
old
cemetery,
one
sees
a
gate
that
connects
two
similar
pavilions.
It
is
opposite
this
gate,
in
the
middle
of
a
small
garden,
entirely
planted
with
flowers
and
watered
by
the
stream
of
the
Three
Fountains,
that
the
poor
little
house
is
located.
A
ring
of
the
bell
is
enough
for
the
gate
to
be
opened
and
one
of
the
Sisters
of
the
school
is
happy
to
serve
as
your
guide.
This
is
how,
under
the
intelligent
direction
of
Sister
Alexis
Voriot,
guardian
of
the
house
of
Joan
of
Arc,
I
was
able
to
contemplate
at
leisure
what
remains
of
a
past
so
glorious
and
so
sad
at
the
same
time.
The
facade
of
the
house
consists
of
a
half
gable
entirely
covered
with
greenery,
whose
roof
slopes
from
left
to
right;
a
few
openings,
in
the
style
of
the
15th
century,
are
arranged
there.
The
main
door
is
surmounted
by
an
ogival
frame
in
the
form
of
an
accolade
in
which
we
notice
several
coats
of
arms.
