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4 unusual facts about Chinon


Alternative historical interpretations of Joan of Arc

The Joan of Arc museum at Chinon, France has a charred bone fragment reputed to belong to Joan of Arc.

Benoît de Sainte-Maure

The Plantagenets' administrative center was located in Chinon, west of Tours.

Mécène Marié de l'Isle

Claude-Marie-Mécène Marié de l'Isle (born Château-Chinon, 1811, died Paris, 1882) was a French musician and opera singer.

Pierre Tabart

Pierre Tabart (Chinon, 1645 – Meaux, 1716) was a French composer and maître de chapelle.


Bertrand de Poulengy

He was also the squire who accompanied Joan Of Arc to Chinon with Jean De Metz and other appointed escorts, and (along with De Metz) continued to accompany Joan on her adventures throughout her military career, until her capture at Compiègne in March of 1430.

Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

In 1204 de Burgh was given charge of the great castle of Chinon.

Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu

# Jeanne (d. 1389, Sens), Lady of Château-Chinon, married first in 1342/3 Walter VI of Brienne, married second in 1357 Louis II d'Évreux, Count of Étampes (1336–1400)


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