She was later handed over to the English and put on trial by the pro-English bishop, Pierre Cauchon, on a variety of charges. On, she was captured at Compiègne by the Burgundian faction, a group of French nobles allied with the English. This long-awaited event boosted French morale and paved the way for the final French victory at Castillon in 1453. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's consecration at Reims. She gained prominence after the siege was lifted only nine days later. The as-yet-unanointed King Charles VII sent Joan to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief army. Joan said that she received visions of the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. She was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée, a peasant family, at Domrémy in the Vosges of northeast France. 1412 – ), nicknamed ' The Maid of Orléans' (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a saint. Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d’Arc pronounced c. , Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome by Pope Benedict XV 18 April 1909, Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome by Pope Pius X
