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HACHETTE, JEANNE

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 793 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HACHETTE, JEANNE , See also:French heroine. Jeanne Laine, or Fourquet, called Jeanne Hachette, was See also:born about 1454. We have no precise See also:information about her See also:family or origin. She is known solely for her See also:act of heroism which on the 27th of See also:June 1472 saved See also:Beauvais when it was on the point of being taken by the troops of See also:Charles the Bold, See also:duke of See also:Burgundy. The See also:town was defended by only 300 men-at-arms, commanded by See also:Louis de Balagny. The Burgundians were making an See also:assault, and one of their number had actually planted a See also:flag upon the battlements, when Jeanne, See also:axe in See also:hand, flung herself upon him, hurled him into the See also:moat, tore down the flag, and revived the drooping courage of the See also:garrison. In gratitude for this heroic See also:deed, Louis XI. instituted a procession in Beauvais called the Procession of the Assault, and married Jeanne to her chosen See also:lover See also:Colin Pilon, loading them with favours. See Georges Vallat, Jeanne Hachette (See also:Abbeville, 1898).

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