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Champtocé castle tower ruins. Gilles de Rais (or "Retz"), [a] the eldest son of Marie de Craon and Guy de Laval-Rais, descended from a number of great feudal houses. [5] Through his mother, he was linked to the House of Craon, a wealthy western family, and through his father to the Laval family, [6] one of the two most important Breton lineages in the 15th century. [7]
The Trial of Joan of Arc was a 15th century legal proceeding against Joan of Arc, a French military leader under Charles VII during the Hundred Years' War.During the siege of Compiègne in 1430, she was captured by Burgundian forces and subsequently sold to their English allies.
French war crimes in World War II (2 C) Pages in category "French war crimes" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
48 French hostages executed as reprisal for the French resistance killing of Karl Hotz: Ascq massacre: 1 April 1944: Ascq, France: 86 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend: murder of French civilians by German troops (SS Hitlerjugend) Audouville massacre: 6 June 1944: Audouville-la-Hubert: 30 101st Airborne Division
People assassinated in the 15th century (1 C, 15 P) M. 15th-century murderers (10 P) Pages in category "15th-century murders"
Anglo-Cherokee War Part of the French and Indian War Great Britain: Cherokee: 1759 1760 Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) Burmese Empire: Siam: 1760 1760 Tacky's War Great Britain: Slaves 1761 1761 Canek Revolt Spain: Mayans 1762 1763 Fantastic War Part of the Seven Years' War Portugal Great Britain Spain France: 1763 1764 Berbice slave uprising
The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties, such as the Norman and Angevin regions ...
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France .