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Also Known As the Bastard of Orleans • Le Bâtard d’Orléans
Born 1403 • Paris • France
Died November 24, 1468 (aged 65) • France • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Role In Hundred Years’ War • Siege of Orléans

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