Jeanne Hachette

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Bronze statue of Jeanne Hachette in Beauvais by Gabriel-Vital Dubray (1813-1892)

Jeanne Laisné , other name Jeanne Fourquet (* 1454 or 1456  ?; † unknown) was a French woman who is known by the nom de guerre Jeanne Hachette (small ax ) for saving the city of Beauvais from an enemy attack in 1472.

Life

Jeanne is considered the daughter of the citizen Jean Fourquet. In 1465 he was supposed to be an officer in the service of King Ludwig XI. died in the battle of Montlhéry , whereupon Jeanne was adopted and raised by a lady named Laisné at the age of about 10. According to another version, she is said to have stayed with her birth mother after her father's death and, according to a local tradition, adopted her maiden name.

On June 27, 1472, Beauvais, located in the northern French province of Picardy , was about to be conquered by the troops of the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold . Beauvais was defended by only 300 gunmen under the command of Louis de Balagny. The Burgundians invaded, and when one of them erected the flag on the fortress wall, Jeanne lunged at him with an ax, hurled him into the ditch and tore the flag down. This act revived the defenders' declining courage, so that the attack could be successfully repulsed.

Out of gratitude, King Louis XI allowed her. the wedding with her lover Colin Pilon, where he gave her a rich dowry and had a procession organized for her in Beauvais. This celebration, called Fête Jeanne Hachette , still takes place today on the last weekend in June of each year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfred Tranchant and Jules Ladimir: Les Femmes militaires de la France , Paris, Cournol, 1866. pp 150-151.
  2. ↑ Fourquet d'Hachette, Hachette (Jeanne Fourquet, surnommée) , In: Jean-Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer (ed.): Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours , Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1858, volume 23, p. 22
personal data
SURNAME Jeanne Hachette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jeanne Laisne; Jeanne Fourquet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French woman, savior of Beauvais in an attack in 1472
DATE OF BIRTH 1454 or 1456
DATE OF DEATH after 1472