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OCR: Joan of Arc 1412 1431) Joan Are is the the British at Compiegne and patron saint of France and lost She was taken prisoner tried national heroine who led France for heresy by clerics who to victory over the English supported the British, and during the Hundred Years War burned at the stake in 1431 From an early age she claimed Twenty five years later, the hear the voices of saints and Church reopened the case and have visions exhorting her to found her innocent She was lead the French in battle She canonized as saint in 1920. gained the backing of the Dauphin and was given troops fight the British against whon she won decisive battle Orleans The Dauphin, Charles VII was subsequently crowned king of France Later, without the support of the king she fought vears whom