- Jeanne Hachette
Jeanne Laisné (born 1456) was a French heroine known as Jeanne Fourquet and nicknamed Jeanne Hachette ('Jean the Hatchet').
We have no precise information about her family or origin. She is known solely for her act of heroism which on
27 June ,1472 savedBeauvais when it was on the point of being taken by the troops ofCharles the Bold , duke of Burgundy. The town was defended by only 300 men-at-arms, commanded byLouis de Balagny .The Burgundians were making an assault, and one of their number had actually planted a flag upon the battlements, when Jeanne, axe in hand, flung herself upon him, hurled him into the moat, tore down the flag, and revived the drooping courage of the garrison. In gratitude for this heroic deed, Louis XI instituted a procession in Beauvais called the Procession of the Assault, and married Jeanne to her chosen lover Colin Pilon, loading them with favours.
See Georges Vallat, "Jeanne Hachette" (Abbeville, 1898).
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List of woman warriors in legend and mythology References
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