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The siege of Orléans is lifted after the 1429 Loire operations in which Joan took part as captain

On 8 May 1429 the English siege of Orléans ended after a sequence of sorties and the arrival of a Valois relief force in which Joan served as a public captain. In the causal graph this event strengthens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

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On 8 May 1429 the English siege of Orléans ended after a sequence of sorties and the arrival of a Valois relief force in which Joan served as a public captain.

Context

A siege is a hunger machine. Ending it is a welfare-relevant military act. Civilian cost of the assaults is not deleted by the date of relief; Paris 1429 is a separate worsening row.

Joan of Arc is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

Humanitarian-access path. High confidence on the siege’s end; medium on any unique coefficient for Joan versus Dunois.

A relieved city is not a coronation. Reims is the next political instrument.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Joan of Arc

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    She was a documented field captain in the relief. City militia, royal captains, and supply barges shared the work.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Saint Joan of ArcEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Orléans MétropoleOrléans Métropole · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Orléans Métropole’s public civic memory and Britannica independently date the 8 May 1429 relief.

Established: Orléans relieved 8 May 1429 with Joan present as captain. Not established: that she was the sole author of the victory, or that voices lifted the siege.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorJoan of Arc
  2. contributed toFactThe siege of Orléans is lifted after the 1429 Loire operations in which Joan took part as captain
  3. strengthensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). The siege of Orléans is lifted after the 1429 Loire operations in which Joan took part as captain. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-orleans-1429

https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-orleans-1429

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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