of the king. On 24 May 1430 Joan of Arc was captured. De Brosse tried to convince the king to save her without effect. He ruined himself trying to raise an army. He joined Xaintrailles and Lahire at the head of an army of 4,000. They liberated Compiegne, however Joan of Arc was no longer in the city. She had been moved to Rouen, where she was burned on 30 May 1431. De Brosse tried to avenge her by taking Rouen, however his plan failed, and he returned to Boussac. Later life and death Upon his arrival at Boussac after his defeat, de Brosse learned of his wife’s death. Overwhelmed, he never left Boussac again for the rest of his life. He died in June 1433. Because of the great debts de Brosse had at the time of his death, his creditors threatened to have him excommunicated postmortem, and the dispersal of his mortal remains. The king however, raised enough money to pay off the debts, and de Brosse’s body was left in the abbey at Prébenoît. Marriage and Children He married on 20 August 1419 with Jeanne de Naillac, and had Jean II de Brosse, married on 18 June 1437 with Nicole de Châtillon Margaret, married with Germain de Vivonne, seigneur d'Anville Blanche, married with Jean de Roye, seigneur de Muret See also Hundred Years War Charles VII Joan of Arc Siege of Orléans Saint-Benoît-du-Sault House of Rochechouart Château de Brosse External links Jean de Brosse from "Joan of Arc's Companions in Arms." People from Allier de Brosse de Brosse Marshals of France de Brosse