Jacques Darc

(1380–1440) A shepherd, father of Jehanne Darc, better known to English speakers as Joan of Arc. He was also a tax collector. He was born at Ceffonds. He married Isabelle de Vouthon (1387–1468), called Romée, in 1405. Their other children were Jacquemin, Jean, Pierre, and Catherine. contrary to legend, he survived his daughter by about 9 years, passing in 1440 (Jehanne was executed in 1431).

King Charles VII ennobled Jacques and Isabelle's family on 29 December 1429 with an inheritable symbolic denomination. The Chamber of Accounts in France registered the family's designation to nobility on 20 January 1430. The grant permitted the family to change their surname to du Lys.…more