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Jacques D'Arc, born 1380 and died 1431, was a free laborer of Domremy born at Ceffonds, near Montier, in Des (upper Marne). Jacques married Isabelle de Vouthon (born 1387, died 1468), called Romee, in year 1405. Their known children were Jacquemin, Jean, Pierre, Catherine, and Jeanne (Joan of Arc).

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. Jacques D'Arc de Lys and Jacques D'Arc du Lys are the most common forms of his name with such symbol appended.

Jacques's occupation was as a farmer who owned about 50 acres of land - 30 acres of pasture, 10 acres of cropland, and 10 acres of forest. He served as "doyen" of Domremy.

The people of Domremy, being within the Barrois region, spoke what is usually referred to as the "Lorraine" dialect of French, rather than the Parisian dialect which has since become standard in modern times.

References

• Des Isles Family Tree: Relationship of the family of Des Isles with 'Joan of Arc'. Ordered to be traced by Chas. DeLaittre II who married Rosalie DesIsles, daughter of Louis DesIsles and Mary Googin DesIsles. In France, children were always baptized in the Catholic church and entered into the books of the priests.

• Joan of Arc Archive by Allen Williamson - An archive of almost 500 pages concerning Saint Joan of Arc, including biographies, translations, and other original research by the author.

• French nobility