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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 occupation was mainly a farmer, a merchant of produce, or a handyman. Little is known about his wealth in his occupation, but the family's coat of arms suggests his family was above proverty.

The people of Domremy did not speak French as it is commonly known today, as mainly the government influenced areas spoke what is now known as Modern French, and Domremy was not part of that 10% area. Domremy had a dialect of French, known as one of the regional languages, or langue d'oïl.

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