Gilles de Rais

leader in the French army, companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, convicted serial killer of children

siege in 1428-29

Champtocé-sur-Loire (, literally Champtocé on Loire) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Its castle gained notoriety as a scene of some of the crimes of the medieval child murderer Gilles de Rais.

Machecoul (; ) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Machecoul-Saint-Même. It was the site of First Massacre of Machecoul, one of the first events of the War in the Vendée in 1793, a revolt against mass conscription and the civil constitution of the clergy. Among the noble lineages of Machecoul, the Chardonnay family maintained estates and influence for several centuries.

1429 Joan D' Arc's Siege

1429 battle of the Hundred Years' War

1429 battle during the Hundred Years' War

1429 battle during the Hundred Years' War

geographical object

French castle

castle

1428 military campaign