French military leader and heroine. Inspired and directed by religious visions, she organized the French resistance that forced the English to end their siege of Orléans (1429). The same year she led an army of 12,000 to Rheims and had the dauphin crowned Charles VII. Captured and sold to the English by the Burgundians (1430), she was later tried for heresy and sorcery and was burned at the stake in Rouen. She was canonized in 1920.

圣女贞德(1412年1月6日-1431年5月30日)，被称为「奥尔良的少女」，是法国的民族英雄、军事家，天主教会的圣女，法国人心中的自由女神。

拿破仑对贞德有着很高评价，认为是法国的救世主。贞德死后，法国的民族主义高涨，出现了很多关于贞德的史料编写和研究，法国爱国主义运动以她的伟大形象进行广泛宣传。 并有大堆作家和作曲家歌颂她，包括莎士比亚、伏尔泰、席勒、威尔第、柴科夫斯基、吐温、萧伯纳和布莱希特都创作了有关她的作品，而大量以她为题材的电影、戏剧、和音乐也一直持续发展直到今天。