Case file · Folklore / legend
Jeanne des Armoises, the 'returned' Joan of Arc
In May 1436, five years after Joan of Arc was burned, a woman appeared near Metz claiming to be her; Joan's own brothers seemed to accept her.
1436 CE · 49.11, 6.18 · status: hoax
The account
She married a knight, Robert des Armoises, and was feted at Orléans in 1439. Brought before the king, she was exposed and in 1440 publicly confessed the imposture in Paris.