Isabelle Romée

Who was Isabelle Romée?

Isabelle Romée, also known as Isabelle de Vouthon and Isabelle d'Arc and Ysabeau Romee, was the mother of Joan of Arc. A native of Vouthon-Bas where she married Jacques d'Arc and farmed about 50 acres of land. The family was ennobled by royal grant in December 1429. She moved to Orléans in 1440 after and received a pension from the city. She petitioned Pope Nicholas V to reopen the court case that had convicted Joan of heresy, and then, in her seventies, addressed the assembly delegation from the Holy See in Paris. The appeals court overturned the conviction of Joan on 7 July 1456.