page_title: Guy XIV de Laval
section_title: Companion of Joan of Arc
hierarchical_section_title: Guy XIV de Laval / Life / Companion of Joan of Arc
context_page_description: Guy XIV de Laval, François de Montfort-Laval, comte de Laval, baron de Vitré and of La Roche-Bernard, seigneur of Gâvre, of Acquigny, of Tinténiac, of Montfort and Gaël, of Bécherel, was a French nobleman, known for his account of Joan of Arc. He and his brother André de Lohéac were simultaneously vassals of the duke of Brittany and of the king of France.
context_section_description: On 8 June 1429, at Selles-en-Berry (Selles-sur-Cher), he rejoined the royal army which reunited Joan of Arc and the duke of Alençon to seek the liberation of the Loire Valley after the raising of the siege of Orléans.  He has left, in a letter to his mother, a living portrait of Joan of Arc, of whom he was a fervent admirer.  They distinguished themselves at Jargeau, Beaugency, and above all Patay, where he fought in the vanguard.
caption: 1415–1429   Controlled by Henry VI of England   Controlled by Philip III of Burgundy   Controlled by Charles VII of France ★ Main battles --- Battle of Agincourt, 1415 --- Journey to Chinon, 1429 --- March to Reims, 1429