Jacques d'Arc statue

JACQUES D'ARC, sitting on a rock an looking in the distant with next to him his plow.

Jacques d'Arc (1380–1440) was the father of Joan of Arc. He was a farmer in the village of Domrémy in Lorraine. He held the post of doyen, a local post that collected taxes and organized the village defense. He was born at Ceffonds. He married Isabelle de Vouthon (1387–1468), called Romée, in 1405. Their other children were Jacquemin, Jean, Pierre and Catherine.