Jean Poton de Xaintrailles

Jean de Poton Xaintrailles (* probably in 1390 or 1400 in Gascony, † October 7, 1461 in Bordeaux ) was a low noble Gascon and one of the captains of Jeanne d' Arc in the Hundred Years' War.

1424 served Xaintrailles the Duke of Burgundy Philip III. as mercenaries and later went into the service of the French forces of King Charles VII. , he was a royal equerry, royal bailiff of Berry and Seneschal of Limousin. He fought in the Battle of Cravant ( 1423 ), the Battle of Verneuil ( 1424), the Battle of Agde ( 1429), the Battle of Meung -sur- Loire ( 1429), the Battle of Beaugency ( 1429), the Battle of Patay ( 1429) and the Siege of Orléans. Next Xaintrailles started the siege of Compiègne (18 June 1429). He was also a leader of the Écorcheurs, a group of demobilized soldiers who ravaged France at the time of Charles VII.

In the late phase of the Hundred Years' War, he participated actively and with mediocre success at the reconquest of Normandy ( 1435 ) and the conquest of Guyenne. He often served together with Etienne de Vignolles better than La Hire is known with which he moved in the victorious battle of Gerbevoy ( 1435 ). As in 1445, the new standing armies were drawn up, Xaintrailles was appointed commander of one of the twelve companies of the new army. 1454 he was appointed Marshal of France.

Xaintrailles died on October 7, 1461 in Bordeaux without heirs and donated his property to the church.