Commanded Rouen when Joan of Arc was brought there immediately after her capture. While he was impatient for her execution, it is said he came to her rescue one night when his guards attempted to rape her.560

Known as “the Kingmaker,” Warwick’s control of the army was considered critical in both France and in England’s civil war. He initially supported the Yorkists, but when Edward IV married Elizabeth Woodville instead of the French princess Warwick had negotiated for, the enraged Warwick switched sides and took up with Queen Margaret. Edward smashed Warwick’s army at Barnet, where Warwick was killed.293