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Question

I am one of histories greatest figures,

In my time I was cheered, revered, hated and scorned.

Even the people I saved turned against me and my church cursed my name.

I was pure as the driven snow and a hero to many, but in the end I was merely a damsel in distress.

Who am I?

Answer 1

Joan of Arc

Answer 2

Joan of Arc.


From wikipedia:
Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne d'Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle,[1] (6 January 1412 – 30 May 1431)[2] is a national heroine of France and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She stated that she received visions from God, through which she helped inspire Charles VII's troops to retake most of his dynasty's former territories, which had been under English and Burgundian dominance during the Hundred Years' War. She had been sent to the siege of Orléans by the then-uncrowned King Charles VII as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the disregard of veteran commanders and ended the siege in only nine days. Several more swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims, making him the only one of the two claimants to be officially crowned.

Following the coronation, the Royal army attempted additional campaigns, but with less success. During an attempt to recapture Paris that autumn, Joan was wounded in the leg. Hampered by court intrigues, she led only minor companies from then on, and fell prisoner during a skirmish near Compiègne the following spring. A politically motivated trial by the English convicted her of heresy. The English regent, John, Duke of Bedford, had her burnt at the stake in Rouen. She had become the heroine of her faction at the age of seventeen, but died at the age of nineteen. Some twenty-four years later, after the English were driven out, Joan's aged mother, Isabelle, convinced the Inquisitor-General and Pope Callixtus III to reopen Joan's case, resulting in an appeal which overturned the original conviction by the English.[3] Pope Benedict XV canonized her on 16 May 1920.

Joan of Arc has remained an important figure in Western culture. From Napoleon to the present, French politicians of all leanings have invoked her memory. Major writers and composers, including Schiller, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Twain, Shaw, Brecht and Honegger, have created works about her, and depictions of her continue to be prevalent in film, television, and song.

Answer 3

Sammy Davis Jr.

Answer 4

Joan of Arc

Answer 5

Joan of Arc

Answer 6

Joan of Arc

Answer 7

Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne d'Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle

Answer 8

It's Joan of Arc

Answer 9

George Bush?
Hitler?

Answer 10

Joan of Ark