Background
She grew up in Vouthon-Bas and later married Jacques d"Arc.
She grew up in Vouthon-Bas and later married Jacques d"Arc.
The couple moved to Domrémy, where they owned a farm consisting of about 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land. After their daughter"s famous activities in 1429, the family was granted noble status by Charles VII in December of that year. Isabelle moved to Orléans in 1440 after her husband"s death and received a pension from the city.
She petitioned Pope Nicholas V to reopen the court case that had convicted Joan of heresy, and then, in her seventies, addressed the opening session of the appellate trial at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
The appeals court overturned Joan"s conviction on 7 July 1456. Isabelle died two years later, probably at Sandillon near Orléans.
Together they owned about 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land and a modest house. Isabelle Romée may have earned her surname from a pilgrimage to Rome.
Like the rest of the immediate family, she was ennobled by royal grant on 29 December 1429.
She moved to Orléans in 1440 after her husband"s death and received a pension from the city. Isabelle Romée spent the rest of her life restoring her daughter"s name. She petitioned Pope Nicholas V to reopen the court case that had convicted Joan of heresy.
An inquiry finally opened in 1449.
The chief inquisitor of France, Jean Brehal, took up the case and conducted an initial investigation in May of 1452. On 7 November 1455, after the reign of Pope Callixtus III had begun, Isabelle traveled to Paris to visit the delegation from the Holy Secretary
Although she was over seventy years old, she addressed the assembly with a moving speech. The appeals court overturned the conviction on 7 July 1456.
Isabelle died on 28 November 1458, likely in the village of Sandillon near Orleans.
Selena Royle in the 1948 film Joan of Arc starring Ingrid Bergman. Jacqueline Bisset in the 1999 television miniseries Joan of Arc starring Leelee Sobieski.