Gilles de Rais
1405–1440
leader in the French army, companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, convicted serial killer of children
military personnel · serial killer · soldier
Born in Champtocé-sur-Loire
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Gilles de Rais:
- Joan of Arc (1412–1431)
- Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468)
- Zheng He (1371–1433)
- Donatello (1386–1466)
- Pius II (1405–1464)
- Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406)
- Mehmed II (1432–1481)
- Jan Hus (1370–1415)