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Jean de Joinville

French chronicler

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Also known as Lord Jean de Joinville, Jean, Sire de Joinville, Jean de Joinville, Seneschal de Champagne

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Occupation: historian, writer, feudatory, biographer
Citizenship: Kingdom of France
Born: 1224
Died: December 24, 1317

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John of Joinville was one of the great chroniclers of medieval France. He is most famous for writing the Life of Saint Louis, a biography of Louis IX of France that chronicled the Seventh Crusade.

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