The British admiringly called Jeanne-Louise de Belleville de Clisson the Lioness of Breton, and the French - in horror - the Witch of Clisson. In 1343, by order of King Philip VI, her husband was executed. Jeanne de Belleville swore revenge on the French. Having received a letter of marque from the English king, she began to attack the ships of France and its allies. Jeanne was the first to board, attack and take by storm the coastal castles of the French nobles. She was excellent with a saber and always put on red gloves before a battle. The crews of captured ships and the inhabitants of castles, as a rule, were completely destroyed. Enraged by her actions, the King of France ordered the Witch of Clisson to be captured, dead or alive. He sent his best ships to fight her, but Jeanne’s corsairs defeated them and sank them...