Gilles de Rais, Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of... Wikipedia
Born: 1404, Champtocé-sur-Loire, France
Died: October 26, 1440 (age 36 years), Nantes, France
Children: Marie de Laval, Dame de Retz
Place of burial: Notre-Dame-des-Carmes, Pont-l'Abbé, France
Parents: Marie de Craon and Guy II de Laval-Rais
Siblings: René de Rais
Spouse: Catherine de Thouars of Brittany (m. 1420–1440)