Blood Sails and Black Ships: The Noble Lady Who Became France's Deadliest Pirate

When the French king betrayed and executed her husband in 1343, noblewoman Jeanne de Clisson transformed from a wealthy aristocrat into one of history's most ruthless pirates. Selling her lands to fund a fleet of black ships with blood-red sails, she terrorized the English Channel for 13 years, hunting down French nobles and leaving only a few survivors to tell the king about her vengeance. Known as the "Lioness of Brittany," this medieval mother-turned-pirate specifically targeted French royalty and nobility, often personally beheading her aristocratic captives with an ax. While she showed mercy to common sailors, any nobles unlucky enough to cross paths with her black ships met a grisly fate. Discover the true story of how one woman's quest for revenge turned her from a lady of the French court into a feared pirate commander who made the nobility tremble.Support the show here via PayPal:https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=DWSYBNBMAY9AL&no_recurring=0&item_name=Thanks+for+your+help%21&currency_code=USD