What mission did St. Joan of Arc say she had been given?

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Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her. — St. Joan of Arc *Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral*, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1854; in the Louvre, Paris.

St. Joan of Arc believed she was acting under divine guidance to fulfill a specific mission: to expel the English and their Burgundian allies from the Valois kingdom of France.1

Guided by the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine of Alexandria, and St. Margaret of Antioch, she sought to lead the French army to victory and ensure the coronation of the dauphin Charles at Reims. By securing his investiture, she aimed to validate his claim to the throne of France, which was then being challenged by the Lancastrian English king Henry VI.21