Harvey II, Lord of Léon

Herve II, Lord of Léon
Breton Lord and Knight
Coat of Arms Léon Family
Died	1218
Nationality	Breton
Spouse(s)	Anne of Hennebont,

Herve II of Léon was the son of , the founding member of the Lordship of Léon.

Life[]

After his father's death, he became Lord of Léon. His fief was the castle of La Roche-Maurice.

First Marriage and Issue[]

He married Anne of Hennebont, heiress of part of the , that is to say two thirds of the old castle of Hennebont, the parishes of Inzinzac and Penquesten, most of Saint-Caradec and Caudan, half of Groix, one third of Plouay, Tréfaven en Ploemeur and several enclaves scattered in Arzano, Gestel and Lesbin, Quéven and Lanvaudan.

Herve II and Anne had a son:

• (died in 1240).

Second Marriage[]

After Anne's death, he married a daughter of Morvan, Viscount of Le Faou.

Death[]

According to the necrology of the Abbaye Saint-Guénolé de Landévennec, Herve II died on 23 November in an unspecified year around 1218, while he was on his way back from the Fifth Crusade.^[1]

References[]

Sources[]

• Chaillou, Léa. The House of Léon: Genealogy and Origins. Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 11, 2019, pp. 19–48 ISSN 1479-5078
• Patrick Kernévez et Frédéric Morvan Généalogie des Hervé de Léon (vers 1180-1363). Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Finistère, 2002, p. 279-312.