Harvey II, Lord of Léon

Harvey II of Léon was the son of Harvey I, Lord of Léon, 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. He married Anne of Hennebontn heiress of part of the Kemenet-Héboé, 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.

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

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

Issue

Harvey II and Anne had a son:

References
  1. IX kal. decenbris, obiit Herveus de Leonia, peregrinus Hierosolimitanus

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.
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