Herve III, Lord of Léon was the son of
Herve II of Léon and his first wife Anne of Hennebont.
Life
Herve became
Lord of Léon after his father's death around 1218. His
fief
A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an Lord, overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a for ...
was the castle of
La Roche-Maurice
La Roche-Maurice (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of La Roche-Maurice are called in French ''Rochois''.
International relations
La Roche Maurice's twin town is Bishopsteig ...
.
Marriage and Issue
Herve married Margaret de Châteauneuf, a younger daughter of
Hugh IV de Châteauneuf, Lord of
Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais
Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais () is a commune in Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
The commune was once an important stronghold reigning over the whole natural and historic province of Thymerais.
Born of the fierce determination of its fi ...
, and Eleanor of Dreux, a sister of
Peter Mauclerc,
Duke of Brittany ''jure uxoris''. After her elder brother's death, Margaret inherited one third of the Lordships of Châteauneuf, including the castles of
Châteauneuf and
Senonches
Senonches () is a commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Geography
Senonches is located northwest of the department of Eure-et-Loir and the northeastern boundary of the Regional Natural Park of the Perche, at a crossroads betwee ...
.
Harvey was also Lord of
Noyon-sur-Andelle. Harvey III and Margaret had three children:
*
Harvey IV, who succeeded his father as Lord of Léon and Noyon-sur-Andelle, and his mother as Lord of Châteauneuf;
* Alan of Léon, whose son Francis is said to have married the heiress of the Kermavan family;
* Catherine of Léon, who married Juhel of Avaugour, younger son of
Henry II, Lord of Avaugour and Margaret of Mayenne.
Death
Herve died in 1240 and was buried in the
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Daoulas.
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
* Patrick Kernévez and 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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Lordship of Léon
People from Finistère
1240 deaths
13th-century Breton people