Herve II of Léon was the son of Herve I, Lord of Léon, the founding member of the

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Life

After his father's death, Harvey became Lord of Léon. His

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was the castle of

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First Marriage and Issue

Harvey married Anne of Kemenet, heiress of part of the Kemenet-Héboé, that is to say two thirds of the old castle of

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, the parishes of Inzinzac and Penquesten, most of Saint-Caradec and

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, half of

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, one third of

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, Tréfaven en Ploemeur and several enclaves scattered in

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, Gestel and Lesbin,

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and

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. Herve II and Anne had a son: *

Harvey III, Lord of Léon 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 was the castle of La Roche-Maurice. Marriage and issue Herve ma ...

(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

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.''IX kal. decenbris, obiit Herveus de Leonia, peregrinus Hierosolimitanus''

References

Sources

* * Patrick Kernévez et Frédéric Morvan ''Généalogie des Hervé de Léon (vers 1180-1363)''. Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Finistère, 2002, p. 279-312. {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey II, Lord of Léon Lordship of Léon People from Finistère 1218 deaths 12th-century Breton people 13th-century Breton people