Sir Hervé de Léon

Also known as: Sir Hervé · Family: Brittany · Role: knight · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 32

In Book 1, Chapter 32, King Edward released Sir Hervé de Léon for a ransom and charged him with carrying a message to King Philip, granting his liberty at the request of Earl of Derby. At Paris, Sir Hervé de Léon delivered the message to King Philip “word for word.” He died at Angers while returning to his country.

Relationship record

King of England released Sir Hervé de Léon for a ransom and a message to King Philip.(Book 1, Chapter 32)
- With: King Edward Earl of Derby
- “I will preserve my own honor unspotted, and shall allow you your liberty at a trifling ransom, out of my love for the Earl of Derby, who has requested it; but upon condition that you perform what I am going to ask of you.”
Sir Hervé de Léon delivered King of England’s message to King Philip de Valois.(Book 1, Chapter 32 · 📍 Paris)
- With: King Philip
- “He was therefore put in a litter, and came to Paris, to King Philip, to whom he delivered his message word for word.”
Sir Hervé de Léon died while returning to his country.(Book 1, Chapter 32 · 📍 Angers)
- “He died in returning to his own country, in the city of Angers.”

with King Edward (The king releases Sir Hervé from captivity on ransom and makes his release conditional on carrying a message.) “I will preserve my own honor unspotted, and shall allow you your liberty at a trifling ransom, out of my love for the Earl of Derby, who has requested it; but upon condition that you perform what I am going to ask of you.”
with King Philip (Sir Hervé delivers the English king's message to King Philip.) “He was therefore put in a litter, and came to Paris, to King Philip, to whom he delivered his message word for word.”
with Earl of Derby (The Earl requested Sir Hervé's release.) “out of my love for the Earl of Derby, who has requested it;”

Extracted from the original text of The Boy's Froissart. Made with Rho MD.