Guihomar II de Léon (died in 1103) was a Viscount of Léon. He is said to have succeeded his grandfather Guihomar I.
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Origins
Guihomar is said to be the son of a man named Ehuarn. But according to Joëlle Quaghebeur, this Ehuarn was actually a "Viscount from Cornouaille", that is to say a Viscount of Le Faou. It seems that Guihomar II succeeded his supposed grandfather and namesake Guihomar I.
A charter of the Cartulary of Saint-Georges de Rennes also mentions a Guihomar, son of Alan, himself named son of Guihomar in another charter in the same cartulary.
Guihomar might then be the son of Ehuarn and a daughter or a granddaughter of Guihomar I.
Guihomar's death is mentioned in the Chronicon Britannicum. It is specified that Guihomar II was killed in 1103 by his own subjects.
Possible family tree
Source:
Alan [I] of Léon
│
├──> Guihomar I of Léon († after 1040)
│ │
│ ├──> Alan [II] († after 1060)
│ │ │
│ │ ├──> Guyomar († after 1050, before his father)
│ │ │
│ │ ├──> a daughter
│ │ │ x Ehuarn, viscount of Cornouaille
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ └──> Guihomar II
│ │ │
│ │ └──> Emma/Anna
│ │ x Odo I, Viscount of Porhoët
│ └──> Alfred († after 1060)
│
└──> Alfred of Léon, Lord of Mordelles († after 1028)
Issue
Guihomar II married Orven of Cornouaille. They may have had two children:
Harvey who succeeded his father.
Harvey also had an illegitimate son with an unknown woman:
Harvey.
In literary works
Guihomar III of Léon may have inspired Guigemar, the hero of the Lai Guigemar by Marie de France: the story takes place in Brittany at the time of Hoilas (maybe Duke Hoël II); one of Hoilas' barons, Lord of Liun (Léon) has a daughter, Noguent, and a son, Guigemar (Guihomar).
