House Martell

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House name House Martell of Sunspear

Coat of Arms	A red sun in his splendour pierced by a gold spear on orange
Words	"Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken"
Seat	Sunspear
Current Lord	Prince Doran Martell
Region	Dorne
Title	Lord of Sunspear Prince of Dorne
Heir	Arianne Martell
Overlord	House Baratheon of King's Landing
Founder	Mors Martell & Nymeria of the Rhoynar

House Martell of Sunspear is the ruling house of the kingdom of Dorne. Their seat is at Sunspear. Their sigil is a gold spear piercing a red sun, and their words are "Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken."^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 The Martell House at the end of the third century 3 References in the books 3.1 A Song of Ice and Fire 4 Past and historic members 5 Houses sworn to House Martell 6 References and Notes

History

House Martell's founding is unknown, except that they were one of the ruling Lords of Dorne which at the time was a coalition of states and petty kingdoms. Lord Mors Martell married the legendary warrior queen of the Rhoyne, Nymeria; thereafter their full surname was changed to "Nymeros Martell." The two united all of Dorne under their rule and House Martell has reigned for the last thousand years. The House follows several Rhoynar customs, using equal primogeniture to determine inheritance and styling their rulers as 'Prince' rather than 'King.'

After two centuries of fighting off Targaryen occupation, House Martell ultimately submitted Dorne to Targaryen rule through marriage between the two houses; their Martell words evoke this feat. King Daeron II, called Daeron the Good, married Princess Myriah Martell, sister of the ruling Prince of Dorne, Maron Martell. In turn Prince Maron married Daenerys Targaryen, a sister of Daeron.^[2] Since then, the Martells have ruled Dorne in the name of the King on the Iron Throne, while keeping the title Prince of Dorne.

The Martell House at the end of the third century

The known Martells during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:

• Prince Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, Lord of Sunspear.
  • Lady Mellario of Norvos, his wife
    • Princess Arianne Martell, his daughter and heir.
    • Prince Quentyn Martell, his eldest son.
    • Prince Trystane Martell, his second son.
• Princess {Elia Martell}, his sister. Killed during Robert's Rebellion.
• Prince {Oberyn Martell}, his brother. Known as the Red Viper.
  • • Obara Sand, Oberyn's bastard daughter.
    • Nymeria Sand, Oberyn's bastard daughter.
    • Tyene Sand, Oberyn's bastard daughter.
    • Sarella Sand, Oberyn's bastard daughter.
  • Ellaria Sand, Oberyn's paramour.

Other Martells include:

• Ser Manfrey Martell, castellan of Sunspear. His is a cousin of Doran Martell.^[3] It is not stated of which degree.

Lady of Dorne

Lewyn Martell

Doran

Mellario of Norvos

Mors

Olyvar

Elia

Rhaegar Targaryen

Various women

Oberyn the Red Viper

Ellaria Sand

Arianne

Rhaenys

Obara Sand

Loreza Sand

Quentyn

Aegon

Nymeria Sand

Obella Sand

Trystane

Tyene Sand

Dorea Sand

Sarella Sand

Elia Sand

References in the books

A Song of Ice and Fire

• Doran Martell is ten years older than Oberyn.
• Mors and Olyvar Martell were born between Doran and Oberyn but they both died as infants.
• Doran squired at Salt Shore.
• The seat of House Martell is Sunspear.
• Ser Manfrey Martell is the castellan of Sunspear.
• Elia Martell was married to Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.
• Prince Lewyn was a member of Aerys II's Kingsguard.
• Prince Lewyn Martell commanded the ten thousand Dornishmen at the Battle of the Trident.
• Prince Oberyn was defeated by Prince Rhaegar at a tourney at Storm's End.
• Prince Oberyn gave King Joffrey I a red gold brooch in the shape of a scorpion as wedding present.
• Ser Barristan Selmy unhorsed Prince Oberyn at a tourney held at Storm's End.

Past and historic members

• Myriah Martell. Wife of King Daeron II. Their marriage brought Dorne into the Seven Kingdoms.
• Maron Martell. He was prince of Dorne. Daeron II gave him his sister in marriage although she was in love with Daemon Blackfyre.
• Lewyn Martell, a knight of Aerys II's Kingsguard. He died at the Battle of the Trident.

Houses sworn to House Martell

• Allyrion of Godsgrace.
• Blackmont of Blackmont.
• Dalt of Lemonwood.
• Dayne of Starfall.
  • Dayne of High Hermitage a cadet branch of the former.
• Fowler of Skyreach. The Lord of House Fowler is titled Warden of the Prince's Pass. The current Lord of Skyreach has twin daughters, who are companions and bedmates of Princess Arianne.
• Gargalen of Salt Shore.
• Jordayne of the Tor.
• Manwoody of Kingsgrave.
• Qorgyle of Sandstone.
• Santagar of Spottswood.
• Toland of Ghost Hill.
• Uller of the Hellholt.
• Vaith of the Red Dunes
• Wyl of Wyl.
• Yronwood of Yronwood. House Yronwood is accounted the most powerful of the bannerhouses sworn to House Martell. The Lord is titled Warden of the Boneway and The Bloodroyal.

Houses from Dorne
Overlords:	Martell
Noble houses:	Allyrion | Blackmont | Dayne | Fowler | Gargalen | Jordayne Manwoody | Qorgyle | Toland | Uller | Vaith | Wyl | Yronwood
Knightly Houses:	Dalt | Santagar

References and Notes

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