Robert Baratheon
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| Reign | 283 AL - 298 AL |
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| Othertitles | King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men |
| Full Name | Robert Baratheon the First of His Name |
| Predecessor | Aerys II |
| Successor | Joffrey Baratheon |
| Heir | Joffrey Baratheon |
| Queen | Cersei Lannister |
| Issue | See Known bastards |
| Royal House | House Baratheon |
| Father | Steffon Baratheon |
| Mother | Cassana Estermont |
| Date Of Death | 298 AL |
| Place Of Death | Kingslanding |
Robert Baratheon is a former member of House Baratheon and a former king of the Seven Kingdoms. Robert Baratheon was crowned king of the Seven Kingdoms after winning the War of the Usurper. A large man, Robert was once a renowned warrior, but grew fat from excessive alcohol and food consumption. He was known for his gregarious personality and remarkable ability to turn enemies into friends. He was killed during a hunt.
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[edit] Biography
Robert Baratheon was eldest son of Steffon Baratheon and Cassana Estermont. When his parents died in a shipwreck in the sight of their castle Storm's End, Robert was raised by Jon Arryn. In the Vale he met Eddard Stark an other foster-child of Arryn and they became fast friends. Later he was set to be married to Eddard's sister, Lyanna Stark. When Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapped her, Robert was driven almost mad by the thought of Rhaegar raping her. Together with Eddard and their foster father Jon Arryn, he started the War of the Usurper. Although he won the rebellion and killed Rhaegar, Lyanna died before they could be reunited. Robert was thereafter haunted by her memory and the desire for further vengeance against the slain Rhaegar.
Robert took the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms due to a distant relation to the Targaryens and married Cersei Lannister. He pardoned many of his former enemies and won some over as allies. Jon Arryn, as Hand of the King, held the Seven Kingdoms together while Robert ate, drank, hunted, and whored. Robert beggared the realm with the expense of his tournaments and sired many bastards.
When Jon Arryn died suddenly, Robert journeyed to Winterfell to meet the last person he truly trusted, Eddard Stark, after a long separation. Robert appeared to Eddard a broken man, unhealthy and unhappy. Eddard reluctantly took the job of Hand and came to King's Landing, where he discovered that Robert's children were in fact Cersei's bastards born of incest with her brother. After Eddard threatened to reveal her secret to Robert, Cersei sent Robert a very strong wine when he went out on a hunting trip, which caused him to get very drunk and receive a mortal wound from a boar. Robert's death tipped off a struggle for power that lead to the War of the Five Kings.
[edit] Known bastards
Although Robert Baratheon is known to have fathered at least sixteen bastards, only one has been acknowledged. Five have been seen by POV characters, while two others have been mentioned only in passing.
- Gendry. An unacknowledged bastard who was born to a worker in an alehouse. When he was old enough, an unknown lord paid his apprentice fee so he could learn to be a blacksmith. Gendry developed a reputation for stubbornness and fashioned a bull's head helmet as a result, causing him to be named the "Bull". Following the death of Robert, he fled the city with Yoren of the Night's Watch. He knew that Queen Cersei wanted him dead, although he did not know why. He traveled with Arya Stark until the Brotherhood Without Banners captured them and he joined the organization. The Brotherhood later placed him at the Old Crossroads Inn to look after a group of orphans there.
- Mya Stone. An unacknowledged bastard daughter born to Robert in the Vale. She served as a guide to and from the Eyrie, and became a favorite companion to Sansa Stark. Eddard Stark remembered that Robert was very fond of her.
- Edric Storm. Robert's only acknowledged bastard son, born to Delena Florent. He lived in Storm's End under the protection of Cortnay Penrose, the castellan. Stannis laid siege to the castle with the goal of capturing Edric Storm and using him to prove his claims of Cersei's incestuous affair with her brother. The red witch Melisandre also aimed to use Edric's blood to raise the dragons of Dragonstone. Davos Seaworth smuggled Edric away from Dragonstone before he could be sacrificed.
- Bella. An unacknowledged bastard daughter who lived at the Old Crossroads Inn.
- Barra. The youngest of Robert's known bastard children. A baby, she was killed by agents of Cersei following the death of Robert.
- Two unnamed twins. Petyr Baelish hints that Robert fathered twins to a woman in Casterly Rock who were killed by Queen Cersei's agents.
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