Valaena Velaryon
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| Alias | Valaena Targaryen[2] | |||
| Title | Lady of Dragonstone[3] | |||
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~78–40 BC[5] Driftmark[6] | |||
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In or after 26 BC[5] Dragonstone[6] | |||
| Father | Unknown Velaryon | |||
| Mother | Unknown Targaryen[4] | |||
| Spouse | Lord Aerion Targaryen[4] | |||
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Valaena Velaryon was a noblewoman from House Velaryon living at the end of the Century of Blood. She was the wife of Aerion Targaryen, Lord of Dragonstone, and the mother of the three conquerors of Westeros: Visenya, Aegon, and Rhaenys Targaryen.[4][3]
History
Valaena was half-Targaryen herself, through her mother, an as of yet unidentified member of House Targaryen.[4][3]
The marriage between Velaena's grandson, Prince Aenys Targaryen, and Alyssa Velaryon was considered a cousin to cousin marriage because the bride was kin to the groom's grandmother.[7]
Quotes
He was the only son, and second child, of Aerion, Lord of Dragonstone, and Lady Valaena of House Velaryon, herself half Targaryen on her mother's side. Aegon had two trueborn siblings; an elder sister, Visenya, and a younger sister, Rhaenys.[3]
Family
Behind the scenes
In The World of Ice and Fire, Alyssa Velaryon is mentioned to be Targaryen on her mother's side.[8] However, The Sons of the Dragon subsequently established her blood relation to Aenys was actually derived from his Velaryon grandmother Valaena,[9] and Fire & Blood reitereated that fact and revealed Alyssa's mother was Alarra Massey.[10]
References
- ↑ The red three-headed dragon was adopted by Aegon I Targaryen after the Conquest. This means that Targaryens prior to the Conquest did not use this coat of arms, and as such it is not displayed in this article.
- ↑ The Rise of the Dragon, Index.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Fire & Blood, Aegon's Conquest.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 See the Valaena Velaryon calculation.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Valaena Velaryon.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I.
- ↑ The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC.