Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)

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Alias "The Dragonknight"
Titles
  • Prince
  • Lord Commander of the Kingsguard
Allegiances
Born around 140 AL[1]
Died before 184 AL
Books
For the maester born Aemon Targaryen, see Maester Aemon.

Aemon Targaryen, called The Dragonknight, was the second son of Viserys II Targaryen and a prominent member of the Kingsguard.

History

Aemon joined the Kingsguard at the age of seventeen.[2] He served under the Kings Daeron the Young Dragon, Baelor the Blessed, his father Viserys II and lastly his own brother Aegon IV. He served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.[3]

Songs speak of his doomed love for his brother's queen, his own sister, Queen Naerys. He supposedly cried when Naerys married their brother.[4] It is rumored that Prince Aemon was the father of King Daeron II Targaryen. Prince Aemon has been referred to as the noblest knight who ever lived, and his skill with a sword is legendary throughout Westeros. He defended the honor of his sister, Queen Naerys, against the slanders of the 'evil' Ser Morgil.[5] He also won a tournament, disguised as a mystery knight known only as the Knight of Tears, in which he named his sister, Naerys, Queen of Love and Beauty. He died defending his elder brother and King, Aegon the Unworthy, during an assassination attempt by two brothers of House Toyne in retribution for Aegon's execution of their third brother. Prince Aemon bore the Valyrian steel sword Dark Sister, previously wielded by Aegon the Conqueror's sister-wife Visenya.

Family

 
 
 
Daena
Targaryen
 
 
 
 
Aegon IV
Targaryen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barba
Bracken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daemon I
 
Rohanne
of Tyrosh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aegon
 
 
Daemon II
 
 
Aenys
 
Two sons
 
 
Calla
 
Aegor
Rivers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aemon
 
Haegon
 
Unknown
wife
 
Daughter(s)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daemon III
 
Son(s)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daemon
 
Maelys
 


References and Notes

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