Crown
Crowns are worn as a symbol of royal or elevated office, especially kings. Rulers in many cultures, such as a King-Beyond-the-Wall who may rule the Wildlings or Free Folk, wear no crowns.
Contents
- 1 Crowns of the Targaryen dynasty
- 2 Crowns of the Baratheon dynasty
- 3 Crowns of the Kings in the North
- 4 Crowns of the Ironborn
- 5 Religious Crowns
- 6 Other Crowns
- 7 Crowns in history and legend
- 8 Notable omissions
- 9 Quotes
- 10 References
Crowns of the Targaryen dynasty | |
Crown of Aegon IDescription: A circle crown of Valyrian steel, set with big square-cut rubies.[1][2] Royal Bearers:
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Fate: Lost in Dorne after the death of King Daeron I Targaryen.[4] | |
Crown of Aenys IDescription: A crown of gold, elaborate and larger and more ornate than the crown of Aegon I.[1][5] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Jaehaerys IDescription: A simple gold band, set with seven gemstones of different colors.[1][3] Royal Bearers:
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Fate: After Rhaenyra fled King's Landing, she sold the crown to buy passage on a Braavosi merchant ship.[3] | |
Crown of Aegon IIIDescription: A slender gold band, a simple circlet, unornamented.[1][8] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Baelor IDescription: A crown made of flowers and vines.[1] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Aegon IVDescription: A crown made of red gold, huge and heavy, each of its points a dragon head with gemstone eyes.[1] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Maekar IDescription: A warlike crown with sharp black iron points in a band of red gold.[1][4] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Daenerys StormbornDescription: A crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon. The coils are yellow gold, the wings silver, the heads carved from jade, ivory, and onyx.[9][1] Origin: The crown was given as a gift to Daenerys Stormborn by the Tourmaline Brotherhood, a merchant faction, in Qarth after her emergence from the Red Waste.[10] Royal Bearers:
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Other Targaryen Crowns
Crown of Daemon
History: Prince Daemon Targaryen, brother of King Viserys I Targaryen, won a kingdom for himself in the Stepstones and crowned himself King of the Narrow Sea in 109 AC. Daemon returned to King's Landing during a great tourney and knelt in fealty, offering the crown to his brother, who returned it to him.[11][12]
Royal Bearers:
- Daemon Targaryen (King of the Narrow Sea)
Crown of Alysanne
Description: A crown of gold, a slimmer, more feminine version of the second crown of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[7] (The merlons atop the tower of the holdfast Queenscrown, a little south of The Wall, is said to have been painted gold in emulation of this crown, in memory of Queen Alysanne Targaryen who once slept there).[13][14]
Royal Bearers:
- Alysanne Targaryen, "the Good" (Queen Consort to Jaehaerys I Targaryen)
Crown of Alicent
History: At the coronation of Aegon II Targaryen, his mother Dowager Queen Alicent crowned his sister-wife Helaena with her own crown.[3]
Royal Bearers:
- Alicent Hightower (Queen Consort to Viserys I Targaryen)
- Helaena Targaryen (Queen Consort to Aegon II Targaryen)
Crown of Rhaella
History: When Viserys Targaryen and Daenerys Targaryen fled to the Free Cities after Robert's Rebellion, they took the crown of their mother, Queen Rhaella Targaryen, with them. Later, in poverty in exile, Viserys sold this crown in order to survive.[15][10] It is not known whether this crown may be any of the crowns detailed above.
Royal Bearers:
- Rhaella Targaryen (Queen Consort to Aerys II Targaryen)
Crowns of the Baratheon dynasty
Crown of Joffrey IDescription: A crown of gold crusted with rubies and black diamonds.[16][17] The crown is described as too big for young King Tommen, but his queen mother, Cersei Lannister, thinks that he may grow into it.[18] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Stannis BaratheonDescription: A crown of red gold wrought with points that look like flames.[19] A twin crown for the royal consort is associated with this crown.[20] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Renly BaratheonDescription: A crown with golden roses girding the temple and a jade stag's head afore.[21][19] Royal Bearers:
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First Crown of Cersei LannisterDescription: A crown of gold.[22] Royal Bearers:
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Second Crown of Cersei LannisterDescription: A crown of pale spun gold set with emeralds (said to sparkle when the wearer turns the head). This crown is described as lighter than the first crown of Cersei Lannister.[23] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Queen Margaery TyrellDescription: A slim golden crown.[24] Royal Bearers:
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Crowns of the Kings in the North
Crown of Robb StarkDescription: An open circlet of hammered bronze incised with the runes of the First Men, surmounted by nine black iron spikes wrought in the shape of longswords. It is said to look much the same as the one worn by the former Stark Kings in The North.[25] Origins: The crown was forged by Lord Hoster Tully's smith at Riverrun soon after Robb Stark was declared King in the North and King of the Trident. Royal Bearers:
Subsequent Carriers:
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Crown of Jeyne StarkRoyal Bearers:
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Crowns of the Ironborn
Crown of Salt and RockOffice: The crown of Salt and Rock, also referred to as the Driftwood Crown, denotes kingship over the Iron Isles, the Ironborn and their territories. Associated with the crown of Salt and Rock is the Seastone Chair denoting the same office. In times of the kingsmoots the crown was tossed into the sea whenever a king died and a new was made from driftwood after a new king was chosen. Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Theon GreyjoyDescription: A finger-slim iron band with chunks of black diamond and gold nuggets. It is described as misshapen and ugly.[29] Origin: This crown was forged in Winterfell at the command of Theon Greyjoy after Winterfell was taken by the Ironborn under Theon Greyjoy. Theon observes that the new smith replacing the slain Mikken is capable of little more than nails and horseshoes.[29] Royal Bearers:
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Crown of Asha GreyjoyHistory: Asha Greyjoy wears a makeshift crown to the Kingsmoot initiated by Aeron Greyjoy the Damphair during the War of the Five Kings.[30] Royal Bearers:
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Religious Crowns
Crowns of the High SeptonDescription and History: The crowns of the High Septon of Faith of the Seven is an immense crown of spun gold and crystal that wreathed the head with rainbows when the wearer moves.[31][16][24] There have been two crowns in the course of A Song of Ice and Fire. The first went missing (and its wearer killed) during the Riot of King's Landing.[16] The second was a gift to the Faith and new High Septon from Tywin Lannister (the then Hand of the King) and much taller and more elaborate than the previous crown.[24] This second crown was sold by the faith, ostensibly to feed the hungry, when the next High Septon (known as the High Sparrow) assumed the position. This second crown is estimated (by Cersei) to add one and a half feet to the wearers height.[18] |
Other Crowns
- The molten gold crown of Viserys Targaryen, made of melted down pure gold medallions from Khal Drogo's belt.[32]
- A gold crown (with jeweled septor) worn by Hizdahr zo Loraq, husband to Daenerys Stormborn and King of Meereen.[33]
- The crown of Meereen, featured in the A Game of Thrones collectible card game but not in the novels. Daenerys wears her own three-headed dragon crown as Queen of Meereen.
- Xaro Xhoan Daxos in Qarth claims to Daenerys Stormborn that The Thirteen would place a crown of black jade and fire opals upon her head.[9]
- A simple circlet of dark bronze is given to Val of the Free Folk to wear as a crown.[34]
Crowns in history and legend
- The crown of the King of the Rock, surrendered to Aegon I Targaryen by King Loreon Lannister in the War of Conquest.[35]
- The Falcon Crown worn by the Kings of the Vale of Arryn before the War of Conquest.[36] Surrendered to Queen Visenya Targaryen during the War of Conquest by Dowager Queen Sharra Arryn, along with her own regent's coronet and the small crown of her son King Ronnel Arryn.[35]
- The crown worn by the old Stark Kings in the North; resembled Robb Stark's Crown; was surrendered to Aegon the Conqueror by Torrhen Stark, the King Who Knelt.[25][35]
- Garth Greenhand, the first of the Gardener Kings that ruled The Reach before the War of Conquest wore a crown of vines and flowers.[37]
- The Grey King wore a tall pale crown made from the teeth of Nagga, the first sea dragon. The sea reclaimed his throne.[30] (House Greyjoy claims descent from him).[37]
- The Kings of the Rivers and the Hills wore crowns as depicted without detail in the worn likeness of King Tristifer IV Mudd on a sepulcher at Oldstones.
- A crown of seven stars pulled down from the heavens by the Father made flesh, was worn by Hugor of the Hill, the first king of Andalos.[38]
Notable omissions
It may be noted that although Robert I Baratheon was the 18th King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, no mention is made of his crown.
It is likely that each line of kings to preside over each of the many kingdoms that emerged throughout the history of Westeros bore a crown of some description.
Quotes
"Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen." And so she did, though the weight of it made her neck ache.
"Fool. No one who wears a crown is ever safe."[39]
- Cersei Lannister, to Jaime Lannister
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 So Spake Martin: "Targaryen Kings". November 1, 2005. http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_Kings.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Princess and the Queen.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 So Spake Martin: "Good Queen Alysanne and Rhaenyra". June 18, 2006. http://www.westeros.org/citadel/ssm/entry/good_queen_alysanne_and_rhaenyra/.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 40, Daenerys III.
- ↑ The Rogue Prince.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 40, Bran III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 3, Daenerys I.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 41, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 57, Sansa V.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 17, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 36, Cersei VIII.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 38, Jaime VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 42, Brienne VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 56, Theon V.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 19, The Drowned Man.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 46, Daenerys V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 59, The Discarded Knight.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 53, Jon XI.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 10, Sansa I.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 12, Cersei III.