House Graceford
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House Graceford of Holyhall | |
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Work Her Will
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Coat of arms |
The Mother's face upon white pale wavy dividing a brown field (Brunâtre, on a pale wavy argent the Mother’s head caboshed proper) |
Seat | Holyhall |
Head | Lady Alyce Graceford |
Region | Reach |
Overlord | House Tyrell |
House Graceford of Holyhall is a noble house from Holyhall in the Reach. According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their arms with the Mother's face upon white pale wavy dividing a brown field.[1] Their words are "Work Her Will".[2]
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History
The Gracefords trace their ancestry back to Andal adventurers given lands and wives by the Three Sage Kings of House Gardener during the Andal Invasion.[3]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
The pregnant Lady Alyce Graceford requests permission from Cersei Lannister to name the child Tywin if it is a boy or Lanna if a girl. Cersei accedes.[4]
House Graceford at the end of the third century
The known Gracefords during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lady Alyce Graceford
Historical members
- Lord George Graceford, Lord of Holyhall and Lord Confessor early in the reign of Aegon III Targaryen
References
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from the Reach
- ↑ The Citadel. House Mottoes
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Andals in the Reach.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
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