Owen Merryweather

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Owen Merryweather
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Aliases
  • The Chuckler
  • Old Merryweather[1]
  • The Horn-of-Plenty Hand[2]
Titles
Allegiance House Merryweather
Culture Reach
Died 282299 AC
Spouse Unknown
Issue Father of Orton Merryweather
Books

Owen Merryweather was a Lord of Longtable and head of House Merryweather. He served as Hand of the King to Aerys II Targaryen.

Appearance and Character

Owen was an old man at the time of Robert's Rebellion. He was considered amiable but not capable.[2][3]

Owen was famous for throwing feasts and lavishing praise upon King Aerys II.[4]

History

During a feast King Aerys II Targaryen held when Cersei Lannister came to court for the first time, Lord Owen talked about raising taxes on wine, which led to Lord Rykker joking about Lord Tywin Lannister shitting gold.[1]

When Lord Tywin resigned his position as Hand of the King in 281 AC, Owen was named the new Hand by Aerys. With Tywin gone from court, the new focus of Aerys's mistrust and paranoia was his own son and heir, Rhaegar Targaryen, Prince of Dragonstone. At court, there was growing tension between the factions loyal to the king and those loyal to Rhaegar. It fell to Lord Merryweather and Grand Maester Pycelle the unenviable task of keeping peace between the two factions.[5]

Owen proved ineffectual in preventing the uprising that came to be known as Robert's Rebellion. When Lords Jon Arryn, Robert Baratheon, and Eddard Stark began their rebellion, Owen sent missives to the lords of the Seven Kingdoms declaring them outlaws and demanding their heads. Some of the stormlords were encouraged by Owen, but they were defeated by Robert at Summerhall.[6] Owen never stirred from King's Landing, and this coupled with the news of Ned and Robert's successful return to their respective seats of power made the paranoid Aerys believe that Lord Owen was conspiring with them. He was subsequently stripped of lands and titles and exiled for his failure, and was replaced as Hand of the King by Lord Jon Connington.[7]

King Robert I Baratheon eventually restored the Merryweather titles and some of their lands to Owen's grandson, Orton.[2]

Family

Owen
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Son
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orton
 
Taena
of Myr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Russell
 


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
  3. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 39, Cersei IX.
  4. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Aerys II Targaryen.
  5. The World of Ice & Fire, The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring.
  6. The World of Ice & Fire, The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion.
  7. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 11, Jaime II.