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Revision as of 14:58, 13 June 2013

Artist depiction of the Purple Wedding by Conor Campbell©

The Purple Wedding is the fan-given nickname for the wedding between King Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell that took place on the first day of the new century, 300 AC. The wedding was a lavish affair, but ended in disarray when the King Joffrey drank a chalice of wine that was poisoned with the Strangler and died quickly. The murder was a murky plot organized by the Tyrells and Petyr Baelish, but Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark were falsely implicated. Unlike the Red Wedding, this wedding is not called so in the books.

Background

After House Tyrell allied itself to his reign, Joffrey discarded Sansa and is betrothed to be married to Margaery Tyrell. Olenna Tyrell question Sansa on Joffrey to see if the stories of Joffrey's cruelty were true.

Wedding Feast

The Wedding took place on the first day of the new Century. The feast took place in the Throne Room. Tyrion was seated several seats away from the other Lannister attendees along with Sansa. Joffrey, while drunk, continually attempted to provoke his uncle, at one instance, he emptied the large Royal chalice of wine over Tyrion. The ceremonial pie was served, and cut by Ilyn Payne.

After drinking wine continually from the Wedding Chalice, and eating several handfuls of the pie, Joffrey began to cough, each cough more violent than the next. Many of the guests and musicians began to leave the throne room as chaos descended. Garlan Tyrell and Ser Meryn Trant ran to the aid of King Joffrey by pulling open his collar and sticking a spoon down his throat. In Joffrey's dying moments he pointed at Tyrion, implicating him as the poisoner. [1]

Aftermath

Suspects

References and Notes