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Aegon V Targaryen

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{{Infobox monarch
| name = [[File:House Targaryen crest.PNG|50px|left]] '''Aegon V''' [[File:House Targaryen crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:AEGON V.jpg|300px|]]
| image_caption= Aegon V by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| reign = {{Date|233}} - {{Date|259}}
| coronation =
| othertitles= King of Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men Lord of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Protector of the Realm
| alias = Aegon the Unlikely Aegon the Fortunate Egg The Prince Who Was An Egg
| fullname = Aegon Targaryen Fifth of His Name
| predecessor= [[Maekar I Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]]
| heir = 1st: [[Duncan Targaryen]] (renounced rights) 2nd: [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys Targaryen]]
| queen = [[Betha Blackwood]]
| spouse =
| issue = [[Duncan Targaryen]] [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] [[Shaera Targaryen]] [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aegon V)|Daeron Targaryen]] [[Rhaelle Targaryen]]
| royalhouse = [[House Targaryen]]
| father = [[Maekar I Targaryen]]
| mother = [[Dyanna Dayne]]
| dateofbirth= {{Date|200}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| placeofbirth= [[King's Landing]]
| dateofdeath= {{Date|259}}
| placeofdeath= [[Tragedy at Summerhall|Summerhall]]
| dateofburial=
| placeofburial=
| culture =
| Books = ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' (Appears) ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' (Appears) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (Appears) ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned)
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{{See homonyms | Aegon Targaryen (disambiguation)}}
'''Aegon V''' was King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the fifteenth [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] to sit the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|agot|appendix}} In his youth he went by the nickname '''Egg''' and squired for Ser [[Duncan the Tall]].

Aegon became king only after a [[Great Council]] that bypassed a number of candidates earlier in the line of succession, and after his elder brother, [[Aemon]], refused the throne. As the fourth son of [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar I]], himself a fourth son, Aegon was called "Aegon the Unlikely."{{ref|aCoK|6}}

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Aegon V Targaryen|Images of Aegon V Targaryen]]''

According to a semi-canonical source, Aegon had long, shoulder-length hair that shone like beaten gold with strands of silver woven together. Tall, slender and handsome, he had large eyes, [[purple eyes|deep and dark and purple]]. He wore the crown of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]].<ref>Targaryen Kings, (November 1, 2005) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

==Biography==
===Early Life===
[[File:Egg.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Aegon in his youth, during the [[Tales of Dunk and Egg]]]]
In his youth, Aegon first served at court in King's Landing as a page.{{Ref|TSS}} He owned a [[dragon egg]], which was colored with green and white swirls, placed in his cradle with him when he was a babe.{{ref|tmk}} He loathed his brother, the cruel and sadistic [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]], who threw Aegon's pet cat down a well. Aerion once visited Aegon in his bedroom during the dead of night, put a knife to Aegon's privates, and joked about removing his genitals so he would become a girl whom Aerion could marry. Aegon himself was betrothed to his sister [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Maekar I)|Daella]], though he did not wish to marry her. Aegon dreamed of becoming a knight of the [[Kingsguard]], who are sworn not to wed.{{Ref|TSS}}

Aegon was supposed to squire for his eldest brother, [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]], in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]], but Daeron had no interest in jousting and drank himself into a stupor at an inn. Ser Duncan the Tall visited the inn and Aegon was impressed by the humble hedge knight and followed him.

Egg served as a squire to Duncan during the Ashford tourney where his uncle, Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]], died of a wound inflicted by Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], Baelor's brother and Aegon's father.{{ref|thk}} Maekar wished Aegon to be trained as a knight, but Aegon would only agree if Duncan was the knight who trained him. Maekar, the [[Prince of Summerhall]], offered Duncan a place at the garrison of [[Summerhall]], but Duncan declined and agreed to take Aegon on only if Aegon accompanied him as his squire. Aegon would live humbly, but Duncan thought it would make Aegon a better man than his brothers, Aerion and Daeron. Thus he served as a squire to the [[hedge knight]] Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]] under his nickname "Egg".{{ref|thk}}

A little less than two years later Egg squired for Duncan during the small localized conflict between [[House Webber]] and [[House Osgrey]].{{ref|tss}} In {{Date|212}}, he played a part in the suppression of the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]] at [[Whitewalls]].{{ref|tmk}}

===Later Life===
Aegon married [[Betha Blackwood]] in {{date|220}}. The marriage at the time provoked no opposition as Aegon was very low in the line of succession. They married for love and eventually had five children together. Their first born son, Aegon named [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan]] in honor or his friend [[Duncan|Ser Duncan the Tall]]. {{ref|adwd|67}}{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}

After his father Maekar I's death in {{date|232}} during the [[Peake Uprising]], it was unclear who should be king since two of Aegon's older brothers had died before his father. Daeron left a feeble-witted daughter named [[Vaella Targaryen (daughter of Daeron)|Vaella]] and Aerion a minor [[Maegor Targaryen (son of Aerion)|son]], so the [[Great Council]] was called to choose the king. Aegon seemed the logical choice but many Lords considered him ''"half a peasant"'' due to his youth among the [[smallfolk]], the Council approached Aegon's brother [[Aemon]], a [[maester]], was offered the crown, but refused, stating it should be given to Aegon. {{ref|twoiaf| Maekar I}}

==Reign==
Aegon was crowned King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] when he was thirty-three years old. According to [[Aemon]], Aegon, despite being a man grown with sons of his own, was still half a boy and had an innocence to him, a sweetness that was well loved. Aegon's first act as King was the arrest of Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]] the former [[Hand of the King]], for the murder of [[Aenys Blackfyre]], Brynden had offered him safe conduct to Westeros for the [[Great Council]] but had executed him when he arrived in the capital.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maekar I}} Though all were glad another [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] pretender was dead, Aegon had to punish Lord Bloodraven least it look like the word of the [[Iron Throne]] is worthless, he was sentenced to death though King Aegon offered him a choice to join the [[Night's Watch]] to which Brynden accepted.

Aemon decided to join the Night's Watch too, to prevent any plots from developing whereby he would be used against his brother. As an honor guard many of bloodraven's personal guard known as the [[Raven's Teeth]] decided to follow their commander and take the black also. Aegon emptied the dungeons and sent the prisoners to join the Night's Watch, Before departing for the [[Wall]], Aemon gave his brother, one final counsel:

{{Quote|It takes a man to rule. An Aegon, not an Egg. Kill the boy and let the man be born.{{ref|aDwD|7}}}}

During Aegon's reign he appointed his old friend Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]] as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Aegon's reign was a troubled and challenging one, It began during a harsh winter that had already lasted three years and showed no signs of abating. There was massive starvation and suffering in [[the North]]. Aegon always concerned for the well being of the poor and weak sent massive shipments of food and grain North, some felt he did too much in this regard though. The Winter after six years finally ended in {{date|236}}, Aegons reign was tested by those lords whose affairs they felt he meddled in during his youth.

The spring saw the threat of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] return, the [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]] happened just as the winter had ended. [[Daemon III Blackfyre]] attempted to seize the [[Iron Throne]] with the [[Golden Company]] but the rebellion rallied few to it's side. Aegon and his sons personally rode to meet and repel the invaders, Ser Duncan the Tall personally slew Daemon in single combat ending the Rebellion, [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]] managed to escape though and fled with the remnants of the Golden Company across the [[Narrow Sea]]. The [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] sadly were not the only opposition Aegon faced during his rule.{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}

Despite Aemon removing himself as a possible pawn in plots to overthrow Aegon. Aegon spent much of his reign in armor trying to quell one conflict after another, thrice the Iron Throne had to intervene in [[the Westerlands]] due to the inferior and inept leadership of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]].{{ref|twoiaf| House Lannister under the Dragons}} However the troubles were mainly caused because Aegon tried to improve the lives of the smallfolk. Having seen first hand the hardship the smallfolk suffer during his time as a Squire to Ser Duncan, Aegon V did much to improve the quality of life for his lowborn subjects. He enacted numerous reforms and granted rights and protections to the commons that they had never known before, these new rights made him beloved of the commons but each of these measures also provoked fierce opposition from the High Lords whose powers over their peasants was diminished and curtailed by these new reforms, the most outspoken of the high Lords against King Aegon once denounced Aegon as a...

{{Quote|Bloody handed tyrant intent on depriving us of our god-given rights and liberties.{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}}}

It was well known that the resistance he constantly faced taxed King Aegon's patience - especially as the compromises a king must make to rule well often left his greatest hopes receding further and further into the future. As one defiance followed another, Aegon was forced to bow to the recalcitrant lords more often than he wished. Aegon was heard to say, that if only he had [[Dragons]], the Lords would be less hostile to him and could more easily enact all of the desired reforms and rights he wished to grant the smallfolk, if he had Dragons he could remake the realm anew, with peace and prosperity for all.

Aegon faced renewed troubles in his reign caused because of his sons.{{ref|AWOIAF}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] stated Aegon V married for love and all three of his sons were said to want to do the same in defiance of their father's wishes. With Aegon growing up among the smallfolk he had developed a distaste for the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] practice of incestuous marriage, Aegon was convinced that such incestuous unions did more harm than good and he wished to end this tradition once and for all. He had arranged marriages for all three of his sons when they were children, to the daughters of some of the greatest and most powerful Houses in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}

Aegon and his Queen, [[Betha Blackwood]], had arranged the betrothals of four of their children in {{date|237}}. The first was between their eldest son and heir Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan]] to the daughter of Lord [[Lyonel Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]]. The second was Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] to Lady [[Celia Tully]], the daughter of the Lord of [[Riverrun]] and the youngest son, Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aegon V)|Daeron]] to Lady [[Olenna Redwyne]] of the [[Arbor]] and finally their daughter Princess [[Shaera Targaryen|Shaera]] was to wed [[Luthor Tyrell]] the heir to [[Highgarden]]. If these marriages had taken place they would have strengthened King Aegon's rule and would have won him much support for his reforms. His Grace had failed to take into account that his children had inherited his willfulness and their mothers stubbornness, King Aegon followed his heart and married for love, his sons and daughter would do likewise.{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}{{Ref|aDwD|67}}

Prince Duncan was the first to defy his father in {{date|239}} when he became enamored and eventually fell in love with a mysterious woman known as [[Jenny of Oldstones]] who he secretly wed. Though King Aegon V grew up among the smallfolk and was a good friend to them, he could not sanction the wedding of the heir to the [[Iron Throne]] to a peasant girl, he did all he could to undo the marriage. Prince Duncan shared his fathers willfulness and would not relent though. King Aegon, the [[small council]], the [[Maesters|Grandmaester]] and the [[High Septon]] all forced Prince Duncan to choose between the girl or the Iron Throne. The Prince choose Jenny and abdicated as [[Prince of Dragonstone]], thus making his younger brother Prince Jaehaerys the new heir.{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}

This did not restore peace between the Iron Throne and [[House Baratheon]], whose daughter Prince Duncan had spurned to wed a peasant girl. Prior to this, Lord [[Lyonel Baratheon]] had been a leal supporter of King Aegon V, thus the reason King Aegon was pleased to have arranged the betrothal of his heir to Lord Lyonel's daughter. The famed warrior and Lord of Storm's End was not a man easily appeased when his pride and honor were wounded. A short bloody rebellion followed which was ended in trial by combat between Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]] of the [[Kingsguard]] and Lord Lyonel, Ser Duncan defeated Lord Lyonel, making him yield. King Aegon pardoned him and to make peace arranged a new betrothal of his daughter Princess [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] to Lord Lyonel's heir. King Aegon sent Rhaelle to [[Storm's End]] as Lord Lyonel's cupbearer and companion to his lady wife to make sure this wedding took place.{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}

The second betrothal that was broken was by the new heir Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], while his father had developed a distaste for the Targaryen practice of marriage through incest, Prince Jaehaerys was of a more traditional mind and from a young age desired his sister Princess [[Shaera Targaryen|Shaera]] whose desire for him was similar. When King Aegon and Queen Betha discovered this, they did everything to separate the two siblings, which only served to inflame their passions. When Prince Duncan defied his father's wishes and married Jenny, Jaehaerys did not fail to note that their father eventually relented. In {{date|240}} Prince Jaehaerys and Princess Shaera who both eluded their guardians secretly wed and consummated the marriage. Aegon despaired over this, but felt he had no choice now and was forced to relent to his children's wishes, while at the same time dealing with the anger and wounded pride of [[House Tully]] and [[House Tyrell]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}} Jaehaerys and Shaera eventually had their first child, a son who they named [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]].

Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aegon V)|Daeron]] followed the examples of his brothers and refused to marry to his betrothed, Lady [[Olenna Redwyne]].
He did so when he was eighteen years old, in {{Date|246}}. But while his brothers had broken their betrothals for another woman, this was not the case with Daeron.

While Daeron would not live for much longer, he would remain unwed. He preferred the companionship of Ser [[Jeremy Norridge]], a young [[knight]] whom he had befriended when they were squires together at [[Highgarden]]. Prince Daeron and Ser Jeremy both perished in battle in {{date|251}} crushing a rebellion led by [[the Rat, the Hawk and the Pig]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}

Meanwhile in [[Essos]] during {{date|258}}, the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] joined together with other power seekers to form the [[Band of Nine]]. Since this group also posed a threat to the [[Free Cities]], King Aegon felt that they would be dealt with by the forces of [[Free Cities]] saving the [[Iron Throne]] from getting involved, nonetheless preparations were made in case the group became a serious threat.

The turmoil in his reign made Aegon obsessed with the idea of restoring dragons to Westeros. He got [[Septons]] to pray over the last Dragon eggs and [[Maesters]] to consult ancient scrolls and lore, though friends and counselors sought to dissuade him, King Aegon grew convinced that only with dragons could he have the power to enact the changes he wished and force the stubborn lords to accept his decrees that granted freedoms, rights and protections to the smallfolk.{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}}

This led to the [[tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon perished while trying to hatch [[dragon egg]]s. His son, Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], his friend, [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]] Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], and others of the royal court also perished in the fire.{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon V}} Aegon was succeeded by his second son, [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]].

Many of the laws, rights and protections King Aegon V had granted and bestowed upon the smallfolk would later be undone during the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] by his [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

==Quotes about Aegon==

{{Quote|All three of the sons of the fifth Aegon had wed for love in defiance of their father's wishes. And because that unlikely monarch had followed his heart when he chose his queen, he allowed his sons to have their way, making bitter enemies when he might have made fast friends. Treason and turmoil followed, as night follows day, ending at [[Summerhall]] in sorcery, fire and grief.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}}}
-[[Barristan Selmy]]

==Family==
===Ancestors===
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===Descendants===
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==References and Notes==
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Sandor Clegane

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| image = [[File:Sandor.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Sandor Clegane Portrait by Amok©
| Alias = The Hound Dog
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|270}} or {{Date|271}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sandor Clegane|Sandor Clegane]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}} (supposedly)
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Rory McCann,Sandor Clegane|Rory McCann]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
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'''Sandor Clegane''' is a member of [[House Clegane]]. He is the younger brother of the current head, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. He is nicknamed '''the Hound''' for his savage nature and unquestioning obedience to his masters and for the three dogs featured in his family's arms. He is considered one of the most dangerous fighters in [[Westeros]], though he frequently drinks himself into stupors. As a child, Sandor received gruesome facial burns when Gregor shoved his face into a brazier.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} He came to loathe fire, his brother, and the hypocrisy of [[Knight|knighthood]] in general.

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Sandor Clegane|Images of Sandor Clegane]]''

Sandor is a huge and heavily-muscled man. The right side of his face is gaunt, with sharp cheekbones and a heavy brow. His nose is large and hooked, his long hair is dark and thin and brushed so that it covers the left side since no hair grows there. The left side of his face is a ruin with no ear but only a hole. There is a twisted mass of scar around his good left eye. Slick black flesh is pocked with craters and deep cracks that ooze red and wet. His eyes are grey. On his jaw, bone shows.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} He regularly wears plain armor and a distinctive helm sculpted into the shape of a snarling dog's head.

==History==
Sandor's childhood appears to have been overshadowed by his older brother Gregor's brutality and martial prowess. Aged seven, his father explained away the burns inflicted by Gregor by claiming his bedding caught fire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} There are rumours of a sister who died young in mysterious circumstances, and their father was killed in a hunting accident shortly after [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]] came to the throne, which is also implied to have been suspicious, leaving the family estates to Gregor.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

Sandor left to join the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] household the same day Gregor came into his inheritance.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} He claims to have killed a man when he was twelve years old,{{Ref|aGoT|7}} possibly during [[Robert's Rebellion]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Clegane acted for a time as bodyguard and servant of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], who regularly called him "Dog". [[Cersei]] suggests that he looked to the Hound as a surrogate father. En route from [[Winterfell]] to King's Landing, he earned the enmity of [[Arya Stark]] by acting on Lannister orders to kill her friend [[Mycah]], the son of a butcher, believed to have harmed Joffrey.
[[File:Cristi Balanescu Lashing Out.png|350px|left|thumb|The Hound vs The Mountain - by Cristi Balanescu ©]]
The first night of the [[Tourney of the Hand]], after the feast, Joffrey has him escort Sansa back to the castle. Drunk, despite the final jousts the next day, Sandor becomes enamored with [[Sansa Stark]]. Angry that she can't look him in the eye due to his disfigurement, he mocks her for her polished manners, calling her a "little bird" who chirps on command. He won the tourney after saving Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] from Gregor's wrath. He fights heatedly with his brother; however when [[King Robert]] commands them to stop, the Hound takes a knee.
[[File:The hound by ammotu.jpg|thumb|250px|Sandor Clegane by Ammotu©]]
When [[Eddard Stark]] attempted to take Cersei and her illegitimate children into custody with the help of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|goldcloaks]] (unbeknownst to the fact that [[Janos Slynt]] had already been under the employ of the treacherous [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] all along and was plotting betrayal), Sandor Clegane participated in the widespread slaughter of Eddard's remaining household guard alongside his erstwhile allies, personally killing [[Cayn]].

After [[Barristan Selmy]] was dismissed from the [[Kingsguard]], Clegane was named as his replacement despite refusing to become a knight. In this capacity he was often assigned to watch over Sansa. Despite his loyalty to Joffrey, he strategically defended her from Joffrey's wrath several times and is the only Kingsguard who was never commanded to beat her. Instead he treated her with relative kindness and tried to spare her from Joffrey's sadism.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Sandor is present for the [[Tourney for King Joffrey's 13th Name Day]] as [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s bodyguard. He is dismissive of the competitors, calling them gnats, that it would be a waste of effort to compete himself, and that even Joffrey could beat them. When Joffrey suggests he should fight the champion to the death, the Hound replies “You’d be one knight the poorer.” Sandor has never taken a knight’s vows.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

When Ser Dontos disgraces himself by turning up for the tournament drunk and improperly dressed, Sansa saves him from Joffrey's wrath, making up a story that it is bad luck to kill a man on one’s name day. Joffrey mocks the idea and suggests that she should be drowned in wine with Ser Dontos, but the Hound comes to her rescue by telling Joffrey “What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.” {{Ref|aCoK|2}}

Later, [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives with the Lannister troops and the [[mountain clans]]. Sandor comments to Tyrion “They said you were dead,” to which Tyrion replies “I was speaking to the king, not to his cur.” After Joffrey leaves with his brother and sister, the Hound tells Tyrion “I’d guard that tongue of yours, little man.”{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

When returning from the [[Godswood]] after meeting with [[Dontos Hollard]] for the first time, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] runs into a drunk Sandor as he lurches out of a hidden doorway on the serpentine stairs. He grabs her roughly and questions her about where she has been. He does not believe her lie that she has been praying for her father and the king, but backs her up when Ser [[Boros Blount]] asks the same questions: “You expect her to sleep with all the noise?” He admires her blooming womanhood, but sees her as still a “stupid little bird […] singing all the songs they taught you”. He asks her to sing “some song about knights and fair maids”, and mocks Sansa's admiration of “''true'' knights”. Sansa is frightened by him during this encounter, but though he hurts her by grabbing her wrist, he takes her back unharmed to the Red Keep.
[[File:Luaprata91 sandor sansa eve of battle.JPG|thumb|left|350px|Sansa and Sandor on the eve of the Battle of the Blackwater - by Luaprata91 ©]]
When they arrive at the drawbridge, Ser [[Boros Blount]] is there and Sansa is alarmed (“the worst of the Kingsguard”, she thinks). The hound tells her “That one is nothing to fear, girl. Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger,” and to Ser Boros: “Fuck your ''ser'', Boros. You’re the knight, not me. I’m the king’s dog, remember?” Blount tells Sandor that the noise was caused by “fools at the gate” protesting [[Tyrek Lannister]]'s wedding feast, and that Joffrey led a sortie against them. Clegane remarks “A brave boy,” his mouth twitching.

After crossing the drawbridge, Sansa asks the hound why he lets people call him dog but not knight. He replies by telling the story of [[House Clegane|his house]]'s founding. “I like dogs better than knights. […] A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face. And that’s more than little birds can do, isn’t it?” Before he leaves her he says “Pretty thing, and such a bad liar. […] They’re all liars here … and every one better than you.”{{Ref|aCoK|18}}
[[File:Sandor and stranger by Giliberti.jpg|thumb|300px|Sandor flees King's Landing on Stranger by M.Luisa Giliberti ©]]
After the [[Battle of Oxcross]], Sandor brings Sansa before King Joffrey. She protests that she had no part in her brother's treasons, at which Clegane snorts: “They trained you well, little bird.” Joffrey orders the three Kingsguard present to beat her, but Sandor does not obey, being interrupted by Ser Dontos. The beating is only stopped by the arrival of [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] with [[Bronn]] and [[Timett]]. Tyrion asks for someone to give Sansa something to cover herself, and Sandor undoes his cloak and tosses it to Sansa.{{Ref|aCoK|32}}

During the [[Riot of King's Landing]], Sandor comes to the aid of [[Sansa Stark]] when the girl is nearly dragged from her horse by the angry mob. Sandor's savage fury and sword fighting drives the mob away from her in fear, saving her from rape and possible murder.

He fought heroically during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], but eventually deserted after refusing [[Tyrion]]'s command to return to the fiery battlefield.{{Ref|aCoK|59}} Before fleeing, he waited for Sansa Stark in her chambers and drunkenly offered to take her with him, but instead settled for a song elicited at knifepoint.{{Ref|aCoK|62}} Sansa [[UnKiss|believes that he kissed her]], and kept the bloodied Kingsguard cloak he left behind.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:MKomarck_Beric_v_Hound.jpg‎‎|Sandor Clegane vs [[Beric Dondarrion]] - by Michael Komarck ©|thumb|350px|right]]
As a vagabond, he was arrested in the Riverlands by the [[brotherhood without banners]], who also had [[Arya Stark]] in their custody. Taken to the [[hollow hill]], the brotherhood put Sandor on trial for various atrocities committed by Lannister soldiers, but no crime could be attributed to him personally until Arya testified to his killing of Mycah the butcher's boy. Since there was not enough evidence for a court trial, the brotherhood's leader [[Beric Dondarrion]] decreed that Sandor would face him in a [[trial by combat]]. A follower of [[R'hllor]], Beric fought with a magic flaming blade, but Sandor managed to [[Beric Dondarrion#The Seven Deaths of Dondarrion|defeat]] him despite his hangover and fear of fire.{{Ref|aSoS|34}}

{{Quote|Please, I’m burned. Help me. Someone. Help me. Please.{{Ref|aSoS|34}}}}
– Sandor's fear of fire

The brotherhood stripped him of most of his possessions, including the remains of his winnings from the [[Tourney of the Hand]], and set him free, though he was allowed to keep his arms, armor and warhorse [[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]]. When several of the brotherhood stated that Sandor should be killed, Lord Beric said [[R'hllor]] must have a purpose for the Hound.{{Ref|aSoS|39}} Clegane soon returned to try to reclaim his gold by force, upon which he stumbled across Arya as she was escaping. He kidnapped her instead{{Ref|aSoS|43}} and intended to ransom her her back to her brother [[Robb Stark]]{{Ref|aSoS|47}} at the [[Twins]],{{Ref|aSoS|50}} but arrived just as the [[Red Wedding]] massacre was taking place.{{Ref|aSoS|51}}{{Ref|aSoS|52}}

Clegane stole Arya off again in the hopes of finding another relative to whom he could ransom her. With [[Riverrun]] besieged by the Lannisters and the [[Eyrie]] inaccessible,{{Ref|aSoS|65}} the prospect of the ransom faded and they spent some time living rough and moving from village to village. Arya continued to name the Hound every night among the people she wanted to kill.
[[File:The Hound gets no Mercy Mike S Miller.jpg|325px|thumb|[[Arya]] refuses Sandor the [[gift of mercy]] - by Mike S Miller ©]]
Seeking shelter at the [[inn at the crossroads]], they ran afoul of two of Gregor's men and their squire. When the two groups came to blows, Sandor killed [[Polliver]] and held off the [[Tickler]] but was seriously injured in the fight due to inebriation and hunger. The two were victorious, and though Arya dressed his wounds, they quickly became infected; still hating him, Arya refused to grant him the mercy of a quick death. She abandoned Sandor to die under a tree by the Trident, and his fate becomes uncertain after this point.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

===''A Feast For Crows''===
[[Rorge]], [[Biter]], and some of the remaining [[Brave Companions]] travel east to the town of [[Saltpans]] where [[Rorge]] recovers and dons Sandor Clegane's snarling dog helm from his purported grave site, and embarks upon a brutal spree of banditry across the region, culminating in the vicious [[Sack of Saltpans]].

With reports identifying the culprit only by the helm, [[Rorge]]'s crimes have been attributed to Sandor,{{Ref|aFfC|12}}{{Ref|aFfC|31}} which results in rumors of Sandor Clegane’s alleged atrocities spreading throughout the region. {{ref|affc|30}}

Just prior to King [[Tommen]]’s nuptials [[Kevan Lannister]] comes over to Cersei and mentions that Sandor Clegane was reported to have joined [[Beric Dondarrion]]'s outlaws. The queen is already aware of this, having read a report that outlaws had pillaged [[Saltpans]] and savagely raped the townswomen. The report had come from a septry on an island hard by the mouth of the [[Trident]]; she read that included in the band of outlaws was a roaring brute in a hound's head helm.{{Ref|aFfC|12}} Cersei suggests that [[Lancel Lannister]] hunt down the Hound, but her uncle is displeased by this insolent comment and answers that his son is not the man to deal with Sandor Clegane. When she then suggests that he go after Clegane, Ser Kevan responds, "When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with his master."{{Ref|aFfC|12}}

[[Rorge]] is later killed by [[Brienne of Tarth]]{{Ref|aFfC|37}} at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]]. The snarling dog’s helm came to be in the possession of [[Lem|Lem Lemoncloak]] when the [[brotherhood without banners|brotherhood]] arrived. [[Thoros of Myr]] advised Lem to abandon the helm, seeing it as a symbol of Sandor's rage, but the bitter Lem refused.{{Ref|aFfC|42}}

Prior to [[Rorge]]’s death, [[Brienne]] acts on information that she received from [[Timeon]] that [[Sansa Stark]] had been stolen and carried away by [[the Hound]]. Her travels with Septon [[Meribald]] take her to a monastery on the [[Quiet Isle]]. On the isle she speaks privately to the [[Elder Brother]] of the monastery and tells him of her quest and her past. The [[Elder Brother]] informs her that it was the other sister that Sandor made off with, the younger one, [[Arya Stark]].
[[File:Asiulus_SC&alittlebird.png|thumb|right|Sandor Clegane with a little bird - Artwork by Asiulus ©|300px]]
[[Brienne]] is shocked by this news as she believed [[Arya]] to be dead. [[Elder Brother]] goes on to tell her that he is certain that [[Arya]] was with Sandor at the inn beside the crossroads, the one old [[Masha Heddle]] used to keep. He knows that they were headed for the [[Saltpans]] but beyond that he tells her that all he knows for a certainty is that he is dead, "by the sword, as he had lived". Elder Brother buried him personally and left his dog helm as a marker — a mistake, as someone else found and claimed it, and went on, with others, to rape and kill at Saltpans. “I will not call them wolves. Wolves are nobler than that … and so are dogs, I think.”{{ref|affc|31}}

The [[Elder Brother]] tells Brienne what he knows of Sandor Clegane:
{{Quote|''I know a little of this man Sandor Clegane. He was [[Joffrey Baratheon|prince Joffrey's]] sworn shield for many a year, and even here we would hear tell of his deeds, both good and ill.

If even half of what we heard was true, this was a bitter, tormented soul, a sinner who mocked both gods and men. He served, but found no pride in service. He fought, but took no joy in victory. He drank, to drown his pain in a sea of wine. He did not love, nor was he loved himself. It was hate that drove him. Though he committed many sins, he never sought forgiveness.

Where other men dream of love, or wealth, or glory, this man Sandor Clegane dreamed of slaying his own [[Gregor Clegane|brother]], a sin so terrible it makes me shudder just to speak of it. Yet that was the bread that nourished him, the fuel that kept his fires burning. Ignoble as it was the hope of seeing his brother's blood upon his blade was all this sad and angry creature lived for...and even that was taken away when [[Oberyn Martell|Prince Oberyn]] of [[Dorne]] stabbed Ser Gregor with a poisoned spear.'' {{Ref|aFfC|31}}}}

[[Brienne]] remarks that it sounds as if [[Elder Brother]] pitied him. He replies that he did and that she would have pitied him as well if she had seen him at the end, crying in pain and begging for “the gift of mercy”. He says that the Hound died in his arms, leaving his big black stallion, [[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]], in their stables. “A blasphemous name. We prefer to call him Driftwood, as he was found beside the river. I fear he has his former master's nature.” Brienne’s thoughts turn to the black stallion she has seen, but she understands destriers are trained to kick and bite. “In war they were a weapon, like the men who rode them. ''Like the Hound.''”{{Ref|aFfC|31}}

Many readers of the series believe that there are hints in what [[Elder Brother]] has said about the Hound to [[Brienne]], that [[Elder Brother]] considers "the Hound" to be simply an aspect of Sandor's personality — the same way that “the Cobbler Above” is an aspect of the Smith, who in turn is an aspect of the one God — and that Sandor Clegane himself may have survived and is living as a novice on the [[Quiet Isle]] monastery. Readers have identified Sandor as the [[Gravedigger/Theories|novice gravedigger]] espied by Brienne.

Sometime later, while having dinner at [[Darry|Castle Darry]], [[Jaime Lannister]] hears of the rumors concerning Sandor Clegane from the other people at the dinner table. He asks what makes them so certain it was the Hound at [[Saltpans]]. He thinks what the people at the dinner table are describing sounds more [[Gregor Clegane]]’s work than Sandor’s. Jaime nurses doubts about the rumors and thinks privately to himself:
{{Quote|Sandor had been hard and brutal, yes, but it was his big brother who was the real monster in [[House Clegane]].{{ref|affc|30}}}}
During the dinner Ser [[Lyle Crakehall]] claims to have been moved by the distress of Lady [[Mariya Darry|Mariya]] and Lady [[Amerei Frey|Amerei]], and gives them his word that once [[Riverrun]] has fallen he shall return to hunt down the Hound and kill him for them, adding that dogs do not frighten him. [[Jaime]] thinks that to himself this one should:
{{Quote|Both men were large and powerful, but Sandor Clegane was much quicker, and fought with a savagery that [[Lyle Crakehall]] could not hope to match.{{ref|affc|30}}}}

==Quotes by Sandor==
[[File: MiguelRegodónHarkness_theHound.jpg‎|Sandor Clegane - © 2012 Miguel Regodón Harkness|thumb|300px]]
{{Quote|'''Eddard:''' You rode [[Mycah|him]] down.
'''Sandor:''' He ran. But not very fast.{{Ref|agot|16}}}}
– Sandor and [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Spare me your empty little compliments, [[Sansa Stark|girl]] . . . and your ser’s. I am no [[knight]]. I spit on them and their vows. [[Gregor Clegane|My brother]] is a knight.{{Ref|agot|19}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|The septons preach about the seven hells. What do they know? Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|Gods, too much wine. Do you like wine, [[Sansa Stark|little bird]]? ''True'' wine? A flagon of sour red, dark as blood, all a man needs. Or a woman.{{Ref|acok|18}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|I like dogs better than [[knight]]s.{{ref|acok|18}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face.{{ref|acok|18}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|Killing is the sweetest thing there is.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|What do you think a knight is for, girl? You think it's all taking favors from ladies and looking fine in gold plate? Knights are for killing. I killed my first man at twelve. I've lost count of how many I've killed since then. High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too- they're all meat, and I'm the butcher. Let them have their lands and their gods and their gold. Let them have their sers.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|If there are gods, they made sheep so wolves could eat mutton, and they made the weak for the strong to play with.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can't protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don't ever believe any different.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|[[hollow hill|This cave]] is dark too, but I’m the terror here.{{Ref|asos|34}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Beric Dondarrion]]

{{Quote|Even a dog gets tired of being kicked.{{Ref|aSoS|47}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Arya Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Archer:''' You're [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey's]] dog. 
'''Sandor:''' My own dog now.{{Ref|aSoS|65}}}}
– Sandor, to another survivor of the [[Red Wedding]], the dying bowman in service to Ser [[Marq Piper]]

{{Quote|Bugger that. Bugger him. Bugger you.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}}}
– Sandor, to the [[Tickler]], before the fight at the [[inn at the crossroads]]

==Quotes about Sandor==

{{Quote|He is no [[true knight]], but he saved me all the same. Save him if you can, and gentle the rage inside him.{{ref|ACOK|57}}}}
– [[Sansa Stark]], praying to [[Mother (the Seven)|the Mother]] during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]

{{quote|Sandor Clegane would kill us all gladly, but not in our sleep.{{ref|ASOS|39}}}}
– [[Beric Dondarrion]], to [[Watty]]

{{Quote|Sandor Clegane was a man in torment.{{Ref|ADWD|42}}}}
– [[Thoros of Myr]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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'''Sandor Clegane''' is a member of [[House Clegane]]. He is the younger brother of the current head, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. He is nicknamed '''the Hound''' for his savage nature and unquestioning obedience to his masters and for the three dogs featured in his family's arms. He is considered one of the most dangerous fighters in [[Westeros]], though he frequently drinks himself into stupors. As a child, Sandor received gruesome facial burns when Gregor shoved his face into a brazier.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} He came to loathe fire, his brother, and the hypocrisy of [[Knight|knighthood]] in general.

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Sandor Clegane|Images of Sandor Clegane]]''

Sandor is a huge and heavily-muscled man. The right side of his face is gaunt, with sharp cheekbones and a heavy brow. His nose is large and hooked, his long hair is dark and thin and brushed so that it covers the left side since no hair grows there. The left side of his face is a ruin with no ear but only a hole. There is a twisted mass of scar around his good left eye. Slick black flesh is pocked with craters and deep cracks that ooze red and wet. His eyes are grey. On his jaw, bone shows.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} He regularly wears plain armor and a distinctive helm sculpted into the shape of a snarling dog's head.

==History==
Sandor's childhood appears to have been overshadowed by his older brother Gregor's brutality and martial prowess. Aged seven, his father explained away the burns inflicted by Gregor by claiming his bedding caught fire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} There are rumours of a sister who died young in mysterious circumstances, and their father was killed in a hunting accident shortly after [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]] came to the throne, which is also implied to have been suspicious, leaving the family estates to Gregor.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

Sandor left to join the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] household the same day Gregor came into his inheritance.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} He claims to have killed a man when he was twelve years old,{{Ref|aGoT|7}} possibly during [[Robert's Rebellion]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Clegane acted for a time as bodyguard and servant of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], who regularly called him "Dog". [[Cersei]] suggests that he looked to the Hound as a surrogate father. En route from [[Winterfell]] to King's Landing, he earned the enmity of [[Arya Stark]] by acting on Lannister orders to kill her friend [[Mycah]], the son of a butcher, believed to have harmed Joffrey.
[[File:Cristi Balanescu Lashing Out.png|350px|left|thumb|The Hound vs The Mountain - by Cristi Balanescu ©]]
The first night of the [[Tourney of the Hand]], after the feast, Joffrey has him escort Sansa back to the castle. Drunk, despite the final jousts the next day, Sandor becomes enamored with [[Sansa Stark]]. Angry that she can't look him in the eye due to his disfigurement, he mocks her for her polished manners, calling her a "little bird" who chirps on command. He won the tourney after saving Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] from Gregor's wrath. He fights heatedly with his brother; however when [[King Robert]] commands them to stop, the Hound takes a knee.
[[File:The hound by ammotu.jpg|thumb|250px|Sandor Clegane by Ammotu©]]
When [[Eddard Stark]] attempted to take Cersei and her illegitimate children into custody with the help of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|goldcloaks]] (unbeknownst to the fact that [[Janos Slynt]] had already been under the employ of the treacherous [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] all along and was plotting betrayal), Sandor Clegane participated in the widespread slaughter of Eddard's remaining household guard alongside his erstwhile allies, personally killing [[Cayn]].

After [[Barristan Selmy]] was dismissed from the [[Kingsguard]], Clegane was named as his replacement despite refusing to become a knight. In this capacity he was often assigned to watch over Sansa. Despite his loyalty to Joffrey, he strategically defended her from Joffrey's wrath several times and is the only Kingsguard who was never commanded to beat her. Instead he treated her with relative kindness and tried to spare her from Joffrey's sadism.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Sandor is present for the [[Tourney for King Joffrey's 13th Name Day]] as [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s bodyguard. He is dismissive of the competitors, calling them gnats, that it would be a waste of effort to compete himself, and that even Joffrey could beat them. When Joffrey suggests he should fight the champion to the death, the Hound replies “You’d be one knight the poorer.” Sandor has never taken a knight’s vows.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

When Ser Dontos disgraces himself by turning up for the tournament drunk and improperly dressed, Sansa saves him from Joffrey's wrath, making up a story that it is bad luck to kill a man on one’s name day. Joffrey mocks the idea and suggests that she should be drowned in wine with Ser Dontos, but the Hound comes to her rescue by telling Joffrey “What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.” {{Ref|aCoK|2}}

Later, [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives with the Lannister troops and the [[mountain clans]]. Sandor comments to Tyrion “They said you were dead,” to which Tyrion replies “I was speaking to the king, not to his cur.” After Joffrey leaves with his brother and sister, the Hound tells Tyrion “I’d guard that tongue of yours, little man.”{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

When returning from the [[Godswood]] after meeting with [[Dontos Hollard]] for the first time, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] runs into a drunk Sandor as he lurches out of a hidden doorway on the serpentine stairs. He grabs her roughly and questions her about where she has been. He does not believe her lie that she has been praying for her father and the king, but backs her up when Ser [[Boros Blount]] asks the same questions: “You expect her to sleep with all the noise?” He admires her blooming womanhood, but sees her as still a “stupid little bird […] singing all the songs they taught you”. He asks her to sing “some song about knights and fair maids”, and mocks Sansa's admiration of “''true'' knights”. Sansa is frightened by him during this encounter, but though he hurts her by grabbing her wrist, he takes her back unharmed to the Red Keep.
[[File:Luaprata91 sandor sansa eve of battle.JPG|thumb|left|350px|Sansa and Sandor on the eve of the Battle of the Blackwater - by Luaprata91 ©]]
When they arrive at the drawbridge, Ser [[Boros Blount]] is there and Sansa is alarmed (“the worst of the Kingsguard”, she thinks). The hound tells her “That one is nothing to fear, girl. Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger,” and to Ser Boros: “Fuck your ''ser'', Boros. You’re the knight, not me. I’m the king’s dog, remember?” Blount tells Sandor that the noise was caused by “fools at the gate” protesting [[Tyrek Lannister]]'s wedding feast, and that Joffrey led a sortie against them. Clegane remarks “A brave boy,” his mouth twitching.

After crossing the drawbridge, Sansa asks the hound why he lets people call him dog but not knight. He replies by telling the story of [[House Clegane|his house]]'s founding. “I like dogs better than knights. […] A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face. And that’s more than little birds can do, isn’t it?” Before he leaves her he says “Pretty thing, and such a bad liar. […] They’re all liars here … and every one better than you.”{{Ref|aCoK|18}}
[[File:Sandor and stranger by Giliberti.jpg|thumb|300px|Sandor flees King's Landing on Stranger by M.Luisa Giliberti ©]]
After the [[Battle of Oxcross]], Sandor brings Sansa before King Joffrey. She protests that she had no part in her brother's treasons, at which Clegane snorts: “They trained you well, little bird.” Joffrey orders the three Kingsguard present to beat her, but Sandor does not obey, being interrupted by Ser Dontos. The beating is only stopped by the arrival of [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] with [[Bronn]] and [[Timett]]. Tyrion asks for someone to give Sansa something to cover herself, and Sandor undoes his cloak and tosses it to Sansa.{{Ref|aCoK|32}}

During the [[Riot of King's Landing]], Sandor comes to the aid of [[Sansa Stark]] when the girl is nearly dragged from her horse by the angry mob. Sandor's savage fury and sword fighting drives the mob away from her in fear, saving her from rape and possible murder.

He fought heroically during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], but eventually deserted after refusing [[Tyrion]]'s command to return to the fiery battlefield.{{Ref|aCoK|59}} Before fleeing, he waited for Sansa Stark in her chambers and drunkenly offered to take her with him, but instead settled for a song elicited at knifepoint.{{Ref|aCoK|62}} Sansa [[UnKiss|believes that he kissed her]], and kept the bloodied Kingsguard cloak he left behind.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:MKomarck_Beric_v_Hound.jpg‎‎|Sandor Clegane vs [[Beric Dondarrion]] - by Michael Komarck ©|thumb|350px|right]]
As a vagabond, he was arrested in the Riverlands by the [[brotherhood without banners]], who also had [[Arya Stark]] in their custody. Taken to the [[hollow hill]], the brotherhood put Sandor on trial for various atrocities committed by Lannister soldiers, but no crime could be attributed to him personally until Arya testified to his killing of Mycah the butcher's boy. Since there was not enough evidence for a court trial, the brotherhood's leader [[Beric Dondarrion]] decreed that Sandor would face him in a [[trial by combat]]. A follower of [[R'hllor]], Beric fought with a magic flaming blade, but Sandor managed to [[Beric Dondarrion#The Seven Deaths of Dondarrion|defeat]] him despite his hangover and fear of fire.{{Ref|aSoS|34}}

{{Quote|Please, I’m burned. Help me. Someone. Help me. Please.{{Ref|aSoS|34}}}}
– Sandor's fear of fire

The brotherhood stripped him of most of his possessions, including the remains of his winnings from the [[Tourney of the Hand]], and set him free, though he was allowed to keep his arms, armor and warhorse [[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]]. When several of the brotherhood stated that Sandor should be killed, Lord Beric said [[R'hllor]] must have a purpose for the Hound.{{Ref|aSoS|39}} Clegane soon returned to try to reclaim his gold by force, upon which he stumbled across Arya as she was escaping. He kidnapped her instead{{Ref|aSoS|43}} and intended to ransom her her back to her brother [[Robb Stark]]{{Ref|aSoS|47}} at the [[Twins]],{{Ref|aSoS|50}} but arrived just as the [[Red Wedding]] massacre was taking place.{{Ref|aSoS|51}}{{Ref|aSoS|52}}

Clegane stole Arya off again in the hopes of finding another relative to whom he could ransom her. With [[Riverrun]] besieged by the Lannisters and the [[Eyrie]] inaccessible,{{Ref|aSoS|65}} the prospect of the ransom faded and they spent some time living rough and moving from village to village. Arya continued to name the Hound every night among the people she wanted to kill.
[[File:The Hound gets no Mercy Mike S Miller.jpg|325px|thumb|[[Arya]] refuses Sandor the [[gift of mercy]] - by Mike S Miller ©]]
Seeking shelter at the [[inn at the crossroads]], they ran afoul of two of Gregor's men and their squire. When the two groups came to blows, Sandor killed [[Polliver]] and held off the [[Tickler]] but was seriously injured in the fight due to inebriation and hunger. The two were victorious, and though Arya dressed his wounds, they quickly became infected; still hating him, Arya refused to grant him the mercy of a quick death. She abandoned Sandor to die under a tree by the Trident, and his fate becomes uncertain after this point.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

===''A Feast For Crows''===
[[Rorge]], [[Biter]], and some of the remaining [[Brave Companions]] travel east to the town of [[Saltpans]] where [[Rorge]] recovers and dons Sandor Clegane's snarling dog helm from his purported grave site, and embarks upon a brutal spree of banditry across the region, culminating in the vicious [[Sack of Saltpans]].

With reports identifying the culprit only by the helm, [[Rorge]]'s crimes have been attributed to Sandor,{{Ref|aFfC|12}}{{Ref|aFfC|31}} which results in rumors of Sandor Clegane’s alleged atrocities spreading throughout the region. {{ref|affc|30}}

Just prior to King [[Tommen]]’s nuptials [[Kevan Lannister]] comes over to Cersei and mentions that Sandor Clegane was reported to have joined [[Beric Dondarrion]]'s outlaws. The queen is already aware of this, having read a report that outlaws had pillaged [[Saltpans]] and savagely raped the townswomen. The report had come from a septry on an island hard by the mouth of the [[Trident]]; she read that included in the band of outlaws was a roaring brute in a hound's head helm.{{Ref|aFfC|12}} Cersei suggests that [[Lancel Lannister]] hunt down the Hound, but her uncle is displeased by this insolent comment and answers that his son is not the man to deal with Sandor Clegane. When she then suggests that he go after Clegane, Ser Kevan responds, "When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with his master."{{Ref|aFfC|12}}

[[Rorge]] is later killed by [[Brienne of Tarth]]{{Ref|aFfC|37}} at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]]. The snarling dog’s helm came to be in the possession of [[Lem|Lem Lemoncloak]] when the [[brotherhood without banners|brotherhood]] arrived. [[Thoros of Myr]] advised Lem to abandon the helm, seeing it as a symbol of Sandor's rage, but the bitter Lem refused.{{Ref|aFfC|42}}

Prior to [[Rorge]]’s death, [[Brienne]] acts on information that she received from [[Timeon]] that [[Sansa Stark]] had been stolen and carried away by [[the Hound]]. Her travels with Septon [[Meribald]] take her to a monastery on the [[Quiet Isle]]. On the isle she speaks privately to the [[Elder Brother]] of the monastery and tells him of her quest and her past. The [[Elder Brother]] informs her that it was the other sister that Sandor made off with, the younger one, [[Arya Stark]].
[[File:Asiulus_SC&alittlebird.png|thumb|right|Sandor Clegane with a little bird - Artwork by Asiulus ©|300px]]
[[Brienne]] is shocked by this news as she believed [[Arya]] to be dead. [[Elder Brother]] goes on to tell her that he is certain that [[Arya]] was with Sandor at the inn beside the crossroads, the one old [[Masha Heddle]] used to keep. He knows that they were headed for the [[Saltpans]] but beyond that he tells her that all he knows for a certainty is that he is dead, "by the sword, as he had lived". Elder Brother buried him personally and left his dog helm as a marker — a mistake, as someone else found and claimed it, and went on, with others, to rape and kill at Saltpans. “I will not call them wolves. Wolves are nobler than that … and so are dogs, I think.”{{ref|affc|31}}

The [[Elder Brother]] tells Brienne what he knows of Sandor Clegane:
{{Quote|''I know a little of this man Sandor Clegane. He was [[Joffrey Baratheon|prince Joffrey's]] sworn shield for many a year, and even here we would hear tell of his deeds, both good and ill.

If even half of what we heard was true This was a bitter, tormented soul, a sinner who mocked both gods and men. He served, but found no pride in service. He fought, but took no joy in victory. He drank, to drown his pain in a sea of wine. He did not love, nor was he loved himself. It was hate that drove him. Though he committed many sins, he never sought forgiveness.

Where other men dream of love, or wealth, or glory, this man Sandor Clegane dreamed of slaying his own [[Gregor Clegane|brother]], a sin so terrible it makes me shudder just to speak of it. Yet that was the bread that nourished him, the fuel that kept his fires burning. Ignoble as it was the hope of seeing his brother's blood upon his blade was all this sad and angry creature lived for...and even that was taken away when [[Oberyn Martell|Prince Oberyn]] of [[Dorne]] stabbed Ser Gregor with a poisoned spear.'' {{Ref|aFfC|31}}}}

[[Brienne]] remarks that its sounds as if [[Elder Brother]] pitied him. He replies that he did and that she would have pitied him as well if she had seen him at the end, crying in pain and begging for “the gift of mercy”. He says that the Hound died in his arms, leaving his big black stallion, [[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]], in their stables. “A blasphemous name. We prefer to call him Driftwood, as he was found beside the river. I fear he has his former master's nature.” Brienne’s thoughts turn to the black stallion she has seen, but she understands destriers are trained to kick and bite. “In war they were a weapon, like the men who rode them. ''Like the Hound.''”{{Ref|aFfC|31}}

Many readers of the series believe that there are hints in what [[Elder Brother]] has said about the Hound to [[Brienne]], that [[Elder Brother]] considers "the Hound" to be simply an aspect of Sandor's personality — the same way that “the Cobbler Above” is an aspect of the Smith, who in turn is an aspect of the one God — and that Sandor Clegane himself may have survived and is living as a novice on the [[Quiet Isle]] monastery. Readers have identified Sandor as the [[Gravedigger/Theories|novice gravedigger]] espied by Brienne.

Sometime later, while having dinner at [[Darry|Castle Darry]], [[Jaime Lannister]] hears of the rumors concerning Sandor Clegane from the other people at the dinner table. He asks what makes them so certain it was the Hound at [[Saltpans]]. He thinks what the people at the dinner table are describing sounds more [[Gregor Clegane]]’s work than Sandor’s. Jaime nurses doubts about the rumors and thinks privately to himself:
{{Quote|Sandor had been hard and brutal, yes, but it was his big brother who was the real monster in [[House Clegane]].{{ref|affc|30}}}}
During the dinner Ser [[Lyle Crakehall]] claims to have been moved by the distress of Lady [[Mariya Darry|Mariya]] and Lady [[Amerei Frey|Amerei]], and gives them his word that once [[Riverrun]] has fallen he shall return to hunt down the Hound and kill him for them, adding that dogs do not frighten him. [[Jaime]] thinks that to himself this one should:
{{Quote|Both men were large and powerful, but Sandor Clegane was much quicker, and fought with a savagery that [[Lyle Crakehall]] could not hope to match.{{ref|affc|30}}}}

==Quotes by Sandor==
[[File: MiguelRegodónHarkness_theHound.jpg‎|Sandor Clegane - © 2012 Miguel Regodón Harkness|thumb|300px]]
{{Quote|'''Eddard:''' You rode [[Mycah|him]] down.
'''Sandor:''' He ran. But not very fast.{{Ref|agot|16}}}}
– Sandor and [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Spare me your empty little compliments, [[Sansa Stark|girl]] . . . and your ser’s. I am no [[knight]]. I spit on them and their vows. [[Gregor Clegane|My brother]] is a knight.{{Ref|agot|19}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|The septons preach about the seven hells. What do they know? Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|Gods, too much wine. Do you like wine, [[Sansa Stark|little bird]]? ''True'' wine? A flagon of sour red, dark as blood, all a man needs. Or a woman.{{Ref|acok|18}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|I like dogs better than [[knight]]s.{{ref|acok|18}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face.{{ref|acok|18}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|Killing is the sweetest thing there is.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|What do you think a knight is for, girl? You think it's all taking favors from ladies and looking fine in gold plate? Knights are for killing. I killed my first man at twelve. I've lost count of how many I've killed since then. High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too- they're all meat, and I'm the butcher. Let them have their lands and their gods and their gold. Let them have their sers.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|If there are gods, they made sheep so wolves could eat mutton, and they made the weak for the strong to play with.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can't protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don't ever believe any different.{{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|[[hollow hill|This cave]] is dark too, but I’m the terror here.{{Ref|asos|34}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Beric Dondarrion]]

{{Quote|Even a dog gets tired of being kicked.{{Ref|aSoS|47}}}}
– Sandor, to [[Arya Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Archer:''' You're [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey's]] dog. 
'''Sandor:''' My own dog now.{{Ref|aSoS|65}}}}
– Sandor, to another survivor of the [[Red Wedding]], the dying bowman in service to Ser [[Marq Piper]]

{{Quote|Bugger that. Bugger him. Bugger you.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}}}
– Sandor, to the [[Tickler]], before the fight at the [[inn at the crossroads]]

==Quotes about Sandor==

{{Quote|He is no [[true knight]], but he saved me all the same. Save him if you can, and gentle the rage inside him.{{ref|ACOK|57}}}}
– [[Sansa Stark]], praying to [[Mother (the Seven)|the Mother]] during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]

{{quote|Sandor Clegane would kill us all gladly, but not in our sleep.{{ref|ASOS|39}}}}
– [[Beric Dondarrion]], to [[Watty]]

{{Quote|Sandor Clegane was a man in torment.{{Ref|ADWD|42}}}}
– [[Thoros of Myr]]

==Family==
{{Clegane tree}}

==References and Notes==
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Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)

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Amelyn: /* Family */

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:''For other characters named "Aemon Targaryen", see [[Aemon Targaryen|here]].''

Prince '''Aemon Targaryen''' was a member of [[House Targaryen]]. He was the eldest son of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]. Aemon was married to Lady [[Jocelyn Baratheon]] during his father's reign. Together, they had a daughter, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (The Queen Who Never Was)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Rhaenys would later be known as "The Queen Who Never Was".{{ref|tpatq}}

==History==
Aemon had been his father's eldest son, and thus heir, until his death in {{Date|92}}. Aemon's death caused Jaehaerys I to choose a new heir. The two Targaryens he had to choose between were Aemon's daughter, Princess Rhaenys, and Aemon's brother, [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. Baelon was eventually chosen.

==Family==
Aemon and his wife had one daughter, Rhaenys Targaryen. Rhaenys was married to Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]. This marriage led to two grandchildren for Aemon: [[Laena Velaryon|Laena]] and [[Laenor Velaryon]]. Laena would later have two daughters, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]] and [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]], while Laenor would have three sons, [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]], [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]] and [[Joffrey Velaryon|Joffrey]]. Though no one questioned the paternity of Laena's children, there were rumours that Laenor's children were not actually Laenors, but that the three boys had been fathered on Laenor's wife [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] by Ser [[Harwin Strong]]. These rumours were never proven.{{ref|TRP}}{{ref|TPATQ}}

{{Targaryen tree Aemon}}

==References and Notes==
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[[Category:Characters from the Crownlands|Targaryen, Aemon (son of Jaehaerys I)]]
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Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events

2014-08-19T18:42:29Z

Amelyn: /* Jon Connington's time with the Golden Company */

In the main series and novellas, [[George R. R. Martin]] does not state specifically in which year a certain event has taken place. This page lists the calculations to determine such years of all events for which this can be done, as specific as is possible, for all events for which this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

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==Turning of the years==
===Main Series===
===={{Date|297}}====
The prologue in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes definitely place in 297AC. During the Hand's tourney, Sansa Stark mentions that she met Ser Raymar Royce and his father when they visited Winterfell, on their way to the Wall. The timeframe Sansa mentions was 2 years ago.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} During the prologue, Ser Waymar has been on the Wall for almost half a year.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} The time in between Sansa remembering having met the Royces (during the Hand's tourney), and one of Ser Waymar's fellow rangers getting decapitated (during [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|''A Game of Thrones'', Bran I]]), seems to have been at least 7 months, since King Robert visited Winterfell for at least one month, and the journey from Winterfell to King's Landing, and thus also from King's Landing to Winterfell, took about 2 months each. Robert cannot have left for Winterfell until 2 weeks after Joffrey’s 12th nameday (since he did not leave until Jon Arryn had died, and Jon died a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday), which is known to have taken place in {{Date|298}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]] calculation)'', although most likely more time passed in between Jon Arryn’s death and Robert leaving for Winterfell, seeing as how Cersei and her children were not in King's Landing when Jon Arryn died (they were making a tour to Casterly Rock), but they were present in the royal party. Naturally, some weeks passed in between arriving at King's Landing and the Tourney of the Hand, which are guessed at the lower bar of 1 month.

With roughly seven months having passed since one member of Ser Waymar’s group was found, and with roughly 2 years having passed since Waymar still being on the way to Winterfell, this leaves a little less than a year and a half in between, half a year of which Waymar spend at the Wall. With some months in between his visit to Winterfell and his actual arrival at the Wall, Waymar and his group, consisting out of rangers Gared and Will, seem to have been considered missing for somewhat more than half a year, before Gared was found and arrested. Searching parties were still being send out to find them, which happened as well with Benjen Stark, who was still being searched for even though he had been missing for half a year.

===={{Date|298}}====
With Joffrey’s 13th nameday taking place in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])'', his 12th nameday will have taken place in {{Date|298}}. [[Jon Arryn]] dies after Joffrey’s 12th nameday,{{Ref|aGoT|2}} and the first chapter ([[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|Bran I]]) from ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes place after Arryn’s death. ''A Game of Thrones'' thus starts with a certainty in {{Date|298}}, with the exception of the prologue (see '''297AC''' above).

The only other exception to this might be the Daenerys chapters in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. Daenerys’ chapters in ''A Game of Thrones'' take place earlier in the timeline than all the other POVs, and might even partly take place in 297AC. See ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]]'' for more information about this.

===={{Date|298}} to {{Date|299}}====
With certainty it can be said that the events in the storylines from Catelyn Tully’s POV in ''A Game of Thrones'' has crossed into the year {{Date|299}} upon reaching the [[Twins]] ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey (Big Walder)|Walder Frey (Big Walder)]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Walder Frey (Little Walder)|Walder Frey (Little Walder)]])'', which provides us with one mark for crossing of the year.

With [[Rickon Stark]] having been born in {{Date|295}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rickon Stark|Rickon Stark]])'', Rickon’s age can be used as well for the turning of the years. From the Bran chapter where Rickon is mentioned to be four years old, all Bran storyline chapters occur certainly in {{Date|299}}. This automatically means that the news of Ned Starks death, occurring in said chapter, reaches Winterfell in {{Date|299}}.

Since the Red Comet appears in the sky after Rickon has turned 4, all POVs where the Red Comet appears can be said to take place in {{Date|299}} with certainty.

It can currently not be determined any more specific when the year turns into 299AC.

===={{Date|299}} to {{Date|300}}====
The wedding of [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] is known to take place on the first day of {{Date|300}}. With Joffrey Baratheon still 13 years old on his wedding day, while he has been 13 years old during the events of ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', as the books starts the [[King's Landing]] story line (thus Tyrion's and Sansa's POVs) with his 13th nameday, his 13th nameday thus took place in the year {{Date|299}}.

With Joffrey's wedding, and thus death, occuring on the first day of 300AC, all chapters in which his death is mentioned, and onwards, take place in 300AC.

In ''A Feast for Crows'' the Dorne storyline begins with the news of Oberyn Martell's death having already arrived. Oberyn Martell died after Joffrey's wedding day, and thus in 300AC, placing the entire Dornish storyline (Areo Hotah and Arianne Martell POVs) in 300AC.

===={{Date|300}} onwards====
With [[Roslin Frey]] still being pregnant during the final chapters of ‘‘[[A Dance with Dragons]]’’, and with her becoming pregnant during the final month of {{Date|299}} (prior to Joffrey’s mentioned wedding on the first day of {{Date|300}}), ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ ends in {{Date|300}}

The Arya chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ are a source of speculation, since Arya’s story line takes place separately of the other POVs during the novel. Even though Arya’s chapters span large periods of time, or large periods of time pass in between, it seems that Arya’s chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ do end in {{Date|300}}, looking at the events occurring in the sample chapter Mercy, from ‘‘The Winds of Winter’’. Also syncing up is the first time it is mentioned to have snowed in the [[Riverlands]], which occurs in the last Jaime chapter in ‘‘Dance’’. Arya later sees this occurring through the eyes of direwolf [[Nymeria]], when she enters the wolf in her sleep.

===Dunk & Egg Series===
====''The Hedge Knight''====
Duncan the Tall described his age in ''The Hedge Knight'' as "16 or 17", and in ''The Sworn Sword'' as "18 or 19". This already suggests that 2 years have passed. In addition Duncan makes several mentions of the time that has passed since Ashford in ''The Sworn Sword'':

{{Quote|That was what they always said of those who had perished during the Great Spring Sickness two years past.}}
{{Quote|Ser Arlan's is two years dead}}
{{Quote|Egg had served Dunk for a good year and a half, though some days it seemed like twenty.}}

Ser Arlan dies while he and Dunk are on the way to Ashford.{{Ref|THK}} They were about a day's ride away from Ashford, where Dunk stays for a few days, for the remainder of the tourney, and his trial. Shortly (a few days) after Dunk's trial has been done, Aegon "Egg" enters Dunks service.

Ser Arlan is dead for 2 years, while Aegon has been Dunk's squire for a good year and a half. This suggests that the actual passing of time is somewhere in between, around 1,75 years, or differently said, 1 year and 9 months.

In addition, when ''the Sworn Sword'' starts, Dunk states that he had been in Oldtown "half a year past", and that he had spend "a year in Dorne". When describing his travels, Dunk describes how the passage to Oldtown had been booked in Dorne, showing that after a year in Dorne, Dunk and Egg went to Oldtown. In between their time in Oldtown and the events of ''the Sworn Sword'', half a year had passed, again showing that a minimum of half a year had passed.

Concluded can be that the time that has passed between ''The Hedge Knight'' and '''The Sworn Sword'' was in between 1,5 years and 2 years. With ''the Sworn Sword'' taking place in 211AC, this places ''The Hedge Knight'' in {{Date|209}}

Further confirmations comes from the fact that it is mentioned that Prince Maekar has been at Summerhall since his father's death for almost 1,5 years, where he went after the Spring Sickness ended in 209AC.

====''The Sworn Sword''====
Between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'', a year passes. For this, a confirmation can be found in both novellas:

* In ''The Sworn Sword'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 15 years ago{{Ref|TSS}}
* In ''The Mystery Knight'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 16 years ago{{Ref|TMK}}

This shows that between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'' the year has turned. With ''The Mystery Knight'' taking place 212AC, this places ''The Sworn Sword'' a year before, in {{Date|211}}.

In addition, it is known that the Redgrass Field took place in 196AC. Adding up 15 years to that, brings the count to the year 211AC for ''the Sworn Sword''.

====''The Mystery Knight''====
''The Mystery Knight'' features a 4-year old [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|TMK}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] for the calculation)''. That means that Walder was 4 years old in:
* 212AC, when he was 3 turning 4
* 213AC, when he was 4 turning 5

Thus ''The Mystery Knight'' took place in one of these two years.

It is stated that the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] took place 16 years prior. The Battle of the Redgrass Fields took place in {{Date|196}}. 16 years since 196AC places ''the Mystery Knight'' in {{Date|212}}.

==Wars and important military events==
===War of the Ninepenny Kings===
It is known that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place during the reign of Jaehaerys II Targaryen.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Jaehaerys reigned from {{Date|259}} until {{Date|262}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

According to his [[White Book]] entry, [[Barristan Selmy]] killed [[Maelys Blackfyre]] before joining the [[Kingsguard]]. Barristan killed Maelys during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} It is known that Barristan was 23 years old when he joined the Kingsguard. With Barristan's birth in {{Date|237}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy calculation]])'', that gives him two options of having been 23 years old:
* 260AC, having been 22 turning 23
* 261AC, having been 23 turning 24

Since it is unknown whether Barristan joined the Kingsguard immediately after the War of the Ninepenny Kings, or a year or two later, the first year of Jaehaerys' reign, 259AC, remains the minimum year.

Since Barristan's nameday seems to appear early in the year, Barristan would have been 23 years old for most of 260AC, but only shortly in 261AC. Thus it seems most likely that the Barristan joined the Kingsguard in 260AC, which would mean that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in either 259AC or 260AC.

''However'', "it seems most likely" isn't accurate. To remain as accurate as is possible, it has to be stated that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in or between {{Date|259}} and {{Date|261}}.

===Defiance at Duskendale===

{{Quote|Aerys had not set foot outside the Red Keep since Duskendale, yet suddenly he announced that he would accompany Prince Rhaegar to Harrenhal, and everything had gone awry from there.}}{{Ref|aDwD|67}}

According to Barristan Selmy, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] hadn't set a foot out of the [[Red Keep]] since Duskendale, yet he made an exception when he went to the Tourney at Harrenhal in {{Date|281}}. Since it is known that Aerys visited a tourney in the Westerlands, hosted by Lord Tywin Lannister, when Rhaegar Targaryen was 17 years old, the Defiance of Duskendale thus must have taken place somewhere in between these two tourneys.

During Aerys' visit to the Westerlands, Rhaegar Targaryen had been 17 years old, and Cersei Lannister had been 10 years old. With Rhaegar's birth in {{Date|259}},{{Ref|awoiaf}} and Cersei's birth in {{Date|266}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cersei Lannister|Cersei Lannister calculation]])'', there are two possibilities for the date of this tourney:
* 276AC
** Rhaegar would have been 16 turning 17
** Cersei would have been 9 turning 10
* 277AC
** Rhaegar would have been 17 turning 18
** Cersei would have been 10 turning 11

As can be seen, in both years the criteria are met: Rhaegar is 17 years old, and Cersei 10. A definite date for the tourney cannot be given, but it can be stated with certainty that the tourney took place no earlier than 276AC. It is thus known that Aerys had left the Red Keep in 276AC at least.

Barristan Selmy's White Book entry states his accomplishments in the following order:
* Named to the Kingsguard in his 23rd year, by Lord Commander Ser Gerold Hightower.
* Defended the passage against all challengers in the tourney of the Silver Bridge.
* Victor in the meddle at Maidenpool.
* Brought King Aerys II to safety during the Defiance of Duskendale, despite an arrow wound in the chest. Avenged the murder of his Sworn Brother, Ser Gwayne Gaunt.
* Rescued Lady Jeyne Swann and her septa from the Kingswood Brotherhood, defeating Simon Toyne and the Smiling Knight, and slaying the former.

As can be seen, the Defiance took place before the Kingswood Brotherhood was defeated. The brotherhood was defeated early in 281AC, again establishing the year 281AC as the maximum year for the Defiance.

The Defiance thus took place in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|281}}.

{{Quote|Even your royal father came to [[Tourney at Harrenhal|Harrenhal]], when he had not left the Red Keep for long years.}}{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

This is another quote from Barristan Selmy. The part ''' "when he had not left the Red Keep for long years" ''' suggests a minimum of two years since the Defiance took place. Since Harrenhal took place in {{Date|281}}, a minimum of 2 years can be subtracted, to find the maximum date for the Defiance at Duskendale.

This places the Defiance in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|279}}.

''In addition:'' It is also known that Dontos Hollard was a boy when the Defiance took place. Dontos was born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|263}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Dontos Hollard|Dontos Hollard calculation]])''. With Dontos being described as both "young" and having been a "boy",{{Ref|aFfC|9}} he would not have been 16 years old yet, since a 16 year old is seen as a man grown in Westeros. It seems most likely that Dontos was younger than 15, which favors Dontos' birth to have been closer to 263AC, and the Defiance closer to 276AC than to 279AC, making Dontos as young as possible. At the youngest, Dontos was born in 263AC, and the Defiance ended in 276AC the earliest, which could make him as young as 12 (to be turning 13 later in the year), which would qualify as young.

Thus, it seems most likely that the Defiance took place closer to 276AC than to 279AC. However, no certain specification can be given to make the possible timeframe smaller.

===Battles during [[Robert's Rebellion|Robert's Rebellion/War of the Usurper]]===
====[[Battle of the Bells]]====
In 300AC, it is stated that it has been 17 years since the Battle of the Bells.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} That places the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}}.

====[[Battle of the Trident]]====
The Battle of the Trident occurred before the Sack of King’s Landing, about a week apart ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys<ref>Chronology [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1040/]</ref>, in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow |Jon Snow calculation]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Battle of the Trident took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

====[[Sack of King's Landing]]====
The Sack of King’s Landing occurred about a week after the Battle of the Trident ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys(RefMissing), in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow|Jon Snow]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Sack of King’s Landign took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

As confirmation, it is stated in {{Date|300}} that it has been 17 years since Elia died. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} Elia’s death occurred during the Sack of King’s Landing.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

===Greyjoy Rebellion===
Eddard Stark remembers the Greyoy Rebellion as having occurred 9 years prior in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|4}}, when at least 3 months have already passed in the year (a fortnight between the nameday of Joffrey Baratheon and the death of Jon Arryn; 1 to 2 weeks before Cersei Lannister and the children returned to King’s Landing; 2 month’s journey to Winterfell).

===The [[War of the Five Kings]]===
====Death of [[Robert Baratheon]]====
After Robert Baratheon returns from his hunt mortally wounded, Eddard Stark writes a letter to Stannis Baratheon.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} The statements made in the letter are valid for understanding when being read by Stannis. Eddard Stark writes that Robert has been the King "these past 15 years". With the knowledge that Robert became King in 283AC,{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}, that places Robert's death in {{Date|298}}.

====Execution of [[Eddard Stark]]====
Eddard Stark was still alive while the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] was being fought, according to his wife, Catelyn Tully.{{Ref|aSoS|45}} This means that Eddard died after the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Since the Battle of the Whispering Wood was fought after the crossing of the Twins by the northern army (which occurred in 299AC, ''see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]]''), Eddard Starks execution thus also took place in {{Date|299}}.

====Coronation of [[Robb Stark]]====
Robb Stark's coronation takes place after the northern army has crossed the Twins. The crossing of the Twins occurs in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]])''. This shows that Robb Stark was crowned king in {{Date|299}} as well.

====[[Battle of Oxcross]]====
The Battle or Oxcross is the first major battle after [[Robb Stark]]s coronation. Robb Stark was crowned in {{Date|299}} (see above), showing that the Battle of Oxcross took place in {{Date|299}} as well.

Since Oxcross, all battles fought in the War of the Five Kings up until Robb Starks' death are fought in {{Date|299}}. This includes the following major battles:
* [[Battle of Ashemark]]
* [[Battle of the Crag]]
* [[Battle of the Fords]]
* [[Sack of Harrenhal]]
* [[Battle of Duskendale]]
* [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]]
* [[Retaking of Harrenhal]]
* The [[Red Wedding]]

It is possible that the [[Siege of Riverrun]] also begins in {{Date|299}}, since it seems that there are a few weeks between the [[Red Wedding]] and the first day of 300AC, seeing as how Joffrey Baratheon, after receiving news about the Red Wedding (by the means of a raven, which would have taken a few days to arrive at King's Landing, from the Twins), seems to believe there is still enough time to send a raven back to the Twins, and have a rider ride from the Twins back to King's Landing in time for Joffrey's wedding feast on the first day of 300AC.{{Ref|aSoS|53}} With the Freys working together with the Lannisters, it can be assumed that the Siege of Riverrun started as soon as was possible after the [[Red Wedding]]. Due to travel lengths (it took Robb Stark and his army 20 days at least ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|here]] for the count)'', it cannot be stated with certainty, since the preparations of the Freys concerning the Siege are unknown.

==Tourneys==
==={{Date|100}} - {{Date|200}}===
====[[Tourney for King Viserys I's accession]]====
Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] was 7 years old during this tournament.{{Ref|TRP}} It is known that Princess Rhaenyra was born in 97AC,{{Ref|TRP}}, meaning that she could only have been 7 years old in 104AC (6 turning 7) and in 105AC (7 turning 8). Since the tourney was held for King Viserys' accession to the throne, it would have been held as closely to the actually accession as was possible, making the option of 105AC highly unlikely, as Viserys would have been king for more than a year by then.

The tourney was thus held in {{Date|104}}.

====Unnamed Tourney====
The tourney where Aemon the Dragonknight fought as the mystery knight, the Knight of Tears, was held while King Aegon IV was King. Aegon IV was King from 172AC until 184AC, placing the tourney in between these years. No further specification can be given.

====Tourney at Lannisport====
The tourney in Lannisport took place "many years" before the tourney at King's Landing (see one subtitle below), which took place in 193AC.

Though it is unknown how much years are meant by "many years", it is certain that at least two years had passed between the tourney in Lannisport and the tourney in King's Landing.

The tourney at Lannisport thus took place in {{Date|191}} or before.

====Tourney at King's Landing====
This tourney took place 16 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. The tourney in King's Landing thus took place 16 years prior to 209AC, placing the tourney in {{Date|193}}.

====Hastilude for Lord Baratheon's grandson====
The hastilude was held 9 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. That plaves the hastilude in {{Date|200}}.

====Tourney at King's Landing====

====Tourney at Ashford Meadows====
The tourney at Ashford Meadows is described in ''The Hedge Knight''. The events described in ''The Hedge Knight'' all take place in {{Date|209}}, including the tourney at Ashford Meadows. See also ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''

==={{Date|200}} - {{Date|300}}===
====Tourney in King's Landing====
It is mentioned in {{Date|298}} that 4 years prior, Barristan was champion at a tourney. This places said tourney in 294AC.
A year before {{Date|298}}, Barristan unhorsed the Hound. This would place said tourney in 297AC.

====Tourney at Lannisport (for Aerys)====
Cersei Lannister was 10 years old during this tourney, Rhaegar Targaryen 17 and new to knighthood.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} Since Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} and Rhaegar in {{Date|259}}, the tourney could have occurred in both {{Date|276}} and {{Date|277}}. No further specifications can be given

Note : Rhaegar was “17 and new to knighthood”, suggesting that he had turned 17 not that long ago, placing the tourney in {{Date|276}}.

====Tourney at Duskendale====
In {{Date|300}} a tourney in Duskendale is mentioned to have occurred 6 years prior,{{Ref|aFfC|24}} placing it in {{Date|294}}

====Tourney====
Tywin Lannister organized a tourney 3 years prior to {{Date|298}}, placing this tourney in {{Date|295}}.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}. Once there, Robert got a girl pregnant, and she bore him twins. The children were killed. Depending on the timing of the tourney, the twins were born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==Marriages & Betrothals==
===Betrothals===
====Catelyn Tully’s betrothal to Brandon Stark====
Catelyn Tully was 12 years old when she was betrothed to Brandon Stark.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} With Catelyns birth in 264AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully calculation]])'', she would have been 12 years old in both 276AC and 277AC. Her betrothal to Brandon Stark took place during one of these two years.

====Elia Martell's betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheonn calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a betrothal between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occurred at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth closely on the Sack (though it cannot be stated how closely), it seems likely that her conception had occurred around the turning of the years 279AC to 280AC. This makes it most likely that Elia and Rhaegar had been married in the later half of 279AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus seem to have been betrothed between in either 278AC or 279AC.

====[[Arianne Martell]]'s betrothal to [[Viserys III Targaryen]]====
Arianne Martell was betrothed to Viserys Targaryen while Viserys was living in Braavos with his sister Daenerys, and their protector, Ser Willam Darry. This occured shortly after Robert's Rebellion had ended in 283AC,{{Ref|awoiaf}} but before Willam Darry got sick. Willam Darry got sick when Daenerys Targaryen was 5 years old,{{Ref|awoiaf}} thus in either 289AC or 290AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''.

The pact discussing the betrothal occured in Braavos.{{Ref|aDwD|43}} Viserys, Daenerys and Willem Darry went to Braavos after Daenerys' birth in {{Date|284}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Earlier than 284AC the betrothal thus could not have taken place.

Arianne and Viserys were thus betrothed in or between {{Date|284}} and {{Date|290}}

===Weddings===
====[[Elia Martell]]'s wedding to [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheon calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a marriage between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occurred at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth in 280AC, later into the year, the possibility of Rhaenys' conception, and thus also the wedding of Rhaegar and Elia, could have taken place in 280AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus got married in either 278AC, 279AC or 280AC.

====[[Catelyn Tully]]'s wedding to [[Eddard Stark]]====
In {{Date|298}}, Catelyn Stark mentions that she had wed Ned 15 years prior.{{Ref|aGoT|2}} That places their wedding in 283AC. In addition, Jon Connington mentions in {{Date|300}} that the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}} as well. Catelyn and Ned got married after the Battle of the Bells, confirming that their wedding occurred in 283AC.

====[[Jon Arryn]]'s wedding to [[Lysa Tully]]====
Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully after his last heir died during the Battle of the Bells. According to Jon Connington, the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior to {{Date|300}}, placing the Battle of the Bells in 283AC. This means that Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in 283AC.

Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in the same ceremony as Ned Stark married Catelyn Tully. Catelyn Tully remarks that she married Ned Stark 15 years prior to {{Date|298}}, confirming that the wedding occurred in 283AC{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

====[[Cersei Lannister]]s wedding to [[Robert Baratheon]]====
The first child of Cersei and Robert, Joffrey, was born in {{Date|286}}, in the first or second month. With a pregnancy lasting 9 months, Joffrey would thus have been conceived within the first half of 285AC. Cersei Lannister believes that Joffrey was conceived during a trip to Estermont, which lasted a fortnight. This visit was made after two of Roberts uncles had remained in King’s Landing for 6 months after Cersei’s wedding to Robert, meaning that there was at least 6 months in between Cersei’s wedding and Joffrey’s conception. With Joffrey’s conception taking place in the first half year, Cersei’s wedding took thus place in late {{Date|284}} at the latest.

Cersei Lannsiter was 18 years old when she married Robert, and with her birth in {{Date|266}}, that shows the wedding thus took place in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

Since it seems unlikely that Robert insisted on visiting his relatives immediately after they had left King's Landing, it is most likely that the wedding took place even earlier in the year. It can be assumed that the wedding did not take place before Dragonstone had been conquered. This occurred after the birth of Daenerys Targaryen, in the middle of the year.

====[[Stannis Baratheon]]s wedding to [[Selyse Florent]]====
On the night of Stannis' wedding to Selyse, Stannis' brother [[Robert Baratheon]] deflowered [[Delena Florent]], and fathered [[Edric Storm]] on her. Edric was born in {{Date|287}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Edric Storm|Edric Storm]] calculation)''. It is unknown whether Edric was born in early or late {{Date|287}}.

If Edric was born in late 287AC, it is possible that his conception also took place in 287AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 287AC.
If Edric was born in early 287AC, Edric would have been conceived in 286AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 286AC.

No specification can be given on this. Stannis and Selyse thus either married in {{Date|286}} or {{Date|287}}.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Perra Royce]]====
Walders first child with Perra was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])''. This means that 234AC, the last possible year of Stevron's birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder Frey was born in 208AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]])''. He would have reached the age of marriage, 13 year, in 221AC. This is thus the first possible year of Walders marriage to Perra, Walder's first wife.

Walder and Perra thus married in or between {{Date|221}} and {{Date|234}}.

Walder and Perra had four children together. Stevron was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])'', Emmon was born in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', Aenys in or between 240AC and 247AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys Frey|Aenys Frey]])'', and Perriane in or between 241AC and 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''.

This shows that the marriage between Walder and Perra would have lasted at least until 241AC, and at the latest until 248AC.

Walder and Perra were thus married in between 234AC and 241AC (Stevrons's last possible year of birth until Perriane's first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 221AC and 248AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Cyrenna Swann]]====
Walders first child with Cyrenna was born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])''. This means that 249AC, the last possible year of Jareds birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder's previous marriage, to [[Perra Royce]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Perriane was born in 241AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''. This shows that Perra would have died in 241AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Cyrenna in 241AC the earliest.

Walder and Cyrenna thus married in or between 241AC and 248AC.

Walder and Cyrenna had two children: Jared, born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])'', and Luceon, born in or between 249AC and 257AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon Frey]])''.

With Luceons birth no earlier than 249AC, the marriage of Walder and Cyrenna lasted at least until 249AC

With Walders first child with his third wife born in 258AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', 258AC is thus the last possible year for Cyrenna to have died.

Walders marriage to Cyrenna thus ended in 258AC the absolute latest.

Walder and Cyrenna were thus married in 249AC (Jared's last possible year of birth, Luceons first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 241AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Amarei Crakehall]]====
Walders first child with Amarei was born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. This means that 258AC, the last possible year of Hosteens birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walders previous marriage, to [[Cyrenna Swann]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Luceon was born in 249AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])''. This shows that Cyrenna would have died in 249AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Amarei in 249AC the earliest.

Walder and Amarei thus married in or between 249AC and 258AC.

Walder and Amarei had seven children: Hosteen, born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', Lythene, born in or between 251AC and 259AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])'', Symond, born in or between 252AC and 260AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])'', Danwell, born in or between 252AC and 261AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Danwell Frey|Danwell Frey]])'', Merrett, born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])'', Geremy, born in 263AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Geremy Frey|Geremy Frey]])'', and Raymund, born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''.

With Walder and Amarei's last child, Raymund, born in 264AC, the marriage of Walder and Amarei lasted at least until 264AC.

In fact, it is known that their marriage ended in 264AC with the death of Amarei, as Walder Frey states to Catelyn Tully that Amarei had died before Catelyn herself had been born. As Catelyn Tully was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])'', and Amarei's youngest child was born in 264AC as well, Geremy was thus born before Catelyn Tully in the year, and Amarei's death also occured before Catelyn's birth in the year.

Walder and Amarei were thus married in between 258AC and 264AC (Hosteen's last possible year of birth, Raymunds only possible year of birth), though their marriage could have begun anywhere in between the years 249AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Alyssa Blackwood]]====
Walders first child with Alyssa was born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])''. This means that 266AC, the last possible year of Lothars birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.
Walders previous marriage, to Amarei Crakehall, would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Raymund was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''. Since Amarei died in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Amarei Crakehall|Amarei Crakehall]])'', Walder wedding to Alyssa could have taken place in 264AC the earliest.

Walder and Alyssa thus married in or between 264AC and 266AC.

Walder and Alyssa had five children: Lothar, born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])'', Jammos, born in either 266AC or 267AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jammos Frey|Jammos Frey]])'', Whalen, born in either 267AC or 268AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Whalen Frey|Whalen Frey]])'', Morya, born in either 268AC or 269AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Morya Frey|Morya Frey]])'', and Tyta, born in either 269AC or 270AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])''

With Walder and Alyssa's last child, Tyta, born in 269AC the earliest, the marriage of Walder and Alyssa lasted at least until 269AC.

Walders next child, born after Tyta, was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. This means that potentially, Walders marriage to Alyssa could have lasted until 278AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Sarya Whent]]====
Walder and Sarya had no children.

Sarya was the fifth wife of Walder Frey. With Walders youngest child with his fourth wife born in 269AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])'', and his eldest child by his sixth wife born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])'', Walders marriage to Sarya could have taken place between any of those two years.

Walder Frey and Sarya Whent were thus married in or between 269AC and 278AC maximally.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Bethany Rosby]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Annara Farring]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Joyeuse Erenford]]====
Lord Walder is said to be marrying his eight wife on his 90th nameday.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey calculation]])'', which means that Walder would have been turning 90 in 298AC. This places his wedding to Joyeuse in {{Date|298}}.

==Namedays==
For a select amount of characters, the placing of their birth into the year can be roughly specified:
===Placing in the year===
====Brandon (Bran) Stark====
Bran is still 7 years old when he falls from the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} After he has woken up from his coma, he is mentioned to be 8 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} It is unknown whether Brans nameday occured during his coma, or in the time afterwards, as Bran, when the passing of his nameday has been mentioned, has been awake for an unknown amount of time.

The amount of time until Brans fall can be determined:
* Joffrey's nameday, which occured between 0.3 months and 2 months into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* 0,6 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} pass until Bran's fall.

This makes Bran's fall occur no earlier than 3,1 month into the year, showing that his nameday definitly occured later than those 3,1 months.

====Cersei Lannister====
See ''Jaime Lannister'' below.

====Jaime Lannister====
It is mentioned that has been 18 years since Jaime Lannister joined the Kingsguard in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} This is mentioned after the Battle of the Blackwater. With the first day of the first month of 300AC being a known event, it can be determined how much time passes ''minimally'' between this mentioning, and the end of the year.

* +1 day : Between the conversation that Tyrion Lannister has with Tywin Lannister (the first mentioning of the 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard), at least one day takes place before Tyrion sees Shae.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}
* +1 day : Tyrion II (where the sighting of Shae is mentioned), takes place a day later.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} (Ser Loras 17)
* +1 day : It is unknown when the Small Council meeting during Tyrion III takes place, and it might even be during the same day as Tyrion II (though that is unlikey). Petyr Baelish mentions that he can leave the day after the council meeting "the next morning" the earliest. So 1 day is added until Petyr Baelish leaves for the Eyrie.
* +1 month : In Tyrion IV, it is mentioned that it has been a fortnight since Petyr Baelish set sail for the Eyrie. However, during this fortnight, at an unknown moment, Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark got married. Since it is known that at least 30 days pass between the wedding and the first day of 300AC (see Sansa Stark's nameday placing entry below), and since it is unknown whether Petyr Baelish leaves on the wedding day of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark, or days or weeks later, it is possible that the mentioning of Petyr Baelish having left 14 days age completely falls in the minimal 30 days of the marriage.

With a minimum time passing of 33 days (1 moon and 3 days), it can be said that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the 12th month of the year, but that his nameday falls in any of the first 11 months of the year.

In 300AC, it is mentioned again that is has been 18 years since Jaime had joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} Though it is known that the trial of Tyrion Lannister has begun, it is known that Tyrion's trial has lasted for at least 2 days, since Jaime has "spend his '''days'''" at Tyrion's trial.

Counting from the first day of the year:
* +1 : Joffrey and Margaery wed on the first day of 300AC.
* +2 : Cersei has more witnesses "every day", suggesting a passing of at least 2 days between Joffrey's wedding, and the day on which Tyrion is told such by Kevan Lannister.
* +4 : Kevan Lannister returns to speak with Tyrion Lannister the next day (1). He mentions the trial will start in three days (3). 1 day + 3 days = 4 days.
* +2 : when Jaime mentions the 18 years since he had been 15, Tyrion's trial has been going on for at least 2 days.

Adding these minimal numbers, at least 9 days have passed, while it seems most likely that quite some time passes between the start of the trial, and Joffrey's actual wedding day (more than the minimum of 6 now given). However, such passing of time isn't stated in text, and can thus not be specified.

All that can be said, is that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the first 9 days of the year.

No further specification can be given.

====Joffrey Baratheon====
It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday does not occur on the first day of the year, as Joffrey would be turning 14 in 300AC, and he is still 13 years old on the first day of the first month of the year 300AC.

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close on half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
Robert's death is the last event that can be stated with certainty to have occured in 298AC.

Adding these time frames adds up to 10 months. Since it is unknown how many days remain in the year 298AC after King Roberts death, it can only be said that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs in the first two months of the year.

Further specification can be given.
* 1 : The visit of Robb Stark, Catelyn Tully and the northern army at the Twins occurs in 299AC. Potentially, this event could have occured on the first day of the year.
* +1 : The news of Roose Bolton moving south from the Twins reaches the Lannister army at least one day later.
* +1 : The Battle of the Green Fork occurs a day after the news has arrived.
* +5 : After the Battle of the Green Fork, the Battle at Riverrun occurs. Upon hearing that Jaime Lannister was captured there, Tyrion Lannister states "Robb Stark had reached Riverrun days and days ago". ''Days and days'' suggests a multitude of days, and thus a minimum of 4. The news about the outcome of the battle would have taken at least (though most likely more than) one day to reach the Lannister army. This day, Tyrion is send to King's Landing.
* +1 : It cannot be specified how long it took Tyrion to reach King's Landing, so only a minimum of one day can be given. Tyrion arrives on Joffrey's 13th nameday.

This shows that Joffrey's nameday cannot take place any earlier than the 9th day of the year.

Joffrey's nameday thus takes place between the 9th day of the first month (thus at least 0,3 month into the year), and the last day of the second month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Jon Snow====
The placement of Jon's nameday can be roughly determined.

It is known that Joffrey Baratheon was born in 286AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])''. It is also known that Joffrey Baratheons nameday is not the first day of the year, as it is not his nameday upon the day of his wedding.

That gives the following minimum:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* +9+9 days (0,6 month) : the journey of Ser Waymar Royce, Gared and Will had taken 9 days, and they still had 8 or 9 days to go until they reached the Wall again. Benjen Stark would have known their route, and would most likely have counted an additional couple of days to investigate. The minimum of Benjens ranging would thus have been 9+9= 18 days, though in reality his ranging would have taken longer
* +14 days : Benjen Stark had promised to be back by Jon Snows nameday, but a fortnight after his nameday, Benjen Stark still hadn't returned.

Adding these time frames adds up to 5,9 months.

However, Joffrey Baratheon's nameday could have occured further in the year. In addition, Benjen Stark might have calculated more for his ranging initially. The 5,6 months is the absolute minimum of time having passed in the year for Jon Snows nameday to take place. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons nameday does occur in the beginning of the year, the most precise that can be stated is that Jon Snows nameday seems to take place in the middle of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Lancel Lannister====
Lancel was born in 282AC. In 298AC, he would thus be 15 turning 16. During the Tourney of the Hand, Eddard Stark notes that Lancel is 15 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Lancels nameday still hasn't occured, showing that Lancels nameday falls in the last 5,7 months of the year.

====Margaery Tyrell====
With the knowledge that Margaery's birth took place in 283AC, the placing of her nameday in the year can be roughly determined.

Margaery is mentioned to be 14 years old at two occasions, and both those occasions occur during the Tourney of the Hand in 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT32}}{{Ref|aGoT|32}}. With Margaery's birth having occured in 283AC, Margaery would thus be 14 turning 15 in 298AC. This means that during the Tourney of the Hand, Margaery's nameday had not yet occured.

That gives us the following time that can be specified until the mentioning of Maegaery being 14:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Margaery's nameday still hasn't occured.

When Margaery arrives in King's Landing in 299AC, she has already turned 16. Though it seems obvious that Margaery has been in King's Landing for quite some time when the day of Sansa's wedding arrives, only a few days can be counted with certainty.
* +1 : Maegaery arrives in King's Landing, aged 16
* +1 : No sooner than one day after Margaery's arrival, though most likely some time later, Sansa Stark receives an invitation for lunch with Margaery.
* +2 : "when the appointed day arrived" suggests that the invitation arrived at least more than the day before the lunch itself, giving a minimum of 2 days.
* +1 : Sansa Stark goes hawking with Margaery and Margaery's cousins. This occurs no sooner than one day after the lunch.
* +2 : "the day before last" Margaery and her cousins had taken Sansa Stark hawking. Between the hawking and Sansa thinking about it, 2 days have passed. Sansa's wedding gown is ordered

The next mentioning of time, is Sansa's own wedding day. This shows that the time between Margaery's arrival in King's Landing and Sansa Stark's wedding is at least 7 days (though it seems quite obvious that in reality, more time has passed). It is known that between Sansa Stark's wedding and the first day of the first month of 300AC, at least 30 days go by ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])''.

Added up together, Margaery was thus 16 years old for at least the last 1,25 month of 299AC, showing that Margaery's nameday occurs before these 1,25 month.

With the knowledge that Margaery's nameday still has to occur 6,3 months into the year, but has already occured by the last 1,25 month of the year, it can be stated that Margaery's nameday occured no earlier than the 9th day of the 6th month, and no later than the last third week in the 11th month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Myrcella Baratheon====
When visiting Winterfell, during the feast to welcome the King to the North, Myrcella is still 7, while she would turn 8 later in the year.
The feast occurs at least 2,8 months into the year:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)

This shows that Myrcella's nameday occurs more than 2,8 months into the year. No further specifications can be given.

====Petyr Baelish====
Petyr Baelish was born in 268AC. Catelyn Tully notes that he is still "shy of 30" when she sees him in King's Landing. Though it is unknown how long Catelyn's journey from Winterfell to King's Landing takes, a minimum passage of time can be stated:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +8+4 days : "Ned and the girls had been 8 days gone" + "she had slept for four days"{{Ref|aGoT|14}} is the time that had passed since the court had left Winterfell, until Catelyn wakes up from the attack on Bran.
* +1 : The earliest Catelyn can leave for King's Landing is the next day after waking up
* +1 : The journey would have taken at least one day

Thus at least 4 months had passed until Catelyn and Petyr met. With Petyrs nameday not having passed yet in the year, that shows that Petyrs nameday will have taken place in or between the 5th and 12th month of the year.

====Rickon Stark====
Rickon's nameday had already passed by the time the direwolves were found, as he was already 3 years old, with his birth occuring in 295AC. It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday had already occured by then, as the day the direwolves were found is the same day as the news on Jon Arryn's death, occuring a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday, reaches Winterfell. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons birth does not occur in the first day of the year, it can be stated that a minimum of 15 days has already passed (though that is without taking the ravens journey into account, a journey whose length has not been stated).

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year, at least 0,3 month into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} '''This is potentially the first day on which the mentioning of Rickon being 3 is made. The count begins here.'''
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
The death of Robert Baratheon is the last event that can be said to have occured in the year 298AC with certainty.

Adding these time frames adds up to 9,8 months. This shows that Rickons nameday occurs within the first 2,2 months of the year.
No further specifications can be given.

====Robb Stark====
Robb Starks parents got married in 283AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Weddings|weddings (Catelyn Tully & Eddard Stark)]])''. With Robb's birth also occuring in 283AC, as calculated above, Robb's birth will have occured in either the 10th, 11th or 12th month of the year, as pregnancies last 9 months.

As between the wedding of Sansa Stark to Tyrion Lannister in 299AC and the first day of 300AC at least 30 days pass ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])'', and Robb Stark has turned 16 prior to that,{{Ref|aCoK|55}}, it can be stated that Robb Starks birth occured in either the 10th month or the 11th month.
With reasonable certainty it can even be stated that Robb Starks nameday occured closer to the first day of the 10th month, than to the 30th day of the 11th month.

====Robert Arryn====
With the knowledge that Robert was born in 292AC, the placing of his nameday can be roughly determined. Robert is 8 years old in early 300AC. The time that has passed in the year, at the moment of the observation (made by Robert's mother), is as followed:
* A journey by ship from King's Landing to the Fingers, lasting an unspecified amount of time
** Comparing the distance given between Old Wyk and Lonely Light, which is a known journey of 8 days sailing,{{Ref|awoiaf}} the journey from King's Landing to the Fingers seems to be between 3 and 4 times as long, placing this journey in between 24 and 32 days.
* 8 days spend at the Fingers, until Lysa Tully arrives
* 1 day since Lysa Tully's arrival

It is known the journey starts on the first day of the first month of 300AC.

Using the maximum amount of days of time that could have passed, it can be stated that Robert's nameday has taken place by the 41th day of the year. This places Robert's nameday in the first or second month of the year.

====Robert Frey (son of Raymund)====
With Robert's birth occuring in 283AC, Raymund would not have named his son such while the Rebellion was being fought, as the main opponent of House Targaryen was named Robert Baratheon.
Seeing as House Frey joined the rebels only after the Battle of the Trident, which occured in the second half of 283AC, Robert Frey was most likely born after the Battle of the Trident, and thus in the second half of 283AC.

====Sansa Stark====
With Sansa stating upon her wedding night that she will be turning 13 within a time window of 30 days,{{Ref|aSoS|28}} and with the knowledge that between Sansa's wedding and the Red Wedding about 30 days occur, and between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC roughly a fortnight, it can be stated that Sansa's nameday occurs in either the 11th or the 12th month of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Tommen Baratheon====
Tommen Baratheon was born in 291AC. At the tourney to celebrate Joffrey Baratheon's 13th nameday, Tommen has already turned 8.{{Ref|aCoK|2}} Since Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs at least 0,3 month into the year, and no later than the last day of the second month, as can be seen above, Tommens nameday thus takes place within that timeframe as well.

Though no further specification can be given, it can be stated that Tommens nameday occurs before Joffrey's.

====Walder Frey====
When Catelyn Tully arrests Tyrion Lannister in 298AC, Walder Frey's 90th nameday has yet to occur.

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

This gives a minimum passage of time of 6,3 months when the mentioning of Walder's age occurs. This shows that Walder's nameday does not occur in the first 6,3 months of the year.

Walder has turned 91 by the time Catelyn Tully and Robb Stark (and his army) arrive at the Twins for the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey. The wedding occurs that same day, and news on the events that occured during the wedding could have reached King's Landing no sooner than 2 days later, as the fighting lasted into the night, the raven would have been send the next day as soon as possible, and would have flown at least one day (though obviously, such a journey would take longer, yet no specifications can be given) before reaching King's Landing.
When the raven arrives at King's Landing, Joffrey Baratheon seems to believe there is still time for a raven to fly from King's Landing to the Twins, and for a rider to ride from the Twins to King's Landing before the year 300AC begins. While it is uncertain whether or not Joffrey took any traveling time into account, it can be stated with reasonable certainty that this means that Joffrey's wedding day, and thus the first day of 300AC, would not be taking place over the next few days. Therefore, a minimum of 2 weeks is established as passing between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC (though it could be more in reality).

Thus it can be stated that Walder's nameday does not take place in the second half of the 12th month.

Walder's nameday thus takes place in between 6,3th and 11,5th month of the year.

===Notes===
====Note 1====
'''Journey from King's Landing to Winterfell/Winterfell to King's Landing'''
The journey that the royal court takes from King's Landing to Winterfell in 298AC takes roughly 2 months:
* From the Trident to King's Landing takes a fortnight, 14 days,{{Ref|aGoT|20}}
* Crossing the Neck takes 12 days{{Ref|aGoT|15}}
* The length of the kingsroad from Winterfell to King's Landing,{{Ref|tloiaf}} minus the length of the Neck (12 days), minus the distance between King's Landing and the Trident (14 days), leaves a distance roughly a little bit more than twice the size as the distance between King's Landing and the Trident, and can thus be said will take a bit more than twice as much time to cover (2x14 days + a few days, here guessed as 5), making the total amount of time 14+14+14+12+5= 57 days roughly). This is stated in the calculations above as 2 months.

==Miscellaneous==
===''' ''[[Wall|At the Wall]]'' '''===
====Will's arrival at the Wall====
[[Will]] has been on the Wall in 297AC for 4 years, meaning he joined the Night’s Watch in {{Date|293}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}

====Waymar Royce’s arrival at the Wall====
Ser [[Waymar Royce]] has been on the Wall for less than half a year during the prologue in A Game of Thrones, which takes place in 297AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}. During the Hand's tourney in {{Date|298}}, Sansa Stark remarks how Waymar had visited Winterfell on his way to the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} She remembers as this visit having been two years prior to the tourney. With the Tourney taking place in the middle of the year {{Date|298}}, Ser Waymar’s visit to Winterfell took place halfway through 296AC, roughly.

===''' ''[[The North]]'' '''===
====Eddard Starks fostering in the Vale====
Eddard Stark was 8 years old when he was send to be fostered at the Eyrie.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} Eddard was born in either 262AC or 263AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Eddard Stark|Eddard Stark calculation]])'', which creates the possibility of having been 8 in the following years:
* If born in 262AC
** 7 turing 8 in 270AC
** 8 turning 9 in 271AC
* If born in 263AC
** 7 turning 8 in 271AC
** 8 turning 9 in 272AC

No further specification can be given. Eddard thus went to the Eyrie in either {{Date|270}}, {{Date|271}} or {{Date|272}}.

====Rodrik Cassel's mother====
Ser Rodrik mentions in {{Date|298}} that his mother had been dead for 40 years{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, placing her death roughly around {{Date|258}}.

===''' ''[[The Riverlands]]'' '''===
====Blackfish====
When Catelyn Tully was 8 years old, Hoster called Brynden a “black goat”, causing Brynden to point out their house sigil was a trout, and named himself the Blackfish ever since.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} Since Catelyn Tully was born in {{Date|264}}, this event occurred in either {{Date|272}} or {{Date|273}}.

====Petyr Baelish's duel against Brandon Stark====
Petyr Baelish was 14 years<ref>"scarcely fifteen" could be read as Petyr having been fourteen years old at the time, and as [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Baelish|the calculation]] shows, Petyr cannot have actually been 15 before Brandon Starks death</ref> old during the duel. With Petyr's birth in 268AC, he would have been 13 turning 14 in 282AC and 14 turning 15 in 283AC.
Since Brandon Stark died in 282AC<ref>A Game of Thrones RPG</ref>, the duel thus could only have taken place in 282AC.

====Hoster Tully====
Hoster Tully is said to have been bedridden “these past two years” in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} This statement is made roughly halfway through {{Date|298}}, placing the moment Hoster got sick halfway in 296AC.

===''' ''[[The Westerlands]]'' '''===
====Gerion Lannister’s voyage====
Gerion Lannister left Lannisport when Tyrion Lannister was 18 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|33}} Tyrion was born in either 272AC or 273AC, meaning he was 18 years old in both 292AC and 293AC.
Gerion’s ship left in 292/293AC.

====Gregor Clegane's knighthood====
Four years after Sandor’s “accident”, Gregor was knighted. Sandor was 6 or 7 during the incident with the fire, meaning that Gregor would have been either 11 or 12 years old at the time, being 5 years older. Gregor was knighted 4 years after the incident, placing his age during his knighting at either 16 or 17.
Gregor would have been either 16 or 17 in:
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 281AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 282AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 282AC if he was born in 266AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 283AC if he was born in 266AC

It is known Gregor was knighted by Rhaegar Targaryen.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} Since Rhaegar had been missing during Robert’s Rebellion (282AC – 283AC), the last option (16 turning 17 in 283AC if born in 266AC) can be eliminated, since Gregor’s knighting will not have taken place during the Rebellion. Also, Rhaegar was missing for most of the part of the year 283AC where the Rebellion was still being fought, and he and Gregor were on opposite sides of the conflict when Rhaegar did reappear. 16 turning 27 in 283AC can thus be eliminated.

This means that Gregor was knighted either in 281AC or 282AC (in the months before the war began).

====Sandor Clegane's "accident"====
Sandor was 6 or 7 years old when Gregor pushed his face in the fire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} With Sandor’s birth taking place in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been either 6 or 7 in the following years:
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 276AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 277AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 277AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 279AC
It can be concluded that this “accident” thus took place in either 276AC, 277AC, 278AC or 279AC. No further specifications can be given.
Sandor’s first kill: Sandor killed a man when he was 12 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|52}} With his birth having been in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been 12 years old in either 282AC, 283AC or 284AC. Further specification cannot be given.
Note: Sandor could have been 12 years old in 283AC with both possible birth years. It is possible, and perhaps highly likely, that Sandor killed his first man during the Rebellion, that lasted a big part of 283AC, and began in 282AC. In that case, a birth year of 270AC might be favoured, though this cannot be said with certainty.

===''' ''[[The Vale]]'' '''===
====Death of Lord Baelish====
In {{Date|298}}, it is mentioned that Petyrs father had died several years earlier{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, indicating that he has been dead for at least 2 years. That means that Petyr became Lord Baelish in truth in 286AC or before.

===''' ''[[The Crownlands]]'' '''===
====Hugh "of the Vale"====
At the time of his death, Hugh had been Jon Arryn’s squire for the past 4 years,{{Ref|aGoT|30}} meaning that Hugh became Jon Arryn’s squire in 294AC.

====Pycelle becoming Grandmaester====
Pycelle tells Eddard Stark that he has been Grandmaester for near on 40 years in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}} With Pycelle’s birth in 216AC, and with Pycelle having been 42 when he became Grandmaester during the reign of Aegon V, Pycelle would have turned 42 in 258AC. However, with it having been near 40 years, and not simply 40 years, in {{Date|298}}, Pycelle did not become Grandmaester in 258AC, when he had turned 42, but a year later, in 259AC, when he was still 42 (though he would be turning 43 later that year).

===''' ''[[Essos]]'' '''===
====Jon Connington's time with the Golden Company====
Jon Connington is mentioned to have left the Golden Company a dozen years ago in {{Date|300}}. Later, this is specified as to actually have been 12 years,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing Jon’s “exile” from the Golden Company in {{Date|288}}, five years after the Rebellion ended.
Jon Connington had spend five years with the Golden Company.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} For him to have spend five years with the Golden Company while {{Date|283}} is the first moment he could have joined, and {{Date|288}} is the year he certainly left, it shows that he joined the Golden Company shortly after his exile began, in {{Date|283}}.

====Jorah Mormont's exile====
In {{Date|298}}, Ned Stark remarks how it has been 5 years since Jorah Mormont went into exile, meaning that Jorah went into exile in 293AC.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

==See also==
* Are you a contributor to ''A Wiki of Ice and Fire'' or ''A Forum of Ice and Fire'' who would you like to discuss anything on this page? Please go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations on years of birth and death of characters ([[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages|page 1]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 2]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)|page 4]])
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==References==
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[[Category:Calculations]]

Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events

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In the main series and novellas, [[George R. R. Martin]] does not state specifically in which year a certain event has taken place. This page lists the calculations to determine such years of all events for which this can be done, as specific as is possible, for all events for which this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

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==Turning of the years==
===Main Series===
===={{Date|297}}====
The prologue in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes definitely place in 297AC. During the Hand's tourney, Sansa Stark mentions that she met Ser Raymar Royce and his father when they visited Winterfell, on their way to the Wall. The timeframe Sansa mentions was 2 years ago.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} During the prologue, Ser Waymar has been on the Wall for almost half a year.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} The time in between Sansa remembering having met the Royces (during the Hand's tourney), and one of Ser Waymar's fellow rangers getting decapitated (during [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|''A Game of Thrones'', Bran I]]), seems to have been at least 7 months, since King Robert visited Winterfell for at least one month, and the journey from Winterfell to King's Landing, and thus also from King's Landing to Winterfell, took about 2 months each. Robert cannot have left for Winterfell until 2 weeks after Joffrey’s 12th nameday (since he did not leave until Jon Arryn had died, and Jon died a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday), which is known to have taken place in {{Date|298}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]] calculation)'', although most likely more time passed in between Jon Arryn’s death and Robert leaving for Winterfell, seeing as how Cersei and her children were not in King's Landing when Jon Arryn died (they were making a tour to Casterly Rock), but they were present in the royal party. Naturally, some weeks passed in between arriving at King's Landing and the Tourney of the Hand, which are guessed at the lower bar of 1 month.

With roughly seven months having passed since one member of Ser Waymar’s group was found, and with roughly 2 years having passed since Waymar still being on the way to Winterfell, this leaves a little less than a year and a half in between, half a year of which Waymar spend at the Wall. With some months in between his visit to Winterfell and his actual arrival at the Wall, Waymar and his group, consisting out of rangers Gared and Will, seem to have been considered missing for somewhat more than half a year, before Gared was found and arrested. Searching parties were still being send out to find them, which happened as well with Benjen Stark, who was still being searched for even though he had been missing for half a year.

===={{Date|298}}====
With Joffrey’s 13th nameday taking place in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])'', his 12th nameday will have taken place in {{Date|298}}. [[Jon Arryn]] dies after Joffrey’s 12th nameday,{{Ref|aGoT|2}} and the first chapter ([[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|Bran I]]) from ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes place after Arryn’s death. ''A Game of Thrones'' thus starts with a certainty in {{Date|298}}, with the exception of the prologue (see '''297AC''' above).

The only other exception to this might be the Daenerys chapters in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. Daenerys’ chapters in ''A Game of Thrones'' take place earlier in the timeline than all the other POVs, and might even partly take place in 297AC. See ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]]'' for more information about this.

===={{Date|298}} to {{Date|299}}====
With certainty it can be said that the events in the storylines from Catelyn Tully’s POV in ''A Game of Thrones'' has crossed into the year {{Date|299}} upon reaching the [[Twins]] ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey (Big Walder)|Walder Frey (Big Walder)]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Walder Frey (Little Walder)|Walder Frey (Little Walder)]])'', which provides us with one mark for crossing of the year.

With [[Rickon Stark]] having been born in {{Date|295}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rickon Stark|Rickon Stark]])'', Rickon’s age can be used as well for the turning of the years. From the Bran chapter where Rickon is mentioned to be four years old, all Bran storyline chapters occur certainly in {{Date|299}}. This automatically means that the news of Ned Starks death, occurring in said chapter, reaches Winterfell in {{Date|299}}.

Since the Red Comet appears in the sky after Rickon has turned 4, all POVs where the Red Comet appears can be said to take place in {{Date|299}} with certainty.

It can currently not be determined any more specific when the year turns into 299AC.

===={{Date|299}} to {{Date|300}}====
The wedding of [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] is known to take place on the first day of {{Date|300}}. With Joffrey Baratheon still 13 years old on his wedding day, while he has been 13 years old during the events of ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', as the books starts the [[King's Landing]] story line (thus Tyrion's and Sansa's POVs) with his 13th nameday, his 13th nameday thus took place in the year {{Date|299}}.

With Joffrey's wedding, and thus death, occuring on the first day of 300AC, all chapters in which his death is mentioned, and onwards, take place in 300AC.

In ''A Feast for Crows'' the Dorne storyline begins with the news of Oberyn Martell's death having already arrived. Oberyn Martell died after Joffrey's wedding day, and thus in 300AC, placing the entire Dornish storyline (Areo Hotah and Arianne Martell POVs) in 300AC.

===={{Date|300}} onwards====
With [[Roslin Frey]] still being pregnant during the final chapters of ‘‘[[A Dance with Dragons]]’’, and with her becoming pregnant during the final month of {{Date|299}} (prior to Joffrey’s mentioned wedding on the first day of {{Date|300}}), ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ ends in {{Date|300}}

The Arya chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ are a source of speculation, since Arya’s story line takes place separately of the other POVs during the novel. Even though Arya’s chapters span large periods of time, or large periods of time pass in between, it seems that Arya’s chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ do end in {{Date|300}}, looking at the events occurring in the sample chapter Mercy, from ‘‘The Winds of Winter’’. Also syncing up is the first time it is mentioned to have snowed in the [[Riverlands]], which occurs in the last Jaime chapter in ‘‘Dance’’. Arya later sees this occurring through the eyes of direwolf [[Nymeria]], when she enters the wolf in her sleep.

===Dunk & Egg Series===
====''The Hedge Knight''====
Duncan the Tall described his age in ''The Hedge Knight'' as "16 or 17", and in ''The Sworn Sword'' as "18 or 19". This already suggests that 2 years have passed. In addition Duncan makes several mentions of the time that has passed since Ashford in ''The Sworn Sword'':

{{Quote|That was what they always said of those who had perished during the Great Spring Sickness two years past.}}
{{Quote|Ser Arlan's is two years dead}}
{{Quote|Egg had served Dunk for a good year and a half, though some days it seemed like twenty.}}

Ser Arlan dies while he and Dunk are on the way to Ashford.{{Ref|THK}} They were about a day's ride away from Ashford, where Dunk stays for a few days, for the remainder of the tourney, and his trial. Shortly (a few days) after Dunk's trial has been done, Aegon "Egg" enters Dunks service.

Ser Arlan is dead for 2 years, while Aegon has been Dunk's squire for a good year and a half. This suggests that the actual passing of time is somewhere in between, around 1,75 years, or differently said, 1 year and 9 months.

In addition, when ''the Sworn Sword'' starts, Dunk states that he had been in Oldtown "half a year past", and that he had spend "a year in Dorne". When describing his travels, Dunk describes how the passage to Oldtown had been booked in Dorne, showing that after a year in Dorne, Dunk and Egg went to Oldtown. In between their time in Oldtown and the events of ''the Sworn Sword'', half a year had passed, again showing that a minimum of half a year had passed.

Concluded can be that the time that has passed between ''The Hedge Knight'' and '''The Sworn Sword'' was in between 1,5 years and 2 years. With ''the Sworn Sword'' taking place in 211AC, this places ''The Hedge Knight'' in {{Date|209}}

Further confirmations comes from the fact that it is mentioned that Prince Maekar has been at Summerhall since his father's death for almost 1,5 years, where he went after the Spring Sickness ended in 209AC.

====''The Sworn Sword''====
Between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'', a year passes. For this, a confirmation can be found in both novellas:

* In ''The Sworn Sword'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 15 years ago{{Ref|TSS}}
* In ''The Mystery Knight'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 16 years ago{{Ref|TMK}}

This shows that between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'' the year has turned. With ''The Mystery Knight'' taking place 212AC, this places ''The Sworn Sword'' a year before, in {{Date|211}}.

In addition, it is known that the Redgrass Field took place in 196AC. Adding up 15 years to that, brings the count to the year 211AC for ''the Sworn Sword''.

====''The Mystery Knight''====
''The Mystery Knight'' features a 4-year old [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|TMK}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] for the calculation)''. That means that Walder was 4 years old in:
* 212AC, when he was 3 turning 4
* 213AC, when he was 4 turning 5

Thus ''The Mystery Knight'' took place in one of these two years.

It is stated that the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] took place 16 years prior. The Battle of the Redgrass Fields took place in {{Date|196}}. 16 years since 196AC places ''the Mystery Knight'' in {{Date|212}}.

==Wars and important military events==
===War of the Ninepenny Kings===
It is known that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place during the reign of Jaehaerys II Targaryen.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Jaehaerys reigned from {{Date|259}} until {{Date|262}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

According to his [[White Book]] entry, [[Barristan Selmy]] killed [[Maelys Blackfyre]] before joining the [[Kingsguard]]. Barristan killed Maelys during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} It is known that Barristan was 23 years old when he joined the Kingsguard. With Barristan's birth in {{Date|237}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy calculation]])'', that gives him two options of having been 23 years old:
* 260AC, having been 22 turning 23
* 261AC, having been 23 turning 24

Since it is unknown whether Barristan joined the Kingsguard immediately after the War of the Ninepenny Kings, or a year or two later, the first year of Jaehaerys' reign, 259AC, remains the minimum year.

Since Barristan's nameday seems to appear early in the year, Barristan would have been 23 years old for most of 260AC, but only shortly in 261AC. Thus it seems most likely that the Barristan joined the Kingsguard in 260AC, which would mean that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in either 259AC or 260AC.

''However'', "it seems most likely" isn't accurate. To remain as accurate as is possible, it has to be stated that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in or between {{Date|259}} and {{Date|261}}.

===Defiance at Duskendale===

{{Quote|Aerys had not set foot outside the Red Keep since Duskendale, yet suddenly he announced that he would accompany Prince Rhaegar to Harrenhal, and everything had gone awry from there.}}{{Ref|aDwD|67}}

According to Barristan Selmy, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] hadn't set a foot out of the [[Red Keep]] since Duskendale, yet he made an exception when he went to the Tourney at Harrenhal in {{Date|281}}. Since it is known that Aerys visited a tourney in the Westerlands, hosted by Lord Tywin Lannister, when Rhaegar Targaryen was 17 years old, the Defiance of Duskendale thus must have taken place somewhere in between these two tourneys.

During Aerys' visit to the Westerlands, Rhaegar Targaryen had been 17 years old, and Cersei Lannister had been 10 years old. With Rhaegar's birth in {{Date|259}},{{Ref|awoiaf}} and Cersei's birth in {{Date|266}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cersei Lannister|Cersei Lannister calculation]])'', there are two possibilities for the date of this tourney:
* 276AC
** Rhaegar would have been 16 turning 17
** Cersei would have been 9 turning 10
* 277AC
** Rhaegar would have been 17 turning 18
** Cersei would have been 10 turning 11

As can be seen, in both years the criteria are met: Rhaegar is 17 years old, and Cersei 10. A definite date for the tourney cannot be given, but it can be stated with certainty that the tourney took place no earlier than 276AC. It is thus known that Aerys had left the Red Keep in 276AC at least.

Barristan Selmy's White Book entry states his accomplishments in the following order:
* Named to the Kingsguard in his 23rd year, by Lord Commander Ser Gerold Hightower.
* Defended the passage against all challengers in the tourney of the Silver Bridge.
* Victor in the meddle at Maidenpool.
* Brought King Aerys II to safety during the Defiance of Duskendale, despite an arrow wound in the chest. Avenged the murder of his Sworn Brother, Ser Gwayne Gaunt.
* Rescued Lady Jeyne Swann and her septa from the Kingswood Brotherhood, defeating Simon Toyne and the Smiling Knight, and slaying the former.

As can be seen, the Defiance took place before the Kingswood Brotherhood was defeated. The brotherhood was defeated early in 281AC, again establishing the year 281AC as the maximum year for the Defiance.

The Defiance thus took place in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|281}}.

{{Quote|Even your royal father came to [[Tourney at Harrenhal|Harrenhal]], when he had not left the Red Keep for long years.}}{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

This is another quote from Barristan Selmy. The part ''' "when he had not left the Red Keep for long years" ''' suggests a minimum of two years since the Defiance took place. Since Harrenhal took place in {{Date|281}}, a minimum of 2 years can be subtracted, to find the maximum date for the Defiance at Duskendale.

This places the Defiance in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|279}}.

''In addition:'' It is also known that Dontos Hollard was a boy when the Defiance took place. Dontos was born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|263}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Dontos Hollard|Dontos Hollard calculation]])''. With Dontos being described as both "young" and having been a "boy",{{Ref|aFfC|9}} he would not have been 16 years old yet, since a 16 year old is seen as a man grown in Westeros. It seems most likely that Dontos was younger than 15, which favors Dontos' birth to have been closer to 263AC, and the Defiance closer to 276AC than to 279AC, making Dontos as young as possible. At the youngest, Dontos was born in 263AC, and the Defiance ended in 276AC the earliest, which could make him as young as 12 (to be turning 13 later in the year), which would qualify as young.

Thus, it seems most likely that the Defiance took place closer to 276AC than to 279AC. However, no certain specification can be given to make the possible timeframe smaller.

===Battles during [[Robert's Rebellion|Robert's Rebellion/War of the Usurper]]===
====[[Battle of the Bells]]====
In 300AC, it is stated that it has been 17 years since the Battle of the Bells.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} That places the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}}.

====[[Battle of the Trident]]====
The Battle of the Trident occurred before the Sack of King’s Landing, about a week apart ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys<ref>Chronology [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1040/]</ref>, in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow |Jon Snow calculation]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Battle of the Trident took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

====[[Sack of King's Landing]]====
The Sack of King’s Landing occurred about a week after the Battle of the Trident ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys(RefMissing), in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow|Jon Snow]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Sack of King’s Landign took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

As confirmation, it is stated in {{Date|300}} that it has been 17 years since Elia died. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} Elia’s death occurred during the Sack of King’s Landing.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

===Greyjoy Rebellion===
Eddard Stark remembers the Greyoy Rebellion as having occurred 9 years prior in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|4}}, when at least 3 months have already passed in the year (a fortnight between the nameday of Joffrey Baratheon and the death of Jon Arryn; 1 to 2 weeks before Cersei Lannister and the children returned to King’s Landing; 2 month’s journey to Winterfell).

===The [[War of the Five Kings]]===
====Death of [[Robert Baratheon]]====
After Robert Baratheon returns from his hunt mortally wounded, Eddard Stark writes a letter to Stannis Baratheon.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} The statements made in the letter are valid for understanding when being read by Stannis. Eddard Stark writes that Robert has been the King "these past 15 years". With the knowledge that Robert became King in 283AC,{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}, that places Robert's death in {{Date|298}}.

====Execution of [[Eddard Stark]]====
Eddard Stark was still alive while the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] was being fought, according to his wife, Catelyn Tully.{{Ref|aSoS|45}} This means that Eddard died after the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Since the Battle of the Whispering Wood was fought after the crossing of the Twins by the northern army (which occurred in 299AC, ''see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]]''), Eddard Starks execution thus also took place in {{Date|299}}.

====Coronation of [[Robb Stark]]====
Robb Stark's coronation takes place after the northern army has crossed the Twins. The crossing of the Twins occurs in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]])''. This shows that Robb Stark was crowned king in {{Date|299}} as well.

====[[Battle of Oxcross]]====
The Battle or Oxcross is the first major battle after [[Robb Stark]]s coronation. Robb Stark was crowned in {{Date|299}} (see above), showing that the Battle of Oxcross took place in {{Date|299}} as well.

Since Oxcross, all battles fought in the War of the Five Kings up until Robb Starks' death are fought in {{Date|299}}. This includes the following major battles:
* [[Battle of Ashemark]]
* [[Battle of the Crag]]
* [[Battle of the Fords]]
* [[Sack of Harrenhal]]
* [[Battle of Duskendale]]
* [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]]
* [[Retaking of Harrenhal]]
* The [[Red Wedding]]

It is possible that the [[Siege of Riverrun]] also begins in {{Date|299}}, since it seems that there are a few weeks between the [[Red Wedding]] and the first day of 300AC, seeing as how Joffrey Baratheon, after receiving news about the Red Wedding (by the means of a raven, which would have taken a few days to arrive at King's Landing, from the Twins), seems to believe there is still enough time to send a raven back to the Twins, and have a rider ride from the Twins back to King's Landing in time for Joffrey's wedding feast on the first day of 300AC.{{Ref|aSoS|53}} With the Freys working together with the Lannisters, it can be assumed that the Siege of Riverrun started as soon as was possible after the [[Red Wedding]]. Due to travel lengths (it took Robb Stark and his army 20 days at least ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|here]] for the count)'', it cannot be stated with certainty, since the preparations of the Freys concerning the Siege are unknown.

==Tourneys==
==={{Date|100}} - {{Date|200}}===
====[[Tourney for King Viserys I's accession]]====
Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] was 7 years old during this tournament.{{Ref|TRP}} It is known that Princess Rhaenyra was born in 97AC,{{Ref|TRP}}, meaning that she could only have been 7 years old in 104AC (6 turning 7) and in 105AC (7 turning 8). Since the tourney was held for King Viserys' accession to the throne, it would have been held as closely to the actually accession as was possible, making the option of 105AC highly unlikely, as Viserys would have been king for more than a year by then.

The tourney was thus held in {{Date|104}}.

====Unnamed Tourney====
The tourney where Aemon the Dragonknight fought as the mystery knight, the Knight of Tears, was held while King Aegon IV was King. Aegon IV was King from 172AC until 184AC, placing the tourney in between these years. No further specification can be given.

====Tourney at Lannisport====
The tourney in Lannisport took place "many years" before the tourney at King's Landing (see one subtitle below), which took place in 193AC.

Though it is unknown how much years are meant by "many years", it is certain that at least two years had passed between the tourney in Lannisport and the tourney in King's Landing.

The tourney at Lannisport thus took place in {{Date|191}} or before.

====Tourney at King's Landing====
This tourney took place 16 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. The tourney in King's Landing thus took place 16 years prior to 209AC, placing the tourney in {{Date|193}}.

====Hastilude for Lord Baratheon's grandson====
The hastilude was held 9 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. That plaves the hastilude in {{Date|200}}.

====Tourney at King's Landing====

====Tourney at Ashford Meadows====
The tourney at Ashford Meadows is described in ''The Hedge Knight''. The events described in ''The Hedge Knight'' all take place in {{Date|209}}, including the tourney at Ashford Meadows. See also ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''

==={{Date|200}} - {{Date|300}}===
====Tourney in King's Landing====
It is mentioned in {{Date|298}} that 4 years prior, Barristan was champion at a tourney. This places said tourney in 294AC.
A year before {{Date|298}}, Barristan unhorsed the Hound. This would place said tourney in 297AC.

====Tourney at Lannisport (for Aerys)====
Cersei Lannister was 10 years old during this tourney, Rhaegar Targaryen 17 and new to knighthood.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} Since Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} and Rhaegar in {{Date|259}}, the tourney could have occurred in both {{Date|276}} and {{Date|277}}. No further specifications can be given

Note : Rhaegar was “17 and new to knighthood”, suggesting that he had turned 17 not that long ago, placing the tourney in {{Date|276}}.

====Tourney at Duskendale====
In {{Date|300}} a tourney in Duskendale is mentioned to have occurred 6 years prior,{{Ref|aFfC|24}} placing it in {{Date|294}}

====Tourney====
Tywin Lannister organized a tourney 3 years prior to {{Date|298}}, placing this tourney in {{Date|295}}.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}. Once there, Robert got a girl pregnant, and she bore him twins. The children were killed. Depending on the timing of the tourney, the twins were born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==Marriages & Betrothals==
===Betrothals===
====Catelyn Tully’s betrothal to Brandon Stark====
Catelyn Tully was 12 years old when she was betrothed to Brandon Stark.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} With Catelyns birth in 264AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully calculation]])'', she would have been 12 years old in both 276AC and 277AC. Her betrothal to Brandon Stark took place during one of these two years.

====Elia Martell's betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheonn calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a betrothal between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occurred at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth closely on the Sack (though it cannot be stated how closely), it seems likely that her conception had occurred around the turning of the years 279AC to 280AC. This makes it most likely that Elia and Rhaegar had been married in the later half of 279AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus seem to have been betrothed between in either 278AC or 279AC.

====[[Arianne Martell]]'s betrothal to [[Viserys III Targaryen]]====
Arianne Martell was betrothed to Viserys Targaryen while Viserys was living in Braavos with his sister Daenerys, and their protector, Ser Willam Darry. This occured shortly after Robert's Rebellion had ended in 283AC,{{Ref|awoiaf}} but before Willam Darry got sick. Willam Darry got sick when Daenerys Targaryen was 5 years old,{{Ref|awoiaf}} thus in either 289AC or 290AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''.

The pact discussing the betrothal occured in Braavos.{{Ref|aDwD|43}} Viserys, Daenerys and Willem Darry went to Braavos after Daenerys' birth in {{Date|284}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Earlier than 284AC the betrothal thus could not have taken place.

Arianne and Viserys were thus betrothed in or between {{Date|284}} and {{Date|290}}

===Weddings===
====[[Elia Martell]]'s wedding to [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheon calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a marriage between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occurred at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth in 280AC, later into the year, the possibility of Rhaenys' conception, and thus also the wedding of Rhaegar and Elia, could have taken place in 280AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus got married in either 278AC, 279AC or 280AC.

====[[Catelyn Tully]]'s wedding to [[Eddard Stark]]====
In {{Date|298}}, Catelyn Stark mentions that she had wed Ned 15 years prior.{{Ref|aGoT|2}} That places their wedding in 283AC. In addition, Jon Connington mentions in {{Date|300}} that the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}} as well. Catelyn and Ned got married after the Battle of the Bells, confirming that their wedding occurred in 283AC.

====[[Jon Arryn]]'s wedding to [[Lysa Tully]]====
Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully after his last heir died during the Battle of the Bells. According to Jon Connington, the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior to {{Date|300}}, placing the Battle of the Bells in 283AC. This means that Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in 283AC.

Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in the same ceremony as Ned Stark married Catelyn Tully. Catelyn Tully remarks that she married Ned Stark 15 years prior to {{Date|298}}, confirming that the wedding occurred in 283AC{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

====[[Cersei Lannister]]s wedding to [[Robert Baratheon]]====
The first child of Cersei and Robert, Joffrey, was born in {{Date|286}}, in the first or second month. With a pregnancy lasting 9 months, Joffrey would thus have been conceived within the first half of 285AC. Cersei Lannister believes that Joffrey was conceived during a trip to Estermont, which lasted a fortnight. This visit was made after two of Roberts uncles had remained in King’s Landing for 6 months after Cersei’s wedding to Robert, meaning that there was at least 6 months in between Cersei’s wedding and Joffrey’s conception. With Joffrey’s conception taking place in the first half year, Cersei’s wedding took thus place in late {{Date|284}} at the latest.

Cersei Lannsiter was 18 years old when she married Robert, and with her birth in {{Date|266}}, that shows the wedding thus took place in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

Since it seems unlikely that Robert insisted on visiting his relatives immediately after they had left King's Landing, it is most likely that the wedding took place even earlier in the year. It can be assumed that the wedding did not take place before Dragonstone had been conquered. This occurred after the birth of Daenerys Targaryen, in the middle of the year.

====[[Stannis Baratheon]]s wedding to [[Selyse Florent]]====
On the night of Stannis' wedding to Selyse, Stannis' brother [[Robert Baratheon]] deflowered [[Delena Florent]], and fathered [[Edric Storm]] on her. Edric was born in {{Date|287}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Edric Storm|Edric Storm]] calculation)''. It is unknown whether Edric was born in early or late {{Date|287}}.

If Edric was born in late 287AC, it is possible that his conception also took place in 287AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 287AC.
If Edric was born in early 287AC, Edric would have been conceived in 286AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 286AC.

No specification can be given on this. Stannis and Selyse thus either married in {{Date|286}} or {{Date|287}}.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Perra Royce]]====
Walders first child with Perra was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])''. This means that 234AC, the last possible year of Stevron's birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder Frey was born in 208AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]])''. He would have reached the age of marriage, 13 year, in 221AC. This is thus the first possible year of Walders marriage to Perra, Walder's first wife.

Walder and Perra thus married in or between {{Date|221}} and {{Date|234}}.

Walder and Perra had four children together. Stevron was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])'', Emmon was born in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', Aenys in or between 240AC and 247AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys Frey|Aenys Frey]])'', and Perriane in or between 241AC and 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''.

This shows that the marriage between Walder and Perra would have lasted at least until 241AC, and at the latest until 248AC.

Walder and Perra were thus married in between 234AC and 241AC (Stevrons's last possible year of birth until Perriane's first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 221AC and 248AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Cyrenna Swann]]====
Walders first child with Cyrenna was born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])''. This means that 249AC, the last possible year of Jareds birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder's previous marriage, to [[Perra Royce]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Perriane was born in 241AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''. This shows that Perra would have died in 241AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Cyrenna in 241AC the earliest.

Walder and Cyrenna thus married in or between 241AC and 248AC.

Walder and Cyrenna had two children: Jared, born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])'', and Luceon, born in or between 249AC and 257AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon Frey]])''.

With Luceons birth no earlier than 249AC, the marriage of Walder and Cyrenna lasted at least until 249AC

With Walders first child with his third wife born in 258AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', 258AC is thus the last possible year for Cyrenna to have died.

Walders marriage to Cyrenna thus ended in 258AC the absolute latest.

Walder and Cyrenna were thus married in 249AC (Jared's last possible year of birth, Luceons first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 241AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Amarei Crakehall]]====
Walders first child with Amarei was born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. This means that 258AC, the last possible year of Hosteens birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walders previous marriage, to [[Cyrenna Swann]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Luceon was born in 249AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])''. This shows that Cyrenna would have died in 249AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Amarei in 249AC the earliest.

Walder and Amarei thus married in or between 249AC and 258AC.

Walder and Amarei had seven children: Hosteen, born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', Lythene, born in or between 251AC and 259AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])'', Symond, born in or between 252AC and 260AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])'', Danwell, born in or between 252AC and 261AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Danwell Frey|Danwell Frey]])'', Merrett, born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])'', Geremy, born in 263AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Geremy Frey|Geremy Frey]])'', and Raymund, born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''.

With Walder and Amarei's last child, Raymund, born in 264AC, the marriage of Walder and Amarei lasted at least until 264AC.

In fact, it is known that their marriage ended in 264AC with the death of Amarei, as Walder Frey states to Catelyn Tully that Amarei had died before Catelyn herself had been born. As Catelyn Tully was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])'', and Amarei's youngest child was born in 264AC as well, Geremy was thus born before Catelyn Tully in the year, and Amarei's death also occured before Catelyn's birth in the year.

Walder and Amarei were thus married in between 258AC and 264AC (Hosteen's last possible year of birth, Raymunds only possible year of birth), though their marriage could have begun anywhere in between the years 249AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Alyssa Blackwood]]====
Walders first child with Alyssa was born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])''. This means that 266AC, the last possible year of Lothars birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.
Walders previous marriage, to Amarei Crakehall, would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Raymund was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''. Since Amarei died in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Amarei Crakehall|Amarei Crakehall]])'', Walder wedding to Alyssa could have taken place in 264AC the earliest.

Walder and Alyssa thus married in or between 264AC and 266AC.

Walder and Alyssa had five children: Lothar, born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])'', Jammos, born in either 266AC or 267AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jammos Frey|Jammos Frey]])'', Whalen, born in either 267AC or 268AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Whalen Frey|Whalen Frey]])'', Morya, born in either 268AC or 269AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Morya Frey|Morya Frey]])'', and Tyta, born in either 269AC or 270AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])''

With Walder and Alyssa's last child, Tyta, born in 269AC the earliest, the marriage of Walder and Alyssa lasted at least until 269AC.

Walders next child, born after Tyta, was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. This means that potentially, Walders marriage to Alyssa could have lasted until 278AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Sarya Whent]]====
Walder and Sarya had no children.

Sarya was the fifth wife of Walder Frey. With Walders youngest child with his fourth wife born in 269AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])'', and his eldest child by his sixth wife born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])'', Walders marriage to Sarya could have taken place between any of those two years.

Walder Frey and Sarya Whent were thus married in or between 269AC and 278AC maximally.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Bethany Rosby]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Annara Farring]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Joyeuse Erenford]]====
Lord Walder is said to be marrying his eight wife on his 90th nameday.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey calculation]])'', which means that Walder would have been turning 90 in 298AC. This places his wedding to Joyeuse in {{Date|298}}.

==Namedays==
For a select amount of characters, the placing of their birth into the year can be roughly specified:
===Placing in the year===
====Brandon (Bran) Stark====
Bran is still 7 years old when he falls from the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} After he has woken up from his coma, he is mentioned to be 8 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} It is unknown whether Brans nameday occured during his coma, or in the time afterwards, as Bran, when the passing of his nameday has been mentioned, has been awake for an unknown amount of time.

The amount of time until Brans fall can be determined:
* Joffrey's nameday, which occured between 0.3 months and 2 months into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* 0,6 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} pass until Bran's fall.

This makes Bran's fall occur no earlier than 3,1 month into the year, showing that his nameday definitly occured later than those 3,1 months.

====Cersei Lannister====
See ''Jaime Lannister'' below.

====Jaime Lannister====
It is mentioned that has been 18 years since Jaime Lannister joined the Kingsguard in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} This is mentioned after the Battle of the Blackwater. With the first day of the first month of 300AC being a known event, it can be determined how much time passes ''minimally'' between this mentioning, and the end of the year.

* +1 day : Between the conversation that Tyrion Lannister has with Tywin Lannister (the first mentioning of the 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard), at least one day takes place before Tyrion sees Shae.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}
* +1 day : Tyrion II (where the sighting of Shae is mentioned), takes place a day later.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} (Ser Loras 17)
* +1 day : It is unknown when the Small Council meeting during Tyrion III takes place, and it might even be during the same day as Tyrion II (though that is unlikey). Petyr Baelish mentions that he can leave the day after the council meeting "the next morning" the earliest. So 1 day is added until Petyr Baelish leaves for the Eyrie.
* +1 month : In Tyrion IV, it is mentioned that it has been a fortnight since Petyr Baelish set sail for the Eyrie. However, during this fortnight, at an unknown moment, Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark got married. Since it is known that at least 30 days pass between the wedding and the first day of 300AC (see Sansa Stark's nameday placing entry below), and since it is unknown whether Petyr Baelish leaves on the wedding day of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark, or days or weeks later, it is possible that the mentioning of Petyr Baelish having left 14 days age completely falls in the minimal 30 days of the marriage.

With a minimum time passing of 33 days (1 moon and 3 days), it can be said that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the 12th month of the year, but that his nameday falls in any of the first 11 months of the year.

In 300AC, it is mentioned again that is has been 18 years since Jaime had joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} Though it is known that the trial of Tyrion Lannister has begun, it is known that Tyrion's trial has lasted for at least 2 days, since Jaime has "spend his '''days'''" at Tyrion's trial.

Counting from the first day of the year:
* +1 : Joffrey and Margaery wed on the first day of 300AC.
* +2 : Cersei has more witnesses "every day", suggesting a passing of at least 2 days between Joffrey's wedding, and the day on which Tyrion is told such by Kevan Lannister.
* +4 : Kevan Lannister returns to speak with Tyrion Lannister the next day (1). He mentions the trial will start in three days (3). 1 day + 3 days = 4 days.
* +2 : when Jaime mentions the 18 years since he had been 15, Tyrion's trial has been going on for at least 2 days.

Adding these minimal numbers, at least 9 days have passed, while it seems most likely that quite some time passes between the start of the trial, and Joffrey's actual wedding day (more than the minimum of 6 now given). However, such passing of time isn't stated in text, and can thus not be specified.

All that can be said, is that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the first 9 days of the year.

No further specification can be given.

====Joffrey Baratheon====
It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday does not occur on the first day of the year, as Joffrey would be turning 14 in 300AC, and he is still 13 years old on the first day of the first month of the year 300AC.

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close on half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
Robert's death is the last event that can be stated with certainty to have occured in 298AC.

Adding these time frames adds up to 10 months. Since it is unknown how many days remain in the year 298AC after King Roberts death, it can only be said that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs in the first two months of the year.

Further specification can be given.
* 1 : The visit of Robb Stark, Catelyn Tully and the northern army at the Twins occurs in 299AC. Potentially, this event could have occured on the first day of the year.
* +1 : The news of Roose Bolton moving south from the Twins reaches the Lannister army at least one day later.
* +1 : The Battle of the Green Fork occurs a day after the news has arrived.
* +5 : After the Battle of the Green Fork, the Battle at Riverrun occurs. Upon hearing that Jaime Lannister was captured there, Tyrion Lannister states "Robb Stark had reached Riverrun days and days ago". ''Days and days'' suggests a multitude of days, and thus a minimum of 4. The news about the outcome of the battle would have taken at least (though most likely more than) one day to reach the Lannister army. This day, Tyrion is send to King's Landing.
* +1 : It cannot be specified how long it took Tyrion to reach King's Landing, so only a minimum of one day can be given. Tyrion arrives on Joffrey's 13th nameday.

This shows that Joffrey's nameday cannot take place any earlier than the 9th day of the year.

Joffrey's nameday thus takes place between the 9th day of the first month (thus at least 0,3 month into the year), and the last day of the second month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Jon Snow====
The placement of Jon's nameday can be roughly determined.

It is known that Joffrey Baratheon was born in 286AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])''. It is also known that Joffrey Baratheons nameday is not the first day of the year, as it is not his nameday upon the day of his wedding.

That gives the following minimum:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* +9+9 days (0,6 month) : the journey of Ser Waymar Royce, Gared and Will had taken 9 days, and they still had 8 or 9 days to go until they reached the Wall again. Benjen Stark would have known their route, and would most likely have counted an additional couple of days to investigate. The minimum of Benjens ranging would thus have been 9+9= 18 days, though in reality his ranging would have taken longer
* +14 days : Benjen Stark had promised to be back by Jon Snows nameday, but a fortnight after his nameday, Benjen Stark still hadn't returned.

Adding these time frames adds up to 5,9 months.

However, Joffrey Baratheon's nameday could have occured further in the year. In addition, Benjen Stark might have calculated more for his ranging initially. The 5,6 months is the absolute minimum of time having passed in the year for Jon Snows nameday to take place. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons nameday does occur in the beginning of the year, the most precise that can be stated is that Jon Snows nameday seems to take place in the middle of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Lancel Lannister====
Lancel was born in 282AC. In 298AC, he would thus be 15 turning 16. During the Tourney of the Hand, Eddard Stark notes that Lancel is 15 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Lancels nameday still hasn't occured, showing that Lancels nameday falls in the last 5,7 months of the year.

====Margaery Tyrell====
With the knowledge that Margaery's birth took place in 283AC, the placing of her nameday in the year can be roughly determined.

Margaery is mentioned to be 14 years old at two occasions, and both those occasions occur during the Tourney of the Hand in 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT32}}{{Ref|aGoT|32}}. With Margaery's birth having occured in 283AC, Margaery would thus be 14 turning 15 in 298AC. This means that during the Tourney of the Hand, Margaery's nameday had not yet occured.

That gives us the following time that can be specified until the mentioning of Maegaery being 14:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Margaery's nameday still hasn't occured.

When Margaery arrives in King's Landing in 299AC, she has already turned 16. Though it seems obvious that Margaery has been in King's Landing for quite some time when the day of Sansa's wedding arrives, only a few days can be counted with certainty.
* +1 : Maegaery arrives in King's Landing, aged 16
* +1 : No sooner than one day after Margaery's arrival, though most likely some time later, Sansa Stark receives an invitation for lunch with Margaery.
* +2 : "when the appointed day arrived" suggests that the invitation arrived at least more than the day before the lunch itself, giving a minimum of 2 days.
* +1 : Sansa Stark goes hawking with Margaery and Margaery's cousins. This occurs no sooner than one day after the lunch.
* +2 : "the day before last" Margaery and her cousins had taken Sansa Stark hawking. Between the hawking and Sansa thinking about it, 2 days have passed. Sansa's wedding gown is ordered

The next mentioning of time, is Sansa's own wedding day. This shows that the time between Margaery's arrival in King's Landing and Sansa Stark's wedding is at least 7 days (though it seems quite obvious that in reality, more time has passed). It is known that between Sansa Stark's wedding and the first day of the first month of 300AC, at least 30 days go by ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])''.

Added up together, Margaery was thus 16 years old for at least the last 1,25 month of 299AC, showing that Margaery's nameday occurs before these 1,25 month.

With the knowledge that Margaery's nameday still has to occur 6,3 months into the year, but has already occured by the last 1,25 month of the year, it can be stated that Margaery's nameday occured no earlier than the 9th day of the 6th month, and no later than the last third week in the 11th month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Myrcella Baratheon====
When visiting Winterfell, during the feast to welcome the King to the North, Myrcella is still 7, while she would turn 8 later in the year.
The feast occurs at least 2,8 months into the year:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)

This shows that Myrcella's nameday occurs more than 2,8 months into the year. No further specifications can be given.

====Petyr Baelish====
Petyr Baelish was born in 268AC. Catelyn Tully notes that he is still "shy of 30" when she sees him in King's Landing. Though it is unknown how long Catelyn's journey from Winterfell to King's Landing takes, a minimum passage of time can be stated:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +8+4 days : "Ned and the girls had been 8 days gone" + "she had slept for four days"{{Ref|aGoT|14}} is the time that had passed since the court had left Winterfell, until Catelyn wakes up from the attack on Bran.
* +1 : The earliest Catelyn can leave for King's Landing is the next day after waking up
* +1 : The journey would have taken at least one day

Thus at least 4 months had passed until Catelyn and Petyr met. With Petyrs nameday not having passed yet in the year, that shows that Petyrs nameday will have taken place in or between the 5th and 12th month of the year.

====Rickon Stark====
Rickon's nameday had already passed by the time the direwolves were found, as he was already 3 years old, with his birth occuring in 295AC. It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday had already occured by then, as the day the direwolves were found is the same day as the news on Jon Arryn's death, occuring a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday, reaches Winterfell. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons birth does not occur in the first day of the year, it can be stated that a minimum of 15 days has already passed (though that is without taking the ravens journey into account, a journey whose length has not been stated).

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year, at least 0,3 month into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} '''This is potentially the first day on which the mentioning of Rickon being 3 is made. The count begins here.'''
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
The death of Robert Baratheon is the last event that can be said to have occured in the year 298AC with certainty.

Adding these time frames adds up to 9,8 months. This shows that Rickons nameday occurs within the first 2,2 months of the year.
No further specifications can be given.

====Robb Stark====
Robb Starks parents got married in 283AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Weddings|weddings (Catelyn Tully & Eddard Stark)]])''. With Robb's birth also occuring in 283AC, as calculated above, Robb's birth will have occured in either the 10th, 11th or 12th month of the year, as pregnancies last 9 months.

As between the wedding of Sansa Stark to Tyrion Lannister in 299AC and the first day of 300AC at least 30 days pass ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])'', and Robb Stark has turned 16 prior to that,{{Ref|aCoK|55}}, it can be stated that Robb Starks birth occured in either the 10th month or the 11th month.
With reasonable certainty it can even be stated that Robb Starks nameday occured closer to the first day of the 10th month, than to the 30th day of the 11th month.

====Robert Arryn====
With the knowledge that Robert was born in 292AC, the placing of his nameday can be roughly determined. Robert is 8 years old in early 300AC. The time that has passed in the year, at the moment of the observation (made by Robert's mother), is as followed:
* A journey by ship from King's Landing to the Fingers, lasting an unspecified amount of time
** Comparing the distance given between Old Wyk and Lonely Light, which is a known journey of 8 days sailing,{{Ref|awoiaf}} the journey from King's Landing to the Fingers seems to be between 3 and 4 times as long, placing this journey in between 24 and 32 days.
* 8 days spend at the Fingers, until Lysa Tully arrives
* 1 day since Lysa Tully's arrival

It is known the journey starts on the first day of the first month of 300AC.

Using the maximum amount of days of time that could have passed, it can be stated that Robert's nameday has taken place by the 41th day of the year. This places Robert's nameday in the first or second month of the year.

====Robert Frey (son of Raymund)====
With Robert's birth occuring in 283AC, Raymund would not have named his son such while the Rebellion was being fought, as the main opponent of House Targaryen was named Robert Baratheon.
Seeing as House Frey joined the rebels only after the Battle of the Trident, which occured in the second half of 283AC, Robert Frey was most likely born after the Battle of the Trident, and thus in the second half of 283AC.

====Sansa Stark====
With Sansa stating upon her wedding night that she will be turning 13 within a time window of 30 days,{{Ref|aSoS|28}} and with the knowledge that between Sansa's wedding and the Red Wedding about 30 days occur, and between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC roughly a fortnight, it can be stated that Sansa's nameday occurs in either the 11th or the 12th month of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Tommen Baratheon====
Tommen Baratheon was born in 291AC. At the tourney to celebrate Joffrey Baratheon's 13th nameday, Tommen has already turned 8.{{Ref|aCoK|2}} Since Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs at least 0,3 month into the year, and no later than the last day of the second month, as can be seen above, Tommens nameday thus takes place within that timeframe as well.

Though no further specification can be given, it can be stated that Tommens nameday occurs before Joffrey's.

====Walder Frey====
When Catelyn Tully arrests Tyrion Lannister in 298AC, Walder Frey's 90th nameday has yet to occur.

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

This gives a minimum passage of time of 6,3 months when the mentioning of Walder's age occurs. This shows that Walder's nameday does not occur in the first 6,3 months of the year.

Walder has turned 91 by the time Catelyn Tully and Robb Stark (and his army) arrive at the Twins for the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey. The wedding occurs that same day, and news on the events that occured during the wedding could have reached King's Landing no sooner than 2 days later, as the fighting lasted into the night, the raven would have been send the next day as soon as possible, and would have flown at least one day (though obviously, such a journey would take longer, yet no specifications can be given) before reaching King's Landing.
When the raven arrives at King's Landing, Joffrey Baratheon seems to believe there is still time for a raven to fly from King's Landing to the Twins, and for a rider to ride from the Twins to King's Landing before the year 300AC begins. While it is uncertain whether or not Joffrey took any traveling time into account, it can be stated with reasonable certainty that this means that Joffrey's wedding day, and thus the first day of 300AC, would not be taking place over the next few days. Therefore, a minimum of 2 weeks is established as passing between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC (though it could be more in reality).

Thus it can be stated that Walder's nameday does not take place in the second half of the 12th month.

Walder's nameday thus takes place in between 6,3th and 11,5th month of the year.

===Notes===
====Note 1====
'''Journey from King's Landing to Winterfell/Winterfell to King's Landing'''
The journey that the royal court takes from King's Landing to Winterfell in 298AC takes roughly 2 months:
* From the Trident to King's Landing takes a fortnight, 14 days,{{Ref|aGoT|20}}
* Crossing the Neck takes 12 days{{Ref|aGoT|15}}
* The length of the kingsroad from Winterfell to King's Landing,{{Ref|tloiaf}} minus the length of the Neck (12 days), minus the distance between King's Landing and the Trident (14 days), leaves a distance roughly a little bit more than twice the size as the distance between King's Landing and the Trident, and can thus be said will take a bit more than twice as much time to cover (2x14 days + a few days, here guessed as 5), making the total amount of time 14+14+14+12+5= 57 days roughly). This is stated in the calculations above as 2 months.

==Miscellaneous==
===''' ''[[Wall|At the Wall]]'' '''===
====Will's arrival at the Wall====
[[Will]] has been on the Wall in 297AC for 4 years, meaning he joined the Night’s Watch in {{Date|293}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}

====Waymar Royce’s arrival at the Wall====
Ser [[Waymar Royce]] has been on the Wall for less than half a year during the prologue in A Game of Thrones, which takes place in 297AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}. During the Hand's tourney in {{Date|298}}, Sansa Stark remarks how Waymar had visited Winterfell on his way to the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} She remembers as this visit having been two years prior to the tourney. With the Tourney taking place in the middle of the year {{Date|298}}, Ser Waymar’s visit to Winterfell took place halfway through 296AC, roughly.

===''' ''[[The North]]'' '''===
====Eddard Starks fostering in the Vale====
Eddard Stark was 8 years old when he was send to be fostered at the Eyrie.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} Eddard was born in either 262AC or 263AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Eddard Stark|Eddard Stark calculation]])'', which creates the possibility of having been 8 in the following years:
* If born in 262AC
** 7 turing 8 in 270AC
** 8 turning 9 in 271AC
* If born in 263AC
** 7 turning 8 in 271AC
** 8 turning 9 in 272AC

No further specification can be given. Eddard thus went to the Eyrie in either {{Date|270}}, {{Date|271}} or {{Date|272}}.

====Rodrik Cassel's mother====
Ser Rodrik mentions in {{Date|298}} that his mother had been dead for 40 years{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, placing her death roughly around {{Date|258}}.

===''' ''[[The Riverlands]]'' '''===
====Blackfish====
When Catelyn Tully was 8 years old, Hoster called Brynden a “black goat”, causing Brynden to point out their house sigil was a trout, and named himself the Blackfish ever since.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} Since Catelyn Tully was born in {{Date|264}}, this event occurred in either {{Date|272}} or {{Date|273}}.

====Petyr Baelish's duel against Brandon Stark====
Petyr Baelish was 14 years<ref>"scarcely fifteen" could be read as Petyr having been fourteen years old at the time, and as [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Baelish|the calculation]] shows, Petyr cannot have actually been 15 before Brandon Starks death</ref> old during the duel. With Petyr's birth in 268AC, he would have been 13 turning 14 in 282AC and 14 turning 15 in 283AC.
Since Brandon Stark died in 282AC<ref>A Game of Thrones RPG</ref>, the duel thus could only have taken place in 282AC.

====Hoster Tully====
Hoster Tully is said to have been bedridden “these past two years” in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} This statement is made roughly halfway through {{Date|298}}, placing the moment Hoster got sick halfway in 296AC.

===''' ''[[The Westerlands]]'' '''===
====Gerion Lannister’s voyage====
Gerion Lannister left Lannisport when Tyrion Lannister was 18 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|33}} Tyrion was born in either 272AC or 273AC, meaning he was 18 years old in both 292AC and 293AC.
Gerion’s ship left in 292/293AC.

====Gregor Clegane's knighthood====
Four years after Sandor’s “accident”, Gregor was knighted. Sandor was 6 or 7 during the incident with the fire, meaning that Gregor would have been either 11 or 12 years old at the time, being 5 years older. Gregor was knighted 4 years after the incident, placing his age during his knighting at either 16 or 17.
Gregor would have been either 16 or 17 in:
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 281AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 282AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 282AC if he was born in 266AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 283AC if he was born in 266AC

It is known Gregor was knighted by Rhaegar Targaryen.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} Since Rhaegar had been missing during Robert’s Rebellion (282AC – 283AC), the last option (16 turning 17 in 283AC if born in 266AC) can be eliminated, since Gregor’s knighting will not have taken place during the Rebellion. Also, Rhaegar was missing for most of the part of the year 283AC where the Rebellion was still being fought, and he and Gregor were on opposite sides of the conflict when Rhaegar did reappear. 16 turning 27 in 283AC can thus be eliminated.

This means that Gregor was knighted either in 281AC or 282AC (in the months before the war began).

====Sandor Clegane's "accident"====
Sandor was 6 or 7 years old when Gregor pushed his face in the fire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} With Sandor’s birth taking place in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been either 6 or 7 in the following years:
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 276AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 277AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 277AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 279AC
It can be concluded that this “accident” thus took place in either 276AC, 277AC, 278AC or 279AC. No further specifications can be given.
Sandor’s first kill: Sandor killed a man when he was 12 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|52}} With his birth having been in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been 12 years old in either 282AC, 283AC or 284AC. Further specification cannot be given.
Note: Sandor could have been 12 years old in 283AC with both possible birth years. It is possible, and perhaps highly likely, that Sandor killed his first man during the Rebellion, that lasted a big part of 283AC, and began in 282AC. In that case, a birth year of 270AC might be favoured, though this cannot be said with certainty.

===''' ''[[The Vale]]'' '''===
====Death of Lord Baelish====
In {{Date|298}}, it is mentioned that Petyrs father had died several years earlier{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, indicating that he has been dead for at least 2 years. That means that Petyr became Lord Baelish in truth in 286AC or before.

===''' ''[[The Crownlands]]'' '''===
====Hugh "of the Vale"====
At the time of his death, Hugh had been Jon Arryn’s squire for the past 4 years,{{Ref|aGoT|30}} meaning that Hugh became Jon Arryn’s squire in 294AC.

====Pycelle becoming Grandmaester====
Pycelle tells Eddard Stark that he has been Grandmaester for near on 40 years in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}} With Pycelle’s birth in 216AC, and with Pycelle having been 42 when he became Grandmaester during the reign of Aegon V, Pycelle would have turned 42 in 258AC. However, with it having been near 40 years, and not simply 40 years, in {{Date|298}}, Pycelle did not become Grandmaester in 258AC, when he had turned 42, but a year later, in 259AC, when he was still 42 (though he would be turning 43 later that year).

===''' ''[[Essos]]'' '''===
====Jon Connington's time with the Golden Company====
Jon Connington is mentioned to have left the Golden Company a dozen years ago in {{Date|300}}. Later, this is specified as to actually have been 12 years,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing Jon’s “exile” from the Golden Company in {{Date|288}}, five years after the Rebellion ended.
Jon Connnigton had spend five years with the Golden Company.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} For him to have spend five years with the Golden Company while {{Date|283}} is the first moment he could have joined, and {{Date|288}} is the year he certainly left, it shows that he joined the Golden Company shortly after his exile began, in {{Date|283}}.

====Jorah Mormont's exile====
In {{Date|298}}, Ned Stark remarks how it has been 5 years since Jorah Mormont went into exile, meaning that Jorah went into exile in 293AC.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

==See also==
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* Calculations on years of birth and death of characters ([[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages|page 1]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 2]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)|page 4]])
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In the main series and novellas, [[George R. R. Martin]] does not state specifically in which year a certain event has taken place. This page lists the calculations to determine such years of all events for which this can be done, as specific as is possible, for all events for which this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

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==Turning of the years==
===Main Series===
===={{Date|297}}====
The prologue in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes definitely place in 297AC. During the Hand's tourney, Sansa Stark mentions that she met Ser Raymar Royce and his father when they visited Winterfell, on their way to the Wall. The timeframe Sansa mentions was 2 years ago.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} During the prologue, Ser Waymar has been on the Wall for almost half a year.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} The time in between Sansa remembering having met the Royces (during the Hand's tourney), and one of Ser Waymar's fellow rangers getting decapitated (during [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|''A Game of Thrones'', Bran I]]), seems to have been at least 7 months, since King Robert visited Winterfell for at least one month, and the journey from Winterfell to King's Landing, and thus also from King's Landing to Winterfell, took about 2 months each. Robert cannot have left for Winterfell until 2 weeks after Joffrey’s 12th nameday (since he did not leave until Jon Arryn had died, and Jon died a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday), which is known to have taken place in {{Date|298}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]] calculation)'', although most likely more time passed in between Jon Arryn’s death and Robert leaving for Winterfell, seeing as how Cersei and her children were not in King's Landing when Jon Arryn died (they were making a tour to Casterly Rock), but they were present in the royal party. Naturally, some weeks passed in between arriving at King's Landing and the Tourney of the Hand, which are guessed at the lower bar of 1 month.

With roughly seven months having passed since one member of Ser Waymar’s group was found, and with roughly 2 years having passed since Waymar still being on the way to Winterfell, this leaves a little less than a year and a half in between, half a year of which Waymar spend at the Wall. With some months in between his visit to Winterfell and his actual arrival at the Wall, Waymar and his group, consisting out of rangers Gared and Will, seem to have been considered missing for somewhat more than half a year, before Gared was found and arrested. Searching parties were still being send out to find them, which happened as well with Benjen Stark, who was still being searched for even though he had been missing for half a year.

===={{Date|298}}====
With Joffrey’s 13th nameday taking place in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])'', his 12th nameday will have taken place in {{Date|298}}. [[Jon Arryn]] dies after Joffrey’s 12th nameday,{{Ref|aGoT|2}} and the first chapter ([[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|Bran I]]) from ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes place after Arryn’s death. ''A Game of Thrones'' thus starts with a certainty in {{Date|298}}, with the exception of the prologue (see '''297AC''' above).

The only other exception to this might be the Daenerys chapters in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. Daenerys’ chapters in ''A Game of Thrones'' take place earlier in the timeline than all the other POVs, and might even partly take place in 297AC. See ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]]'' for more information about this.

===={{Date|298}} to {{Date|299}}====
With certainty it can be said that the events in the storylines from Catelyn Tully’s POV in ''A Game of Thrones'' has crossed into the year {{Date|299}} upon reaching the [[Twins]] ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey (Big Walder)|Walder Frey (Big Walder)]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Walder Frey (Little Walder)|Walder Frey (Little Walder)]])'', which provides us with one mark for crossing of the year.

With [[Rickon Stark]] having been born in {{Date|295}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rickon Stark|Rickon Stark]])'', Rickon’s age can be used as well for the turning of the years. From the Bran chapter where Rickon is mentioned to be four years old, all Bran storyline chapters occur certainly in {{Date|299}}. This automatically means that the news of Ned Starks death, occurring in said chapter, reaches Winterfell in {{Date|299}}.

Since the Red Comet appears in the sky after Rickon has turned 4, all POVs where the Red Comet appears can be said to take place in {{Date|299}} with certainty.

It can currently not be determined any more specific when the year turns into 299AC.

===={{Date|299}} to {{Date|300}}====
The wedding of [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] is known to take place on the first day of {{Date|300}}. With Joffrey Baratheon still 13 years old on his wedding day, while he has been 13 years old during the events of ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', as the books starts the [[King's Landing]] story line (thus Tyrion's and Sansa's POVs) with his 13th nameday, his 13th nameday thus took place in the year {{Date|299}}.

With Joffrey's wedding, and thus death, occuring on the first day of 300AC, all chapters in which his death is mentioned, and onwards, take place in 300AC.

In ''A Feast for Crows'' the Dorne storyline begins with the news of Oberyn Martell's death having already arrived. Oberyn Martell died after Joffrey's wedding day, and thus in 300AC, placing the entire Dornish storyline (Areo Hotah and Arianne Martell POVs) in 300AC.

===={{Date|300}} onwards====
With [[Roslin Frey]] still being pregnant during the final chapters of ‘‘[[A Dance with Dragons]]’’, and with her becoming pregnant during the final month of {{Date|299}} (prior to Joffrey’s mentioned wedding on the first day of {{Date|300}}), ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ ends in {{Date|300}}

The Arya chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ are a source of speculation, since Arya’s story line takes place separately of the other POVs during the novel. Even though Arya’s chapters span large periods of time, or large periods of time pass in between, it seems that Arya’s chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ do end in {{Date|300}}, looking at the events occurring in the sample chapter Mercy, from ‘‘The Winds of Winter’’. Also syncing up is the first time it is mentioned to have snowed in the [[Riverlands]], which occurs in the last Jaime chapter in ‘‘Dance’’. Arya later sees this occurring through the eyes of direwolf [[Nymeria]], when she enters the wolf in her sleep.

===Dunk & Egg Series===
====''The Hedge Knight''====
Duncan the Tall described his age in ''The Hedge Knight'' as "16 or 17", and in ''The Sworn Sword'' as "18 or 19". This already suggests that 2 years have passed. In addition Duncan makes several mentions of the time that has passed since Ashford in ''The Sworn Sword'':

{{Quote|That was what they always said of those who had perished during the Great Spring Sickness two years past.}}
{{Quote|Ser Arlan's is two years dead}}
{{Quote|Egg had served Dunk for a good year and a half, though some days it seemed like twenty.}}

Ser Arlan dies while he and Dunk are on the way to Ashford.{{Ref|THK}} They were about a day's ride away from Ashford, where Dunk stays for a few days, for the remainder of the tourney, and his trial. Shortly (a few days) after Dunk's trial has been done, Aegon "Egg" enters Dunks service.

Ser Arlan is dead for 2 years, while Aegon has been Dunk's squire for a good year and a half. This suggests that the actual passing of time is somewhere in between, around 1,75 years, or differently said, 1 year and 9 months.

In addition, when ''the Sworn Sword'' starts, Dunk states that he had been in Oldtown "half a year past", and that he had spend "a year in Dorne". When describing his travels, Dunk describes how the passage to Oldtown had been booked in Dorne, showing that after a year in Dorne, Dunk and Egg went to Oldtown. In between their time in Oldtown and the events of ''the Sworn Sword'', half a year had passed, again showing that a minimum of half a year had passed.

Concluded can be that the time that has passed between ''The Hedge Knight'' and '''The Sworn Sword'' was in between 1,5 years and 2 years. With ''the Sworn Sword'' taking place in 211AC, this places ''The Hedge Knight'' in {{Date|209}}

Further confirmations comes from the fact that it is mentioned that Prince Maekar has been at Summerhall since his father's death for almost 1,5 years, where he went after the Spring Sickness ended in 209AC.

====''The Sworn Sword''====
Between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'', a year passes. For this, a confirmation can be found in both novellas:

* In ''The Sworn Sword'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 15 years ago{{Ref|TSS}}
* In ''The Mystery Knight'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 16 years ago{{Ref|TMK}}

This shows that between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'' the year has turned. With ''The Mystery Knight'' taking place 212AC, this places ''The Sworn Sword'' a year before, in {{Date|211}}.

In addition, it is known that the Redgrass Field took place in 196AC. Adding up 15 years to that, brings the count to the year 211AC for ''the Sworn Sword''.

====''The Mystery Knight''====
''The Mystery Knight'' features a 4-year old [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|TMK}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] for the calculation)''. That means that Walder was 4 years old in:
* 212AC, when he was 3 turning 4
* 213AC, when he was 4 turning 5

Thus ''The Mystery Knight'' took place in one of these two years.

It is stated that the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] took place 16 years prior. The Battle of the Redgrass Fields took place in {{Date|196}}. 16 years since 196AC places ''the Mystery Knight'' in {{Date|212}}.

==Wars and important military events==
===War of the Ninepenny Kings===
It is known that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place during the reign of Jaehaerys II Targaryen.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Jaehaerys reigned from {{Date|259}} until {{Date|262}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

According to his [[White Book]] entry, [[Barristan Selmy]] killed [[Maelys Blackfyre]] before joining the [[Kingsguard]]. Barristan killed Maelys during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} It is known that Barristan was 23 years old when he joined the Kingsguard. With Barristan's birth in {{Date|237}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy calculation]])'', that gives him two options of having been 23 years old:
* 260AC, having been 22 turning 23
* 261AC, having been 23 turning 24

Since it is unknown whether Barristan joined the Kingsguard immediately after the War of the Ninepenny Kings, or a year or two later, the first year of Jaehaerys' reign, 259AC, remains the minimum year.

Since Barristan's nameday seems to appear early in the year, Barristan would have been 23 years old for most of 260AC, but only shortly in 261AC. Thus it seems most likely that the Barristan joined the Kingsguard in 260AC, which would mean that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in either 259AC or 260AC.

''However'', "it seems most likely" isn't accurate. To remain as accurate as is possible, it has to be stated that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in or between {{Date|259}} and {{Date|261}}.

===Defiance at Duskendale===

{{Quote|Aerys had not set foot outside the Red Keep since Duskendale, yet suddenly he announced that he would accompany Prince Rhaegar to Harrenhal, and everything had gone awry from there.}}{{Ref|aDwD|67}}

According to Barristan Selmy, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] hadn't set a foot out of the [[Red Keep]] since Duskendale, yet he made an exception when he went to the Tourney at Harrenhal in {{Date|281}}. Since it is known that Aerys visited a tourney in the Westerlands, hosted by Lord Tywin Lannister, when Rhaegar Targaryen was 17 years old, the Defiance of Duskendale thus must have taken place somewhere in between these two tourneys.

During Aerys' visit to the Westerlands, Rhaegar Targaryen had been 17 years old, and Cersei Lannister had been 10 years old. With Rhaegar's birth in {{Date|259}},{{Ref|awoiaf}} and Cersei's birth in {{Date|266}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cersei Lannister|Cersei Lannister calculation]])'', there are two possibilities for the date of this tourney:
* 276AC
** Rhaegar would have been 16 turning 17
** Cersei would have been 9 turning 10
* 277AC
** Rhaegar would have been 17 turning 18
** Cersei would have been 10 turning 11

As can be seen, in both years the criteria are met: Rhaegar is 17 years old, and Cersei 10. A definite date for the tourney cannot be given, but it can be stated with certainty that the tourney took place no earlier than 276AC. It is thus known that Aerys had left the Red Keep in 276AC at least.

Barristan Selmy's White Book entry states his accomplishments in the following order:
* Named to the Kingsguard in his 23rd year, by Lord Commander Ser Gerold Hightower.
* Defended the passage against all challengers in the tourney of the Silver Bridge.
* Victor in the meddle at Maidenpool.
* Brought King Aerys II to safety during the Defiance of Duskendale, despite an arrow wound in the chest. Avenged the murder of his Sworn Brother, Ser Gwayne Gaunt.
* Rescued Lady Jeyne Swann and her septa from the Kingswood Brotherhood, defeating Simon Toyne and the Smiling Knight, and slaying the former.

As can be seen, the Defiance took place before the Kingswood Brotherhood was defeated. The brotherhood was defeated early in 281AC, again establishing the year 281AC as the maximum year for the Defiance.

The Defiance thus took place in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|281}}.

{{Quote|Even your royal father came to [[Tourney at Harrenhal|Harrenhal]], when he had not left the Red Keep for long years.}}{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

This is another quote from Barristan Selmy. The part ''' "when he had not left the Red Keep for long years" ''' suggests a minimum of two years since the Defiance took place. Since Harrenhal took place in {{Date|281}}, a minimum of 2 years can be subtracted, to find the maximum date for the Defiance at Duskendale.

This places the Defiance in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|279}}.

''In addition:'' It is also known that Dontos Hollard was a boy when the Defiance took place. Dontos was born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|263}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Dontos Hollard|Dontos Hollard calculation]])''. With Dontos being described as both "young" and having been a "boy",{{Ref|aFfC|9}} he would not have been 16 years old yet, since a 16 year old is seen as a man grown in Westeros. It seems most likely that Dontos was younger than 15, which favors Dontos' birth to have been closer to 263AC, and the Defiance closer to 276AC than to 279AC, making Dontos as young as possible. At the youngest, Dontos was born in 263AC, and the Defiance ended in 276AC the earliest, which could make him as young as 12 (to be turning 13 later in the year), which would qualify as young.

Thus, it seems most likely that the Defiance took place closer to 276AC than to 279AC. However, no certain specification can be given to make the possible timeframe smaller.

===Battles during [[Robert's Rebellion|Robert's Rebellion/War of the Usurper]]===
====[[Battle of the Bells]]====
In 300AC, it is stated that it has been 17 years since the Battle of the Bells.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} That places the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}}.

====[[Battle of the Trident]]====
The Battle of the Trident occurred before the Sack of King’s Landing, about a week apart ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys<ref>Chronology [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1040/]</ref>, in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow |Jon Snow calculation]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Battle of the Trident took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

====[[Sack of King's Landing]]====
The Sack of King’s Landing occurred about a week after the Battle of the Trident ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys(RefMissing), in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow|Jon Snow]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Sack of King’s Landign took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

As confirmation, it is stated in {{Date|300}} that it has been 17 years since Elia died. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} Elia’s death occurred during the Sack of King’s Landing.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

===Greyjoy Rebellion===
Eddard Stark remembers the Greyoy Rebellion as having occurred 9 years prior in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|4}}, when at least 3 months have already passed in the year (a fortnight between the nameday of Joffrey Baratheon and the death of Jon Arryn; 1 to 2 weeks before Cersei Lannister and the children returned to King’s Landing; 2 month’s journey to Winterfell).

===The [[War of the Five Kings]]===
====Death of [[Robert Baratheon]]====
After Robert Baratheon returns from his hunt mortally wounded, Eddard Stark writes a letter to Stannis Baratheon.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} The statements made in the letter are valid for understanding when being read by Stannis. Eddard Stark writes that Robert has been the King "these past 15 years". With the knowledge that Robert became King in 283AC,{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}, that places Robert's death in {{Date|298}}.

====Execution of [[Eddard Stark]]====
Eddard Stark was still alive while the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] was being fought, according to his wife, Catelyn Tully.{{Ref|aSoS|45}} This means that Eddard died after the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Since the Battle of the Whispering Wood was fought after the crossing of the Twins by the northern army (which occurred in 299AC, ''see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]]''), Eddard Starks execution thus also took place in {{Date|299}}.

====Coronation of [[Robb Stark]]====
Robb Stark's coronation takes place after the northern army has crossed the Twins. The crossing of the Twins occurs in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]])''. This shows that Robb Stark was crowned king in {{Date|299}} as well.

====[[Battle of Oxcross]]====
The Battle or Oxcross is the first major battle after [[Robb Stark]]s coronation. Robb Stark was crowned in {{Date|299}} (see above), showing that the Battle of Oxcross took place in {{Date|299}} as well.

Since Oxcross, all battles fought in the War of the Five Kings up until Robb Starks' death are fought in {{Date|299}}. This includes the following major battles:
* [[Battle of Ashemark]]
* [[Battle of the Crag]]
* [[Battle of the Fords]]
* [[Sack of Harrenhal]]
* [[Battle of Duskendale]]
* [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]]
* [[Retaking of Harrenhal]]
* The [[Red Wedding]]

It is possible that the [[Siege of Riverrun]] also begins in {{Date|299}}, since it seems that there are a few weeks between the [[Red Wedding]] and the first day of 300AC, seeing as how Joffrey Baratheon, after receiving news about the Red Wedding (by the means of a raven, which would have taken a few days to arrive at King's Landing, from the Twins), seems to believe there is still enough time to send a raven back to the Twins, and have a rider ride from the Twins back to King's Landing in time for Joffrey's wedding feast on the first day of 300AC.{{Ref|aSoS|53}} With the Freys working together with the Lannisters, it can be assumed that the Siege of Riverrun started as soon as was possible after the [[Red Wedding]]. Due to travel lengths (it took Robb Stark and his army 20 days at least ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|here]] for the count)'', it cannot be stated with certainty, since the preparations of the Freys concerning the Siege are unknown.

==Tourneys==
==={{Date|100}} - {{Date|200}}===
====[[Tourney for King Viserys I's accession]]====
Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] was 7 years old during this tournament.{{Ref|TRP}} It is known that Princess Rhaenyra was born in 97AC,{{Ref|TRP}}, meaning that she could only have been 7 years old in 104AC (6 turning 7) and in 105AC (7 turning 8). Since the tourney was held for King Viserys' accession to the throne, it would have been held as closely to the actually accession as was possible, making the option of 105AC highly unlikely, as Viserys would have been king for more than a year by then.

The tourney was thus held in {{Date|104}}.

====Unnamed Tourney====
The tourney where Aemon the Dragonknight fought as the mystery knight, the Knight of Tears, was held while King Aegon IV was King. Aegon IV was King from 172AC until 184AC, placing the tourney in between these years. No further specification can be given.

====Tourney at Lannisport====
The tourney in Lannisport took place "many years" before the tourney at King's Landing (see one subtitle below), which took place in 193AC.

Though it is unknown how much years are meant by "many years", it is certain that at least two years had passed between the tourney in Lannisport and the tourney in King's Landing.

The tourney at Lannisport thus took place in {{Date|191}} or before.

====Tourney at King's Landing====
This tourney took place 16 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. The tourney in King's Landing thus took place 16 years prior to 209AC, placing the tourney in {{Date|193}}.

====Hastilude for Lord Baratheon's grandson====
The hastilude was held 9 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. That plaves the hastilude in {{Date|200}}.

====Tourney at King's Landing====

====Tourney at Ashford Meadows====
The tourney at Ashford Meadows is described in ''The Hedge Knight''. The events described in ''The Hedge Knight'' all take place in {{Date|209}}, including the tourney at Ashford Meadows. See also ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''

==={{Date|200}} - {{Date|300}}===
====Tourney in King's Landing====
It is mentioned in {{Date|298}} that 4 years prior, Barristan was champion at a tourney. This places said tourney in 294AC.
A year before {{Date|298}}, Barristan unhorsed the Hound. This would place said tourney in 297AC.

====Tourney at Lannisport (for Aerys)====
Cersei Lannister was 10 years old during this tourney, Rhaegar Targaryen 17 and new to knighthood.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} Since Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} and Rhaegar in {{Date|259}}, the tourney could have occurred in both {{Date|276}} and {{Date|277}}. No further specifications can be given

Note : Rhaegar was “17 and new to knighthood”, suggesting that he had turned 17 not that long ago, placing the tourney in {{Date|276}}.

====Tourney at Duskendale====
In {{Date|300}} a tourney in Duskendale is mentioned to have occurred 6 years prior,{{Ref|aFfC|24}} placing it in {{Date|294}}

====Tourney====
Tywin Lannister organized a tourney 3 years prior to {{Date|298}}, placing this tourney in {{Date|295}}.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}. Once there, Robert got a girl pregnant, and she bore him twins. The children were killed. Depending on the timing of the tourney, the twins were born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==Marriages & Betrothals==
===Betrothals===
====Catelyn Tully’s betrothal to Brandon Stark====
Catelyn Tully was 12 years old when she was betrothed to Brandon Stark.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} With Catelyns birth in 264AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully calculation]])'', she would have been 12 years old in both 276AC and 277AC. Her betrothal to Brandon Stark took place during one of these two years.

====Elia Martell's betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheonn calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a betrothal between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occurred at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth closely on the Sack (though it cannot be stated how closely), it seems likely that her conception had occurred around the turning of the years 279AC to 280AC. This makes it most likely that Elia and Rhaegar had been married in the later half of 279AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus seem to have been betrothed between in either 278AC or 279AC.

====[[Arianne Martell]]'s betrothal to [[Viserys III Targaryen]]====
Arianne Martell was betrothed to Viserys Targaryen while Viserys was living in Braavos with his sister Daenerys, and their protector, Ser Willam Darry. This occured shortly after Robert's Rebellion had ended in 283AC,{{Ref|awoiaf}} but before Willam Darry got sick. Willam Darry got sick when Daenerys Targaryen was 5 years old,{{Ref|awoiaf}} thus in either 289AC or 290AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''.

The pact discussing the betrothal occured in Braavos.{{Ref|aDwD|43}} Viserys, Daenerys and Willem Darry went to Braavos after Daenerys' birth in {{Date|284}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Earlier than 284AC the betrothal thus could not have taken place.

Arianne and Viserys were thus betrothed in or between {{Date|284}} and {{Date|290}}

===Weddings===
====[[Elia Martell]]'s wedding to [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheon calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a marriage between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occurred at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth in 280AC, later into the year, the possibility of Rhaenys' conception, and thus also the wedding of Rhaegar and Elia, could have taken place in 280AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus got married in either 278AC, 279AC or 280AC.

====[[Catelyn Tully]]'s wedding to [[Eddard Stark]]====
In {{Date|298}}, Catelyn Stark mentions that she had wed Ned 15 years prior.{{Ref|aGoT|2}} That places their wedding in 283AC. In addition, Jon Connington mentions in {{Date|300}} that the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}} as well. Catelyn and Ned got married after the Battle of the Bells, confirming that their wedding occurred in 283AC.

====[[Jon Arryn]]'s wedding to [[Lysa Tully]]====
Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully after his last heir died during the Battle of the Bells. According to Jon Connington, the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior to {{Date|300}}, placing the Battle of the Bells in 283AC. This means that Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in 283AC.

Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in the same ceremony as Ned Stark married Catelyn Tully. Catelyn Tully remarks that she married Ned Stark 15 years prior to {{Date|298}}, confirming that the wedding occurred in 283AC{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

====[[Cersei Lannister]]s wedding to [[Robert Baratheon]]====
The first child of Cersei and Robert, Joffrey, was born in {{Date|286}}, in the first or second month. With a pregnancy lasting 9 months, Joffrey would thus have been conceived within the first half of 285AC. Cersei Lannister believes that Joffrey was conceived during a trip to Estermont, which lasted a fortnight. This visit was made after two of Roberts uncles had remained in King’s Landing for 6 months after Cersei’s wedding to Robert, meaning that there was at least 6 months in between Cersei’s wedding and Joffrey’s conception. With Joffrey’s conception taking place in the first half year, Cersei’s wedding took thus place in late {{Date|284}} at the latest.

Cersei Lannsiter was 18 years old when she married Robert, and with her birth in {{Date|266}}, that shows the wedding thus took place in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

Since it seems unlikely that Robert insisted on visiting his relatives immediately after they had left King's Landing, it is most likely that the wedding took place even earlier in the year. It can be assumed that the wedding did not take place before Dragonstone had been conquered. This occurred after the birth of Daenerys Targaryen, in the middle of the year.

====[[Stannis Baratheon]]s wedding to [[Selyse Florent]]====
On the night of Stannis' wedding to Selyse, Stannis' brother [[Robert Baratheon]] deflowered [[Delena Florent]], and fathered [[Edric Storm]] on her. Edric was born in {{Date|287}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Edric Storm|Edric Storm]] calculation)''. It is unknown whether Edric was born in early or late {{Date|287}}.

If Edric was born in late 287AC, it is possible that his conception also took place in 287AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 287AC.
If Edric was born in early 287AC, Edric would have been conceived in 286AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 286AC.

No specification can be given on this. Stannis and Selyse thus either married in {{Date|286}} or {{Date|287}}.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Perra Royce]]====
Walders first child with Perra was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])''. This means that 234AC, the last possible year of Stevron's birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder Frey was born in 208AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]])''. He would have reached the age of marriage, 13 year, in 221AC. This is thus the first possible year of Walders marriage to Perra, Walder's first wife.

Walder and Perra thus married in or between {{Date|221}} and {{Date|234}}.

Walder and Perra had four children together. Stevron was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])'', Emmon was born in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', Aenys in or between 240AC and 247AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys Frey|Aenys Frey]])'', and Perriane in or between 241AC and 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''.

This shows that the marriage between Walder and Perra would have lasted at least until 241AC, and at the latest until 248AC.

Walder and Perra were thus married in between 234AC and 241AC (Stevrons's last possible year of birth until Perriane's first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 221AC and 248AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Cyrenna Swann]]====
Walders first child with Cyrenna was born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])''. This means that 249AC, the last possible year of Jareds birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder's previous marriage, to [[Perra Royce]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Perriane was born in 241AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''. This shows that Perra would have died in 241AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Cyrenna in 241AC the earliest.

Walder and Cyrenna thus married in or between 241AC and 248AC.

Walder and Cyrenna had two children: Jared, born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])'', and Luceon, born in or between 249AC and 257AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon Frey]])''.

With Luceons birth no earlier than 249AC, the marriage of Walder and Cyrenna lasted at least until 249AC

With Walders first child with his third wife born in 258AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', 258AC is thus the last possible year for Cyrenna to have died.

Walders marriage to Cyrenna thus ended in 258AC the absolute latest.

Walder and Cyrenna were thus married in 249AC (Jared's last possible year of birth, Luceons first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 241AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Amarei Crakehall]]====
Walders first child with Amarei was born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. This means that 258AC, the last possible year of Hosteens birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walders previous marriage, to [[Cyrenna Swann]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Luceon was born in 249AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])''. This shows that Cyrenna would have died in 249AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Amarei in 249AC the earliest.

Walder and Amarei thus married in or between 249AC and 258AC.

Walder and Amarei had seven children: Hosteen, born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', Lythene, born in or between 251AC and 259AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])'', Symond, born in or between 252AC and 260AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])'', Danwell, born in or between 252AC and 261AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Danwell Frey|Danwell Frey]])'', Merrett, born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])'', Geremy, born in 263AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Geremy Frey|Geremy Frey]])'', and Raymund, born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''.

With Walder and Amarei's last child, Raymund, born in 264AC, the marriage of Walder and Amarei lasted at least until 264AC.

In fact, it is known that their marriage ended in 264AC with the death of Amarei, as Walder Frey states to Catelyn Tully that Amarei had died before Catelyn herself had been born. As Catelyn Tully was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])'', and Amarei's youngest child was born in 264AC as well, Geremy was thus born before Catelyn Tully in the year, and Amarei's death also occured before Catelyn's birth in the year.

Walder and Amarei were thus married in between 258AC and 264AC (Hosteen's last possible year of birth, Raymunds only possible year of birth), though their marriage could have begun anywhere in between the years 249AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Alyssa Blackwood]]====
Walders first child with Alyssa was born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])''. This means that 266AC, the last possible year of Lothars birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.
Walders previous marriage, to Amarei Crakehall, would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Raymund was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''. Since Amarei died in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Amarei Crakehall|Amarei Crakehall]])'', Walder wedding to Alyssa could have taken place in 264AC the earliest.

Walder and Alyssa thus married in or between 264AC and 266AC.

Walder and Alyssa had five children: Lothar, born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])'', Jammos, born in either 266AC or 267AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jammos Frey|Jammos Frey]])'', Whalen, born in either 267AC or 268AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Whalen Frey|Whalen Frey]])'', Morya, born in either 268AC or 269AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Morya Frey|Morya Frey]])'', and Tyta, born in either 269AC or 270AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])''

With Walder and Alyssa's last child, Tyta, born in 269AC the earliest, the marriage of Walder and Alyssa lasted at least until 269AC.

Walders next child, born after Tyta, was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. This means that potentially, Walders marriage to Alyssa could have lasted until 278AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Sarya Whent]]====
Walder and Sarya had no children.

Sarya was the fifth wife of Walder Frey. With Walders youngest child with his fourth wife born in 269AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])'', and his eldest child by his sixth wife born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])'', Walders marriage to Sarya could have taken place between any of those two years.

Walder Frey and Sarya Whent were thus married in or between 269AC and 278AC maximally.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Bethany Rosby]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Annara Farring]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Joyeuse Erenford]]====
Lord Walder is said to be marrying his eight wife on his 90th nameday.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey calculation]])'', which means that Walder would have been turning 90 in 298AC. This places his wedding to Joyeuse in {{Date|298}}.

==Namedays==
For a select amount of characters, the placing of their birth into the year can be roughly specified:
===Placing in the year===
====Brandon (Bran) Stark====
Bran is still 7 years old when he falls from the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} After he has woken up from his coma, he is mentioned to be 8 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} It is unknown whether Brans nameday occured during his coma, or in the time afterwards, as Bran, when the passing of his nameday has been mentioned, has been awake for an unknown amount of time.

The amount of time until Brans fall can be determined:
* Joffrey's nameday, which occured between 0.3 months and 2 months into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* 0,6 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} pass until Bran's fall.

This makes Bran's fall occur no earlier than 3,1 month into the year, showing that his nameday definitly occured later than those 3,1 months.

====Cersei Lannister====
See ''Jaime Lannister'' below.

====Jaime Lannister====
It is mentioned that has been 18 years since Jaime Lannister joined the Kingsguard in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} This is mentioned after the Battle of the Blackwater. With the first day of the first month of 300AC being a known event, it can be determined how much time passes ''minimally'' between this mentioning, and the end of the year.

* +1 day : Between the conversation that Tyrion Lannister has with Tywin Lannister (the first mentioning of the 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard), at least one day takes place before Tyrion sees Shae.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}
* +1 day : Tyrion II (where the sighting of Shae is mentioned), takes place a day later.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} (Ser Loras 17)
* +1 day : It is unknown when the Small Council meeting during Tyrion III takes place, and it might even be during the same day as Tyrion II (though that is unlikey). Petyr Baelish mentions that he can leave the day after the council meeting "the next morning" the earliest. So 1 day is added until Petyr Baelish leaves for the Eyrie.
* +1 month : In Tyrion IV, it is mentioned that it has been a fortnight since Petyr Baelish set sail for the Eyrie. However, during this fortnight, at an unknown moment, Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark got married. Since it is known that at least 30 days pass between the wedding and the first day of 300AC (see Sansa Stark's nameday placing entry below), and since it is unknown whether Petyr Baelish leaves on the wedding day of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark, or days or weeks later, it is possible that the mentioning of Petyr Baelish having left 14 days age completely falls in the minimal 30 days of the marriage.

With a minimum time passing of 33 days (1 moon and 3 days), it can be said that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the 12th month of the year, but that his nameday falls in any of the first 11 months of the year.

In 300AC, it is mentioned again that is has been 18 years since Jaime had joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} Though it is known that the trial of Tyrion Lannister has begun, it is known that Tyrion's trial has lasted for at least 2 days, since Jaime has "spend his '''days'''" at Tyrion's trial.

Counting from the first day of the year:
* +1 : Joffrey and Margaery wed on the first day of 300AC.
* +2 : Cersei has more witnesses "every day", suggesting a passing of at least 2 days between Joffrey's wedding, and the day on which Tyrion is told such by Kevan Lannister.
* +4 : Kevan Lannister returns to speak with Tyrion Lannister the next day (1). He mentions the trial will start in three days (3). 1 day + 3 days = 4 days.
* +2 : when Jaime mentions the 18 years since he had been 15, Tyrion's trial has been going on for at least 2 days.

Adding these minimal numbers, at least 9 days have passed, while it seems most likely that quite some time passes between the start of the trial, and Joffrey's actual wedding day (more than the minimum of 6 now given). However, such passing of time isn't stated in text, and can thus not be specified.

All that can be said, is that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the first 9 days of the year.

No further specification can be given.

====Joffrey Baratheon====
It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday does not occur on the first day of the year, as Joffrey would be turning 14 in 300AC, and he is still 13 years old on the first day of the first month of the year 300AC.

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close on half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
Robert's death is the last event that can be stated with certainty to have occured in 298AC.

Adding these time frames adds up to 10 months. Since it is unknown how many days remain in the year 298AC after King Roberts death, it can only be said that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs in the first two months of the year.

Further specification can be given.
* 1 : The visit of Robb Stark, Catelyn Tully and the northern army at the Twins occurs in 299AC. Potentially, this event could have occured on the first day of the year.
* +1 : The news of Roose Bolton moving south from the Twins reaches the Lannister army at least one day later.
* +1 : The Battle of the Green Fork occurs a day after the news has arrived.
* +5 : After the Battle of the Green Fork, the Battle at Riverrun occurs. Upon hearing that Jaime Lannister was captured there, Tyrion Lannister states "Robb Stark had reached Riverrun days and days ago". ''Days and days'' suggests a multitude of days, and thus a minimum of 4. The news about the outcome of the battle would have taken at least (though most likely more than) one day to reach the Lannister army. This day, Tyrion is send to King's Landing.
* +1 : It cannot be specified how long it took Tyrion to reach King's Landing, so only a minimum of one day can be given. Tyrion arrives on Joffrey's 13th nameday.

This shows that Joffrey's nameday cannot take place any earlier than the 9th day of the year.

Joffrey's nameday thus takes place between the 9th day of the first month (thus at least 0,3 month into the year), and the last day of the second month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Jon Snow====
The placement of Jon's nameday can be roughly determined.

It is known that Joffrey Baratheon was born in 286AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])''. It is also known that Joffrey Baratheons nameday is not the first day of the year, as it is not his nameday upon the day of his wedding.

That gives the following minimum:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* +9+9 days (0,6 month) : the journey of Ser Waymar Royce, Gared and Will had taken 9 days, and they still had 8 or 9 days to go until they reached the Wall again. Benjen Stark would have known their route, and would most likely have counted an additional couple of days to investigate. The minimum of Benjens ranging would thus have been 9+9= 18 days, though in reality his ranging would have taken longer
* +14 days : Benjen Stark had promised to be back by Jon Snows nameday, but a fortnight after his nameday, Benjen Stark still hadn't returned.

Adding these time frames adds up to 5,9 months.

However, Joffrey Baratheon's nameday could have occured further in the year. In addition, Benjen Stark might have calculated more for his ranging initially. The 5,6 months is the absolute minimum of time having passed in the year for Jon Snows nameday to take place. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons nameday does occur in the beginning of the year, the most precise that can be stated is that Jon Snows nameday seems to take place in the middle of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Lancel Lannister====
Lancel was born in 282AC. In 298AC, he would thus be 15 turning 16. During the Tourney of the Hand, Eddard Stark notes that Lancel is 15 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Lancels nameday still hasn't occured, showing that Lancels nameday falls in the last 5,7 months of the year.

====Margaery Tyrell====
With the knowledge that Margaery's birth took place in 283AC, the placing of her nameday in the year can be roughly determined.

Margaery is mentioned to be 14 years old at two occasions, and both those occasions occur during the Tourney of the Hand in 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT32}}{{Ref|aGoT|32}}. With Margaery's birth having occured in 283AC, Margaery would thus be 14 turning 15 in 298AC. This means that during the Tourney of the Hand, Margaery's nameday had not yet occured.

That gives us the following time that can be specified until the mentioning of Maegaery being 14:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Margaery's nameday still hasn't occured.

When Margaery arrives in King's Landing in 299AC, she has already turned 16. Though it seems obvious that Margaery has been in King's Landing for quite some time when the day of Sansa's wedding arrives, only a few days can be counted with certainty.
* +1 : Maegaery arrives in King's Landing, aged 16
* +1 : No sooner than one day after Margaery's arrival, though most likely some time later, Sansa Stark receives an invitation for lunch with Margaery.
* +2 : "when the appointed day arrived" suggests that the invitation arrived at least more than the day before the lunch itself, giving a minimum of 2 days.
* +1 : Sansa Stark goes hawking with Margaery and Margaery's cousins. This occurs no sooner than one day after the lunch.
* +2 : "the day before last" Margaery and her cousins had taken Sansa Stark hawking. Between the hawking and Sansa thinking about it, 2 days have passed. Sansa's wedding gown is ordered

The next mentioning of time, is Sansa's own wedding day. This shows that the time between Margaery's arrival in King's Landing and Sansa Stark's wedding is at least 7 days (though it seems quite obvious that in reality, more time has passed). It is known that between Sansa Stark's wedding and the first day of the first month of 300AC, at least 30 days go by ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])''.

Added up together, Margaery was thus 16 years old for at least the last 1,25 month of 299AC, showing that Margaery's nameday occurs before these 1,25 month.

With the knowledge that Margaery's nameday still has to occur 6,3 months into the year, but has already occured by the last 1,25 month of the year, it can be stated that Margaery's nameday occured no earlier than the 9th day of the 6th month, and no later than the last third week in the 11th month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Myrcella Baratheon====
When visiting Winterfell, during the feast to welcome the King to the North, Myrcella is still 7, while she would turn 8 later in the year.
The feast occurs at least 2,8 months into the year:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)

This shows that Myrcella's nameday occurs more than 2,8 months into the year. No further specifications can be given.

====Petyr Baelish====
Petyr Baelish was born in 268AC. Catelyn Tully notes that he is still "shy of 30" when she sees him in King's Landing. Though it is unknown how long Catelyn's journey from Winterfell to King's Landing takes, a minimum passage of time can be stated:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +8+4 days : "Ned and the girls had been 8 days gone" + "she had slept for four days"{{Ref|aGoT|14}} is the time that had passed since the court had left Winterfell, until Catelyn wakes up from the attack on Bran.
* +1 : The earliest Catelyn can leave for King's Landing is the next day after waking up
* +1 : The journey would have taken at least one day

Thus at least 4 months had passed until Catelyn and Petyr met. With Petyrs nameday not having passed yet in the year, that shows that Petyrs nameday will have taken place in or between the 5th and 12th month of the year.

====Rickon Stark====
Rickon's nameday had already passed by the time the direwolves were found, as he was already 3 years old, with his birth occuring in 295AC. It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday had already occured by then, as the day the direwolves were found is the same day as the news on Jon Arryn's death, occuring a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday, reaches Winterfell. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons birth does not occur in the first day of the year, it can be stated that a minimum of 15 days has already passed (though that is without taking the ravens journey into account, a journey whose length has not been stated).

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year, at least 0,3 month into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} '''This is potentially the first day on which the mentioning of Rickon being 3 is made. The count begins here.'''
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
The death of Robert Baratheon is the last event that can be said to have occured in the year 298AC with certainty.

Adding these time frames adds up to 9,8 months. This shows that Rickons nameday occurs within the first 2,2 months of the year.
No further specifications can be given.

====Robb Stark====
Robb Starks parents got married in 283AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Weddings|weddings (Catelyn Tully & Eddard Stark)]])''. With Robb's birth also occuring in 283AC, as calculated above, Robb's birth will have occured in either the 10th, 11th or 12th month of the year, as pregnancies last 9 months.

As between the wedding of Sansa Stark to Tyrion Lannister in 299AC and the first day of 300AC at least 30 days pass ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])'', and Robb Stark has turned 16 prior to that,{{Ref|aCoK|55}}, it can be stated that Robb Starks birth occured in either the 10th month or the 11th month.
With reasonable certainty it can even be stated that Robb Starks nameday occured closer to the first day of the 10th month, than to the 30th day of the 11th month.

====Robert Arryn====
With the knowledge that Robert was born in 292AC, the placing of his nameday can be roughly determined. Robert is 8 years old in early 300AC. The time that has passed in the year, at the moment of the observation (made by Robert's mother), is as followed:
* A journey by ship from King's Landing to the Fingers, lasting an unspecified amount of time
** Comparing the distance given between Old Wyk and Lonely Light, which is a known journey of 8 days sailing,{{Ref|awoiaf}} the journey from King's Landing to the Fingers seems to be between 3 and 4 times as long, placing this journey in between 24 and 32 days.
* 8 days spend at the Fingers, until Lysa Tully arrives
* 1 day since Lysa Tully's arrival

It is known the journey starts on the first day of the first month of 300AC.

Using the maximum amount of days of time that could have passed, it can be stated that Robert's nameday has taken place by the 41th day of the year. This places Robert's nameday in the first or second month of the year.

====Robert Frey (son of Raymund)====
With Robert's birth occuring in 283AC, Raymund would not have named his son such while the Rebellion was being fought, as the main opponent of House Targaryen was named Robert Baratheon.
Seeing as House Frey joined the rebels only after the Battle of the Trident, which occured in the second half of 283AC, Robert Frey was most likely born after the Battle of the Trident, and thus in the second half of 283AC.

====Sansa Stark====
With Sansa stating upon her wedding night that she will be turning 13 within a time window of 30 days,{{Ref|aSoS|28}} and with the knowledge that between Sansa's wedding and the Red Wedding about 30 days occur, and between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC roughly a fortnight, it can be stated that Sansa's nameday occurs in either the 11th or the 12th month of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Tommen Baratheon====
Tommen Baratheon was born in 291AC. At the tourney to celebrate Joffrey Baratheon's 13th nameday, Tommen has already turned 8.{{Ref|aCoK|2}} Since Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs at least 0,3 month into the year, and no later than the last day of the second month, as can be seen above, Tommens nameday thus takes place within that timeframe as well.

Though no further specification can be given, it can be stated that Tommens nameday occurs before Joffrey's.

====Walder Frey====
When Catelyn Tully arrests Tyrion Lannister in 298AC, Walder Frey's 90th nameday has yet to occur.

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

This gives a minimum passage of time of 6,3 months when the mentioning of Walder's age occurs. This shows that Walder's nameday does not occur in the first 6,3 months of the year.

Walder has turned 91 by the time Catelyn Tully and Robb Stark (and his army) arrive at the Twins for the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey. The wedding occurs that same day, and news on the events that occured during the wedding could have reached King's Landing no sooner than 2 days later, as the fighting lasted into the night, the raven would have been send the next day as soon as possible, and would have flown at least one day (though obviously, such a journey would take longer, yet no specifications can be given) before reaching King's Landing.
When the raven arrives at King's Landing, Joffrey Baratheon seems to believe there is still time for a raven to fly from King's Landing to the Twins, and for a rider to ride from the Twins to King's Landing before the year 300AC begins. While it is uncertain whether or not Joffrey took any traveling time into account, it can be stated with reasonable certainty that this means that Joffrey's wedding day, and thus the first day of 300AC, would not be taking place over the next few days. Therefor, a minimum of 2 weeks is established as passing between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC (though it could be more in reality).

Thus it can be stated that Walder's nameday does not take place in the second half of the 12th month.

Walder's nameday thus takes place in between 6,3th and 11,5th month of the year.

===Notes===
====Note 1====
'''Journey from King's Landing to Winterfell/Winterfell to King's Landing'''
The journey that the royal court takes from King's Landing to Winterfell in 298AC takes roughly 2 months:
* From the Trident to King's Landing takes a fortnight, 14 days,{{Ref|aGoT|20}}
* Crossing the Neck takes 12 days{{Ref|aGoT|15}}
* The length of the kingsroad from Winterfell to King's Landing,{{Ref|tloiaf}} minus the length of the Neck (12 days), minus the distance between King's Landing and the Trident (14 days), leaves a distance roughly a little bit more than twice the size as the distance between King's Landing and the Trident, and can thus be said will take a bit more than twice as much time to cover (2x14 days + a few days, here guessed as 5), making the total amount of time 14+14+14+12+5= 57 days roughly). This is stated in the calculations above as 2 months.

==Miscellaneous==
===''' ''[[Wall|At the Wall]]'' '''===
====Will's arrival at the Wall====
[[Will]] has been on the Wall in 297AC for 4 years, meaning he joined the Night’s Watch in {{Date|293}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}

====Waymar Royce’s arrival at the Wall====
Ser [[Waymar Royce]] has been on the Wall for less than half a year during the prologue in A Game of Thrones, which takes place in 297AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}. During the Hand's tourney in {{Date|298}}, Sansa Stark remarks how Waymar had visited Winterfell on his way to the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} She remembers as this visit having been two years prior to the tourney. With the Tourney taking place in the middle of the year {{Date|298}}, Ser Waymar’s visit to Winterfell took place halfway through 296AC, roughly.

===''' ''[[The North]]'' '''===
====Eddard Starks fostering in the Vale====
Eddard Stark was 8 years old when he was send to be fostered at the Eyrie.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} Eddard was born in either 262AC or 263AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Eddard Stark|Eddard Stark calculation]])'', which creates the possibility of having been 8 in the following years:
* If born in 262AC
** 7 turing 8 in 270AC
** 8 turning 9 in 271AC
* If born in 263AC
** 7 turning 8 in 271AC
** 8 turning 9 in 272AC

No further specification can be given. Eddard thus went to the Eyrie in either {{Date|270}}, {{Date|271}} or {{Date|272}}.

====Rodrik Cassel's mother====
Ser Rodrik mentions in {{Date|298}} that his mother had been dead for 40 years{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, placing her death roughly around {{Date|258}}.

===''' ''[[The Riverlands]]'' '''===
====Blackfish====
When Catelyn Tully was 8 years old, Hoster called Brynden a “black goat”, causing Brynden to point out their house sigil was a trout, and named himself the Blackfish ever since.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} Since Catelyn Tully was born in {{Date|264}}, this event occurred in either {{Date|272}} or {{Date|273}}.

====Petyr Baelish's duel against Brandon Stark====
Petyr Baelish was 14 years<ref>"scarcely fifteen" could be read as Petyr having been fourteen years old at the time, and as [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Baelish|the calculation]] shows, Petyr cannot have actually been 15 before Brandon Starks death</ref> old during the duel. With Petyr's birth in 268AC, he would have been 13 turning 14 in 282AC and 14 turning 15 in 283AC.
Since Brandon Stark died in 282AC<ref>A Game of Thrones RPG</ref>, the duel thus could only have taken place in 282AC.

====Hoster Tully====
Hoster Tully is said to have been bedridden “these past two years” in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} This statement is made roughly halfway through {{Date|298}}, placing the moment Hoster got sick halfway in 296AC.

===''' ''[[The Westerlands]]'' '''===
====Gerion Lannister’s voyage====
Gerion Lannister left Lannisport when Tyrion Lannister was 18 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|33}} Tyrion was born in either 272AC or 273AC, meaning he was 18 years old in both 292AC and 293AC.
Gerion’s ship left in 292/293AC.

====Gregor Clegane's knighthood====
Four years after Sandor’s “accident”, Gregor was knighted. Sandor was 6 or 7 during the incident with the fire, meaning that Gregor would have been either 11 or 12 years old at the time, being 5 years older. Gregor was knighted 4 years after the incident, placing his age during his knighting at either 16 or 17.
Gregor would have been either 16 or 17 in:
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 281AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 282AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 282AC if he was born in 266AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 283AC if he was born in 266AC

It is known Gregor was knighted by Rhaegar Targaryen.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} Since Rhaegar had been missing during Robert’s Rebellion (282AC – 283AC), the last option (16 turning 17 in 283AC if born in 266AC) can be eliminated, since Gregor’s knighting will not have taken place during the Rebellion. Also, Rhaegar was missing for most of the part of the year 283AC where the Rebellion was still being fought, and he and Gregor were on opposite sides of the conflict when Rhaegar did reappear. 16 turning 27 in 283AC can thus be eliminated.

This means that Gregor was knighted either in 281AC or 282AC (in the months before the war began).

====Sandor Clegane's "accident"====
Sandor was 6 or 7 years old when Gregor pushed his face in the fire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} With Sandor’s birth taking place in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been either 6 or 7 in the following years:
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 276AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 277AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 277AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 279AC
It can be concluded that this “accident” thus took place in either 276AC, 277AC, 278AC or 279AC. No further specifications can be given.
Sandor’s first kill: Sandor killed a man when he was 12 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|52}} With his birth having been in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been 12 years old in either 282AC, 283AC or 284AC. Further specification cannot be given.
Note: Sandor could have been 12 years old in 283AC with both possible birth years. It is possible, and perhaps highly likely, that Sandor killed his first man during the Rebellion, that lasted a big part of 283AC, and began in 282AC. In that case, a birth year of 270AC might be favoured, though this cannot be said with certainty.

===''' ''[[The Vale]]'' '''===
====Death of Lord Baelish====
In {{Date|298}}, it is mentioned that Petyrs father had died several years earlier{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, indicating that he has been dead for at least 2 years. That means that Petyr became Lord Baelish in truth in 286AC or before.

===''' ''[[The Crownlands]]'' '''===
====Hugh "of the Vale"====
At the time of his death, Hugh had been Jon Arryn’s squire for the past 4 years,{{Ref|aGoT|30}} meaning that Hugh became Jon Arryn’s squire in 294AC.

====Pycelle becoming Grandmaester====
Pycelle tells Eddard Stark that he has been Grandmaester for near on 40 years in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}} With Pycelle’s birth in 216AC, and with Pycelle having been 42 when he became Grandmaester during the reign of Aegon V, Pycelle would have turned 42 in 258AC. However, with it having been near 40 years, and not simply 40 years, in {{Date|298}}, Pycelle did not become Grandmaester in 258AC, when he had turned 42, but a year later, in 259AC, when he was still 42 (though he would be turning 43 later that year).

===''' ''[[Essos]]'' '''===
====Jon Connington's time with the Golden Company====
Jon Connington is mentioned to have left the Golden Company a dozen years ago in {{Date|300}}. Later, this is specified as to actually have been 12 years,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing Jon’s “exile” from the Golden Company in {{Date|288}}, five years after the Rebellion ended.
Jon Connnigton had spend five years with the Golden Company.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} For him to have spend five years with the Golden Company while {{Date|283}} is the first moment he could have joined, and {{Date|288}} is the year he certainly left, it shows that he joined the Golden Company shortly after his exile began, in {{Date|283}}.

====Jorah Mormont's exile====
In {{Date|298}}, Ned Stark remarks how it has been 5 years since Jorah Mormont went into exile, meaning that Jorah went into exile in 293AC.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

==See also==
* Are you a contributor to ''A Wiki of Ice and Fire'' or ''A Forum of Ice and Fire'' who would you like to discuss anything on this page? Please go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations on years of birth and death of characters ([[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages|page 1]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 2]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)|page 4]])
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[[Category:Calculations]]

Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events

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Amelyn: /* Elia Martell's wedding to Rhaegar Targaryen */

In the main series and novellas, [[George R. R. Martin]] does not state specifically in which year a certain event has taken place. This page lists the calculations to determine such years of all events for which this can be done, as specific as is possible, for all events for which this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

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==Turning of the years==
===Main Series===
===={{Date|297}}====
The prologue in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes definitely place in 297AC. During the Hand's tourney, Sansa Stark mentions that she met Ser Raymar Royce and his father when they visited Winterfell, on their way to the Wall. The timeframe Sansa mentions was 2 years ago.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} During the prologue, Ser Waymar has been on the Wall for almost half a year.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} The time in between Sansa remembering having met the Royces (during the Hand's tourney), and one of Ser Waymar's fellow rangers getting decapitated (during [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|''A Game of Thrones'', Bran I]]), seems to have been at least 7 months, since King Robert visited Winterfell for at least one month, and the journey from Winterfell to King's Landing, and thus also from King's Landing to Winterfell, took about 2 months each. Robert cannot have left for Winterfell until 2 weeks after Joffrey’s 12th nameday (since he did not leave until Jon Arryn had died, and Jon died a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday), which is known to have taken place in {{Date|298}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]] calculation)'', although most likely more time passed in between Jon Arryn’s death and Robert leaving for Winterfell, seeing as how Cersei and her children were not in King's Landing when Jon Arryn died (they were making a tour to Casterly Rock), but they were present in the royal party. Naturally, some weeks passed in between arriving at King's Landing and the Tourney of the Hand, which are guessed at the lower bar of 1 month.

With roughly seven months having passed since one member of Ser Waymar’s group was found, and with roughly 2 years having passed since Waymar still being on the way to Winterfell, this leaves a little less than a year and a half in between, half a year of which Waymar spend at the Wall. With some months in between his visit to Winterfell and his actual arrival at the Wall, Waymar and his group, consisting out of rangers Gared and Will, seem to have been considered missing for somewhat more than half a year, before Gared was found and arrested. Searching parties were still being send out to find them, which happened as well with Benjen Stark, who was still being searched for even though he had been missing for half a year.

===={{Date|298}}====
With Joffrey’s 13th nameday taking place in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])'', his 12th nameday will have taken place in {{Date|298}}. [[Jon Arryn]] dies after Joffrey’s 12th nameday,{{Ref|aGoT|2}} and the first chapter ([[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 1|Bran I]]) from ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes place after Arryn’s death. ''A Game of Thrones'' thus starts with a certainty in {{Date|298}}, with the exception of the prologue (see '''297AC''' above).

The only other exception to this might be the Daenerys chapters in ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. Daenerys’ chapters in ''A Game of Thrones'' take place earlier in the timeline than all the other POVs, and might even partly take place in 297AC. See ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]]'' for more information about this.

===={{Date|298}} to {{Date|299}}====
With certainty it can be said that the events in the storylines from Catelyn Tully’s POV in ''A Game of Thrones'' has crossed into the year {{Date|299}} upon reaching the [[Twins]] ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey (Big Walder)|Walder Frey (Big Walder)]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Walder Frey (Little Walder)|Walder Frey (Little Walder)]])'', which provides us with one mark for crossing of the year.

With [[Rickon Stark]] having been born in {{Date|295}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rickon Stark|Rickon Stark]])'', Rickon’s age can be used as well for the turning of the years. From the Bran chapter where Rickon is mentioned to be four years old, all Bran storyline chapters occur certainly in {{Date|299}}. This automatically means that the news of Ned Starks death, occurring in said chapter, reaches Winterfell in {{Date|299}}.

Since the Red Comet appears in the sky after Rickon has turned 4, all POVs where the Red Comet appears can be said to take place in {{Date|299}} with certainty.

It can currently not be determined any more specific when the year turns into 299AC.

===={{Date|299}} to {{Date|300}}====
The wedding of [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] is known to take place on the first day of {{Date|300}}. With Joffrey Baratheon still 13 years old on his wedding day, while he has been 13 years old during the events of ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', as the books starts the [[King's Landing]] story line (thus Tyrion's and Sansa's POVs) with his 13th nameday, his 13th nameday thus took place in the year {{Date|299}}.

With Joffrey's wedding, and thus death, occuring on the first day of 300AC, all chapters in which his death is mentioned, and onwards, take place in 300AC.

In ''A Feast for Crows'' the Dorne storyline begins with the news of Oberyn Martell's death having already arrived. Oberyn Martell died after Joffrey's wedding day, and thus in 300AC, placing the entire Dornish storyline (Areo Hotah and Arianne Martell POVs) in 300AC.

===={{Date|300}} onwards====
With [[Roslin Frey]] still being pregnant during the final chapters of ‘‘[[A Dance with Dragons]]’’, and with her becoming pregnant during the final month of {{Date|299}} (prior to Joffrey’s mentioned wedding on the first day of {{Date|300}}), ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ ends in {{Date|300}}

The Arya chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ are a source of speculation, since Arya’s story line takes place separately of the other POVs during the novel. Even though Arya’s chapters span large periods of time, or large periods of time pass in between, it seems that Arya’s chapters in ‘‘A Dance with Dragons’’ do end in {{Date|300}}, looking at the events occurring in the sample chapter Mercy, from ‘‘The Winds of Winter’’. Also syncing up is the first time it is mentioned to have snowed in the [[Riverlands]], which occurs in the last Jaime chapter in ‘‘Dance’’. Arya later sees this occurring through the eyes of direwolf [[Nymeria]], when she enters the wolf in her sleep.

===Dunk & Egg Series===
====''The Hedge Knight''====
Duncan the Tall described his age in ''The Hedge Knight'' as "16 or 17", and in ''The Sworn Sword'' as "18 or 19". This already suggests that 2 years have passed. In addition Duncan makes several mentions of the time that has passed since Ashford in ''The Sworn Sword'':

{{Quote|That was what they always said of those who had perished during the Great Spring Sickness two years past.}}
{{Quote|Ser Arlan's is two years dead}}
{{Quote|Egg had served Dunk for a good year and a half, though some days it seemed like twenty.}}

Ser Arlan dies while he and Dunk are on the way to Ashford.{{Ref|THK}} They were about a day's ride away from Ashford, where Dunk stays for a few days, for the remainder of the tourney, and his trial. Shortly (a few days) after Dunk's trial has been done, Aegon "Egg" enters Dunks service.

Ser Arlan is dead for 2 years, while Aegon has been Dunk's squire for a good year and a half. This suggests that the actual passing of time is somewhere in between, around 1,75 years, or differently said, 1 year and 9 months.

In addition, when ''the Sworn Sword'' starts, Dunk states that he had been in Oldtown "half a year past", and that he had spend "a year in Dorne". When describing his travels, Dunk describes how the passage to Oldtown had been booked in Dorne, showing that after a year in Dorne, Dunk and Egg went to Oldtown. In between their time in Oldtown and the events of ''the Sworn Sword'', half a year had passed, again showing that a minimum of half a year had passed.

Concluded can be that the time that has passed between ''The Hedge Knight'' and '''The Sworn Sword'' was in between 1,5 years and 2 years. With ''the Sworn Sword'' taking place in 211AC, this places ''The Hedge Knight'' in {{Date|209}}

Further confirmations comes from the fact that it is mentioned that Prince Maekar has been at Summerhall since his father's death for almost 1,5 years, where he went after the Spring Sickness ended in 209AC.

====''The Sworn Sword''====
Between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'', a year passes. For this, a confirmation can be found in both novellas:

* In ''The Sworn Sword'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 15 years ago{{Ref|TSS}}
* In ''The Mystery Knight'' the Redgrass Field is mentioned to have been 16 years ago{{Ref|TMK}}

This shows that between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight'' the year has turned. With ''The Mystery Knight'' taking place 212AC, this places ''The Sworn Sword'' a year before, in {{Date|211}}.

In addition, it is known that the Redgrass Field took place in 196AC. Adding up 15 years to that, brings the count to the year 211AC for ''the Sworn Sword''.

====''The Mystery Knight''====
''The Mystery Knight'' features a 4-year old [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|TMK}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] for the calculation)''. That means that Walder was 4 years old in:
* 212AC, when he was 3 turning 4
* 213AC, when he was 4 turning 5

Thus ''The Mystery Knight'' took place in one of these two years.

It is stated that the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] took place 16 years prior. The Battle of the Redgrass Fields took place in {{Date|196}}. 16 years since 196AC places ''the Mystery Knight'' in {{Date|212}}.

==Wars and important military events==
===War of the Ninepenny Kings===
It is known that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place during the reign of Jaehaerys II Targaryen.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Jaehaerys reigned from {{Date|259}} until {{Date|262}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

According to his [[White Book]] entry, [[Barristan Selmy]] killed [[Maelys Blackfyre]] before joining the [[Kingsguard]]. Barristan killed Maelys during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} It is known that Barristan was 23 years old when he joined the Kingsguard. With Barristan's birth in {{Date|237}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy calculation]])'', that gives him two options of having been 23 years old:
* 260AC, having been 22 turning 23
* 261AC, having been 23 turning 24

Since it is unknown whether Barristan joined the Kingsguard immediately after the War of the Ninepenny Kings, or a year or two later, the first year of Jaehaerys' reign, 259AC, remains the minimum year.

Since Barristan's nameday seems to appear early in the year, Barristan would have been 23 years old for most of 260AC, but only shortly in 261AC. Thus it seems most likely that the Barristan joined the Kingsguard in 260AC, which would mean that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in either 259AC or 260AC.

''However'', "it seems most likely" isn't accurate. To remain as accurate as is possible, it has to be stated that the War of the Ninepenny Kings took place in or between {{Date|259}} and {{Date|261}}.

===Defiance at Duskendale===

{{Quote|Aerys had not set foot outside the Red Keep since Duskendale, yet suddenly he announced that he would accompany Prince Rhaegar to Harrenhal, and everything had gone awry from there.}}{{Ref|aDwD|67}}

According to Barristan Selmy, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] hadn't set a foot out of the [[Red Keep]] since Duskendale, yet he made an exception when he went to the Tourney at Harrenhal in {{Date|281}}. Since it is known that Aerys visited a tourney in the Westerlands, hosted by Lord Tywin Lannister, when Rhaegar Targaryen was 17 years old, the Defiance of Duskendale thus must have taken place somewhere in between these two tourneys.

During Aerys' visit to the Westerlands, Rhaegar Targaryen had been 17 years old, and Cersei Lannister had been 10 years old. With Rhaegar's birth in {{Date|259}},{{Ref|awoiaf}} and Cersei's birth in {{Date|266}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cersei Lannister|Cersei Lannister calculation]])'', there are two possibilities for the date of this tourney:
* 276AC
** Rhaegar would have been 16 turning 17
** Cersei would have been 9 turning 10
* 277AC
** Rhaegar would have been 17 turning 18
** Cersei would have been 10 turning 11

As can be seen, in both years the criteria are met: Rhaegar is 17 years old, and Cersei 10. A definite date for the tourney cannot be given, but it can be stated with certainty that the tourney took place no earlier than 276AC. It is thus known that Aerys had left the Red Keep in 276AC at least.

Barristan Selmy's White Book entry states his accomplishments in the following order:
* Named to the Kingsguard in his 23rd year, by Lord Commander Ser Gerold Hightower.
* Defended the passage against all challengers in the tourney of the Silver Bridge.
* Victor in the meddle at Maidenpool.
* Brought King Aerys II to safety during the Defiance of Duskendale, despite an arrow wound in the chest. Avenged the murder of his Sworn Brother, Ser Gwayne Gaunt.
* Rescued Lady Jeyne Swann and her septa from the Kingswood Brotherhood, defeating Simon Toyne and the Smiling Knight, and slaying the former.

As can be seen, the Defiance took place before the Kingswood Brotherhood was defeated. The brotherhood was defeated early in 281AC, again establishing the year 281AC as the maximum year for the Defiance.

The Defiance thus took place in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|281}}.

{{Quote|Even your royal father came to [[Tourney at Harrenhal|Harrenhal]], when he had not left the Red Keep for long years.}}{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

This is another quote from Barristan Selmy. The part ''' "when he had not left the Red Keep for long years" ''' suggests a minimum of two years since the Defiance took place. Since Harrenhal took place in {{Date|281}}, a minimum of 2 years can be subtracted, to find the maximum date for the Defiance at Duskendale.

This places the Defiance in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|279}}.

''In addition:'' It is also known that Dontos Hollard was a boy when the Defiance took place. Dontos was born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|263}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Dontos Hollard|Dontos Hollard calculation]])''. With Dontos being described as both "young" and having been a "boy",{{Ref|aFfC|9}} he would not have been 16 years old yet, since a 16 year old is seen as a man grown in Westeros. It seems most likely that Dontos was younger than 15, which favors Dontos' birth to have been closer to 263AC, and the Defiance closer to 276AC than to 279AC, making Dontos as young as possible. At the youngest, Dontos was born in 263AC, and the Defiance ended in 276AC the earliest, which could make him as young as 12 (to be turning 13 later in the year), which would qualify as young.

Thus, it seems most likely that the Defiance took place closer to 276AC than to 279AC. However, no certain specification can be given to make the possible timeframe smaller.

===Battles during [[Robert's Rebellion|Robert's Rebellion/War of the Usurper]]===
====[[Battle of the Bells]]====
In 300AC, it is stated that it has been 17 years since the Battle of the Bells.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} That places the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}}.

====[[Battle of the Trident]]====
The Battle of the Trident occurred before the Sack of King’s Landing, about a week apart ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys<ref>Chronology [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1040/]</ref>, in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow |Jon Snow calculation]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Battle of the Trident took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

====[[Sack of King's Landing]]====
The Sack of King’s Landing occurred about a week after the Battle of the Trident ''(see Note#1)''. In between these two events, Rhaella Targaryen fled King’s Landing. Daenerys Targaryen was born 9 month after their flight{{Ref|aGoT|3}}, in 284AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Jon Snow was born 8 to 9 months before Daenerys(RefMissing), in 283AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow|Jon Snow]])''. With Jon having been born up to from a week after the Trident until 3 weeks after the Sack, this shows the Sack of King’s Landign took place in 283AC, before Jons birth.

As confirmation, it is stated in {{Date|300}} that it has been 17 years since Elia died. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} Elia’s death occurred during the Sack of King’s Landing.

''' ''Note#1'' ''':Lord Rossart became a Hand a fortnight before the Sack of King’s Landing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Rossart became Hand after Lord Qarlton Chelsted died. Chelsted died the day before Rhaegar left with his army for the Trident.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This shows that an army can march from King’s Landing to the Trident, fight a battle, regroup (the rebels) and march towards King’s Landing with haste (the rebels, led by Eddard Stark) within a fortnight. The Battle at the Trident would have taken place somewhere in the middle.

===Greyjoy Rebellion===
Eddard Stark remembers the Greyoy Rebellion as having occurred 9 years prior in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|4}}, when at least 3 months have already passed in the year (a fortnight between the nameday of Joffrey Baratheon and the death of Jon Arryn; 1 to 2 weeks before Cersei Lannister and the children returned to King’s Landing; 2 month’s journey to Winterfell).

===The [[War of the Five Kings]]===
====Death of [[Robert Baratheon]]====
After Robert Baratheon returns from his hunt mortally wounded, Eddard Stark writes a letter to Stannis Baratheon.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} The statements made in the letter are valid for understanding when being read by Stannis. Eddard Stark writes that Robert has been the King "these past 15 years". With the knowledge that Robert became King in 283AC,{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}, that places Robert's death in {{Date|298}}.

====Execution of [[Eddard Stark]]====
Eddard Stark was still alive while the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] was being fought, according to his wife, Catelyn Tully.{{Ref|aSoS|45}} This means that Eddard died after the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Since the Battle of the Whispering Wood was fought after the crossing of the Twins by the northern army (which occurred in 299AC, ''see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]]''), Eddard Starks execution thus also took place in {{Date|299}}.

====Coronation of [[Robb Stark]]====
Robb Stark's coronation takes place after the northern army has crossed the Twins. The crossing of the Twins occurs in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#298AC to 299AC|298AC to 299AC]])''. This shows that Robb Stark was crowned king in {{Date|299}} as well.

====[[Battle of Oxcross]]====
The Battle or Oxcross is the first major battle after [[Robb Stark]]s coronation. Robb Stark was crowned in {{Date|299}} (see above), showing that the Battle of Oxcross took place in {{Date|299}} as well.

Since Oxcross, all battles fought in the War of the Five Kings up until Robb Starks' death are fought in {{Date|299}}. This includes the following major battles:
* [[Battle of Ashemark]]
* [[Battle of the Crag]]
* [[Battle of the Fords]]
* [[Sack of Harrenhal]]
* [[Battle of Duskendale]]
* [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]]
* [[Retaking of Harrenhal]]
* The [[Red Wedding]]

It is possible that the [[Siege of Riverrun]] also begins in {{Date|299}}, since it seems that there are a few weeks between the [[Red Wedding]] and the first day of 300AC, seeing as how Joffrey Baratheon, after receiving news about the Red Wedding (by the means of a raven, which would have taken a few days to arrive at King's Landing, from the Twins), seems to believe there is still enough time to send a raven back to the Twins, and have a rider ride from the Twins back to King's Landing in time for Joffrey's wedding feast on the first day of 300AC.{{Ref|aSoS|53}} With the Freys working together with the Lannisters, it can be assumed that the Siege of Riverrun started as soon as was possible after the [[Red Wedding]]. Due to travel lengths (it took Robb Stark and his army 20 days at least ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|here]] for the count)'', it cannot be stated with certainty, since the preparations of the Freys concerning the Siege are unknown.

==Tourneys==
==={{Date|100}} - {{Date|200}}===
====[[Tourney for King Viserys I's accession]]====
Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] was 7 years old during this tournament.{{Ref|TRP}} It is known that Princess Rhaenyra was born in 97AC,{{Ref|TRP}}, meaning that she could only have been 7 years old in 104AC (6 turning 7) and in 105AC (7 turning 8). Since the tourney was held for King Viserys' accession to the throne, it would have been held as closely to the actually accession as was possible, making the option of 105AC highly unlikely, as Viserys would have been king for more than a year by then.

The tourney was thus held in {{Date|104}}.

====Unnamed Tourney====
The tourney where Aemon the Dragonknight fought as the mystery knight, the Knight of Tears, was held while King Aegon IV was King. Aegon IV was King from 172AC until 184AC, placing the tourney in between these years. No further specification can be given.

====Tourney at Lannisport====
The tourney in Lannisport took place "many years" before the tourney at King's Landing (see one subtitle below), which took place in 193AC.

Though it is unknown how much years are meant by "many years", it is certain that at least two years had passed between the tourney in Lannisport and the tourney in King's Landing.

The tourney at Lannisport thus took place in {{Date|191}} or before.

====Tourney at King's Landing====
This tourney took place 16 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. The tourney in King's Landing thus took place 16 years prior to 209AC, placing the tourney in {{Date|193}}.

====Hastilude for Lord Baratheon's grandson====
The hastilude was held 9 years prior to the events in the Hedge Knight. The events from the Hedge Knights took place in {{Date|209}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''. That plaves the hastilude in {{Date|200}}.

====Tourney at King's Landing====

====Tourney at Ashford Meadows====
The tourney at Ashford Meadows is described in ''The Hedge Knight''. The events described in ''The Hedge Knight'' all take place in {{Date|209}}, including the tourney at Ashford Meadows. See also ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Dunk & Egg|Dunk & Egg (The Hedge Knight)]])''

==={{Date|200}} - {{Date|300}}===
====Tourney in King's Landing====
It is mentioned in {{Date|298}} that 4 years prior, Barristan was champion at a tourney. This places said tourney in 294AC.
A year before {{Date|298}}, Barristan unhorsed the Hound. This would place said tourney in 297AC.

====Tourney at Lannisport (for Aerys)====
Cersei Lannister was 10 years old during this tourney, Rhaegar Targaryen 17 and new to knighthood.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} Since Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} and Rhaegar in {{Date|259}}, the tourney could have occurred in both {{Date|276}} and {{Date|277}}. No further specifications can be given

Note : Rhaegar was “17 and new to knighthood”, suggesting that he had turned 17 not that long ago, placing the tourney in {{Date|276}}.

====Tourney at Duskendale====
In {{Date|300}} a tourney in Duskendale is mentioned to have occurred 6 years prior,{{Ref|aFfC|24}} placing it in {{Date|294}}

====Tourney====
Tywin Lannister organized a tourney 3 years prior to {{Date|298}}, placing this tourney in {{Date|295}}.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}. Once there, Robert got a girl pregnant, and she bore him twins. The children were killed. Depending on the timing of the tourney, the twins were born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==Marriages & Betrothals==
===Betrothals===
====Catelyn Tully’s betrothal to Brandon Stark====
Catelyn Tully was 12 years old when she was betrothed to Brandon Stark.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} With Catelyns birth in 264AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully calculation]])'', she would have been 12 years old in both 276AC and 277AC. Her betrothal to Brandon Stark took place during one of these two years.

====Elia Martell's betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheonn calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a betrothal between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occured at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth closely on the Sack (though it cannot be stated how closely), it seems likely that her conception had occured around the turning of the years 279AC to 280AC. This makes it most likely that Elia and Rhaegar had been married in the later half of 279AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus seem to have been betrothed between in either 278AC or 279AC.

====[[Arianne Martell]]'s betrothal to [[Viserys III Targaryen]]====
Arianne Martell was betrothed to Viserys Targaryen while Viserys was living in Braavos with his sister Daenerys, and their protector, Ser Willam Darry. This occured shortly after Robert's Rebellion had ended in 283AC,{{Ref|awoiaf}} but before Willam Darry got sick. Willam Darry got sick when Daenerys Targaryen was 5 years old,{{Ref|awoiaf}} thus in either 289AC or 290AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''.

The pact discussing the betrothal occured in Braavos.{{Ref|aDwD|43}} Viserys, Daenerys and Willem Darry went to Braavos after Daenerys' birth in {{Date|284}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen calculation]])''. Earlier than 284AC the betrothal thus could not have taken place.

Arianne and Viserys were thus betrothed in or between {{Date|284}} and {{Date|290}}

===Weddings===
====[[Elia Martell]]'s wedding to [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]====
Elia Martell was betrothed to Rhaegar Targaryen after Steffon Baratheon and his wife died on the way back to Westeros. Steffon and his wife had three children. The youngest, Renly, was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheon calculation]])''. Steffon and Cassana thus would have left after Renly's birth the earliest. Since Renly is 21 years old during the first half of {{Date|299}}, and he would have been turning 22 had he lived the full year, it seems that Steffon and Cassana would not have left in early 277AC, but somewhere halfway through 277AC the earliest.

'''Note''': It is highly unlikely that Cassana would have gone on a journey immediately after having given birth. It seems most likely that she was given a period of at least a few weeks to recover from Renly's birth. However, this is not stated in text, and thus Renly's birth is the minimum that has to be used in the calculations.

If Steffon and Cassana left in the second half of 277AC, they would have returned in 278AC (taking into account at least a journey of half a year, sailing to the Free Cities to find a bride for Rhaegar). This would place their deaths in 278AC the earliest (their journey could have been longer), which would make 278AC the first possibility for a marriage between Elia and Rhaegar.

Rhaenys Targaryen, the firstborn child of Rhaegar and Elia, was 3 years old when she died in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} That means she was born in either 280AC (2 turning 3 in 283AC) or 279AC (3 turning 4 in 283AC). Since Tywin Lannister seems to have been unsure about whether or not Rhaenys was 2 or 3 years old at her death,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} it seems most likely that Rhaenys had turned 3 in 283AC, not that long before the Sack.

The Sack of King's Landing occurred at least 9 months into 283AC, since Catelyn Tully mentions that Eddard Stark was still fighting in the war in the south after the birth of Robb Stark,{{Ref|aGoT|6}} and Robb Stark was conceived in early 283AC (though it cannot be said how early, he was conceived after the Battle of the Bells in 283AC).

With Rhaenys' birth in 280AC, later into the year, the possibility of Rhaenys' conception, and thus also the wedding of Rhaegar and Elia, could have taken place in 280AC.

Elia and Rhaegar thus got married in either 278AC, 279AC or 280AC.

====[[Catelyn Tully]]'s wedding to [[Eddard Stark]]====
In {{Date|298}}, Catelyn Stark mentions that she had wed Ned 15 years prior.{{Ref|aGoT|2}} That places their wedding in 283AC. In addition, Jon Connington mentions in {{Date|300}} that the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing the Battle of the Bells in {{Date|283}} as well. Catelyn and Ned got married after the Battle of the Bells, confirming that their wedding occurred in 283AC.

====[[Jon Arryn]]'s wedding to [[Lysa Tully]]====
Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully after his last heir died during the Battle of the Bells. According to Jon Connington, the Battle of the Bells occurred 17 years prior to {{Date|300}}, placing the Battle of the Bells in 283AC. This means that Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in 283AC.

Jon Arryn married Lysa Tully in the same ceremony as Ned Stark married Catelyn Tully. Catelyn Tully remarks that she married Ned Stark 15 years prior to {{Date|298}}, confirming that the wedding occurred in 283AC{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

====[[Cersei Lannister]]s wedding to [[Robert Baratheon]]====
The first child of Cersei and Robert, Joffrey, was born in {{Date|286}}, in the first or second month. With a pregnancy lasting 9 months, Joffrey would thus have been conceived within the first half of 285AC. Cersei Lannister believes that Joffrey was conceived during a trip to Estermont, which lasted a fortnight. This visit was made after two of Roberts uncles had remained in King’s Landing for 6 months after Cersei’s wedding to Robert, meaning that there was at least 6 months in between Cersei’s wedding and Joffrey’s conception. With Joffrey’s conception taking place in the first half year, Cersei’s wedding took thus place in late {{Date|284}} at the latest.

Cersei Lannsiter was 18 years old when she married Robert, and with her birth in {{Date|266}}, that shows the wedding thus took place in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

Since it seems unlikely that Robert insisted on visiting his relatives immediately after they had left King's Landing, it is most likely that the wedding took place even earlier in the year. It can be assumed that the wedding did not take place before Dragonstone had been conquered. This occurred after the birth of Daenerys Targaryen, in the middle of the year.

====[[Stannis Baratheon]]s wedding to [[Selyse Florent]]====
On the night of Stannis' wedding to Selyse, Stannis' brother [[Robert Baratheon]] deflowered [[Delena Florent]], and fathered [[Edric Storm]] on her. Edric was born in {{Date|287}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Edric Storm|Edric Storm]] calculation)''. It is unknown whether Edric was born in early or late {{Date|287}}.

If Edric was born in late 287AC, it is possible that his conception also took place in 287AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 287AC.
If Edric was born in early 287AC, Edric would have been conceived in 286AC. This would mean that Stannis got married to Selyse in 286AC.

No specification can be given on this. Stannis and Selyse thus either married in {{Date|286}} or {{Date|287}}.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Perra Royce]]====
Walders first child with Perra was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])''. This means that 234AC, the last possible year of Stevron's birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder Frey was born in 208AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]])''. He would have reached the age of marriage, 13 year, in 221AC. This is thus the first possible year of Walders marriage to Perra, Walder's first wife.

Walder and Perra thus married in or between {{Date|221}} and {{Date|234}}.

Walder and Perra had four children together. Stevron was born in either 233AC or 234AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])'', Emmon was born in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', Aenys in or between 240AC and 247AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys Frey|Aenys Frey]])'', and Perriane in or between 241AC and 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''.

This shows that the marriage between Walder and Perra would have lasted at least until 241AC, and at the latest until 248AC.

Walder and Perra were thus married in between 234AC and 241AC (Stevrons's last possible year of birth until Perriane's first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 221AC and 248AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Cyrenna Swann]]====
Walders first child with Cyrenna was born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])''. This means that 249AC, the last possible year of Jareds birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walder's previous marriage, to [[Perra Royce]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Perriane was born in 241AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])''. This shows that Perra would have died in 241AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Cyrenna in 241AC the earliest.

Walder and Cyrenna thus married in or between 241AC and 248AC.

Walder and Cyrenna had two children: Jared, born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])'', and Luceon, born in or between 249AC and 257AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon Frey]])''.

With Luceons birth no earlier than 249AC, the marriage of Walder and Cyrenna lasted at least until 249AC

With Walders first child with his third wife born in 258AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', 258AC is thus the last possible year for Cyrenna to have died.

Walders marriage to Cyrenna thus ended in 258AC the absolute latest.

Walder and Cyrenna were thus married in 249AC (Jared's last possible year of birth, Luceons first possible year of birth), though their marriage could have taken place anywhere in between the years 241AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Amarei Crakehall]]====
Walders first child with Amarei was born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. This means that 258AC, the last possible year of Hosteens birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.

Walders previous marriage, to [[Cyrenna Swann]], would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Luceon was born in 249AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])''. This shows that Cyrenna would have died in 249AC the earliest, and Walder thus could have married Amarei in 249AC the earliest.

Walder and Amarei thus married in or between 249AC and 258AC.

Walder and Amarei had seven children: Hosteen, born in or between 250AC and 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', Lythene, born in or between 251AC and 259AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])'', Symond, born in or between 252AC and 260AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])'', Danwell, born in or between 252AC and 261AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Danwell Frey|Danwell Frey]])'', Merrett, born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])'', Geremy, born in 263AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Geremy Frey|Geremy Frey]])'', and Raymund, born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''.

With Walder and Amarei's last child, Raymund, born in 264AC, the marriage of Walder and Amarei lasted at least until 264AC.

In fact, it is known that their marriage ended in 264AC with the death of Amarei, as Walder Frey states to Catelyn Tully that Amarei had died before Catelyn herself had been born. As Catelyn Tully was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])'', and Amarei's youngest child was born in 264AC as well, Geremy was thus born before Catelyn Tully in the year, and Amarei's death also occured before Catelyn's birth in the year.

Walder and Amarei were thus married in between 258AC and 264AC (Hosteen's last possible year of birth, Raymunds only possible year of birth), though their marriage could have begun anywhere in between the years 249AC and 258AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Alyssa Blackwood]]====
Walders first child with Alyssa was born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])''. This means that 266AC, the last possible year of Lothars birth, is also the last possible year the marriage could have taken place.
Walders previous marriage, to Amarei Crakehall, would have ended after the birth of his youngest child with her. Raymund was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''. Since Amarei died in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Amarei Crakehall|Amarei Crakehall]])'', Walder wedding to Alyssa could have taken place in 264AC the earliest.

Walder and Alyssa thus married in or between 264AC and 266AC.

Walder and Alyssa had five children: Lothar, born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lother Frey]])'', Jammos, born in either 266AC or 267AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jammos Frey|Jammos Frey]])'', Whalen, born in either 267AC or 268AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Whalen Frey|Whalen Frey]])'', Morya, born in either 268AC or 269AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Morya Frey|Morya Frey]])'', and Tyta, born in either 269AC or 270AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])''

With Walder and Alyssa's last child, Tyta, born in 269AC the earliest, the marriage of Walder and Alyssa lasted at least until 269AC.

Walders next child, born after Tyta, was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. This means that potentially, Walders marriage to Alyssa could have lasted until 278AC.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Sarya Whent]]====
Walder and Sarya had no children.

Sarya was the fifth wife of Walder Frey. With Walders youngest child with his fourth wife born in 269AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])'', and his eldest child by his sixth wife born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])'', Walders marriage to Sarya could have taken place between any of those two years.

Walder Frey and Sarya Whent were thus married in or between 269AC and 278AC maximally.

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Bethany Rosby]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Annara Farring]]====

====[[Walder Frey]]'s wedding to [[Joyeuse Erenford]]====
Lord Walder is said to be marrying his eight wife on his 90th nameday.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} Walder was born in {{Date|208}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey calculation]])'', which means that Walder would have been turning 90 in 298AC. This places his wedding to Joyeuse in {{Date|298}}.

==Namedays==
For a select amount of characters, the placing of their birth into the year can be roughly specified:
===Placing in the year===
====Brandon (Bran) Stark====
Bran is still 7 years old when he falls from the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} After he has woken up from his coma, he is mentioned to be 8 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} It is unknown whether Brans nameday occured during his coma, or in the time afterwards, as Bran, when the passing of his nameday has been mentioned, has been awake for an unknown amount of time.

The amount of time until Brans fall can be determined:
* Joffrey's nameday, which occured between 0.3 months and 2 months into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* 0,6 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} pass until Bran's fall.

This makes Bran's fall occur no earlier than 3,1 month into the year, showing that his nameday definitly occured later than those 3,1 months.

====Cersei Lannister====
See ''Jaime Lannister'' below.

====Jaime Lannister====
It is mentioned that has been 18 years since Jaime Lannister joined the Kingsguard in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} This is mentioned after the Battle of the Blackwater. With the first day of the first month of 300AC being a known event, it can be determined how much time passes ''minimally'' between this mentioning, and the end of the year.

* +1 day : Between the conversation that Tyrion Lannister has with Tywin Lannister (the first mentioning of the 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard), at least one day takes place before Tyrion sees Shae.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}
* +1 day : Tyrion II (where the sighting of Shae is mentioned), takes place a day later.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} (Ser Loras 17)
* +1 day : It is unknown when the Small Council meeting during Tyrion III takes place, and it might even be during the same day as Tyrion II (though that is unlikey). Petyr Baelish mentions that he can leave the day after the council meeting "the next morning" the earliest. So 1 day is added until Petyr Baelish leaves for the Eyrie.
* +1 month : In Tyrion IV, it is mentioned that it has been a fortnight since Petyr Baelish set sail for the Eyrie. However, during this fortnight, at an unknown moment, Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark got married. Since it is known that at least 30 days pass between the wedding and the first day of 300AC (see Sansa Stark's nameday placing entry below), and since it is unknown whether Petyr Baelish leaves on the wedding day of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark, or days or weeks later, it is possible that the mentioning of Petyr Baelish having left 14 days age completely falls in the minimal 30 days of the marriage.

With a minimum time passing of 33 days (1 moon and 3 days), it can be said that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the 12th month of the year, but that his nameday falls in any of the first 11 months of the year.

In 300AC, it is mentioned again that is has been 18 years since Jaime had joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} Though it is known that the trial of Tyrion Lannister has begun, it is known that Tyrion's trial has lasted for at least 2 days, since Jaime has "spend his '''days'''" at Tyrion's trial.

Counting from the first day of the year:
* +1 : Joffrey and Margaery wed on the first day of 300AC.
* +2 : Cersei has more witnesses "every day", suggesting a passing of at least 2 days between Joffrey's wedding, and the day on which Tyrion is told such by Kevan Lannister.
* +4 : Kevan Lannister returns to speak with Tyrion Lannister the next day (1). He mentions the trial will start in three days (3). 1 day + 3 days = 4 days.
* +2 : when Jaime mentions the 18 years since he had been 15, Tyrion's trial has been going on for at least 2 days.

Adding these minimal numbers, at least 9 days have passed, while it seems most likely that quite some time passes between the start of the trial, and Joffrey's actual wedding day (more than the minimum of 6 now given). However, such passing of time isn't stated in text, and can thus not be specified.

All that can be said, is that Jaime's nameday does not fall in the first 9 days of the year.

No further specification can be given.

====Joffrey Baratheon====
It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday does not occur on the first day of the year, as Joffrey would be turning 14 in 300AC, and he is still 13 years old on the first day of the first month of the year 300AC.

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close on half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
Robert's death is the last event that can be stated with certainty to have occured in 298AC.

Adding these time frames adds up to 10 months. Since it is unknown how many days remain in the year 298AC after King Roberts death, it can only be said that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs in the first two months of the year.

Further specification can be given.
* 1 : The visit of Robb Stark, Catelyn Tully and the northern army at the Twins occurs in 299AC. Potentially, this event could have occured on the first day of the year.
* +1 : The news of Roose Bolton moving south from the Twins reaches the Lannister army at least one day later.
* +1 : The Battle of the Green Fork occurs a day after the news has arrived.
* +5 : After the Battle of the Green Fork, the Battle at Riverrun occurs. Upon hearing that Jaime Lannister was captured there, Tyrion Lannister states "Robb Stark had reached Riverrun days and days ago". ''Days and days'' suggests a multitude of days, and thus a minimum of 4. The news about the outcome of the battle would have taken at least (though most likely more than) one day to reach the Lannister army. This day, Tyrion is send to King's Landing.
* +1 : It cannot be specified how long it took Tyrion to reach King's Landing, so only a minimum of one day can be given. Tyrion arrives on Joffrey's 13th nameday.

This shows that Joffrey's nameday cannot take place any earlier than the 9th day of the year.

Joffrey's nameday thus takes place between the 9th day of the first month (thus at least 0,3 month into the year), and the last day of the second month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Jon Snow====
The placement of Jon's nameday can be roughly determined.

It is known that Joffrey Baratheon was born in 286AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])''. It is also known that Joffrey Baratheons nameday is not the first day of the year, as it is not his nameday upon the day of his wedding.

That gives the following minimum:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* +9+9 days (0,6 month) : the journey of Ser Waymar Royce, Gared and Will had taken 9 days, and they still had 8 or 9 days to go until they reached the Wall again. Benjen Stark would have known their route, and would most likely have counted an additional couple of days to investigate. The minimum of Benjens ranging would thus have been 9+9= 18 days, though in reality his ranging would have taken longer
* +14 days : Benjen Stark had promised to be back by Jon Snows nameday, but a fortnight after his nameday, Benjen Stark still hadn't returned.

Adding these time frames adds up to 5,9 months.

However, Joffrey Baratheon's nameday could have occured further in the year. In addition, Benjen Stark might have calculated more for his ranging initially. The 5,6 months is the absolute minimum of time having passed in the year for Jon Snows nameday to take place. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons nameday does occur in the beginning of the year, the most precise that can be stated is that Jon Snows nameday seems to take place in the middle of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Lancel Lannister====
Lancel was born in 282AC. In 298AC, he would thus be 15 turning 16. During the Tourney of the Hand, Eddard Stark notes that Lancel is 15 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Lancels nameday still hasn't occured, showing that Lancels nameday falls in the last 5,7 months of the year.

====Margaery Tyrell====
With the knowledge that Margaery's birth took place in 283AC, the placing of her nameday in the year can be roughly determined.

Margaery is mentioned to be 14 years old at two occasions, and both those occasions occur during the Tourney of the Hand in 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT32}}{{Ref|aGoT|32}}. With Margaery's birth having occured in 283AC, Margaery would thus be 14 turning 15 in 298AC. This means that during the Tourney of the Hand, Margaery's nameday had not yet occured.

That gives us the following time that can be specified until the mentioning of Maegaery being 14:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

An unknown amount of time passes between Catelyn meeting the last participant on the kingsroad, and the start of the tourney, so this time cannot be taken into the calculation.

The specified time added together gives a passed time of 6,3 months. This means that at least 6,3 months into the year, Margaery's nameday still hasn't occured.

When Margaery arrives in King's Landing in 299AC, she has already turned 16. Though it seems obvious that Margaery has been in King's Landing for quite some time when the day of Sansa's wedding arrives, only a few days can be counted with certainty.
* +1 : Maegaery arrives in King's Landing, aged 16
* +1 : No sooner than one day after Margaery's arrival, though most likely some time later, Sansa Stark receives an invitation for lunch with Margaery.
* +2 : "when the appointed day arrived" suggests that the invitation arrived at least more than the day before the lunch itself, giving a minimum of 2 days.
* +1 : Sansa Stark goes hawking with Margaery and Margaery's cousins. This occurs no sooner than one day after the lunch.
* +2 : "the day before last" Margaery and her cousins had taken Sansa Stark hawking. Between the hawking and Sansa thinking about it, 2 days have passed. Sansa's wedding gown is ordered

The next mentioning of time, is Sansa's own wedding day. This shows that the time between Margaery's arrival in King's Landing and Sansa Stark's wedding is at least 7 days (though it seems quite obvious that in reality, more time has passed). It is known that between Sansa Stark's wedding and the first day of the first month of 300AC, at least 30 days go by ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])''.

Added up together, Margaery was thus 16 years old for at least the last 1,25 month of 299AC, showing that Margaery's nameday occurs before these 1,25 month.

With the knowledge that Margaery's nameday still has to occur 6,3 months into the year, but has already occured by the last 1,25 month of the year, it can be stated that Margaery's nameday occured no earlier than the 9th day of the 6th month, and no later than the last third week in the 11th month.

No further specifications can be given.

====Myrcella Baratheon====
When visiting Winterfell, during the feast to welcome the King to the North, Myrcella is still 7, while she would turn 8 later in the year.
The feast occurs at least 2,8 months into the year:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)

This shows that Myrcella's nameday occurs more than 2,8 months into the year. No further specifications can be given.

====Petyr Baelish====
Petyr Baelish was born in 268AC. Catelyn Tully notes that he is still "shy of 30" when she sees him in King's Landing. Though it is unknown how long Catelyn's journey from Winterfell to King's Landing takes, a minimum passage of time can be stated:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +8+4 days : "Ned and the girls had been 8 days gone" + "she had slept for four days"{{Ref|aGoT|14}} is the time that had passed since the court had left Winterfell, until Catelyn wakes up from the attack on Bran.
* +1 : The earliest Catelyn can leave for King's Landing is the next day after waking up
* +1 : The journey would have taken at least one day

Thus at least 4 months had passed until Catelyn and Petyr met. With Petyrs nameday not having passed yet in the year, that shows that Petyrs nameday will have taken place in or between the 5th and 12th month of the year.

====Rickon Stark====
Rickon's nameday had already passed by the time the direwolves were found, as he was already 3 years old, with his birth occuring in 295AC. It is known that Joffrey Baratheon's nameday had already occured by then, as the day the direwolves were found is the same day as the news on Jon Arryn's death, occuring a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday, reaches Winterfell. With the knowledge that Joffrey Baratheons birth does not occur in the first day of the year, it can be stated that a minimum of 15 days has already passed (though that is without taking the ravens journey into account, a journey whose length has not been stated).

That gives the following:
* Joffrey Baratheons nameday, occuring on an unknown day in the year, at least 0,3 month into the year.
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies, due to the unknown length of the journey of the raven carrying the letter to Winterfell, the first day of counting of the courts journey.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} '''This is potentially the first day on which the mentioning of Rickon being 3 is made. The count begins here.'''
* + 2 months : court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +24 days : the journey to the Wall lasts longer than 18 days (Wall cannot be seen yet on the 18th day),{{Ref|aGoT|13}} yet can be travelled within a moons turn (30 days).{{Ref|aGoT|70}} 24 days is the average of this.
* 4 days : Benjen Stark leaves 4 days after arriving at the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}
* + 5,5 months : "Benjen Stark has left us close half a year ago".{{Ref|aGoT|52}} By this time, the news of Robert Baratheon's death has reached the Wall. Robert dies in 298AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. As it appears that the royal court has send the letter to the Wall, it can be assumed that the news reaches the Wall reasonably soon after Robert's death.
The death of Robert Baratheon is the last event that can be said to have occured in the year 298AC with certainty.

Adding these time frames adds up to 9,8 months. This shows that Rickons nameday occurs within the first 2,2 months of the year.
No further specifications can be given.

====Robb Stark====
Robb Starks parents got married in 283AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Weddings|weddings (Catelyn Tully & Eddard Stark)]])''. With Robb's birth also occuring in 283AC, as calculated above, Robb's birth will have occured in either the 10th, 11th or 12th month of the year, as pregnancies last 9 months.

As between the wedding of Sansa Stark to Tyrion Lannister in 299AC and the first day of 300AC at least 30 days pass ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]])'', and Robb Stark has turned 16 prior to that,{{Ref|aCoK|55}}, it can be stated that Robb Starks birth occured in either the 10th month or the 11th month.
With reasonable certainty it can even be stated that Robb Starks nameday occured closer to the first day of the 10th month, than to the 30th day of the 11th month.

====Robert Arryn====
With the knowledge that Robert was born in 292AC, the placing of his nameday can be roughly determined. Robert is 8 years old in early 300AC. The time that has passed in the year, at the moment of the observation (made by Robert's mother), is as followed:
* A journey by ship from King's Landing to the Fingers, lasting an unspecified amount of time
** Comparing the distance given between Old Wyk and Lonely Light, which is a known journey of 8 days sailing,{{Ref|awoiaf}} the journey from King's Landing to the Fingers seems to be between 3 and 4 times as long, placing this journey in between 24 and 32 days.
* 8 days spend at the Fingers, until Lysa Tully arrives
* 1 day since Lysa Tully's arrival

It is known the journey starts on the first day of the first month of 300AC.

Using the maximum amount of days of time that could have passed, it can be stated that Robert's nameday has taken place by the 41th day of the year. This places Robert's nameday in the first or second month of the year.

====Robert Frey (son of Raymund)====
With Robert's birth occuring in 283AC, Raymund would not have named his son such while the Rebellion was being fought, as the main opponent of House Targaryen was named Robert Baratheon.
Seeing as House Frey joined the rebels only after the Battle of the Trident, which occured in the second half of 283AC, Robert Frey was most likely born after the Battle of the Trident, and thus in the second half of 283AC.

====Sansa Stark====
With Sansa stating upon her wedding night that she will be turning 13 within a time window of 30 days,{{Ref|aSoS|28}} and with the knowledge that between Sansa's wedding and the Red Wedding about 30 days occur, and between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC roughly a fortnight, it can be stated that Sansa's nameday occurs in either the 11th or the 12th month of the year.

No further specifications can be given.

====Tommen Baratheon====
Tommen Baratheon was born in 291AC. At the tourney to celebrate Joffrey Baratheon's 13th nameday, Tommen has already turned 8.{{Ref|aCoK|2}} Since Joffrey Baratheon's nameday occurs at least 0,3 month into the year, and no later than the last day of the second month, as can be seen above, Tommens nameday thus takes place within that timeframe as well.

Though no further specification can be given, it can be stated that Tommens nameday occurs before Joffrey's.

====Walder Frey====
When Catelyn Tully arrests Tyrion Lannister in 298AC, Walder Frey's 90th nameday has yet to occur.

The minimum passage of time is the following:
* Joffrey Baratheon's nameday, occuring on an unknown day of the year, at least 0,3 month into the year
* + 14 days : Jon Arryn dies
* +2 months : the royal court travels from King's Landing to Winterfell (see Note 1 below)
* +1 month : "a few days"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|6}} + "close to a fortnight"{{Ref|aGoT|10}} is the length of the stay of the royal court at Winterfell
* +2 months : the royal court and Winterfells court travel from Winterfell back to King's Landing (see Note 1 below)
* + 14 days : Catelyn Tully meets participants of the Tourney after traveling away from King's Landing for a fortnight. Catelyn could have left the earliest the day the court had arrived in King's Landing. The tourney still hasn't begun.

This gives a minimum passage of time of 6,3 months when the mentioning of Walder's age occurs. This shows that Walder's nameday does not occur in the first 6,3 months of the year.

Walder has turned 91 by the time Catelyn Tully and Robb Stark (and his army) arrive at the Twins for the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey. The wedding occurs that same day, and news on the events that occured during the wedding could have reached King's Landing no sooner than 2 days later, as the fighting lasted into the night, the raven would have been send the next day as soon as possible, and would have flown at least one day (though obviously, such a journey would take longer, yet no specifications can be given) before reaching King's Landing.
When the raven arrives at King's Landing, Joffrey Baratheon seems to believe there is still time for a raven to fly from King's Landing to the Twins, and for a rider to ride from the Twins to King's Landing before the year 300AC begins. While it is uncertain whether or not Joffrey took any traveling time into account, it can be stated with reasonable certainty that this means that Joffrey's wedding day, and thus the first day of 300AC, would not be taking place over the next few days. Therefor, a minimum of 2 weeks is established as passing between the Red Wedding and the first day of 300AC (though it could be more in reality).

Thus it can be stated that Walder's nameday does not take place in the second half of the 12th month.

Walder's nameday thus takes place in between 6,3th and 11,5th month of the year.

===Notes===
====Note 1====
'''Journey from King's Landing to Winterfell/Winterfell to King's Landing'''
The journey that the royal court takes from King's Landing to Winterfell in 298AC takes roughly 2 months:
* From the Trident to King's Landing takes a fortnight, 14 days,{{Ref|aGoT|20}}
* Crossing the Neck takes 12 days{{Ref|aGoT|15}}
* The length of the kingsroad from Winterfell to King's Landing,{{Ref|tloiaf}} minus the length of the Neck (12 days), minus the distance between King's Landing and the Trident (14 days), leaves a distance roughly a little bit more than twice the size as the distance between King's Landing and the Trident, and can thus be said will take a bit more than twice as much time to cover (2x14 days + a few days, here guessed as 5), making the total amount of time 14+14+14+12+5= 57 days roughly). This is stated in the calculations above as 2 months.

==Miscellaneous==
===''' ''[[Wall|At the Wall]]'' '''===
====Will's arrival at the Wall====
[[Will]] has been on the Wall in 297AC for 4 years, meaning he joined the Night’s Watch in {{Date|293}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}

====Waymar Royce’s arrival at the Wall====
Ser [[Waymar Royce]] has been on the Wall for less than half a year during the prologue in A Game of Thrones, which takes place in 297AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}. During the Hand's tourney in {{Date|298}}, Sansa Stark remarks how Waymar had visited Winterfell on his way to the Wall.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} She remembers as this visit having been two years prior to the tourney. With the Tourney taking place in the middle of the year {{Date|298}}, Ser Waymar’s visit to Winterfell took place halfway through 296AC, roughly.

===''' ''[[The North]]'' '''===
====Eddard Starks fostering in the Vale====
Eddard Stark was 8 years old when he was send to be fostered at the Eyrie.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} Eddard was born in either 262AC or 263AC ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Eddard Stark|Eddard Stark calculation]])'', which creates the possibility of having been 8 in the following years:
* If born in 262AC
** 7 turing 8 in 270AC
** 8 turning 9 in 271AC
* If born in 263AC
** 7 turning 8 in 271AC
** 8 turning 9 in 272AC

No further specification can be given. Eddard thus went to the Eyrie in either {{Date|270}}, {{Date|271}} or {{Date|272}}.

====Rodrik Cassel's mother====
Ser Rodrik mentions in {{Date|298}} that his mother had been dead for 40 years{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, placing her death roughly around {{Date|258}}.

===''' ''[[The Riverlands]]'' '''===
====Blackfish====
When Catelyn Tully was 8 years old, Hoster called Brynden a “black goat”, causing Brynden to point out their house sigil was a trout, and named himself the Blackfish ever since.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} Since Catelyn Tully was born in {{Date|264}}, this event occurred in either {{Date|272}} or {{Date|273}}.

====Petyr Baelish's duel against Brandon Stark====
Petyr Baelish was 14 years<ref>"scarcely fifteen" could be read as Petyr having been fourteen years old at the time, and as [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Baelish|the calculation]] shows, Petyr cannot have actually been 15 before Brandon Starks death</ref> old during the duel. With Petyr's birth in 268AC, he would have been 13 turning 14 in 282AC and 14 turning 15 in 283AC.
Since Brandon Stark died in 282AC<ref>A Game of Thrones RPG</ref>, the duel thus could only have taken place in 282AC.

====Hoster Tully====
Hoster Tully is said to have been bedridden “these past two years” in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} This statement is made roughly halfway through {{Date|298}}, placing the moment Hoster got sick halfway in 296AC.

===''' ''[[The Westerlands]]'' '''===
====Gerion Lannister’s voyage====
Gerion Lannister left Lannisport when Tyrion Lannister was 18 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|33}} Tyrion was born in either 272AC or 273AC, meaning he was 18 years old in both 292AC and 293AC.
Gerion’s ship left in 292/293AC.

====Gregor Clegane's knighthood====
Four years after Sandor’s “accident”, Gregor was knighted. Sandor was 6 or 7 during the incident with the fire, meaning that Gregor would have been either 11 or 12 years old at the time, being 5 years older. Gregor was knighted 4 years after the incident, placing his age during his knighting at either 16 or 17.
Gregor would have been either 16 or 17 in:
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 281AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 282AC if he was born in 265AC
* Gregor would have been 15 turning 16 in 282AC if he was born in 266AC
* Gregor would have been 16 turning 17 in 283AC if he was born in 266AC

It is known Gregor was knighted by Rhaegar Targaryen.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} Since Rhaegar had been missing during Robert’s Rebellion (282AC – 283AC), the last option (16 turning 17 in 283AC if born in 266AC) can be eliminated, since Gregor’s knighting will not have taken place during the Rebellion. Also, Rhaegar was missing for most of the part of the year 283AC where the Rebellion was still being fought, and he and Gregor were on opposite sides of the conflict when Rhaegar did reappear. 16 turning 27 in 283AC can thus be eliminated.

This means that Gregor was knighted either in 281AC or 282AC (in the months before the war began).

====Sandor Clegane's "accident"====
Sandor was 6 or 7 years old when Gregor pushed his face in the fire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} With Sandor’s birth taking place in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been either 6 or 7 in the following years:
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 276AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 277AC
• Born in 270AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 5 turning 6 in 277AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 6 turning 7 in 278AC
• Born in 271AC, Sandor would be 7 turning 8 in 279AC
It can be concluded that this “accident” thus took place in either 276AC, 277AC, 278AC or 279AC. No further specifications can be given.
Sandor’s first kill: Sandor killed a man when he was 12 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|52}} With his birth having been in either 270AC or 271AC, he would have been 12 years old in either 282AC, 283AC or 284AC. Further specification cannot be given.
Note: Sandor could have been 12 years old in 283AC with both possible birth years. It is possible, and perhaps highly likely, that Sandor killed his first man during the Rebellion, that lasted a big part of 283AC, and began in 282AC. In that case, a birth year of 270AC might be favoured, though this cannot be said with certainty.

===''' ''[[The Vale]]'' '''===
====Death of Lord Baelish====
In {{Date|298}}, it is mentioned that Petyrs father had died several years earlier{{Ref|aGoT|18}}, indicating that he has been dead for at least 2 years. That means that Petyr became Lord Baelish in truth in 286AC or before.

===''' ''[[The Crownlands]]'' '''===
====Hugh "of the Vale"====
At the time of his death, Hugh had been Jon Arryn’s squire for the past 4 years,{{Ref|aGoT|30}} meaning that Hugh became Jon Arryn’s squire in 294AC.

====Pycelle becoming Grandmaester====
Pycelle tells Eddard Stark that he has been Grandmaester for near on 40 years in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}} With Pycelle’s birth in 216AC, and with Pycelle having been 42 when he became Grandmaester during the reign of Aegon V, Pycelle would have turned 42 in 258AC. However, with it having been near 40 years, and not simply 40 years, in {{Date|298}}, Pycelle did not become Grandmaester in 258AC, when he had turned 42, but a year later, in 259AC, when he was still 42 (though he would be turning 43 later that year).

===''' ''[[Essos]]'' '''===
====Jon Connington's time with the Golden Company====
Jon Connington is mentioned to have left the Golden Company a dozen years ago in {{Date|300}}. Later, this is specified as to actually have been 12 years,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing Jon’s “exile” from the Golden Company in {{Date|288}}, five years after the Rebellion ended.
Jon Connnigton had spend five years with the Golden Company.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} For him to have spend five years with the Golden Company while {{Date|283}} is the first moment he could have joined, and {{Date|288}} is the year he certainly left, it shows that he joined the Golden Company shortly after his exile began, in {{Date|283}}.

====Jorah Mormont's exile====
In {{Date|298}}, Ned Stark remarks how it has been 5 years since Jorah Mormont went into exile, meaning that Jorah went into exile in 293AC.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

==See also==
* Are you a contributor to ''A Wiki of Ice and Fire'' or ''A Forum of Ice and Fire'' who would you like to discuss anything on this page? Please go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations on years of birth and death of characters ([[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages|page 1]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 2]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)|page 4]])
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In the main series and novellas, George R.R. Martin does not state specifically in which year a character has been born or has died. This page lists the calculations to determine such years, years of birth mostly, but also years of death at times, as specific as is possible, for all characters for all this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''A Song of Ice and Fire''.

'''The Method''': The calculations have been made with a few simple rules.
*'''1''': A character, both male and female, will be at least 13 years old at the birth of his or her first born child. This age is chosen because of the marriages known in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' (Maegor I got married at the age of 13, Princess Helaena Targaryen was 13 years old, Sansa Stark, though still 12 years old, would turn 13 in only a few days, placing her marriage in the year she would turn 13) and because of simple biology, looking at the fertility of both boys and girls.
*'''2''': When discussing siblings, it is assumed that there will be more than 9 months in between the births. Though technically siblings can differ only 9 months in age, this would require the mother to become pregnant within days of having given birth. It is assumed that the mother was allowed a short period of recovery after having given birth, and thus that siblings will be born at least 1 year (12 months) apart. This is only when discussing full-blood siblings. Siblings with the same father, but with a different mother, won't have this issue.

The characters are listed alphabetically, using full names. Maesters (like Maester Aemon), will also be listed alphabetically under their first names, but not under their last names, since they set aside their family name upon becoming a maester. Their full names as they had received at birth will be behind their Maester name between parentheses.
Names that belong to several characters (for example, the name Walder Frey) will be listed alphabetically, but will have their nickname listed after their birth name, so they can be distinguished.

For calculations on placings of events, see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|Calculations of Events]].

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==[[Ramsay Bolton]]==
===Birth===
[[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay]] was born when Rickard Stark was still Lord of Winterfell.{{Ref|aDwD|32}} This places Ramsay’s birth in {{Date|282}} the latest. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Raymund Frey]]==
===Birth===
Raymund Frey was the youngest child of Amarei Crakehal. Amarei died before Catelyn Tully was born. Catelyn Tully was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])'', making 264AC the last possible moment for Raymund to have been born.

Raymund’s older brother Merrett was born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])''. After Merrett came Geremy and Raymund. Geremy and Raymund have not been mentioned to have been twins, indicating they were born at least 1 year apart. With only 263AC and 264AC left for the birth of two sons, born at least a year apart, and with Raymund the youngest of the two, Raymund cannot have been born in 263AC, and was thus born in {{Date|264}}.

==[[Renly Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
[[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] is known to have been around 20 years old in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|15}}, and to have been 21 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}}{{Ref|aCoK|22}}{{Ref|aFfC|37}} Being 21 years old in 299AC gives the following options:
* 20 turning 21 in 299AC, placing his birth in 278AC
* 21 turning 22 in 299AC, placing his birth in 277AC

Renly was 6 years old at the time of the Rebellion, in 283AC.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Having been 6 years old at Rebellions end, would give Renly the following options:
* 5 turning 6 in 283AC, placing his birth in 277AC
* 6 turning 7 in 283AC, placing his birth in 276AC

The only overlapping year is 277AC, meaning that Renly was 21 turning 22 in 299AC, and 5 turning 6 in 283AC, and that he was born in {{Date|277}}.

''Note: Eddard Stark mentions that Renly had been a boy of 8 when Robert won the throne.{{Ref|aGoT|20}} Renly having been 8 years old in 283AC would give the following options of birth:''
''* 7 turning 8 in 283AC, placing his birth in 275AC''
''* 8 turning 9 in 283AC, placing his birth in 274AC''

''See how these absolutely do not align with the several statements of Renly’s age in {{Date|299}}, where Maester Cressen, Catelyn Tully, and Brienne of Tarth give Renly’s age in {{Date|299}} as 21 (with birth options of 277AC and 278AC). Since both maester Cressen and Brienne will have known Renly’s age better than Ned, due to Cressen having raised Renly, and Brienne having been in love with Renly for a while, their indication of Renly’s age will be the correct one, whereas Ned’s memory seems to be at fault here.''

==[[Renly Norcross]]==
===Birth===
Renly is 2 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} He is 3 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives Renly the following options:
* 1 turning 2 in 299AC, and 2 turning 3 in 300AC, placing his birth in 297AC
* 2 turning 3 in 299AC, and 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing his birth in 296AC

No further specifications can be given. Renly was thus born in either {{Date|296}} or {{Date|297}}.

==[[Rhaegar Frey]]==
===Birth===
Rhaegar would have been at least 13 years old when his eldest child, Robert, was born. Robert was born in {{Date|286}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Frey (son of Rhaegar)|Robert Frey]])'', meaning Rhaegar was born the latest 13 years prior to 286AC, in 273AC.

Rhaegar was the second born son of Aenys Frey. Aenys was born no earlier than 240AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys Frey|Aenys Frey]])'', meaning that Rhaegar cannot have been born earlier than 14 years later (Aenys being 13 years old at least at the birth of his first child, and 14 at the birth of his second child), in 254AC.

However, according to Davos Seaworth, Rhaegar is 30 years old at the maximum, or close to 30 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|19}} Being 30 years old in 300AC (with thus as a maximum being 30 turning 31 in 300AC) would place Rhaegars birth in 269AC.

Rhaegar was thus born in or between {{Date|269}} and {{Date|273}}.

==[[Rhaegel Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Rhaegel was the thirdborn son of Daeron II. He was born at least 2 years after his eldest brother Baelor, who was born in 169AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. This makes the year 171AC the first possible birth year of Rhaegel.

Rhaegel was born at least 1 year before his brother Maekar. Maekar’s last possible year of birth was 178AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar Targaryen]])'', meaning that Rhaegel was born no later than 177AC.

Rhaegel was thus born in or between {{Date|171}} and {{Date|177}}.

==[[Rhaella Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Rhaella’s firstborn child Rhaegar was born in 259AC. She would have been at least 13 years old at his birth, meaning that she was born no later than 246AC.

Rhaella’s father was born in 222AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II Targaryen]])''. He would have been at least 13 years old at the birth of his first child. Since it is unknown whether Rhaella or Aerys was the firstborn, Rhaella could have been the firstborn child. This means that Rhaella could not have been born earlier than 13 years after 222AC, placing her birth no earlier than 235AC.

No further specifications can be given. Rhaella Targaryen was thus born in or between {{Date|235}} and {{Date|246}}.

===Death===
Rhaella died when giving birth to Daenerys Targaryen. Daenerys was born in {{Date|284}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]])''. Rhaella thus died in {{Date|284}}.

==[[Rhaelle Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Rhaelle could potentially have been Aegon V’s first born child. Aegon would have been at least 13 at the birth of his youngest child, placing the earliest possible moment of birth of Rhaelle in 213AC. However, since Aegon is still unwed in 212AC,{{Ref|TMK}} and the fourth Dunk&Egg story reportedly taking place in 213AC with Aegon still on adventure, Rhaelle cannot have been born in 213AC, making 214AC at the moment the first possible year of birth for her, theoretically, at the moment.

Rhaelle’s firstborn grandchild was born in 263AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. This means that Rhaelle’s firstborn son was born no later than 13 years prior, in 250AC. This means that Rhaelle was born at least 13 years prior to that, in 237AC.

Rhaelle Targaryen was born in or between {{Date|214}} and {{Date|237}}.

==[[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)]]==
===Birth===
Rhaena was a daughter of Aenys. With Aenys’ first possible moment of birth in 6AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I Targaryen]])'', the first possibility of having a child, at the age of 13, would be in 19AC. This means that Rhaena’s first possible year of birth was in 19AC. Rhaena’s father died in 42AC, meaning that 42AC is the last possible moment of conception for Rhaena, making 43AC the last possible moment of birth for her.

However, during the reign of Aegon I, people were discussing whether or not the inheritance should go through Aenys (eldest son of Aegon by his younger sister) and then Aenys’ daughter, before reaching Maegor. This shows that Aenys’ eldest child was a girl, and that she was definitely born during the reign of Aegon I. If this child was Alysanne, that would place Alysanne’s birth in between 19AC and 37AC.

Rhaena was born in of between {{Date|19}} and {{Date|43}}.

==[[Rhaenys Targaryen (The Queen Who Never Was)|Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)]]==
===Birth===
Rhaenys Targaryen died at the age of 55 in 129AC.{{Ref|TPATQ}} This gives her the following options:
* 54 turning 55 in 129AC, placing her birth in 74AC
* 55 turning 56 in 129AC, placing her birth in 73AC

No further specifications can be given. Rhaenys was thus born in either {{Date|73}} or {{Date|74}}.

==[[Rhaenys Targaryen]] (sister of Aegon I)==
===Birth===
Rhaenys has been mentioned to have been “a year or two” younger than her brother Aegon, <ref name=TargDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions/]</ref> who has been mentioned to have been born in 27BC.{{Ref|awoiaf}} This means that Rhaenys was born in either [[Years before Aegon's Conquest#Year 26 Before the Conquest|26BC]] or [[Years before Aegon's Conquest#Year 25 Before the Conquest|25BC]].

==[[Rickard Stark]]==
===Birth===
Rickard Stark’s eldest son Brandon was born in either 262AC or 261AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brandon Stark|Brandon Stark)]]''. Rickard would have been at least 13 years old when Brandon was born, meaning that Rickard cannot have been born later than 249AC.

Grand Maester Pycelle tells Rickard’s son Ned that King Maekars summer took place before Rickard was born. King Maekar ruled from 221AC until 233AC, this summer took place in 7 years during this reign.{{Ref|aGoT|25}} The earliest this summer could thus have taken place was from 221AC, the first year of Maekar’s reign, until the seventh year of Maekars reign, which is 227AC. This shows that Rickard Stark, Ned’s father, was born no earlier than 227AC. However, since it is stated that the summer had been long forgotten, it suggests that at the time of Rickards birth, the winter following Maekar’s summer had already begun, or there had been several other years that had passed as well, meaning that Rickard most likely had been born no earlier than several years after 227AC, though no specificity can be given on how many years after 227AC.

Therefore we can only state that Rickard Stark was thus born in or between {{Date|227}} and {{Date|249}}.

==[[Rickard Wylde]]==
===Birth===
Rickard has been mentioned to have been 4 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 4 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 3 turning 4 in {{Date|299}}, and 4 turning 5 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 295AC.

Rickard was thus born in {{Date|295}}.

==[[Rickon Stark]]==
===Birth===
Rickon was 3 years old when the direwolves are found{{Ref|aGoT|2}} and during the welcoming feast at Winterfell{{Ref|aGoT|5}}. Both events occur in {{Date|298}}, giving the following options:
* 2 turning 3 in 298AC, 3 turning 4 in 299 AC, 4 turning 5 in 300AC, placing his birth in 295AC
* 3 turning 4 in 298AC, 4 turning 5 in 299 AC, 5 turning 6 in 300AC, placing his birth in 294AC

Rickon was “near four” when Robb left for war,{{Ref|aGoT|53}} and he was 4 when the news of Ned’s death reached Winterfell. Rickon was still four when Theon Greyjoy attacked Winterfell. After the Sack of Winterfell Rickon is still at 4.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} In 300AC, Rickon is still 4 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} This shows that the only correct option for Rickon is 3 turning 4 in 299AC, placing his birth in 295AC.

Rickon was thus born in {{Date|295}}.

==[[Robar Royce]]==
===Birth===
[[Robar Royce]] is of an age with Renly Baratheon.{{Ref|aCoK|31}} Renly was born in {{Date|277}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheon]])''. This means that Robar was born roughly speaking around {{Date|277}}, though he might have been born a year or two earlier or later.

==[[Robb Stark]]==
===Birth===
Robb Stark was 14 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} He has turned 15 at an unknown moment in time.{{Ref|aGoT|37}} Robb Stark is mentioned to have turned 16 in {{Date|299}} (this remark is made after the ploy to free Jaime Lannister, created by Tyrion Lannister, has been done and failed; Tyrion Lannister made the ploy on the day of Joffrey’s 13th nameday, an event known to take place in {{Date|299}}; the remark is also made before the Purple Wedding, which takes place on the first day of {{Date|300}}).{{Ref|aCoK|55}} This means that Robb was 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, showing that Robb was born in {{Date|283}}.

===Death===
Robb Stark died at the Twins during the Red Wedding. The news of his death reached King’s Landing before the wedding of Joffrey Baratheon, which would occur on the first day of 300AC. This shows that the news of Robb’s death reached King’s Landing in 299AC. Robb was 16 years old upon his death. Since Robb was born in 283AC, he had turned 16 in 299AC.
Robb Stark thus died in {{Date|299}}.

==[[Robert Arryn]]==
===Birth===
In {{Date|298}}, Robert Arryn is 6 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}{{Ref|aGoT|34}}{{Ref|aFfC|41}} Catelyn Tully remarks how she had last seen her sister, Robert’s mother, 5 years ago. Robert had been less than a year old.{{Ref|aGot|34}}
With Robert Arryn being less than a year old in {{Date|293}},{{Ref|aGot|34}} and with him being 6 years old halfway through {{Date|298}},{{Ref|aGoT|4}}{{Ref|aGoT|34}} and 8 in early {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aSoS|68}}{{Ref|aFfC|10}} gives the following option:
* 8 in 300AC gives:
** 8 turning 9, placing his birth in 291AC
** 7 turning 8, placing his birth in 292AC
* 6 in 298AC gives:
** 6 turning 7, placing his birth in 291AC
** 5 turning 6, placing his birth in 292AC
* Less than 1 in 293AC gives:
** Born in 293AC
** Turning 1 in 293AC, placing his birth in 292AC
With 292AC as the only overlapping year, Robert Arryn was thus born in {{Date|292}}.

==[[Robert Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
Robert Baratheon has been stated to have been “a bare year” older than his brother Stannis,{{Ref|aGoT|27}} who was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stannis Baratheon|Stannis Baratheon]])''. This places the birth of Robert Baratheon in {{Date|263}}.

===Death===
As Robert lays dying, Eddard Stark prepares a letter for Stannis Baratheon, the contents of which are written for the time when Robert has died. In the letter, Eddard states that Robert has been the king for the past 15 years. As Robert became King in 283AC, that shows that Robert would have been king for 15 years in 298AC. As the contents of the letter are valid for such a time as Stannis receives the letter, after Roberts death, this would place Robert's death in {{Date|298}} as well.

==[[Robert Brax (son of Flement)]]==
===Birth===
Robert has been mentioned to have been 9 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 9 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 8 turning 9 in {{Date|299}}, and 9 turning 10 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 290AC

Robert was thus born in {{Date|290}}

==[[Robert Frey (son of Raymund)]]==
===Birth===
Robert has been mentioned to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 16 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, and 16 turning 17 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 283AC.

Robert was thus born in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Robert Frey]] (son of Rhaegar)==
===Birth===
Robert has been mentioned to have been 13 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 13 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 12 turning 13 in {{Date|299}}, and 13 turning 14 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|286}}.

==[[Robin Ryger]]==
===Birth===
[[Robin Ryger]] is of an age with Hoster Tully, in {{Date|299}} {{Ref|aCoK|39}} who was born in or between 237AC and 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hoster Tully|Hoster Tully]])''. That would place Robins birth roughly in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}} as well.

==[[Rodrik Greyjoy]]==
===Birth===
[[Rodrik Greyjoy]] was the eldest child of Balon Greyjoy. He was born at least 2 years before his sister Asha, though most likely he was somewhat older, since he had command of his own ship during the Greyjoy Rebellion in 289AC. Being two years older than his sister, would mean Rodrik was born at the latest in 274AC ''(see also [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Asha Greyjoy|Asha Greyjoy]])''. Having been born in 274AC would have made him 15 during the Greyjoy Rebellion, old enough to be commanding your own ship during a war. However, Rodriks younger brother Maron commanded his own ship as well, and would have been one year younger than Rodrik, if Rodrik was two years older than Asha, which means Maron would have been 14 years old during the Rebellion. Seeing as how the Ironborn follow strength above all, they might not have followed a 14 year old boy.

For Rodrik this means that he was born in {{Date|274}} the absolute latest, but possibly before.

''Note: Aeron Greyjoy remembers that his older brother Balon commanded his own longship at the age of 17, and hints that this is exceptional. If both Rodrik and Maron already commanded their own longship before their deaths, they most likely were both older than 17, being 18 years old at least, though most likely older. This would make Rodriks latest possible year of birth 270AC, and Maron’s 271AC.''

==[[Rohanne Webber]]==
===Birth===
Rohanne is 25 years old in 211AC.{{Ref|TSS}} She was 10 years old in 196AC.
Being 25 years old in 211AC gives the following options:
* 24 turning 25, placing her birth in 186AC
* 25 turning 26, placing her birth in 185AC

Being 10 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 9 turning 10, placing her birth in 186AC
* 10 turning 11, placing her birth in 185AC

No further specifications can be given. Rohanne was thus born in either {{Date|185}} or {{Date|186}}.

==[[Rollam Westerling]]==
===Birth===
Rollam is 9 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Rollam is still 9 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 9 years old in both 299AC and 300AC means Rollam was 8 turning 9 in 299AC and 9 turning 10 in 300AC, placing his birth in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Ronnet Connington]]==
===Birth===
[[Ronnet Connington]] is 6 years older than Brienne of Tarth,{{Ref|aFfC|27}}{{Ref|aFfC|42}} who was born in 280AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brienne of Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]])''. This means that Ronnet was born in {{Date|274}}.

==[[Roone]]==
===Birth===
[[Roone]] is 14 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}} This gives Roone the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 300AC, which would place his birth in 286AC
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, which would place his birth in 285AC

It is stated that Roone will turn 16 in two years from {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}} This indicates that in {{Date|302}}, Roone will turn 16, which would place his birth in {{Date|286}}.

Roone was thus born in {{Date|286}}

==[[Roose Bolton]]==
===Birth===
[[Roose Bolton|Roose]] is well past 40 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|20}} That places his birth before {{Date|260}}. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Rosey]]==
===Birth===
Rosey is 15 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}} This gives Rosey the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|285}}
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|284}}

No further specifications can be given. Rosey was born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}

==[[Roslin Frey]]==
===Birth===
Roslin Frey is 16 years old at the day of her wedding, in late 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|35}} This gives the following options for Roslin:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 282AC

With Roslin still being 16 so very late in the year, it is most likely that Roslin had turned 16 in 299AC, and was thus born in 283AC, with a small possibility that Roslin would turn 17 in the last few days of the year, which would place her birth in 282AC.

No further specifications can be given. Roslin was thus born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Russell Merryweather]]==
===Birth===
[[Russell Merryweather]] is known to have been 6 years old during {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|28}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives Russel the following options:
* 5 turning 6 in 300AC, placing his birth in 294AC
* 6 turning 7 in 300AC, placing his birth in 293AC

No further specifications can be given. Russel was thus born in either {{Date|293}} or {{Date|294}}.

==[[Ryella Frey]]==
===Birth===
Ryella has been mentioned to have been 5 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 5 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 4 turning 5 in {{Date|299}}, and 5 turning 6 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|294}}.

==[[Ryman Frey]]==
===Birth===
[[Ryman Frey]] is judged to be “past 40” by his young cousins Walder and Walder in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|35}} However. Catelyn Tully judges Rymans younger brother Aegon to be 50. According to Cateyn Tully, Aegon Frey is born in either 248AC or 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)|Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)]])''. With 249AC as Aegon’s last possible year of birth, Ryman, as Aegon’s older brother, would have been born no later than 248AC, one year before.

With Rymans father Stevron born in 233AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Stevron Frey|Stevron Frey]])'', Ryman cannot have been born earlier than 13 years later, making 246AC the first possible year of birth for Ryman.

It can be concluded that Ryman was born in either {{Date|246}}, {{Date|247}} or {{Date|248}}

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==[[Samwell Tarly]]==
===Birth===
Samwell is mentioned to have passed his 15th nameday in {{Date|298}}, meaning he is at least 15 years old in {{Date|298}}. Sams arrival happens roughly halfway through the year, and he left for Castle Black the day of his 15th nameday (and the travel would have taken roughly three to four months if it was completely by horse). This places his 15th nameday in {{Date|298}}.

It can also be said Samwells nameday takes place early in the year, as Samwell is mentioned to have been a men grown by law (thus 16 years old) in early {{Date|299}}, after the white raven form the Citadel has arrived.{{Ref|aCoK|6}} The white ravens are send out after the Red Comet has appeared in the sky. The Red Comet appears in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Red Comet|Red Comet]])''.

Samwell having turned 15 in {{Date|298}}, means that he was born in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Sandor Clegane]]==
===Birth===
Sandor is 5 years younger than his brother Gregor.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} Gregor was born in either 265AC or 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Gregor Clegane|Gregor Clegane]])'', placing Sandor’s birth in either {{Date|270}} or {{Date|271}}.

==[[Sandor Frey]]==
===Birth===
Sandor has been mentioned to have been 12 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 12 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 11 turning 12 in {{Date|299}}, and 12 turning 13 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 287AC.

Sandor was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Sansa Stark]]==
===Birth===
Sansa is 11 years old in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|4}}, and 2 years older than her sister Arya{{Ref|aGoT|5}}, who was born in 289AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Arya Stark|Arya Stark]])''. Sansa is 12 in {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aCoK|32}} and tells Tyrion Lannister at the end of the year that she’ll turn 13 “in a moons turn”,{{Ref|aSoS|28}} indicating that maximally a month from that moment on, she’ll have turned 13. Since this observation is made so close to the beginning of {{Date|300}}, that the possibility exists that Sansa won’t turn 13 until {{Date|300}}. Since Sansa’s earlier age observations cannot give an indication, and since the observation “Sansa is 2 years older than Arya” suggests that Sansa was born in 287AC, figuring out if Sansa turns 13 in {{Date|299}} or {{Date|300}} can proof if she’s truly born in 287AC, or whether she was born in 286AC.
The minimum time that passes is as follows:
* From Sansa’s wedding until arrival of the news at Riverrun = 4 day minimum (see Note#1)
* From arrival of the news of Sansa’s wedding, until Hoster Tully’s funeral = 1 day{{Ref|aSoS|35}}
* From funeral of Hoster Tully until the departude from Riverrun = 1 day (minimum) {{Ref|aSoS|35}}
* A minimum of 19 days traveling from Riverrun to the Twins{{Ref|aSoS|45}}
* From Green Fork to Twins = 1 day minimum{{Ref|aSoS|49}}
* From arrival at the Twins until the Red Wedding = 0 days{{Ref|aSoS|49}}
* From news of Red Wedding until King’s Landing = 4 day minimum (see Note#1)

Concluded can be that a minimum of 30 days days pass between Sansa’s wedding and Joffrey’s wedding to Margaery on the first day of the 300th year After the Conquest, and thus that Sansa turns 13 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in {{Date|286}}.

It should be noted that, when the news of the Red Wedding reaches King’s Landing, Joffrey Baratheon believes there is still time for a raven to reach the Twins, and for a rider to return from the Twins to King’s Landing with Robb Starks head, before Joffrey’s wedding on the first day of {{Date|300}}. {{Ref|aSoS|53}} This suggests there are still several weeks (about a fortnight) between the news reaching King’s Landing, and the beginning of {{Date|300}}, thereby confiring Sansa’s nameday taking place in late {{Date|299}}.

''Note #1: the minimum of 4 days travel for the ravens from King’s Landing to the Twins and back, is a distance guessed, compared to the distance between Oxcross and King’s Landing, and the fact a raven needs 6 days to cross that distance.''

''Note #2: But Arya and Sansa are said to be 2 years apart in age, as told from their points of view? Yes, that’s true. Looking at Arya and Sansa a bit closer, and the placement of their namedays in the years, we see that Arya’s nameday falls in the first few months of the year, while Sansa’s nameday thus falls within the last month of the year. Whilst the number of years in between the two girls suggests a gap of three years, with Arya having been born close after the turning of the year, and Sansa close to the turning of the year, the gap in between the two sisters is two years and a few short months, which would then be rounded down to 2 years in speaking terms.''
''This also gives a look in the age differences between Catelyn and Lysa Tully ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lysa Tully|Lysa Tully]])''. With Catelyn and Lysa two years apart, Catelyn later admits that she and Lysa are further apart in age than Arya and Sansa, showing that Catelyn and Lysa differ in age between 2 years and a few months, and 2 years and 6 months (since 2,5 years would be rounded up to 3, mathematically speaking).''

==[[Sarella Sand]]==
===Birth===
Sarella Sand is described to be 19 years old during {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That leaves two options for Sarella:
* 18 turning 19 in 300AC, placing her birth in 281AC
* 19 turning 20 in 300AC, placing her birth in 280AC

No further specifications can be given. Sarella was thus born in either {{Date|280}} or {{Date|281}}.

==[[Sarra Frey]]==
===Birth===
Sarra has been mentioned to have been 14 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This gives the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC

Sarra's older brother Malwyn was born in 284AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Malwyn Frey|Malwyn Frey]])''. Sarra would have been born at least 1 year after Malwyn, leaving only the option 285AC

Sarra Frey was born in {{Date|285}}.

==[[Satin]]==
===Birth===
[[Satin]] claims to be 18 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|55}} That gives him the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in 299AC, placing his birth in 281AC
* 18 turning 19 in 299AC, placing his birth in 280AC

No further specifications can be given. Satin was thus born in either {{Date|280}} or {{Date|281}}.

==[[Selwyn Tarth]]==
===Birth===
[[Selwyn Tarth|Selwyn]] is 54 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|37}} That gives the following options:
* 53 turning 54 in 300AC, placing his birth in {{Date|246}}
* 54 turning 55 in 300AC, placing his birth in {{Date|245}}

No further specifications can be given. Selwyn was born in either {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}.

==[[Serra Frey]]==
===Birth===
Serra has been mentioned to have been 14 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This gives the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC

Serra's older brother Malwyn was born in 284AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Malwyn Frey|Malwyn Frey]])''. Serra would have been born at least 1 year after Malwyn, leaving only the option 285AC.

Serra Frey was born in {{Date|285}}.

==[[Shae]]==
===Birth===
Shae is known to have been 18 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aGoT|62}}{{Ref|aCoK|3}} That gives her the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in 299AC, placing her birth in 281AC
* 18 turning 19 in 299AC, placing her birth in 280AC

No further specifications can be given. Shae was thus born in either {{Date|280}} or {{Date|281}}.

==[[Shiera Seastar]]==
===Birth===
Shiera Seastar was the daughter of King Aegon IV Targaryen and his ninth and last mistress, Serenei of Lys.<ref>Shiera Seastar [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Shiera_Seastar/]</ref>
According to semi-canon sources, Aegon IV had 9 mistresses in total. Melissa Blackwood, the 6th mistress, is the previous mistress of Aegon known to have birthed him a child, Brynden Rivers, in either {{Date|174}} or {{Date|175}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brynden Rivers|Brynden Rivers]])''. With Brynden’s birth having taken place in 174AC the earliest, Melissa most likely had been Aegon’s mistress until 174AC at least. There is the possibility of Aegon fathering Shiera on Serenei within the same year as Brynden’s birth. If Brynden was born in the beginning of the year, and Aegon did not keep his fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth mistress long, Shiera could have been born in the same year as Brynden the earliest.
This means that Shiera was born in 174AC the earliest.

Aegon IV died in 184AC, and Serenei died before him. This means that Serenei could have died in the same year as Aegon IV, thus 184AC, only earlier in the year. 184AC is thus the last possible year that Shiera could have been born.

No further specifications can be given. Shiera was thus born in or between {{Date|174}} and {{Date|184}}.

==[[Shireen Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
[[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]] is mentioned in early {{Date|299}} to be turning 10 on her next nameday, showing that in early 299AC, she’s still 9 years old.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} Shireen was 9 years old in 298AC as well.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} Being 9 in 298AC and 299AC means that Shireen was 8 turning 9 in 298AC and 9 turning 10 in 299AC, placing her birth in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Shirei Frey]]==
===Birth===
Shirei was 6 years old in {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|51}} and 7 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} This gives Shirei the following options:
* 5 turning 6 in 299AC, and 6 turning 7 in 300AC, placing her birth in {{Date|293}}
* 6 turning 7 in 299AC, and 7 turning 8 in 300AC, placing her birth in {{Date|292}}

No further specifics can be given. Shirei was born either in {{Date|292}} or {{Date|293}}.

==[[Stannis Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
In the early months of {{Date|299}}, Stannis Baratheon was 34 years old.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} This gives two options for Stannis:
* 33 turning 34 in 299AC, placing his birth in 265AC
* 34 turning 35 in 299AC, placing his birth in 264AC

In addition, we have the following quote from Stannis about his age in relation to Robert’s:
{{Quote|I remember the first time my father took me to court, Robert had to hold my hand. I could not have been older than four, which would have made him five or six.{{Ref|aSoS|54}}}}

This quote shows that while Stannis was 4, Robert could be both 5 and 6. This means that after Stannis turned 4, Robert remained 5 for a while, before turning 6. It is unknown, however, when in the year the namedays fall. There are two scenarios:
* Robert turns 6 the same year Stannis has turned 4, placing Robert’s nameday after Stannis’ nameday in the same year
* Robert turns 6 the year after Stannis has turned 4, placing Robert’s nameday before Stannis’ nameday in the year.
The first option gives an age difference of 2 years, the second option gives an age difference of 1 year.

It is also mentioned by Eddard Stark that Stannis was “a bare year” younger than Robert{{Ref|aGoT|27}}, indicating the two brothers were born a year apart, and not two, eliminating the first option, leaving only the second option.

Davos mentions that Stannis “could not have been much more than twenty” when he had the command at Storm’s End,{{Ref|aCoK|42}} during the Siege, indicating that Stannis had been 20 during the Siege at the eldest, but that he possibly had been younger. The Siege started in late 282AC, lasting into 283AC. If Stannis was 20 years or close to 20 during the Siege, that gives the following options:
* 18 turning 19 in 282AC, placing his birth in 263AC
* 19 turning 20 in 282AC, placing his birth in 262AC
* 18 turning 19 in 283AC, placing his birth in 264AC
* 19 turning 20 in 283AC, placing his birth in 263AC

As seen above, the only two options Stannis had in the first place were {{Date|264}} and {{Date|265}}. This eliminates both 263 AC and 262 AC as options for Stannis, leaving only 264AC, thereby confirming

Making Stannis any younger during the Siege, would be in contrast with Davos’ quote. If Stannis had been born in 265AC, he would only have been 16 or 17 (depending on the timing of his nameday) at the beginning of the Siege, and 17 or 18 at the end of it. Though an age of 18 years can be described as being close to 20, being only 17 years old, or younger, would truly be pushing the limit.

Both the timing of the mentioning of Stannis’ age (the first month or the first half of the second month of 299AC), and Stannis’ age during the Siege for all available options, compared with Davos’ quote, suggests that Stannis has yet to turn 35 in the year 299AC, which would place his birth in 264AC. This means Stannis was only 17 or 18 years old when the Siege at Storm’s End began, and that he was either 18 or 19 when it ended.

Stannis was thus born in {{Date|264}}.

==[[Stannis Seaworth]]==
===Birth===
Stannis is 9 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Stannis is 10 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives Stannis the following options:
* 8 turning 9 in 299AC, and 9 turning 10 in 300AC, placing his birth in 290AC
* 9 turning 10 in 299AC, and 10 turning 11 in 300AC, placing his birth in 289AC

No further specifications can be given. Stannis was thus born in either {{Date|289}} or {{Date|290}}

==[[Steffon Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
Steffon must have been at least 13 years old when his firstborn child was born. Robert, Steffon’s firstborn child, was born in 263 AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robert Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]])''. This means that Steffon was born no later than 13 years prior, in 250AC.

Steffon’s mother Rhaelle must have been at least 13 years old during Steffon’s birth, since he was her eldest child. Rhaelle’s first possible moment of birth was 214AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle Targaryen]])'', meaning that Steffon’s earliest possible moment of birth took place 13 years later, in 227AC.
Steffon Baratheon was born in or between {{Date|227}} and {{Date|250}}.

==[[Steffon Frey]]==
===Birth===
Steffon is the eldest child of Walton Frey. Walton would have been at least 13 years old when Steffon was born. Walton was born no earlier than 250AC, meaning that Steffon cannot have been born earlier than 263AC.

Steffon would be older than his sister Walda Frey by at least a year. Walda Frey was born no later than 281AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walda Frey (Fair Walda)|Walda Frey (Fair Walda)]])'', meaning that Steffon was born at least one year before the latest, thus in 280AC.

Steffon Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|263}} and {{Date|280}}.

==[[Steffon Seaworth]]==
===Birth===
Stefffon is 6 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Steffon is still 6 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That Steffon was 6 during born 299AC and 300AC, means he was 5 turning 6 in 299AC, and 6 turning 7 in 300AC, placing his birth in {{Date|293}}.

==[[Stevron Frey]]==
===Birth===
Stevron is known to have been past 60 in early {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aGoT|59}} giving Stevron a minimum of being 61 years old in {{Date|299}}. Big Walder Frey believes that Stevron was 65 years old when he died in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|35}} If Big Walder is correct in his statement, Stevron has the following options:
* 64 turning 65 in 299AC, placing his birth in 234AC
* 65 turning 66 in 299AC, placing his birth in 233AC

No further specifications can be given. Stevron was thus born in either {{Date|233}} or {{Date|234}}.

''Note: However, Big Walder was also convinced that Stevron’s eldest son Ryman was past 40 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|35}} Stevron’s second born son, Aegon, was judged by Catelyn Stark to have been 50 years old. If Aegon Frey truly s 50 years old, Ryman would be at least one year older, 51, in the last days of {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in 248AC. This shows that even though Big Walder’s statement is correct (being 51 years old is “past 40”), it is by no means exact.''

''If Ryman was indeed at least 51 years old in {{Date|299}}, he would have been born at least in 248AC, while Stevron was 14 or 15 years old. Seeing as how Stevron would have been at a minimum 13 years old at the birth of his first child, it would be possible for Stevron to have indeed been 65 years old when he died in {{Date|299}}.''

''Note: Merrett Frey states that Lord Walder had been grooming Stevron for ruling for 60 years, in early {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}} It is very well possible that Merrett was rounding down the years. Another possibility is that Big Walder was wrong about Stevrons age, as he seems to have been wrong about Rymans age as well.''

==[[Stonesnake]]==
===Birth===
[[Stonesnake]] is near 50 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|51}} “Near 50” shows Stonesneak is 49 years old at the latest, meaning he was born in or after 250AC. Since the term “near” is used, it seems likely that Stonesneak is betweent he age of 46 and 49, placing his birth in or between {{Date|250}} and {{Date|253}}.

==[[Sylva Santagar]]==
===Birth===
Sylva is mentioned to be 23 years old in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aFfC|24}} which gives the following options:
* 22 turning 23 in 300AC, placing her birth in 277AC
* 23 turning 24 in 300AC, placing her birth in 276AC

No further specifications can be given. Sylva was thus born in either {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}}.

==[[Symond Frey]]==
===Birth===
Symond is younger than his sister Lythene by at least one year. Lythene was born the earliest in 251AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])'', meaning that Symonds earliest possible year of birth is 252AC.

Symond is older than his younger brother Danwell by at least one year. Danwell was born in 261AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Danwell Frey|Danwell Frey]])'', meaning that Symond was born no later than one year before, in 260AC.

No further specifications can be given. Symond was thus born in or between {{Date|252}} and {{Date|260}}.

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==[[Taena Merryweather]] (Taena of Myr)==
===Birth===
[[Taena Merryweather|Taena]] is mentioned to have been a decade younger than Cersei Lannister,{{Ref|aFfC|12}} who was born in {{Date|266}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cersei Lannister|Cersei Lannister]])''. This would place Taena’s birth roughly in {{Date|276}}.

It can be said with certainty that Taena would have been at least 13 years old at the birth of her son, Russel. Russel was born in either {{Date|293}} or {{Date|294}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Russel Merryweather|Russel Merryweather]])''. Taena would thus have been 13 years old in 294AC the latest, showing that Taena definitly was born in 281AC, if not before.

==[[Tattered Prince]]==
===Birth===
The [[Tattered Prince]] is said to be past 60 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|25}} That means the Tattered Prince is at least 61 years old, showing that the Tattered Prince was born in either {{Date|239}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Theon Greyjoy]]==
===Birth===
Theon was mentioned to be 19 years old in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|1}}:
* 18 turning 19 in 298AC, placing his birth in 279AC
* 19 turning 20 in 298AC, placing his birth in 278AC

In early {{Date|299}}, Theon mentions he was taken away from Pyke 10 years ago, when he was 10 years old.{{Ref|aCoK|11}} This would make Theon 20 years old in {{Date|299}}:
* 19 turning 20, placing his birth in 279AC
* 20 turning 21, placing his birth in 278AC

No further specifications can be given about Theon. Theon was thus born in either {{Date|278}} or {{Date|279}}.

==[[Therry]]==
===Birth===
[[Therry]] is 14 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|29}} That gives him the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 300AC, placing his birth in 286AC
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing hi sbirth in 285AC

No further specifications can be given. Therry was thus born in {{Date|285}} or {{Date|286}}.

==[[Timett]]==
===Birth===
Timett son of Timett had not yet turned 20 in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|56}} Suggesting he was at the most 19 years old in 298AC, though it is possible he would be turning 20 later that year, which would place his birth in {{Date|278}}. Timett was thus born in {{Date|278}} or later, though it seems Timett is at least 16 years old, leading his own group of warriors, which would place his birth no later than 282AC (15 turning 16 in 298AC). Timett was thus born in or between {{Date|278}} and {{Date|282}}.

==[[Tion Frey]]==
===Birth===
Tion Frey is older by at least a year than his brother Walder, who was born in 285AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey (Red Walder)|Walder Frey (Red Walder)]])''. This means that Tion was born at least 1 year before 285AC, making 284AC last possible year of birth for Tion.

Tion is also at least 1 year younger than his older brother Lyonel ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lyonel Frey|Lyonel Frey]])''. Lyonel was born no earlier than 259AC, meaning that Tion cannot have been born earlier than 1 year after 259AC, making 260AC his first possible year of birth, theoretically.

However, Robb Stark guesses Tions age at 12 or 13, when looking at Tion’s corpse.{{Ref|aSoS|20}} This shows that Tion cannot have been that much older than his younger brother Walder, who was born in 285AC.

In conclusion, Tion’s theoretical range of birth is in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|284}}. In reality Tion cannot have been much older than 15 when he died in {{Date|299}}, making the range of his birth in or between {{Date|279}} and {{Date|284}}, which would place Tion’s age in between 15 and 20 when he died. This because even though Tion must have been at least 15, he was mistaken for a 12 or 13 year old boy. A 20 year old boy most likely won’t be mistaken for a 12 or 13 year old boy, but can be mistaken for a 15 year old.

==[[Tom of Sevenstreams]]==
===Birth===
[[Tom of Sevenstreams|Tom]] is said to be around 50 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|13}} In {{Date|300}}, Tom is said to be either 50 years old or older.{{Ref|aFfC|44}} Being at least 50 in 299AC, places Tom’s birth no later than {{Date|249}}. It is possible he was born a few years before.

==[[Tomard]]==
===Birth===
Tomard is a man near 50 in 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} This shows that Tomard hadn’t turned 50 yet, but he would in a few years. Being 49 years old maximally in This places Tomards birth in or between {{Date|253}} and {{Date|249}}.

==[[Tommen Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
[[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] is younger than his sister by one year.{{Ref|aFfC|21}} Tommen is mentioned to have been 7 years old during 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT|2}} In 299AC, at Joffrey’s nameday tourney, Tommen is mentioned to have been 8 years old.{{Ref|aCoK|2}} In 299AC, after the Battle of the Blackwater, Tommen is described to be 8 years old by his uncle Tyrion.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} In 300AC, after Joffrey’s wedding, Tommen is described to be 8 years old again, this time by his supposed uncle (actual father) Jaime.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}{{Ref|aFfC|8}} Since Tommen is 8 years old in both 299AC and 300AC, he was 7 turning 8 in 299AC, and 8 turning 9 in 300AC. This means that Tommen was born in {{Date|291}}.

==[[Trystane (squire)|Trystane]] (Squire)==
===Birth===
Trystane was 16 years old in 130AC. {{Ref|TPATQ}} That gives him the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 130AC, placing his birth in 114AC
* 16 turning 17 in 130AC, placing his birth in 113AC

No further specifications can be given. Trystane was thus born in either {{Date|113}} or {{Date|114}}.

==[[Trystane Martell]]==
===Birth===
Trystane was 11 years old in {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aCoK|20}} and is 13 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}
Being 11 in {{Date|299}} leaves the following options:
* 10 turning 11, placing his birth in 288AC
* 11 turning 12, placing his birth in 287AC

Being 13 in {{Date|300}} leaves the following options:
* 12 turning 13, placing his birth in 287AC
* 13 turning 14, placing his birth in 286AC

The only overlapping year is 287AC. Trystane was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Tyene Sand]]==
===Birth===
Tyene Sand is described to be 23 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That leaves two options open for Tyene:
* 22 turning 23 in 300AC, placing her birth in 277AC
* 23 turning 24 in 300AC, placing her birth in 276AC

No further specifications can be given. Tyene was thus born in either {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}} has been given.

==[[Tyrek Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Tyrek is judged to be 11 somewhat more than halfway through {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} Tyrek is known to have been 13 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} In {{Date|300}} Tyrek would have been 14, assuming he’s still alive.{{Ref|aFfC|27}} Being 11 in 298AC, 13 in 299AC and 14 in 300AC is only possible if Tyrek was:
* 11 turning 12 in {{Date|298}}
* 12 turning 13 in {{Date|299}}
* 13 turning 14 in {{Date|300}}

This places Tyreks birth in the year {{Date|286}}.

==[[Tyrion Lannister]]==
===Birth===
It is known that Tyrion had turned 23 by {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|31}}, showing that Tyrion 23 or older in 298AC:
* 22 turning 23 in 298AC, which places his birth in 275AC
This shows that Tyrion cannot have been born ''after'' 275AC. However, it is possible that Tyrion was born ''before'' 275AC, as that would make him older than 23 in 298AC.

In 300AC, Tyrion tells he was 10 years old in 283AC,{{Ref|aDwD|22}} given the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 283AC, placing his birth in 273AC
* 10 turning 11 in 283AC, placing his birth in 272AC

No further specifications can be given. Tyrion was thus born in either {{Date|272}} or {{Date|273}}.

''Note: Oberyn Martell gives several accounts of having met Tyrion Lannister shortly after Tyrions birth. He states that Jaime and Cersei Lannister were “8 or 9 years old”,{{Ref|aSoS|38}} but with Tyrions two options of 272AC and 273AC, combined with the birth of Jaime and Cersei in 266AC, it can be seen that in truth, Cersei and Jaime would have been either 5 years old (5 turning 6 in 272AC), 6 years old (5 turning 6 in 272AC or 6 turning 7 in 273AC) or 7 years old (6 turning 7 in 273AC). This shows that Oberyn’s account is rather untrustworthy, and cannot be used to narrow down Tyrion's birth year.''

==[[Tysane Frey]]==
===Birth===
Tysanne has been mentioned to have been 7 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 7 years old in both 299AC and 300AC means she was 6 turning 7 in 299AC, and 7 turning 8 in 300AC, placing her birth in {{Date|292}}.

==[[Tysha]]==
===Birth===
Tysha was “scarcely a year older” than Tyrion,{{Ref|aGoT|42}} who was born in either 272AC or 273AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion Lannister]])''. This places Tysha’s birth in either {{Date|271}} or {{Date|272}}.

==[[Tyta Frey]]==
===Birth===
Tyta Frey was mentioned to be 29 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This gives Tyta the following options:
* 28 turning 29 in 299AC, placing her birth in 270AC
* 29 turning 30 in 299AC, placing her birth in 269AC

No further specifications can be given. She was thus born in either {{Date|269}} or {{Date|270}}.

==[[Tytos Frey]]==
===Birth===
Tytos would have been at least 13 years old when his firstborn child Zia was born. Zia was born in 285AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Zia Frey|Zia Frey]])'', meaning that Tytos last possible year of birth was 13 years prior, thus 272AC.

Tytos’ father Jared would have been at least 13 years old when his firstborn child was born. Tytos is Jared’s firstborn child. Jared’s earliest possible year of birth in 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])'', meaning that Tytos’ earliest possible year of birth was 13 years later, in 261AC.

Tytos Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|261}} and {{Date|272}}.

==[[Tytos Lannister]]==
===Birth===
[[Tytos Lannister]]s eldest child was born in 242AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tywin Lannister|Tywin Lannister]])''. Tytos would have been at least 13 years old when Tywin was born, meaning that Tytos was born no later than {{Date|229}}.

===Death===
Tytos died when Cersei Lannister was one year old.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Cersei Lannister was born in {{Date|266}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cersei Lannister|Cersei Lannister]])''. This would place Tytos’ death in either:
* 267AC, with Cersei having been 0 turning 1
* 268AC, with Cersei having been 1 turning 2

No further specifications can be given, though with the fact of Cersei Lannisters nameday occurring rather early in the year, the year {{Date|267}} seems most likely Tytos’ year of death.

==[[Tywin Frey (son of Raymund)]]==
===Birth===
In late {{Date|299}}, Tywin has not yet been born. In early {{Date|300}}, Tywin has been born. No specifications can be given, meaning he was born either in late {{Date|299}}, or early {{Date|300}}.

==[[Tywin Frey]] (son of Cleos)==
===Birth===
Tywin has been mentioned to have been 11 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 12 in {{Date|300}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}. Being 11 in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 10 turning 11, placing his birth in 288AC
* 11 turning 12, placing his birth in 287AC

Being 12 in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 11 turning 12, placing his birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13, placing his birth in 287AC

No further specifications can be given. Tywin was born in either {{Date|287}} or {{Date|288}}.

==[[Tywin Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Tywin Lannister is said to have been 10 when his sister Genna was 7.{{Ref|aFfC|33}}
Tywin was also describes as having been in his mid-fifties in {{Date|298 }},{{Ref|aGoT|56}} indicating Tywin, in {{Date|298}}, is between the age of 53 and 57, placing his birth in or between the years 241AC and 245AC.

In addition, Tywin was 20 years old when he was named Hand of the King by King Aerys in {{Date|262}}.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This means that Tywin was either:
• 19 turning 20 in 262AC, placing his birth in 242AC
• 20 turning 21 in 262AC, placing his birth in 241AC
This shows that Tywin was born in either 241AC or 242AC.

When Tywin was 10 years old, his sister Genna was 7, and her husband-to-be was 14.{{Ref|aFfC|33}}
Tywin’s two possible years of birth give Tywin the following moments for being 10 years old:
* Having been born in 241AC
** 9 turning 10 in 251AC
** 10 turning 11 in 252AC
* Having been born in 242AC
** 9 turning 10 in 252AC
** 10 turning 11 in 253AC

Comparing this to the moments where Genna Lannister could have been 7 years old ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Genna Lannister|Genna Lannister]])'' while her husband-to-bewas 14 years old:
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 253AC
** 6 turning 7 in 253AC
** 7 turning 8 in 253AC
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 254AC
** 6 turning 7 in 254AC
** 7 turning 8 in 254AC
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 255AC
** 6 turning 7 in 255AC
** 7 turning 8 in 255AC
The overlapping year is 253AC. For Tywin, this means that he was 10 turning 11 in 253AC, placing his birth in 242AC.

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==[[Utherydes Wayn]]==
===Birth===
[[Utherydes Wayn]] is of an age with Hoster Tully, in {{Date|299}} {{Ref|aCoK|39}} who was born in or between 237AC and 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hoster Tully|Hoster Tully]])''. That would place Utherydes’ birth roughly in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}} as well.

==[[Uthor Underleaf]]==
===Birth===
Uthor is about 10 years older that Duncan the Tall.{{Ref|TMK}} Duncan the Tall was born in either {{Date|191}}, {{Date|192}} or {{Date|193}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Duncan the Tall|Duncan the Tall]])'', meaning that Uthor was born around {{Date|181}}, {{Date|182}} or {{Date|183}}.

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==[[Valarr Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] was the firstborn son of Baelor Breakspear, who was born in 169AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. Baelor would have been at least 13 years old when Valarr was born, meaning that Valarr cannot have been born before 182AC.
Valarr participated in a tourney in 209AC. With the minimum age of 15, Valarr cannot have been born after 194AC.

Valarr Targaryen was thus born in or between {{Date|182}} and {{Date|194}}.

''Note: Valarr gave his father his armour to wear for the Trial of Seven in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} Since Valarr’s armour fitted Baelor without any problems, it can be assumed that Valarr was somewhat older than 15, giving a minimum of 18, the age of an adult in real life. Having been at least 18 years old in 209AC places Valarrs birth in 291AC the latest.''

==[[Vardis Egen]]==
===Birth===
Vardis Egen is judged to be 15 years older than Bronn,{{Ref|aGoT|40}} who was born in or between 264AC and 268AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Bronn|Bronn]])''. This means that Ser Vardis was born in or between {{Date|249}} and {{Date|253}}, roughly.

==[[Viserys I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]] has been mentioned to have been 43 years old in 120AC. This leaves the following options for Viserys:
* 42 turning 43 in 120AC, placing his birth in 77AC
* 43 turning 44 in 120AC, placing his birth in 76AC

Viserys has also been mentioned to have been 52 years old in 129AC. This leaves the following options for Viserys:
* 51 turning 52 in 129AC, placing his birth in 77AC
* 52 turning 53 in 129AC, placing his birth in 76AC

No further indication can be given. Viserys was born in either {{Date|76}} or {{Date|77}}.

==[[Viserys III Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Viserys III Targaryen|Viserys]] has been mentioned to have been 8 years old in 284AC, when he and his mother fled King’s Landing. This leaves the following options for Viserys:
* 7 turning 8 in 283AC, placing his birth in 275AC
* 8 turning 9 in 283AC, placing his birth in 274AC

No further indication can be given. Viserys was born in either {{Date|274}} or {{Date|275}}.

==[[Visenya Targaryen]] (sister of Aegon I)==
[[Visenya Targaryen]] has been mentioned to have been “a year or two” older than her brother Aegon,<ref name=TargDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions/]</ref> who has been mentioned to have been born in 27BC.{{Ref|twoiaf}} This means that Visenya was born in either [[Years before Aegon's Conquest#Year 28 Before the Conquest|28BC]] or [[Years before Aegon's Conquest#Year 29 Before the Conquest|29BC]].

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==[[Waif]]==
===Birth===
The [[Waif]] from the House of Black and White is 36 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|22}} This gives the following options:
* 35 turning 36 in 300AC, placing her birth in 264AC
* 36 turning 37 in 300AC, placing her birth in 263AC

No further specifications can be given. The Waif was thus born in either {{Date|263}} or {{Date|264}}.

==[[Walda Frey (daughter of Edwyn)]]==
Walda has been mentioned to have been 8 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 9 in {{Date|300}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}. Being 8 in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 7 turning 8, placing her birth in 291AC
* 8 turning 9, placing her birth in 290AC

Being 9 in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 8 turning 9, placing her birth in 291AC
* 9 turning 10, placing her birth in 290AC

No further specifications can be given. Walda was born in either {{Date|290}} or {{Date|291}}.

==[[Walda Frey (daughter of Lothar)]]==
===Birth===
Walda has been mentioned to have been 4 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 5 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 4 years old in {{Date|299}} and 5 years old in {{Date|300}}, gives her the following options:
* 3 turning 4 in 299AC, and 4 turning 5 in 300AC, placing her birth in 295AC
* 4 turning 5 in 299AC, and 5 turning 6 in 300AC, placing her birth in 294AC

No further specifications can be given. Walda was born in either {{Date|294}} or {{Date|295}}.

==[[Fair Walda Frey|Walda Frey (Fair Walda)]]==
===Birth===
Fair Walda is mentioned, in late {{Date|299}}, to soon be nineteen years old.{{Ref|aSoS|51}} This suggests that Walda will either be turning 19 in the last few weeks of {{Date|299}}, or in {{Date|300}}.
Turning 19 in {{Date|299}} would place her birth in 280AC, turning 19 in {{Date|300}} would place her birth in 281AC. No further specifications can be given.

Fair Walda was thus born in either {{Date|280}} or {{Date|281}}.

==[[Fat Walda Frey|Walda Frey]] (Fat Walda)==
===Birth===
Walda has been mentioned to have been 15 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This leaves two options for Walda:
* 14 turning 15 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 284AC
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. Walda was born in either {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}.

==[[White Walda Frey|Walda Frey]] (White Walda)==
===Birth===
Walda has been mentioned to have been 10 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 11 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}. Being 10 years old in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 9 turning 10, placing her birth in 289AC
* 10 turning 11, placing her birth in 288AC

Being 11 in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 10 turning 11, placing her birth in 289AC
* 11 turning 12, placing her birth in 288AC

No further specifications can be given. Walda was born in either {{Date|288}} or {{Date|289}}.

==[[Walda Rivers]]==
===Birth===
[[Walda Rivers|Walda]] is judged to be no older than 4 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|49}} That gives her the following options:
* 3 turning 4 in 299AC, placing her birth in 295AC
* 4 turning 5 in 299AC, placing her birth in 294AC

No further specifications can be given. Walda was thus born in either {{Date|294}} or {{Date|295}}.

==[[Walder Brax]]==
===Birth===
Walder has been mentioned to have been 6 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 6 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 5 turning 6 in {{Date|299}}, and 6 turning 7 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 293AC

Walder was thus born in {{Date|293}}.

==[[Black Walder Frey|Walder Frey (Black Walder)]]==
===Birth===
Black Walder is the second born son of Ryman Frey. He’s younger than Edwyn Frey, but older than Petyr Frey.
Younger brother Petyr was born in {{Date|281}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Frey|Petyr Frey]])'', meaning that Black Walder was born at least one year before, in 280AC. 280AC is thus Walders last possible moment of birth.
Older brother Edwyn was born in 259AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Edwyn Frey|Edwyn Frey]])''. This means that Walder cannot have been born earlier than 1 year later than Edwyn, thus in 260AC.

Black Walder was thus born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|280}}.

==[[Big Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] (Big Walder)==
===Birth===
Big Walder is 52 days older than Little Walder.{{Ref|aCoK|4}} Both children are 8 years old in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aDwD|12}} and when Catelyn Stark accepts them as wards, Big Walder had already turned 8, and Little Walder is still 7.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}
Being 8 years old in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 7 turning 8, born in 292AC
* 8 turning 9, born in 291AC

It is unknown whether Catelyn Stark accepts the two boys in {{Date|298}} or in {{Date|299}}. If Big Walder was accepted as ward at the age of 8, for both years the options would become:
* In 298AC, 7 turning 8, born in 290AC
* In 298AC, 8 turning 9, born in 289AC
* In 299AC, 7 turning 8, born in 291AC
* In 299AC, 8 turning 9, born in 290AC

For Big Walder, the elder of the two boys, the only year lining up is 291AC. Big Walder Frey was thus born in 291AC. This also means that Walder was accepted as a ward by Catelyn in {{Date|299}}, placing everything that happens after the Twins in {{Date|299}}.

==[[Little Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] (Little Walder)==
===Birth===
Little Walder Frey is 52 days younger than cousin Big Walder.{{Ref|aCoK|4}} Both children are 8 years old in {{Date|300}}, and when Catelyn Stark accepts them as wards, Big Walder had already turned 8, and Little Walder is still 7.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} In {{Date|300}}, Little Walder is 8 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|12}} In addition, before the year {{Date|300}} has ended, Little Walder has turned 9.{{Ref|aDwD|51}}

Big Walder was born in 291AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey (Big Walder)|Walder Frey (Big Walder)]])''. This means that Little Walder must have been born in 291AC as well, since there are more than 52 days between Catelyn accepting the two boys as wards, and the first day of {{Date|300}} taking place.

In addition, Little Walder’s year of birth can be proven on it’s own. Little Walder is mentioned to be both 8{{Ref|aDwD|12}} and 9{{Ref|aDwD|51}} in {{Date|300}}, showing that he was 8 turning 9 in {{Date|300}}, and thus confirming he was born in 291AC.

==[[Red Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] (Red Walder)==
===Birth===
Walder has been mentioned to have been 14 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}. Being 14 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 13 turning 14 in {{Date|299}}, and 14 turning 15 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|285}}.

==[[Walder Frey]]==
===Birth===
In {{Date|298}}, [[Walder Frey]] is mentioned to be taking a new wife upon his 90th nameday.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} At this point, Walder is still 89 years old. When Catelyn Stark visits the Twins, Walder has turned 90.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} This event takes place in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey (Big Walder)|Walder Frey (Big Walder Frey)]])''.

When riding towards the Twins for the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, it is stated that Lord Walder is now (299AC) 91 years old.{{Ref|aSoS|49}} Being 89 in 298AC and both 90 and 91 in 299AC can only be if Walder had been 89 turning 90 in 298AC, and 90 turning 91 in 299AC. Lord Walder Frey was thus born in {{Date|208}}.

In addition, it is known that the Mystery Knight, which takes place in {{Date|212}}, features a 4 year old Walder Frey.{{Ref|TMK}}

As a second addition, Lord Walder is mentioned to be turning 92 “soon” in early {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}

==[[Walder Goodbrook]]==
===Birth===
Walder has been mentioned to have been 9 in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 9 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 8 turning 9 in {{Date|299}}, and 9 turning 10 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Walder Haigh]]==
===Birth===
Walder has been mentioned to have been 4 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}, and 5 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 4 in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 295AC
* 4 turning 5, placing his birth in 294AC

Being 5 in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 4 turning 5, placing his birth in 295AC
* 5 turning 6, placing his birth in 294AC

No further specifications can be given. Walder was thus born in either {{Date|294}} or {{Date|295}}.

==[[Walder Vance]]==
===Birth===
Walder is a squire in {{Date|299}}, meaning he would minimally have been turning 5 in {{Date|299}}. That would make his last possible year of birth 294AC.

Walders mother was born in 249AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Maegelle Frey|Maegelle Frey]])''. Since Walder is the second child of his mother, his mother would have been at least 14 years old when he was born, meaning that Walder’s first possible year of birth was 14 years after 249AC, placing his birth in 263AC the earliest, theoretically.

''Note: Walder’s sister is at least one year older than him, and she’s still a maiden unwed in {{Date|300}}, suggesting she’s still rather young, which would mean that Walder is still young as well in {{Date|300}}.''

Walder was thus born in or between {{Date|263}} and {{Date|294}}.

==[[Walton Frey]]==
===Birth===
Walton is younger by at least a year than his sister Maegelle. Maegelle was born in 249AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Maegelle Frey|Maegelle Frey]])'', meaning that Walton Frey’s first possible year of birth is 250AC.

Walton would have been at least 13 years old when his eldest child was born, and thus at least 14 when his second child was born. Walda Frey (Fair Walda) is Walton’s second born child. She was born in either 280AC or 281AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walda Frey (Fair Walda)|Walda Frey (Fair Walda)]])''. Walton would have been at least 14 at her birth, meaning that the youngest he could have been, was 14 in 281AC, which would place his birth in 267AC.

Walton Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|250}} and {{Date|267}}.

==[[Waltyr Frey]]==
===Birth===
Waltyr was 10 years old in both 299AC and 300AC. {{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 10 years old in both 299AC and 300AC means that Waltyr was 9 turning 10 in {{Date|299}}, and 10 turning 11 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Waymar Royce]]==
=== Birth===
Ser Waymar is 18 years old in 297AC. Being 18 in 297AC gives his two options:
* Being 17 turning 18 in 297AC, placing his birth in 279AC
* Being 18 turning 19 in 297AC, placing his birth in 278AC

No further indication can be given on Waymar. He was born in either {{Date|278}} or {{Date|279}}.

===Death===
During the Tourney of the Hand in 298AC, Sansa Stark mentions that she met Ser Raymar Royce and his father when they visited Winterfell, on their way to the Wall. The timeframe Sansa mentions was 2 years ago.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} During the prologue of ''A Game of Thrones'', Ser Waymar has been on the Wall for almost half a year.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} The time in between Sansa remembering having met the Royces (during the Tourney of the Hand), and one of Ser Warmar's fellow rangers getting decapitated (during [[A Game of Thrones]], Bran I), seems to have been at least 7 months, since King Robert visited Winterfell for at least one month, and the journey from Winterfell to King's Landing, and thus also from King's Landing to Winterfell, took about 2 months each. Robert cannot have left for Winterfell until 2 weeks after Joffrey’s 12th nameday (since he didn't leave until Jon Arryn had died, and Jon Arryn died a fortnight after Joffrey's nameday), which is known to have taken place in {{Date|298}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]] calculation)'', although most likely more time passed in between Jon Arryn’s death and Robert leaving for Winterfell, seeing as how Cersei and her children were not in King's Landing when Jon Arryn died (they were making a tour to Casterly Rock), but they were present in the royal party. Naturally, some weeks passed in between arriving at King's Landing and the Tourney of the Hand, which are guessed at the lower bar of 1 month.

Thus Sansa Stark remembers a while into the second half of 298AC that she met the Royces 2 years prior, placing their visit to Winterfell into the second half of 296AC. With Waymar dying after spending half a year on the Wall, Waymar's death thus occured in {{Date|297}}.

==[[Weasel]]==
===Birth===
Weasel was found in the Riverlands in {{Date|299}}. She was no older than 2.{{Ref|aCoK|9}}
Weasel being 2 in {{Date|299}} gives her the following options:
* 1 turning 2 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in {{Date|297}}
* 2 turning 3 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in {{Date|296}}

No further specifications can be given. Weasel was thus born in either {{Date|296}} or {{Date|297}}.

==[[Wendel Frey]]==
===Birth===
Wendel was 13 years old in both 299AC and 300AC. {{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 13 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means that Wendel was 12 turning 13 in {{Date|299}}, and 13 turning 14 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|286}}.

==[[Wendel Manderly]]==
===Birth===
Wendel is the second born son of Wyman Manderly. He is at least one year older than Catelyn Tully,{{Ref|aGoT|55}} which would place his birth in {{Date|263}} at the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])''.
Wendels father Wyman was born in {{Date|239}} the earliest. Since Wyman would have been at least 14 years old at the birth of his eldest son, he would have been at least 15 years old at the birth of his youngest son. This would place Wendels birth no earlier than {{Date|254}}.

Wendel was thus born in or between {{Date|254}} and {{Date|263}}.

==[[Wex Pyke]]==
===Birth===
[[Wex Pyke|Wex]] was 12 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|24}} This leaves the following options for Wex:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, and thus 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, and thus 13 turning 14 in 300AC, placing his birth in 286AC

In {{Date|300}}, Davos meets Wex. He guesses Wex to be 14 or 15 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|29}} As the two options above show, Wex would be either 13 or 14 in {{Date|300}}. Comparing that to Davos’ estimations, Wex seems to have been 14 years old in {{Date|300}}, eliminating the first option, and placing Wex’s birth in {{Date|286}}.

==[[Whalen Frey]]==
===Birth===
Whalen Frey is younger than Jammos Frey by at least one year. Jammos was born no earlier than 266AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jammos Frey|Jammos Frey]])'', meaning that one year later, 267AC, is the first possible birth year of for Whalen.

Whalen is older than his sister Morya Frey by at least one year. The last possible year of birth of Morya is 269AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Morya Frey|Morya Frey]])'', making Whalens last possible year of birth one year before, in 268AC.

No further specifications can be given. Whalen was thus born in either {{Date|267}} or {{Date|268}}.

==[[Willem Darry]]==
===Death===
Willem Darry fell sick when Daenerys Targaryen was 5 years old.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Daenerys was born in 284AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]])'', which means that Willem fell sick in either 289AC or 290AC, as Daenerys would have been 5 years old in both years.
It is unknown how long Willem was sick before he died, though it is stated that he died soon after.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Thus it can be stated that Willem died in {{Date|289}} or {{Date|290}}, roughly.

==[[Willamen Frey|Willamen]] (Frey)==
Willem is an older brother of Olyvar and Roslin, and a younger brother of Benfrey and Perwyn.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} This means that Willamen was born at least one year before Olyvar, who was born in 281AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Olyvar Frey|Olyvar Frey]])'', meaning that Willamen was born no later than 280AC.

Willamen is younger than Benfrey and Perwyn. Perwyn was born no earlier than 270AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])'', and Benfrey was born no earlier than 271AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Benfrey Frey|Benfrey Frey]])'', meaning that Willamen, who comes next, was born no earlier than 272AC.

No further specifications can be given. Willamen was thus born in or between {{Date|272}} and {{Date|280}}.

==[[Willas Tyrell]]==
===Birth===
Willas Tyrell is the eldest son of Mace Tyrell and Alerie Hightower. With Mace Tyrell being born in {{Date|256}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Mace Tyrell|Mace Tyrell]])'', and second son Garlan being born to Mace in either {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}}, Willas will have been born in between 269AC (when Mace would have been 13 years old) and 276AC (one year before Garlans maximal birth year).

Willas is said to twice the age of Sansa Stark.{{Ref|aSoS|16}} Sansa, at that moment, is 12. Since Garlan was 22 years old at that time, Willas would have been 23 years old (one year older than Garlan) or older.

Being exactly twice Sansa’s age would make him 24 years old, and keeping an error marge in mind, he could have been 25 years old as well. Willas is considered a bit too old for Sansa by his grandmother, suggesting the age difference is reaching its limit.
Mace Tyrell was born in {{Date|256}}. Mace’s wife Alerie is known to be younger than her husband,{{Ref|aSoS|19}} meaning that she was born no earlier than {{Date|257}}. Being at least 13 years old during the birth of her first child, 270AC is the absolute earliest that Willas could have been born.

All in all, nothing more can be said about Willas’ age, so the conclusion is that he was born between {{Date|270}} and {{Date|276}}.

==[[Willem Frey]]==
===Birth===
Willem has been mentioned to have been 9 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 10 in {{Date|300}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}. Being 9 in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 8 turning 9, placing his birth in 290AC
* 9 turning 10, placing his birth in 289AC

Being 10 in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 9 turning 10, placing his birth in 290AC
* 10 turning 11, placing his birth in 289AC

No further specifications can be given. Willem was born in either {{Date|289}} or {{Date|290}}.

==[[Willem Lannister]]==
===Birth===
[[Willem Lannister|Willem]] was judged to have been 12 or 13 years old in {{Date|299}} by Robb Stark.{{Ref|aSoS|20}} That gives Willem the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing his birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, placing his birth in 286AC
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing his birth in 285AC

No further specifications can be given. Willem was thus born in or between {{Date|285}} and {{Date|287}}

==[[Willow Heddle]]==
===Birth===
[[Willow]] is 10 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|37}} That gives her the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 300AC, placing her birth in 290AC
* 10 turning 11 in 300AC, placing her birth in 289AC

No further specifications can be given. Willow was born in either {{Date|289}} or {{Date|290}}.

==[[Wylis Manderly]]==
===Birth===
Wylis Manderly is the eldest son of Wyman Manderly, and older than Catelyn Tully, as is his younger brother Wendel.{{Ref|aGoT|55}} That both brothers are older than Catelyn, means that the youngest could have been born one year before Catelyn, the earliest. Since Wylis is older than his brother, that would place his birth no later than two years before Catelyn, who was born in {{Date|264}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])''. This means that Wylis was born in {{Date|262}} the latest.

Since Wylis’ father Wyman was born in {{Date|239}} the earliest, and Wyman would have been at least 13 years old at Wylis’ birth, Wylis cannot have been born any earlier than {{Date|252}}.

Wylis was thus born in or between {{Date|252}} and {{Date|262}}

==[[Wylla Manderly]]==
===Birth===
[[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]] looked to be no older than 15 to Davos Seaworth in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|19}} In 300AC, Wylla was indeed 15 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Wylla was born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Wyman Manderly]]==
===Birth===
Wyman was near 60 in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|55}} This means that in {{Date|298}}, Wyman was 59 years old at the latest. This would place his birth no earlier than {{Date|239}}.

Wymans eldest son Wylis was born no later than {{Date|262}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Wylis Manderly|Wylis Manderly]])''. Wyman would have been at least 13 years old when Wylis was born, meaning that Wyman would have been at least 13 years old in {{Date|262}}, placing his birth no later than {{Date|249}}.

However, "near 60" suggests that Wyman is closer to 60 than to 50, showing that he is at least 56. Being 55 turning 56 in 298AC at his youngest, would place Wymans birth in 242AC. Thus Wyman was born no later than 242AC.

Wyman was thus born in or between {{Date|239}} and {{Date|242}}.

==[[Wynafryd Manderly]]==
===Birth===
Wynafryd is 19 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 18 turning 19 in 300AC, placing her birth in 281AC
* 19 turning 20 in 300AC, placing her birth in 280AC

No further specifications can be given. Wynafryd was thus born in either {{Date|280}} or {{Date|281}}.

==[[Wynton Stout]]==
===Birth===
[[Wynton Stout|Wynton]] has been a ranger of the Night’s Watch for 80 years in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|48}} It is unknown how old he was when he became a ranger, meaning that the most specific year that can be given for his birth, is “before {{Date|219}}”.

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==[[Ygritte]]==
===Birth===
[[Ygritte]] claims to be three years older than Jon Snow.{{Ref|aSoS|15}}{{Ref|aSoS|26}} Jon Snow was born in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow|Jon Snow]])'', placing Ygritte’s birth in {{Date|280}}.

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==[[Zachery Frey]]==
===Birth===
Zachery has been mentioned to have been 12 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 12 years odl in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 11 turning 12 in {{Date|299}}, and 12 turning 13 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Zia Frey]]==
===Birth===
Zia has been mentioned to have been 14 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 14 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 13 turning 14 in {{Date|299}}, and 14 turning 15 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|285}}.

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=See also=
* Are you a contributor to the ''wiki of ice and fire'', or just simply ''a forum of ice and fire''-user and would you like to discuss anything on this page? Go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations to determine when certain events took place can be found [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|here]]

==References==
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'''Due to editing issues caused by the length of the calculations, the list is divided into four pages. Use the navigation box, or navigate here to [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages|page 1]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]] or [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)|page 4]]. You are currently on page 2.'''

In the main series and novellas, George R.R. Martin does not state specifically in which year a character has been born or has died. This page lists the calculations to determine such years, years of birth mostly, but also years of death at times, as specific as is possible, for all characters for all this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''A Song of Ice and Fire''.

'''The Method''': The calculations have been made with a few simple rules.
*'''1''': A character, both male and female, will be at least 13 years old at the birth of his or her first born child. This age is chosen because of the marriages known in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' (Maegor I got married at the age of 13, Princess Helaena Targaryen was 13 years old, Sansa Stark, though still 12 years old, would turn 13 in only a few days, placing her marriage in the year she would turn 13) and because of simple biology, looking at the fertility of both boys and girls.
*'''2''': When discussing siblings, it is assumed that there will be more than 9 months in between the births. Though technically siblings can differ only 9 months in age, this would require the mother to become pregnant within days of having given birth. It is assumed that the mother was allowed a short period of recovery after having given birth, and thus that siblings will be born at least 1 year (12 months) apart. This is only when discussing full-blood siblings. Siblings with the same father, but with a different mother, won't have this issue.

The characters are listed alphabetically, using full names. Maesters (like Maester Aemon), will also be listed alphabetically under their first names, but not under their last names, since they set aside their family name upon becoming a maester. Their full names as they had received at birth will be behind their Maester name between parentheses.
Names that belong to several characters (for example, the name Walder Frey) will be listed alphabetically, but will have their nickname listed after their birth name, so they can be distinguished.

For calculations on placings of events, see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|Calculations of Events]].

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==[[Eddara Tallhart]]==
===Birth===
Eddara was 9 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}
* 8 turning 9 in 299AC, placing her birth in 290AC
* 9 turning 10 in 299AC, placing her birth in 289AC

No further specifications can be given. Eddara was thus born in either {{Date|289}} or {{Date|290}}.

==[[Eddard Stark]]==
===Birth===
Ned Stark is 35 years old in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|1}}. That gives Ned two options:
* 34 turning 35, placing his birth in 263AC
* 35 turning 36, placing his birth in 262AC

In addition, Eddard Stark is known to haven been 18 years old in {{Date|281}}, the Year of the False Spring,{{Ref|aGoT|58}} giving Eddard the same options as above:
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 263AC
* 18 turning 19, placing his birth in 262AC

No further specifications can be given. Eddard was born in either {{Date|262}} or {{Date|263}}.

===Death===
Eddard Stark was still alive when the Battle of the Whispering Wood was being fought. This battle occured in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Five Kings|War of the Five Kings (Battle of the Whispering Wood)]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Five Kings|War of the Five Kings (Execution of Eddard Stark)]]. Since Ned was still alive during this battle, his death occured after.

Eddard thus died in {{Date|299}}

==[[Edmund Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
[[Edmund Blackwood|Edmund]] is 12 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} This gives Edmund the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

No further specifications can be given. Edmund was thus born in either {{Date|287}} or {{Date|288}}.

==[[Edmure Tully]]==
===Birth===
Edmure is the youngest child of Hoster Tully. He is younger than both his sisters, Catelyn and Lysa. Lysa was younger than Catelyn, and was born in 266AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lysa Tully|Lysa Tully]])''. This means that Edmure, being younger than Lysa, cannot have been born before 267AC. 267AC is thus Edmure’s earliest possible year of birth.

In 282AC, Edmure was a squire to Brandon Stark in his duel against Petyr Baelish.{{Ref|aGoT|40}} It is known that, while squire's are usually somewhat older, even boys as young as 5 or 6 can be a squire in certain occasions (with as example Duncan the Tall as the squire of Ser Arlan of Pennytree). This shows that Edmure would have been born no later than {{Date|277}} (282 – 5 years of age = {{Date|274}}).

No further specifications can be given. Edmure was thus born in or between {{Date|267}} and {{Date|277}}.

''Note: In 299AC, upon seeing her brother, Catelyn Tully remarks how Edmure is still a young man. With Edmure being born in between {{Date|274}} and {{Date|267}}, he would be between the ages of 25 and 32 in {{Date|299}}. Catelyn’s remark seems to push Edmure’s age closer to 25 than to 32 in 299 AC, though Edmure’s exact age cannot be said with certainty, since his sister Lysa, at the age of 33, is also still considered young.''

==[[Edric Dayne]]==
===Birth===
[[Edric Dayne|Edric]] is guessed by Arya Stark to be 10 or 12 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|34}} Edric admits that he is indeed 12 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|43}} That gives Edric the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing his birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, placing his birth in 286AC

In 300AC, Edric is still 12 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That shows that Edric cannot have been 12 turning 13 in 299AC, eliminating option 286AC, and thus confirms that Edric was 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing his birth in 287AC.

Edric was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Edric Storm]]==
===Birth===
Edric Storm is said to be “around Bran’s age” in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}}, when Bran has already turned 8.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} In {{Date|299}}, Edric is said to have been seven or eight years old.{{Ref|aCoK|45}}

Edric Storm was conceived during the wedding of Stannis Baratheon and Selyse Florent{{Ref|aCoK|}}. Since Shireen Baratheon was born during the marriage, Edric would thus be at least Shireens age, if not older. Shireen Baratheon was born in 289AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Shireen Baratheon|Shireen Baratheon]])''. This means that Edric was born in 289AC the latest as well, if not earlier (it is unknown when Stannis and Selyse got married, and how many years into the marriage Shireen was conceived).

Devan Seaworth is older than Edric Storm.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} Devan was born in either 287AC or 288AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Devan Seaworth|Devan Seaworth]])''. This means that the earliest that Edric could have been born, was the same year as Devan’s earliest option, but only later in the year. This would make 287AC the earliest that Edric could have been born.

Edric is stated to have been 12 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That would give him the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing his birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, placing his birth in 286AC

Since Edric having been born in 286AC would make him older than Devan Seaworth, that option isn’t a possibility, and is thus eliminated. The only option that remains is 287AC.

Edric was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Edwyn Frey]]==
===Birth===
[[Edwyn Frey|Edwyns]] father Ryman Frey was born in either 246AC, 247AC or 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Ryman Frey|Ryman Frey]])''. Ryman would have been at least 13 years old when Edwyn was born. With 246AC as the earliest possible year of birth for Ryman, Edwyn was born no earlier than 13 years later, in 259AC.

Edwyn himself was at least 13 years old when his daughter was born. His daughter Walda was born in either 290AC or 291AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walda Frey (daughter of Edwyn)|Walda Frey]])''. With 291AC as the last possible year of birth for Walda, Edwyn would have been born at least 13 years prior, in 278AC

No further specifications can be given. Edwyn Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|259}} or {{Date|278}}.

==[[Elder Brother]]==
===Birth===
[[Elder Brother]] is known to have been 44 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} That gives the following options:
* 43 turning 44 in 300AC, placing his birth in 256AC
* 44 turning 45 in 300AC, placing his birth in 255AC

No further specifications can be given. Elder Brother was born in either {{Date|255}} or {{Date|256}}.

==[[Eldon Estermont]]==
===Birth===
[[Eldon Estermont|Eldon]] is roughly 70 years old in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aFfC|24}} which indicates he was roughly between the ages of 68 and 72. This places his birth in or between {{Date|228}} and {{Date|232}}.

==[[Eleanor Mooton]]==
===Birth===
Eleanor is 13 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing her birth in 287AC
* 13 turning 14 in 300AC, placing her birth in 286AC

No further specifications can be given. Eleanor was thus born in either {{Date|286}} or {{Date|287}}.

==[[Eleyna Westerling]]==
===Birth===
[[Eleyna Westerling|Eleyna]] is near Sansa Starks age in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|14}} Sansa, at that time, is 12 years old, making Eleyna around 12 years old as well in 299AC. It is known that Eleyna is 12 years old in 299AC as well.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing her birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, placing her birth in 286AC

Eleyna is still 12 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} This eliminates the second option (with her birth in 286AC), leaving only the option of 287AC as Eleyna’s birth year.

Eleyna was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Elia Martell]]==
===Birth===
Elia Martell was a year oldern than her brother Oberyn.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} Doran Martell was 9 years old when his sister Elia was born, and has mentioned that their brother Oberyn was born 10 years after him.{{Ref|aFfC|2}} That between Oberyn and Doran are exactly 10 years, shows that between Doran and Elia are exactly 9 years. Doran Martell was born in either 247AC or 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Doran Martell|Doran Martell]])''. This gives Elia the following options:
* With Doran born in 247AC, Elia was born in 256AC
* With Doran born in 248AC, Elia was born in 257AC

No further specifications can be given. Elia Martell was thus born in either {{Date|256}} or {{Date|257}}.

===Death===
Elia died during the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. The Sack of King's Landing occured in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Sack of King's Landing|Sack of King's Landing]])''. Elia thus died in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Elia Sand]]==
===Birth===
Elia Sand is mentioned to be 14 years old during {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|38}} That leaves two options for Elia:
* 13 turning 14 in 300AC, placing her birth in 286AC
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC

No further specifications can be given. Elia was thus born in either {{Date|285}} or {{Date|286}}.

==[[Elinor Tyrell]]==
===Birth===
Elinor is known to be close to Sansa Starks age.{{Ref|aSoS|6}} Sansa Stark was born in {{Date|286}}. This places Elinors birth roughly around {{Date|286}} as well.

==[[Ellendor]]==
===Birth===
[[Ellendor]] was close to 90 year old when was chosen as Grandmaester. {{Ref|aFfC|36}} He died a little less than a year later,{{Ref|aFfC|36}} in either {{Date|258}} or {{Date|259}} (see below, under “death”). That means Ellendor was with certainty almost 90 years old (but not yet 90 years old), a year before, in either 257AC or 258AC. That gives him the following options (assuming that “nigh on 90” can be from 86 to 89):
* 86 turning 87 in 257AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 86 turning 87 in 258AC, placing his birth in 171AC
* 87 turning 88 in 257AC, placing his birth in 169AC
* 87 turning 88 in 258AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 88 turning 89 in 257AC, placing his birth in 168AC
* 88 turning 89 in 258AC, placing his birth in 169AC
* 89 turning 90 in 257AC, placing his birth in 167AC
* 89 turning 90 in 258AC, placing his birth in 168AC

No further specifications can be given. Ellendor was thus born in or between {{Date|167}} and {{Date|171}}.

===Death===
[[Ellendor]] died within a year of being raised to the office, which caused Merion to be named to the office of Grandmaester. Merion was send to King’s Landing, but he died on the journey over there. That was when [[Pycelle]] was raised, in 259AC.{{Ref|aFfC|36}}
With Pycelle having started in 259AC, that means that Merion died in 259AC. Merion died on the way to King’s Landing, which means he was named Grandmaester either in 259AC or in 258AC (it is unknown how long the journey takes exactly, or in which part of the year this all occurred).This means that Ellendor died in either {{Date|258}} or {{Date|259}}.

==[[Elmar Frey]]==
===Birth===
Elmar was 9 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 9 years old in both 299AC and 300AC means Elmar was 8 turning 9 in {{Date|299}}, and 9 turning 10 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Elwood Meadows]]==
===Birth===
[[Elwood Meadows]] is known to have been 20 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|42}} That gives Elwood the following two options:
* 19 turning 20 in 299AC, placing his birth in 279AC
* 20 turning 21 in 299AC, placing his birth in 278AC

No further specifications can be given. Elwood was thus born in either {{Date|278}} or {{Date|279}}.

==[[Elyana Vypren]]==
===Birth===
Elyana was at least 13 years old when her son Rickard was born. Rickard was born in 295AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rickard Wylde|Rickard Wylde]])'', placing Elyana's last possible moment of birth in 282AC.

Elyana's mother Lythene was born in 251AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])''. Lythene would have been at least 13 years old when Elyana, her eldest child, was born, placing Elyana’s earliest possible moment of birth in 264AC

Elyana was thus born in or between {{Date|264}} and {{Date|282}}.

==[[Emberlei Frey]]==
===Birth===
Emberlei has been mentioned to have been 2 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 3 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 2 years old in {{Date|299}} and 3 years old in {{Date|300}}, gives the following options:
* 1 turning 2 in 299AC, and 2 turning 3 in 300AC, placing her birth in 297AC
* 2 turning 3 in 299AC, and 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing her birth in 296AC

No further specifications can be given. Emberlei was born in either {{Date|296}} or {{Date|297}}.

==[[Emma]]==
===Birth===
[[Emma]] is at least 40 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}} Being at least 40 years old in 300AC would place her birth no later than 260AC.

No further specifications can be given. Emma was thus born in {{Date|260}} or earlier.

==[[Emmon Frey]]==
===Birth===
Emmon Frey was 14 years old when Genna Lannister was 7 and Tywin Lannister was 10.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} This occurred in 253AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tywin Lannister|Tywin Lannister]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Genna Lannister|Genna Lannister]])''. With Emmon being 14 years old in 253AC, this leaves the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 253AC, placing his birth in 239AC
* 14 turning 15 in 253AC, placing his birth in 238AC

Emmon is 60 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} This gives the following options:
* 59 turning 60 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 240AC
* 60 turning 61 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 239AC

The only overlapping year is 239AC. This shows that Emmon was born in 239AC, and that he will be turning 61 in {{Date|300}}. It also shows that Emmon had turned 14 the year he was betrothed to Genna Lannister.

==[[Eon Hunter]]==
===Birth===
Eon Hunter is known to have been older than Jon Arryn.{{Ref|aGoT|40}} Jon Arryn was born in {{Date|221}} the latest, roughly speaking ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Arryn|Jon Arryn]])'', showing that Eon Hunter was born at least one year before, meaning he was born in {{Date|220}} or before, roughly.

==[[Erena Glover]]==
===Birth===
Erena was 1 year old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 0 turning 1 in 299AC, placing her birth in 298AC
* 1 turning 2 in 299AC, placing her birth in 297AC

No further specifications can be given. Erena was thus born in either {{Date|297}} or {{Date|298}}.

==[[Erik Ironmaker]]==
===Birth===
[[Erik Ironmaker|Erik]] is mentioned to be 88 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|19}} This gives the following options:
* 87 turning 88 in 300AC, placing his birth in 212AC
* 88 turning 89 in 300AC, placing his birth in 211AC

No further specification can be given. Erik was born in either {{Date|211}} or {{Date|212}}.

==[[Ermesande Hayford]]==
===Birth===
[[Ermesande Hayford|Ermesande]] was barely a year old when she married Tyrek Lannister mid {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aFfC|27}} This places Ermesande’s birth in {{Date|298}}.

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==[[Falia Flowers]]==
===Birth===
[[Falia Flowers]] is 17 or 18 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|29}} That gives her the following options:
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 17 turning 18 in 300AC, placing her birth in 282AC
* 18 turning 19 in 300AC, placing her birth in 281AC

No further specifications can be given. Falia was born in either {{Date|281}}, {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Falyse Stokeworth]]==
===Birth===
[[Falyse Stokeworth]] is older than her sister Lollys by at least one year. Lollys was born in {{Date|266}} the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lollys Stokeworth|Lollys Stokeworth]])'', placing Falyse’s birth no later than {{Date|265}}.

Falyse was thus born in {{Date|265}} or before.

''Note: Since Falyse has been married for roughly 10 years by 300AC, it seems unlikely that she was born much earlier than 265AC. If Falyse was born in 265AC, she would have been 25 years old when she married around 290AC. Though the 10 years of Falyse's marriage is a rough indication (she could have been married for 12 years in reality, for example), it does show that Falyse got married around her early twenties at the earliest. If Falyse was born many years before 265AC, that would push her age closer to 30 when she got married for the first time, something which, though possible, seems rather unlikely.
Concluded can be that Falyse won't have been born that many years before 265AC, though a specific birth year, or a specific time frame, cannot be given.

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==[[Galazza Galare]]==
===Birth===
[[Galazza Galare]] is at least 20 years older than Barristan Selmy is in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|70}} Barristan was born in 237AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy]])'', meaning that the Green Grace was born roughly 20 years before, placing her birth roughly in {{Date|217}}.

==[[Galladon of Tarth]]==
===Birth===
[[Galladon of Tarth]] was 8 when Brienne of Tarth was 4 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} Brienne was born in {{Date|280}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brienne of Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]])''. That means Brienne was 4 years old in both {{Date|284}} (3 turning 4) and {{Date|285}} (4 turning 5). This gives Galladon the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 284AC, placing his birth in 276AC
* 8 turning 9 in 284AC, placing his birth in 275AC
* 7 turning 8 in 285AC, placing his birth in 277AC
* 8 turning 9 in 285AC, placing his birth in 276AC

No further specifications can be given. Galladon was born in either {{Date|275}}, {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}}.

===Death===
Galladon died when he was 8 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} Galladon's possible birth years give the following options for him having been 8 years old:
* If born in 275AC
** 7 turning 8 in 283AC
** 8 turning 9 in 284AC
* If born in 276AC
** 7 turning 8 in 284AC
** 8 turning 9 in 285AC
* If born in 277AC
** 7 turning 8 in 285AC
** 8 turning 9 in 286AC

When Galladon died, his sister, Brienne, was 4 years old. Brienne was born in 280AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brienne of Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]])''. Brienne was thus 4 years old in either 284AC (3 turning 4) or 285AC (4 turning 5). This eliminates the years 283AC and 285AC as possible years of death for Galladon, as his sister cannot have been 4 years old during those 2 years.

No further specification can be given. Galladon thus died in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Gared]]==
===Birth ===
[[Gared]] has been on the Wall for 40 years, in 297AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Turning of the years, Main Series|297AC]])'', meaning he joined in 257AC. It is mentioned he has been a man and a boy during those 40 years.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}
Gared, in 297AC, was past 50,{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} meaning he was at least 51 years old, and thus born in 246AC or before.

Gared was near as old as Lord Commander Jeor Mormont{{Ref|aGoT|21}}, who was born in 230AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jeor Mormont|Jeor Mormont]])''. This means that Gared was almost as old as Jeor, but did not have the same age, meaning he was born in 231AC or later.

No further specifications can be given. Gared was thus born in or between {{Date|231}} and {{Date|246}}.

===Death===
In {{Date|298}}, Sansa Stark, during the [[Tourney of the Hand]], remembers how Ser Waymar Royce had visited Winterfell on his way to the Wall. The Tourney of the Hand takes place minimally 6 months into {{Date|298}} (Joffrey’s nameday, two weeks later Jon Arryn dies, a 2 month travel to Winterfell, a minimum of 1 month stay, traveling back for 2 months, having been at King’s Landing for some time when the Tourney begins), so when Sansa remembers how Royce visited 2 years ago, she is thinking about an event roughly halfway through 296AC.

During the ranging, Will remarks how Ser Waymar has not yet been on the Wall for half a year. With Waymar being at Winterfell halfway through 296AC, and with the journey from Winterfell to Castle Black having taken at least one month, but most likely more, since there are several castles in between Winterfell and the Wall, Waymar would have been at the Wall for close to half a year in early 297AC.

Gared died during the ranging where Waymar had not yet been at the Wall for half a year (which suggests that he was close to being at the Wall for half a year, placing the ranging in early 297AC), and thus died in {{Date|297}}.

==[[Garlan Tyrell]]==
===Birth===
[[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] is noted to be 5 years older than his brother Loras.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Loras Tyrell was born in {{Date|282}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Loras Tyrell|Loras Tyrell]])''. With Garlan being 5 years older than Loras, Garlan was born in {{Date|277}}

==[[Gawen Glover]]==
===Birth===
[[Gawen Glover]] was 3 years old in 299AC,{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} and 4 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|26}} That gives him the following options:
* 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing his birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5 in 300AC, placing his birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Gawen was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}

==[[Gawen Swann]]==
Gawen Swann was older than Arlan of Pennytree in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} Arlan of Pennytree was born in or between 149AC and 153AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan of Pennytree]])''. This means that Gawen Swann was born in {{Date|152}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

''Note: That Duncan the Tall can tell that Gawen is older than Arlan from a distance, suggests that Gawen is at least several years older.''

==[[Gendry]]==
===Birth===
Gendry is mentioned in 299AC to be 5 years older than Arya Stark, who, at that time, is 10 years old. This makes Gendry 15 in 299AC, giving him the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing his birth in 284AC
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing his birth in 283AC

Since the War of the Usurper lasted from 282AC until 283AC, and Robert Baratheon, Gendry’s father, was nowhere near King's Landing, Gendry’s place of birth,{{Ref|awoiaf}} until the very end of the Rebellion in 283AC, Gendry cannot have been conceived in 282AC, and thus he cannot have been born in 283AC (the Rebellion ended roughly halfway through the year, meaning that Gendry cannot have been conceived and born in the same year). This eliminates the option of 283AC, and confirms that Gendry was thus born in {{Date|284}}.

==[[Genna Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Genna Lannister was 7 years old when she was betrothed to Emmon Frey, who was 14 at the time. Emmon is 60 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} For Emmon, this gives the following possibilities:
* 59 turning 60 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 240AC
** This means Emmon was 14 years old in 254AC (13 turning 14) and 255AC (14 turning 15)
* 60 turning 61 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 239AC
** This means Emmon was 14 years old during 253AC (13 turning 14) and 254AC (14 turning 15)

Emmon thus could have been 14 in three different years: 253AC, 254AC and 255AC. For Genna, this creates the following options:
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 253AC
** 6 turning 7 in 253AC, placing her birth in 246AC
** 7 turning 8 in 253AC, placing her birth in 245AC
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 254 AC
** 6 turning 7 in 254AC, placing her birth in 247AC
** 7 turning 8 in 254AC, placing her birth in 246AC
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 255 AC
** 6 turning 7 in 255AC, placing her birth in 248AC
** 7 turning 8 in 255AC, placing her birth in 247AC

This leaves the options of being born in 245AC, 246AC, 247AC and 248AC for Genna.

During these same events, Genna’s brother Tywin was 10 years old. Tywin was born in 242AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tywin Lannister|Tywin Lannister]])''. Being born in 242AC leaves the following options for Tywin being 10:
* 9 turning 10 in 252AC
* 10 turning 11 in 253AC

This shows that the only moment when Tywin was 10 while Genna was 7 and Emmon 14, happened in 253AC. Therefore, Genna was 7 years old in 253AC, showing she was either 6 turning 7, placing her birth in 246AC, or 7 turning 8, placing her birth in 245AC.

No further specifications can be given. Genna was thus born in either {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}.

''Note: Kevan Lannister was 55 years old in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aFfC|7}} placing his birth in either 245 AC or 244 AC. Kevan and Genna will be at least one year apart in age. About neither can multiple specifications be given, which means that for both 2 options will remain until more information is given about either one of them.''

''This does mean that if Kevan was born in 245 AC, Genna will have been born in 246 AC. If Kevan was born in 244 AC, both options remain open for Genna.''

==[[Geremy Frey]]==
===Birth===
Geremy Frey was born after Merrett Frey, and before Raymund Frey. Merrett Frey was born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])''. Merrett, Geremy and Raymund were all children of Amarei Crakehall, Lord Walder Frey’s third wife. According to Walder Frey, Amarei died before Catelyn Tully was born. Catelyn Tully was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])'', making 264AC the last possible moment for Amarei to have died, and thus to have given birth.

Amarei gave birth to Merrett Frey in 262AC, and Geremy and Raymund are not stated to have been twins, it can be assumed they were born a year apart.

With Geremy having been born at least one year after Merrett, who was born in 262AC, and at least one year before Raymund, and with only 2 years (263AC and 264AC) remaining until Amarei dies, Geremy can only have been born in {{Date|263}}.

===Death===
The first reference to Geremy's death occurs in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} Since it is not stated how long Geremy has been dead, 299AC is thus the first possible year of death for Geremy, theoretically.

Geremy's youngest child is Cynthea Frey, who was born in 290AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cynthea Frey|Cynthea Frey]])''. This means that Cynthea's conception could have taken place in 289AC the earliest. Since Geremy would only need to have been alive during the conception, and not the actual birth, the year 289AC is the first possible year for Geremy to have died.

Geremy thus died in or between {{Date|289}} and {{Date|299}}.

==[[Gerold Dayne]]==
===Birth===
Gerold Dayne is in his late twenties,{{Ref|awoiaf|Gerold Dayne entry}} so in or between the ages of 26 and 29. Gerold is introduced in {{Date|300}}. Being 26-29 in {{Date|300}} gives him the following options:
* 25 turning 26 in 300AC, placing his birth in 274AC
* 26 turning 27 in 300AC, placing his birth in 273AC
* 27 turning 28 in 300AC, placing his birth in 272AC
* 28 turning 29 in 300AC, placing his birth in 271AC
* 29 turning 30 in 300AC, placing his birth in 270AC

No further specifications can be given. Concluded can be that Gerold was born in or between {{Date|270}} and {{Date|274}}.

==[[Gerris Drinkwater]]==
===Birth===
[[Gerris Drinkwater]] is 6 years older than Quentyn Martell,{{Ref|aDwD|6}} who was born in 281AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Quentyn Martell|Quentyn Martell]])''. This places Gerris' birth in {{Date|275}}.

==[[Gilly]]==
===Birth===
[[Gilly]] is judged to be 15 or 16 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|23}} This gives Gilly the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in 299AC, placing her birth in 282AC

No further specifications can be given. Gilly was born in either {{Date|282}}, {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}

==[[Gilwood Hunter]]==
===Birth===
[[Gilwood Hunter|Gilwoods]] age is judged to have been closer to 50 than to 40 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|23}}
Being closer to 50 than to 40 would make Gilwood 46 years old at least. It also means that he has not yet turned 50, though it is possible he will be turning 50 later in the year. This gives Gilwood the following options:
* 45 turning 46 in 300AC, placing his birth in 254AC
* 46 turning 47 in 300AC, placing his birth in 253AC
* 47 turning 48 in 300AC, placing his birth in 252AC
* 48 turning 49 in 300AC, placing his birth in 251AC
* 49 turning 50 in 300AC, placing his birth in 250AC

No further specifications can be given. Gilwood was thus born in or between in or between {{Date|250}} and {{Date|254}}.

==[[Girl General]]==
===Birth===
The [[Girl General]] cannot be more than 16 years old in {{Date|300}}, according to Quentyn Martell.{{Ref|aDwD|25}} That gives her the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 6 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. The Girl General was born in either {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}.

==[[Glendon Ball]]==
===Birth===
Glendon was 16, 17 or 18 years old in 212AC. Glendon’s father, Quentyn Ball, died before Glendon was born. Quentyn Ball died in 196AC.
Being either 16, 17 or 18 years old in 212AC gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16, placing his birth in 196AC
* 16 turning 17, placing his birth in 195AC
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 194AC
* 18 turning 19, placing his birth in 193AC

Glendons father died in 196AC, before Glendon’s birth. This means that Glendon’s first possible moment of birth is also 196AC. This eliminates the three options of 195AC, 194AC and 193AC, thereby confirming that Glendon was born in {{Date|196}}.

==[[Glendon Goode]]==
===Birth===
Glendon was 20 years old in 130AC. {{Ref|TPATQ}} That gives him the following options:
* 19 turning 20 in 130AC, placing his birth in 110AC
* 20 turning 21 in 130AC, placing his birth in 109AC

No further specifications can be given. Glendon was thus born in either {{Date|109}} or {{Date|110}}.

==[[Gormond Goodbrother]]==
===Birth===
[[Gormond Goodbrother|Gormond]] is judged to be no older than 16 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aFfC|1}} Being 16 years old in 299AC gives him the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing his birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in 299AC, placing his birth in 282AC

No further specifications can be given. Gormond was born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Gregor Clegane]]==
===Birth===
Gregor Clegane was 17 years old in 283AC.{{Ref|aGot|30}} Being 17 in 283AC gives the following options:
* 16 turning 17, placing his birth in 266AC
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 265AC

No further information about Gregor is known. Gregor was thus born in either {{Date|265}} or {{Date|266}}.

==[[Grenn]]==
===Birth===
Grenn was 16 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Being 16 in {{Date|298}} gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 298AC, placing his birth in 282AC
* 16 turning 17 in 298AC, placing his birth in 281AC

No further specification can be given about Grenn. He was born in either {{Date|281}} or {{Date|282}}.

==[[Gulian Swann]]==
===Birth===
[[Gulian Swann|Gulian]] is “well past 40” in {{Date|300}}. {{Ref|aSoS|67}} That gives him the minimum age of 41 in 300AC, placing his birth in {{Date|259}} or later. No further specifications can be given.

''Note: The term “well past” suggests that Gulians actual year of birth is somewhat earlier than 259AC, but it cannot be stated exactly how much.''

==[[Guyard Morrigen]]==
===Birth===
[[Guyard Morrigen|Guyard]] was said to have been a babe during the Siege of Storm’s End during Robert’s Rebellion.{{Ref|aCoK|31}} The Siege of Storm’s End during Robert’s Rebellion began in {{Date|282}} and ended in {{Date|283}}. Since Rickon Stark is still called a babe at the age of 4,{{Ref|aCoK|4}}, Guyard could have been up to 4 years old during the Siege.

Being 4 years old during 283AC, means that Guyard could potentially have been 4 turning 5 in 283AC, placing his birth in 278AC. Guyard won’t have been born any earlier.

Guyard would also have been a babe during the Siege if he had been born during the Siege. Since the Siege ended in 283AC, this is the latest he could have been born.

Guyard was thus born in or between {{Date|278}} and {{Date|283}}.

==[[Gwayne Hightower]]==
===Birth===
Gwayne is at least one year younger than his older sister Alicent.{{Ref|TRP}} Alicent was born in either {{Date|87}} or {{Date|88}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alicent Hightower|Alicent Hightower]])''. That means that Alicent was born in 87 the earliest, meaning that Gwayne was born in 88AC or later.

Gwayne had been knighted by 111AC. {{Ref|TRP}} With the minimum age of 15<ref name=knight>The youngest knights known in asoiaf are knighted at 15</ref>, Gwayne would not have been younger than 14 turning 15 in 111AC, giving him the minimum birth year of 96AC.

No further specifications can be given. Gwayne was thus born in or between {{Date|88}} and {{Date|96}}.

==[[Gwyneth Yronwood]]==
===Birth===
[[Gwyneth Yronwood|Gwyneth]] is 12 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|6}} That gives her the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing her birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing her birth in 287AC

No further specifications can be given. Gwyneth was born in either {{Date|287}} or {{Date|288}}.

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==[[Hagen's daughter]]==
===Birth===
[[Hagen's daughter]] is 17 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|26}} That gives her the following options:
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 17 turning 18 in 300AC, placing her birth in 282AC

No further specifics can be given. She was born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Halder]]==
===Birth===
Halder is 16 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|26}} That gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 282AC
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 281AC

No further specification can be given. Halder was born in either {{Date|281}} or {{Date|282}}.

==[[Harwin]] (Winterfell)==
===Birth===
[[Harwin]] heard the tale of Eddard Stark and Ashara Dayne when he was no older than 10.{{Ref|aSoS|43}} Eddard Stark and Ashara Dayne met each other in {{Date|281}}. That means this year is the first time Harwin could have heard about it. This makes Harwins earliest year of birth {{Date|271}}. Harwin was thus born in {{Date|271}} or later.

==[[Harwin Strong]]==
===Birth===
Harwin had been knighted by 105AC. {{Ref|TRP}} With the minimum age of 15<ref name=knight>The youngest knights known in asoiaf are knighted at 15</ref>, Harwin would have been 14 turning 15 in 105AC the youngest. This would place his birth in 90AC. It is possible, however, that Harwin had been older ib 105AC.

No further specifications can be given. Harwin was thus born in either {{Date|90}} or before.

==[[Harys Haigh]]==
===Birth===
Harys would have been at least 13 years old when his son Walder had been born. Walder was born in 295AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Haigh|Walder Haigh]])'', meaning that Harys was born at least 13 years prior, in 282AC.

Harys was the eldest child of Perriane Frey. Perriane was born in 241AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])'', meaning that Harys was born the earliest 13 years later, in 254AC.

Harys was thus born in or between {{Date|254}} and {{Date|282}}.

==[[Hazzea]]==
===Birth===
Hazzea was 4 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|11}} That gives her the following options:
* 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing her birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5 in 300AC, placing her birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Hazzea was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Helicent Uffering]]==
===Birth===
Duncan the Tall judged Helicent to be about 40 years old in 211AC.{{Ref|TSS}} This would place Helicents birth around {{Date|171}}.

==[[Henly (Old)]]==
===Birth===
[[Henly (Old)|Henly]] is well past seventy in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|55}} Being “well past seventy” in 299AC would place Henly’s birth “well past” {{Date|229}}. The description of Henly’s age suggests that he has not yet turned 80. Henly could thus be anything between 71 and 79, placing his birth in or between {{Date|220}} and {{Date|228}}.

''Note: “Well past seventy” would most likely mean that Henly is not 71, or 72, which is both close to seventy. However, without any specifications on that, it cannot be said with certainty how far from 70 Henly is, thus, the minimum of an age of 71 is taken.''

==[[Henly (Young)]]==
===Birth===
[[Henly (Young)|Henly]] is well past fifty in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|55}} Being “well past fifty” in 299AC would place Henly’s birth “well past” {{Date|249}}. The description of Henly’s age suggests that he has not yet turned 60. Henly could thus be anything between 51 and 59, placing his birth in or between {{Date|240}} and {{Date|248}}.

''Note: “Well past fifty” would most likely mean that Henly is not 51, or 52, which is both close to fifty. However, without any specifications on that, it cannot be said with certainty how far from 50 Henly is, thus, the minimum of an age of 51 is taken.''

==[[Hobert Hightower]]==
===Birth===
Hobert was 60 years old in 130AC. {{Ref|TPATQ}} That gives him the following options:
* 59 turning 60 in 130AC, placing his birth in 70AC
* 60 turning 61 in 130AC, placing his birth in 69AC

No further specifications can be given. Hobert was thus born in either {{Date|69}} or {{Date|70}}.

==[[Holly]]==
===Birth===
[[Holly]] is judged to be 15 or 16 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|46}} This gives Holly the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. Holly was thus born in either {{Date|283}}, {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Hosteen Frey]]==
===Birth===
Hosteen is younger than his brother Luceon by at least one year. Luceon was born the earliest in 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])'', meaning that Hosteens earliest possible year of birth is 250AC.

Hosteen is older than his younger sister Lythene by at least one year. Lythene was born in 259AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])'', meaning that Hosteen was born no later than one year before, in 258AC.

Hosteen Frey is described to have been twice as old as Loras Tyrell in early {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} Ser Loras was born in 282AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Loras Tyrell|Loras Tyrell]])'', and would have been 16 or 15 during the tourney, where he unhorsed Hosteen. Being exactly twice as old as 15 or 16 would make Hosteen 30 or 32 years old in early {{Date|298}}. Yet, Lord Walder doesn’t mention that he is being specific, giving Hosteen a range.

Looking at Hosteens possibilities (in or between 250AC and 258AC), it seems that Hosteen was between the ages of 40 and 48. With Loras Tyrell’s age in mind, this quote from Lord Walder would suggest that Hosteens is closer to 40 than to 48.

Hosteen was thus born in or between {{Date|250}} and {{Date|258}}, though most likely closer to 258AC than 250AC. More specifications cannot be given.

==[[Hostella Frey]]==
===Birth===
Hostella Frey was not yet born in late {{Date|299}}, but has been born by early {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} No further specification can be given. Hostella was born either late {{Date|299}}, or early {{Date|300}}.

==[[Hoster Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
Hoster is 16 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} This gives Hoster the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing his birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing his birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. Hoster was born in either {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}

==[[Hoster Frey]]==
===Birth===
Hoster has been mentioned to have been 12 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 12 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 11 turning 12 in {{Date|299}}, and 12 turning 13 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 287AC.

Hoster was thus born in {{Date|287}}

==[[Hoster Tully]]==
===Birth===
Hoster Tully was 5 years older than his brother Brynden.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} Brynden was born in or between 242AC and 246AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brynden Tully|Brynden Tully]])''. This would place Hosters birth in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}}.

''Note: This aligns with the Lords Tully of the past generations. Lord Walder Frey, born in {{Date|208}}, has lived through 5 Lords Tully’s of Riverrun.{{Ref|aSoS|49}} Lord Medgar Tully has died between {{Date|209}} and {{Date|211}},{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TSS}} and that his heir, an unnamed Lord Tully, was a boy of 8 in {{Date|211}},{{Ref|TSS}} placing his birth in either {{Date|202}} or {{Date|203}} , depending on whether he had turned 8, or was 8 turning 9 that year. This unnamed Lord Tully would be Lord #2 that was Lord of Riverrun whilst Walder Frey lived. It is known Edmure Tully is #5,{{Ref|aSoS|49}} so Hoster Tully would be #4, meaning that the unnamed Lord Tully mentioned in the Hedge Knight and the Mystery Knight was Hosters grandfather. This means that there’s still one Lord Tully in between, Lord #3. With Lord #2 born in either {{Date|202}} or {{Date|203}}, and with Lord #4 born in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}}, that leaves a gap of 34 to 39 years, giving an average age of 17 to 19,5 years for Lord # 3 to have his first child. Seeing as how this age gap seems to be a normal age for a Westerosi Lord to have his first child, Hosters’ possible birth years seems a perfect fit.''

==[[Hother Umber]]==
===Birth===
Hother had been send to Oldtown, roughly 50 years prior to {{Date|300}}. That put’s Hothers age in {{Date|300}} at at least 59, since the Citadel accepts students as young as 9 years old.<ref>A Game of Thrones RPG</ref> This would place Hothers birth no later than {{Date|241}}. It is unknown how old Hother actually was when he went to the Citadel. No further specifications can be given. A minimum year thus cannot be stated.

Hother was born in {{Date|241}} or before.

==[[Humfrey Wagstaff]]==
===Birth===
[[Humfrey Wagstaff|Humfrey]] was 65 years old when Brienne of Tarth was 16.{{Ref|aFfC|9}} Brienne was born in {{Date|280}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brienne of Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]])''. This would make Brienne 16 years old in both {{Date|296}} and {{Date|297}}. That gives Humfrey the following options:
* 64 turning 65 in 296AC, placing his birth in 231AC
* 65 turning 66 in 296AC, placing his birth in 230AC
* 64 turning 65 in 297AC, placing his birth in 232AC
* 65 turning 66 in 297AC, placing his birth in 231AC

No further specifications can be given. Humfrey was thus born in either {{Date|230}}, {{Date|231}} or {{Date|232}}.

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==[[Illifer]]==
===Birth===
[[Illifer]] is described as having been at least 60 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} This would place Illifer’s birth in {{Date|240}} or before.

==[[Irri]]==
===Birth===
Irri is 15 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}That gives her the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing her birth in 283AC

In 300Ac, Irri was 16 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. Irri was thus born in either {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}.

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==[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Jaehaerys ascended the Iron Throne in 48AC at the age of 14. He died in 103AC at the age of 69.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} That gives Jaehaerys the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 48AC, placing his birth in 34AC
* 14 turning 15 in 48AC, placing his birth in 33AC

In addition:
* 68 turning 69 in 103AC, placing his birth in 34AC
* 69 turning 70 in 103AC, placing his birth in 33AC

No further specifications can be given. Jaehaerys was thus born in either {{Date|33}} or {{Date|34}}.

==[[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Jaehaerys Targaryen was 39 years old when he died in 262AC.<ref> Archon Meeting 2001 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1274/]</ref> This gives Jaehaerys the following options:
* 38 turning 39 in 262AC, placing his birth in 223AC
* 39 turning 40 in 262AC, placing his birth in 222AC

No further specifications can be given. Jaehaerys was born in either {{Date|222}} or {{Date|223}}.

==[[Jaime Frey]]==
===Birth===
In late {{Date|299}}, Jaime has not yet been born. In early {{Date|300}}, Jaime has been born. No specifications can be given, meaning he was born either in late {{Date|299}}, or early {{Date|300}}.

==[[Jaime Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Eddard Stark was 35 years old in early {{Date|298}}, leaving two options for his nameday:
* 34 turning 35 in 298AC, placing his birth in 263AC
* 35 turning 36 in 298AC, placing his birth in 262AC

When Ned was 18 (Tourney at Harrenhal), Jaime Lannister was 15.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}} There are a few possible moment when Ned could have been 18:
* If born in 262AC
** 17 turning 18 in 280AC
* 18 turning 19 in 281AC
* If born in 263CA
** 17 turning 18 in 281AC
** 18 turning 19 in 282AC

This means that there are a few possible years in which Jaime could have been 15 whilst Ned was 18:
* 14 turning 15 in 280AC, placing his birth in 265AC
* 15 turning 16 in 280AC, placing his birth in 264AC
* 14 turning 15 in 281AC, placing his birth in 266AC
* 15 turning 16 in 281AC, placing his birth in 265AC
* 14 turning 15 in 282AC, placing his birth in 267AC
* 15 turning 16 in 282AC, placing his birth in 266AC

So Jaime’s birth falls in either 264AC, 265AC, 266AC or 267AC.

It is also known that Robert’s Rebellion ended in 283AC.{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Jaime, at this point, was 17 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|12}} This gives the following options:
* 16 turning 17 in 283AC, placing his birth in 266AC
* 17 turning 18 in 283AC, placing his birth in 265AC

This cuts away two of the four options found above. The only two possibilities left (with Jaime being 17 in 283AC and with Jaime being 15 when Ned is 18) are that Jaime was born in either 266AC or 265AC.

After the Battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion remarks to himself that it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} We know these of Tyrions musings happened in the year 299AC. So in 299AC, it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.
However, in the year 300AC, Jaime remarks to himself that the Kingsguard cell that had been his during all his years of service, had been his for 18 years.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

So both brothers remark that Jaime joined the Kingsguard 18 years prior, only one does so in 299AC, and the other does so in 300AC. In a land where they don’t seem to be working with dates as is done in the real world (naming the months, numbering the days etc.), it seems more logical that both brothers were thinking about the age Jaime had when making the remark, and the age Jaime had while joining the Kingsguard. Even though the remarks aren’t made that far apart (only a few months at maximum), it does involve the changing of the year. The fact that it has been 18 years since Jaime was 15 in 299AC, and that it has also been 18 years that Jaime has been 15 in 300AC, shows us that Tyrion makes the remark after Jaime’s nameday that year, and that Jaime makes his remark before Jaime’s nameday that year. This leaves only one option:
* With it having been 18 years in 299AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday at that point in time in 299AC already having passed, Jaime was 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 32 turning 33 in 299AC.

With it having been 18 years in 300AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday still to come at that point in time in 300AC, Jaime was still 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 33 turning 34 in 300AC.

This means that Jaime was born in {{Date|266}}, having been 33 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.

''In addition to all this, Ran has confirmed that in Feast, Jaime was 34 years old with a certainty of 99,5%.''

==[[Jammos Frey]]==
===Birth===
Jammos Frey is younger than his brother Lothar Frey by at least one year. Lothar was born no earlier than 265AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lothar Frey]])'', meaning that 266AC is the earliest that Jammos could have been born.

Jammos Frey is older than his brother Whalen Frey by at least one year. The last possible year of birth of Whalen is 268AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Whalen Frey|Whalen Frey]]''), making Jammos' last possible year of birth one year before, in 267AC.

No further specifications can be given. Jammos Frey was thus born in either {{Date|266}} or {{Date|267}}.

==[[Janei Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Janei is 2 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} She’s 3 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 1 turning 2 in 299AC, and 2 turning 3 in 300AC, placing her birth in 297AC
* 2 turning 3 in 299AC, and 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing her birth in 296AC

No further specifications can be given. Janei was thus born in either {{Date|296}} or {{Date|297}}.

==[[Janos Slynt]]==
===Birth===
[[Janos Slynt]] was 40 years old at the most in {{Date|300}}, no older.{{Ref|aSoS|69}} Being maximally 40 years old in 300AC would place Janos’ birth no earlier than {{Date|260}}.

Janos has 4 children. His youngest son, Danos, is a page.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Children become pages from the age of 6 at the youngest.<ref>Aegon V Targaryen was 6 or 7 when becoming a page at King’s Landing, Robert Arryn was 6 when his father tried to make him a page, Podrick Payne is told at the age of 12 that pages half his age, thus 6 years old, are better than him in sword fighting</ref>. Danos has two elder brothers, Mattos and Jothos, who are both squires. Mattos, as the eldest of the three boys, would be at least two years older than Danos, and thus have the minimum age of 8. Janos also has a daughter, but it is unknown how old she is, and whether she was born before Mattos, or after.

With Janos’ eldest son at the minimum age of 8 in {{Date|299}}, the boy would have been born in {{Date|291}} the latest. Janos would have been at least 13 years old at the birth of his firstborn child, which would place his birth no later than 13 years prior to 291AC, thus in 278AC.

No further specifications can be given. Janos Slynt was thus born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|278}}, though, since Janos' age is judged to be "40 or younger", it seems to be suggested that Janos' birth took place closer to 260AC than to 278AC.

==[[Jared Frey]]==
===Birth===
Jared is younger than his sister Perianne by at least one year. Perriane was born the earliest in 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])'', meaning that Jareds earliest possible year of birth is 242AC.

Jared is older than his younger brother Luceon by at least one year. Luceon was born in 257AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])'', meaning that Luceon was born no later than one year before, in 256AC.

Jared was thus born in or between {{Date|242}} and {{Date|256}}

Further specifications can be given:
Jared is said to have been “a stooped man of fifty years” in early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} This gives Jared the following options:
* 49 turning 50 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in 249AC
* 50 turning 51 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in 248AC

Jared was thus born in either {{Date|248}} or {{Date|249}}.

==[[Jax]]==
===Birth===
[[Jax]] is well past 40 in 300AC, with sons and grandsons of his own.{{Ref|aDwD|35}} That places his birth before {{Date|259}}. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Jeor Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Jeor Mormont notes in {{Date|298}} that “in two years time” he’ll turn 70.{{Ref|aGoT|21}} This shows that he would have turned 70 in the year {{Date|300}}, and has thus been born in {{Date|230}}.

==[[Jeyne Goodbrook]]==
===Birth===
Jeyne has been mentioned to have been 6 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 6 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 5 turning 6 in {{Date|299}}, and 6 turning 7 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|293}}.

==[[Jeyne Heddle]]==
===Birth===
[[Jeyne Heddle|Jeyne]] was judged to have been 16 years old in 300AC by Brienne of Tarth.[{Ref|aFfC|42}} Brienne is not good at judging ages, but would Brienne have been correct, it would give Jeyne the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

It is also stated that Jeyne was 18 years old during 300AC,{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} suggesting that Brienne had judged Jeyne’s age wrong. Being 18 years old in 300AC would give the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in 300AC, placing her birth in 282AC
* 18 turnign 19 in 300AC, placing her birth in 281AC

No further specifications can be given. Jeyne was born in either {{Date|281}} or {{Date|282}}.

==[[Jeyne Westerling]]==
===Birth===
[[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne]] is known to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Jaime judges her age to have been 15 or 16 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|44}} Being 16 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} places Jeyne’s birth in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Jhiqui]]==
===Birth===
Jhiqui is 14 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC

In 300Ac, Jhiqui was 16 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

284AC is the only overlapping year. Jhiqui thus born in {{Date|284}}.

==[[Jhogo]]==
===Birth===
Jhogo was 16 years old in either late {{Date|298}} or early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aGoT|64}} This gives him the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in {{Date|282}}
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in {{Date|281}}
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in {{Date|283}}
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in {{Date|282}}

No further specifications can be given. Jhogo was thus born in or beteen {{Date|281}} and {{Date|283}}.

==[[Joffrey Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
Joffrey Baratheon is 12 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|5}} On the day of his wedding, the first day of the first moon of the year {{Date|300}}, Joffrey is 13 years old.{{Ref|aSoS|60}} Since Joffrey’s 13th nameday is depicted as occurring on another day as his wedding, and since his wedding occurs on the first day of 300AC, it is known that the first day of 300AC is not the day that Joffrey turns 13. In fact, it shows that Joffrey turned 13 in the year 299 AC, and would be turning 14 in 300AC. That places Joffrey’s birth in {{Date|286}}.

==[[Joffrey Caswell]]==
===Birth===
Joffrey was 20 years old in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}} That givens him the following options:
* 19 turning 20, placing his birth in 192AC
* 20 turning 21, placing his birth in 191AC

No further specifications can be given. Joffrey was thus born in either {{Date|191}} or {{Date|192}}.

==[[Joffrey Lonmouth]]==
===Birth===
Joffrey was knighted by 114AC,{{Ref|TPATQ}} meaning the youngest he could have been that year was 14 turning 15. That places his birth in 99AC the latest.

No further specifications can be given. Joffrey was thus born in {{Date|99}} or before.

==[[Jojen Reed]]==
===Birth===
[[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] is 13 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|9}} in 300AC, Jojen is still 13 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}. Being 13 in both 299AC and 300AC gives {{Date|286}} as only option for Jojen’s birth year.

==[[Jon Arryn]]==
===Birth===
Jon Arryn is mentioned to have been 20 years older than Hoster Tully.{{Ref|aCoK|39}} Naturally, this doesn’t mean Hoster is exactly 20 years younger than Jon, but about 20 years, meaning that Jon Arryn is roughly 20 years older than Hoster Tully. Hoster Tully was born in or between 237AC and 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hoster Tully|Hoster Tully]])''. That means that Jon Arryn was born roughly in or between 217AC and 221AC, with the possibility of his birth having occurred a few years before or after.

===Death===
Jon Arryn dies a fortnight after the 12th nameday of Joffrey Baratheon{{Ref|aGoT|4}}. Joffrey Baratheon is known to have been born in 286AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])'', meaning that Jon Arryn died in {{Date|298}}.

==[[Jon Brax]]==
===Birth===
Jon has been mentioned to have been 3 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 2 turning 3 in {{Date|299}}, and 3 turning 4 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 296AC.

Jon was thus born in {{Date|296}}.

==[[Jon Connington]]==
===Birth===
[[Jon Connington|Jon]] is known to be younger than Prince Rhaegar Targaryen,{{Ref|aDwD|61}} who was born in 259AC. That places Jon’s birth in 260AC the earliest.

Tywin Lannister is known to have said that when Jon was named Hand of the King in 282AC, he was “too young”.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}} Tywin himself was 20 years old when named Hand of the King, suggesting that Jon was younger than 20 when he was named in 282AC. Being maximally 19 years old in 282AC would place Jon´s birth in 263AC the earliest.

Jon Connington ruled in his own name for several years after his father died.{{Ref|aDwD|61}} Since Jon ruled until his exiled in 283AC, he had been ruling in his own right since at least 281AC (due to the use of “years”, there is a minimum of 2 years; a maximum cannot be determined). This means that by 281AC at least, Jon had turned 16, otherwise he would not have been ruling Griffin’s Roost on his own. This means Jon Connington was born no later than 265AC.

Jon Connington was thus born in or between {{Date|263}} and {{Date|265}}.

''Note: Rhaegar Targaryen visits Griffin’s Roost on his way back from Dorne, when Jon’s father is still alive. Though there are plenty of reasons why Rhaegar could have been in Dorne, it is possible Rhaegar had gone to Sunspear to meet with the Martells for his wedding to Elia Martell. In this case, Rhaegar’s visit to Griffin’s Roost would have taken place in either 278AC or 279AC. This would suggest that Jon’s father died in either 278AC, 279AC, 280AC or 281AC, to make room for Jon ruling in his own name for multiple years before being exiled. Connington mentions Rhaegar had been young, and he himself even younger at this event. If the meeting at Griffin’s Roost indeed took place in 278/279AC, Jon Connington would have been between the ages of 13 and 16, based on the three possible years op birth for Jon.''

===Rumoured death===
Jon Connington is mentioned to have left the Golden Company a dozen years ago in 300AC. Later, this is specified as to actually have been 12 years,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing Jon’s “exile” from the Golden Company in {{Date|288}}, five years after the Rebellion ended.
Jon Connnigton had spend five years with the Golden Company.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} For him to have spend five years with the Golden Company while {{Date|283}} is the first moment he could have joined, and {{Date|288}} is the year he certainly left, it shows that he joined the Golden Company shortly after his exile began, in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Jon Snow]]==
===Birth===
Jon is 14 years old when the direwolves are found{{Ref|aGoT|1}} and during the welcoming feast in Winterfell{{Ref|aGoT|5}}. Both events occur in {{Date|298}}. After he has turned 15, Tyrion Lannister and Yoren start going south. When Yoren arrives at King’s Landing, Arya has just witnessed a conversation between Varys and Illyrio Mopatis, concerning, amongst others, Margaery Tyrell, who is mentioned to still be 14 years old ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Margaery Tyrell|Margaery Tyrell]])'' This means that this event still takes place in {{Date|298}}, since it is known that Margaery is 14 turning 15 in {{Date|298}}). This means that Jon is 14 turning 15 in {{Date|298}}, meaning that he was born in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Jonelle Cerwyn]]==
===Birth===
[[Jonelle Cerwyn]] is 30 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} This gives her the following options:
* 29 turning 30 in 298AC, placing her birth in 268AC
* 30 turning 31 in 298AC, placing her birth in 267AC

In 300AC, she’s 32 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} This gives her the following options:
* 31 turning 32 in 300AC, placing her birth in 268AC
* 32 turning 33 in 300AC, placing her birth in 267AC

However, Jonelle was also 32 years old in late 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Being 32 years old in both 299AC and 300AC shows that she was 31 turning 32 in 299AC, and 32 turning 33 in 300AC. Jonelle was thus born in {{Date|267}}.

==[[Jonos Frey]]==
===Birth===
Jonos has been mentioned to have been 8 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 8 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 7 turning 8 in {{Date|299}}, and 8 turning 9 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|291}}.

==[[Jorah Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Jorah Mormont notes that he is thrice the age of Daenerys Targaryen, in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} {{Ref|aSoS|42}} Daenerys, at that moment, is 15 years old. That means that Jorah’s age is somewhere close to 45. This aligns with Dany thinking Jorah to have passed 40 in {{Date|298}},{{Ref|aGoT|3}} and with Tyrion guessing Jorah had certainly passed 40 or is even older in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|22}}
Jorah had left Westeros in exile 5 years prior to {{Date|298}}, thus in 293 AC. Jorah had been married to Lynesse Hightower after the Greyjoy Rebellion in {{Date|289}}. Prior to his marriage to Lynesse Hightower, Jorah had been married to another woman for 10 years. This would put his age during his first marriage at approximately 25, a normal age for a highborn man, and heir to an house, to marry, in peace time.

Though Jorah won’t mean that he’s exactly three times as old as Daenerys, it is an indication. It can be concluded that Jorah is around 45 years old in 299AC, meaning that he was born around {{Date|254}}.

==[[Jorelle Mormont]]==
===Birth===
With her younger sister having been born in 290AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lyanna Mormont|Lyanna Mormont]])'', Jorelle would have been born no later than 289AC, being minimally a year older.

Alysanne Mormont, Jorelle's older sister, was born in 278AC the latest, and in 276AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alysanne Mormont|Alysanne Mormont]])''. With 276AC as Alysanne’s first possible moment of birth, Jorelle’s first possible moment of birth would be two years later (since there’s another sister in between). This means that Jorelle was born in 278AC the earliest.

No further specifications can be given. Jorelle was born in or between {{Date|278}} and {{Date|289}}.

==[[Josmyn Peckledon]]==
===Birth===
[[Josmyn Peckledon|Josmyn]] is said to have been no older than 14 during {{Date|299}}, after the Battle of the Blackwater.{{Ref|aCoK|65}}
Josmyn was 15 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|33}}

Being 14 years old in 299AC and 15 in 300AC, gives the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, and 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, and 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Josmyn was born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Joy Hill]]==
===Birth===
[[Joy Hill]] was 9 or 10 when Jaime Lannister had last seen her, as stated in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|44}} The last time Jaime could have seen Joy was when he fled to Casterly Rock in {{Date|298}}. Joy is 10 years old in 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} In 299AC, Joy has turned 11. In 300AC, Joy is still 11 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}

Being 11 years old in both 299AC and 300AC, shows that Joy was 10 turning 11 in 299AC, and is 11 turning 12 in 300AC. This places Joy’s birth in {{Date|288}}.

''Note: In addition that means that Joy was 9 turning 10 in 298AC, giving an explanation to Jaime’s “9 or 10”, if he did indeed see her while visiting the Rock shortly in 298AC.''

==[[Joyeuse Erenford]]==
===Birth===
Joyeuse is known to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} This gives Joyeuse the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in {{Date|283}}
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in {{Date|282}}

No further specifications can be given. Joyeuse was born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

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=See also=
* Are you a contributor to the ''wiki of ice and fire'', or just simply ''a forum of ice and fire''-user and would you like to discuss anything on this page? Go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations to determine when certain events took place can be found [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|here]]

==References==
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'''Due to editing issues caused by the length of the calculations, the list is divided into four pages. Use the navigation box, or navigate here to [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages|page 1]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]] or [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)|page 4]]. You are currently on page 2.'''

In the main series and novellas, George R.R. Martin does not state specifically in which year a character has been born or has died. This page lists the calculations to determine such years, years of birth mostly, but also years of death at times, as specific as is possible, for all characters for all this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''A Song of Ice and Fire''.

'''The Method''': The calculations have been made with a few simple rules.
*'''1''': A character, both male and female, will be at least 13 years old at the birth of his or her first born child. This age is chosen because of the marriages known in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' (Maegor I got married at the age of 13, Princess Helaena Targaryen was 13 years old, Sansa Stark, though still 12 years old, would turn 13 in only a few days, placing her marriage in the year she would turn 13) and because of simple biology, looking at the fertility of both boys and girls.
*'''2''': When discussing siblings, it is assumed that there will be more than 9 months in between the births. Though technically siblings can differ only 9 months in age, this would require the mother to become pregnant within days of having given birth. It is assumed that the mother was allowed a short period of recovery after having given birth, and thus that siblings will be born at least 1 year (12 months) apart. This is only when discussing full-blood siblings. Siblings with the same father, but with a different mother, won't have this issue.

The characters are listed alphabetically, using full names. Maesters (like Maester Aemon), will also be listed alphabetically under their first names, but not under their last names, since they set aside their family name upon becoming a maester. Their full names as they had received at birth will be behind their Maester name between parentheses.
Names that belong to several characters (for example, the name Walder Frey) will be listed alphabetically, but will have their nickname listed after their birth name, so they can be distinguished.

For calculations on placings of events, see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|Calculations of Events]].

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==[[Eddara Tallhart]]==
===Birth===
Eddara was 9 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}
* 8 turning 9 in 299AC, placing her birth in 290AC
* 9 turning 10 in 299AC, placing her birth in 289AC

No further specifications can be given. Eddara was thus born in either {{Date|289}} or {{Date|290}}.

==[[Eddard Stark]]==
===Birth===
Ned Stark is 35 years old in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|1}}. That gives Ned two options:
* 34 turning 35, placing his birth in 263AC
* 35 turning 36, placing his birth in 262AC

In addition, Eddard Stark is known to haven been 18 years old in {{Date|281}}, the Year of the False Spring,{{Ref|aGoT|58}} giving Eddard the same options as above:
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 263AC
* 18 turning 19, placing his birth in 262AC

No further specifications can be given. Eddard was born in either {{Date|262}} or {{Date|263}}.

===Death===
Eddard Stark was still alive when the Battle of the Whispering Wood was being fought. This battle occured in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Five Kings|War of the Five Kings (Battle of the Whispering Wood)]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Five Kings|War of the Five Kings (Execution of Eddard Stark)]]. Since Ned was still alive during this battle, his death occured after.

Eddard thus died in {{Date|299}}

==[[Edmund Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
[[Edmund Blackwood|Edmund]] is 12 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} This gives Edmund the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

No further specifications can be given. Edmund was thus born in either {{Date|287}} or {{Date|288}}.

==[[Edmure Tully]]==
===Birth===
Edmure is the youngest child of Hoster Tully. He is younger than both his sisters, Catelyn and Lysa. Lysa was younger than Catelyn, and was born in 266AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lysa Tully|Lysa Tully]])''. This means that Edmure, being younger than Lysa, cannot have been born before 267AC. 267AC is thus Edmure’s earliest possible year of birth.

In 282AC, Edmure was a squire to Brandon Stark in his duel against Petyr Baelish.{{Ref|aGoT|40}} It is known that, while squire's are usually somewhat older, even boys as young as 5 or 6 can be a squire in certain occasions (with as example Duncan the Tall as the squire of Ser Arlan of Pennytree). This shows that Edmure would have been born no later than {{Date|277}} (282 – 5 years of age = {{Date|274}}).

No further specifications can be given. Edmure was thus born in or between {{Date|267}} and {{Date|277}}.

''Note: In 299AC, upon seeing her brother, Catelyn Tully remarks how Edmure is still a young man. With Edmure being born in between {{Date|274}} and {{Date|267}}, he would be between the ages of 25 and 32 in {{Date|299}}. Catelyn’s remark seems to push Edmure’s age closer to 25 than to 32 in 299 AC, though Edmure’s exact age cannot be said with certainty, since his sister Lysa, at the age of 33, is also still considered young.''

==[[Edric Dayne]]==
===Birth===
[[Edric Dayne|Edric]] is guessed by Arya Stark to be 10 or 12 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|34}} Edric admits that he is indeed 12 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|43}} That gives Edric the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing his birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, placing his birth in 286AC

In 300AC, Edric is still 12 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That shows that Edric cannot have been 12 turning 13 in 299AC, eliminating option 286AC, and thus confirms that Edric was 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing his birth in 287AC.

Edric was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Edric Storm]]==
===Birth===
Edric Storm is said to be “around Bran’s age” in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}}, when Bran has already turned 8.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} In {{Date|299}}, Edric is said to have been seven or eight years old.{{Ref|aCoK|45}}

Edric Storm was conceived during the wedding of Stannis Baratheon and Selyse Florent{{Ref|aCoK|}}. Since Shireen Baratheon was born during the marriage, Edric would thus be at least Shireens age, if not older. Shireen Baratheon was born in 289AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Shireen Baratheon|Shireen Baratheon]])''. This means that Edric was born in 289AC the latest as well, if not earlier (it is unknown when Stannis and Selyse got married, and how many years into the marriage Shireen was conceived).

Devan Seaworth is older than Edric Storm.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} Devan was born in either 287AC or 288AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Devan Seaworth|Devan Seaworth]])''. This means that the earliest that Edric could have been born, was the same year as Devan’s earliest option, but only later in the year. This would make 287AC the earliest that Edric could have been born.

Edric is stated to have been 12 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That would give him the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing his birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, placing his birth in 286AC

Since Edric having been born in 286AC would make him older than Devan Seaworth, that option isn’t a possibility, and is thus eliminated. The only option that remains is 287AC.

Edric was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Edwyn Frey]]==
===Birth===
[[Edwyn Frey|Edwyns]] father Ryman Frey was born in either 246AC, 247AC or 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Ryman Frey|Ryman Frey]])''. Ryman would have been at least 13 years old when Edwyn was born. With 246AC as the earliest possible year of birth for Ryman, Edwyn was born no earlier than 13 years later, in 259AC.

Edwyn himself was at least 13 years old when his daughter was born. His daughter Walda was born in either 290AC or 291AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walda Frey (daughter of Edwyn)|Walda Frey]])''. With 291AC as the last possible year of birth for Walda, Edwyn would have been born at least 13 years prior, in 278AC

No further specifications can be given. Edwyn Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|259}} or {{Date|278}}.

==[[Elder Brother]]==
===Birth===
[[Elder Brother]] is known to have been 44 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} That gives the following options:
* 43 turning 44 in 300AC, placing his birth in 256AC
* 44 turning 45 in 300AC, placing his birth in 255AC

No further specifications can be given. Elder Brother was born in either {{Date|255}} or {{Date|256}}.

==[[Eldon Estermont]]==
===Birth===
[[Eldon Estermont|Eldon]] is roughly 70 years old in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aFfC|24}} which indicates he was roughly between the ages of 68 and 72. This places his birth in or between {{Date|228}} and {{Date|232}}.

==[[Eleanor Mooton]]==
===Birth===
Eleanor is 13 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing her birth in 287AC
* 13 turning 14 in 300AC, placing her birth in 286AC

No further specifications can be given. Eleanor was thus born in either {{Date|286}} or {{Date|287}}.

==[[Eleyna Westerling]]==
===Birth===
[[Eleyna Westerling|Eleyna]] is near Sansa Starks age in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|14}} Sansa, at that time, is 12 years old, making Eleyna around 12 years old as well in 299AC. It is known that Eleyna is 12 years old in 299AC as well.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, placing her birth in 287AC
* 12 turning 13 in 299AC, placing her birth in 286AC

Eleyna is still 12 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} This eliminates the second option (with her birth in 286AC), leaving only the option of 287AC as Eleyna’s birth year.

Eleyna was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Elia Martell]]==
===Birth===
Elia Martell was a year oldern than her brother Oberyn.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} Doran Martell was 9 years old when his sister Elia was born, and has mentioned that their brother Oberyn was born 10 years after him.{{Ref|aFfC|2}} That between Oberyn and Doran are exactly 10 years, shows that between Doran and Elia are exactly 9 years. Doran Martell was born in either 247AC or 248AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Doran Martell|Doran Martell]])''. This gives Elia the following options:
* With Doran born in 247AC, Elia was born in 256AC
* With Doran born in 248AC, Elia was born in 257AC

No further specifications can be given. Elia Martell was thus born in either {{Date|256}} or {{Date|257}}.

===Death===
Elia died during the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. The Sack of King's Landing occured in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Sack of King's Landing|Sack of King's Landing]])''. Elia thus died in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Elia Sand]]==
===Birth===
Elia Sand is mentioned to be 14 years old during {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|38}} That leaves two options for Elia:
* 13 turning 14 in 300AC, placing her birth in 286AC
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC

No further specifications can be given. Elia was thus born in either {{Date|285}} or {{Date|286}}.

==[[Elinor Tyrell]]==
===Birth===
Elinor is known to be close to Sansa Starks age.{{Ref|aSoS|6}} Sansa Stark was born in {{Date|286}}. This places Elinors birth roughly around {{Date|286}} as well.

==[[Ellendor]]==
===Birth===
[[Ellendor]] was close to 90 year old when was chosen as Grandmaester. {{Ref|aFfC|36}} He died a little less than a year later,{{Ref|aFfC|36}} in either {{Date|258}} or {{Date|259}} (see below, under “death”). That means Ellendor was with certainty almost 90 years old (but not yet 90 years old), a year before, in either 257AC or 258AC. That gives him the following options (assuming that “nigh on 90” can be from 86 to 89):
* 86 turning 87 in 257AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 86 turning 87 in 258AC, placing his birth in 171AC
* 87 turning 88 in 257AC, placing his birth in 169AC
* 87 turning 88 in 258AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 88 turning 89 in 257AC, placing his birth in 168AC
* 88 turning 89 in 258AC, placing his birth in 169AC
* 89 turning 90 in 257AC, placing his birth in 167AC
* 89 turning 90 in 258AC, placing his birth in 168AC

No further specifications can be given. Ellendor was thus born in or between {{Date|167}} and {{Date|171}}.

===Death===
[[Ellendor]] died within a year of being raised to the office, which caused Merion to be named to the office of Grandmaester. Merion was send to King’s Landing, but he died on the journey over there. That was when [[Pycelle]] was raised, in 259AC.{{Ref|aFfC|36}}
With Pycelle having started in 259AC, that means that Merion died in 259AC. Merion died on the way to King’s Landing, which means he was named Grandmaester either in 259AC or in 258AC (it is unknown how long the journey takes exactly, or in which part of the year this all occurred).This means that Ellendor died in either {{Date|258}} or {{Date|259}}.

==[[Elmar Frey]]==
===Birth===
Elmar was 9 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 9 years old in both 299AC and 300AC means Elmar was 8 turning 9 in {{Date|299}}, and 9 turning 10 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Elwood Meadows]]==
===Birth===
[[Elwood Meadows]] is known to have been 20 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|42}} That gives Elwood the following two options:
* 19 turning 20 in 299AC, placing his birth in 279AC
* 20 turning 21 in 299AC, placing his birth in 278AC

No further specifications can be given. Elwood was thus born in either {{Date|278}} or {{Date|279}}.

==[[Elyana Vypren]]==
===Birth===
Elyana was at least 13 years old when her son Rickard was born. Rickard was born in 295AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rickard Wylde|Rickard Wylde]])'', placing Elyana's last possible moment of birth in 282AC.

Elyana's mother Lythene was born in 251AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])''. Lythene would have been at least 13 years old when Elyana, her eldest child, was born, placing Elyana’s earliest possible moment of birth in 264AC

Elyana was thus born in or between {{Date|264}} and {{Date|282}}.

==[[Emberlei Frey]]==
===Birth===
Emberlei has been mentioned to have been 2 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 3 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 2 years old in {{Date|299}} and 3 years old in {{Date|300}}, gives the following options:
* 1 turning 2 in 299AC, and 2 turning 3 in 300AC, placing her birth in 297AC
* 2 turning 3 in 299AC, and 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing her birth in 296AC

No further specifications can be given. Emberlei was born in either {{Date|296}} or {{Date|297}}.

==[[Emma]]==
===Birth===
[[Emma]] is at least 40 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}} Being at least 40 years old in 300AC would place her birth no later than 260AC.

No further specifications can be given. Emma was thus born in {{Date|260}} or earlier.

==[[Emmon Frey]]==
===Birth===
Emmon Frey was 14 years old when Genna Lannister was 7 and Tywin Lannister was 10.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} This occurred in 253AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tywin Lannister|Tywin Lannister]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Genna Lannister|Genna Lannister]])''. With Emmon being 14 years old in 253AC, this leaves the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 253AC, placing his birth in 239AC
* 14 turning 15 in 253AC, placing his birth in 238AC

Emmon is 60 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} This gives the following options:
* 59 turning 60 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 240AC
* 60 turning 61 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 239AC

The only overlapping year is 239AC. This shows that Emmon was born in 239AC, and that he will be turning 61 in {{Date|300}}. It also shows that Emmon had turned 14 the year he was betrothed to Genna Lannister.

==[[Eon Hunter]]==
===Birth===
Eon Hunter is known to have been older than Jon Arryn.{{Ref|aGoT|40}} Jon Arryn was born in {{Date|221}} the latest, roughly speaking ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Arryn|Jon Arryn]])'', showing that Eon Hunter was born at least one year before, meaning he was born in {{Date|220}} or before, roughly.

==[[Erena Glover]]==
===Birth===
Erena was 1 year old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 0 turning 1 in 299AC, placing her birth in 298AC
* 1 turning 2 in 299AC, placing her birth in 297AC

No further specifications can be given. Erena was thus born in either {{Date|297}} or {{Date|298}}.

==[[Erik Ironmaker]]==
===Birth===
[[Erik Ironmaker|Erik]] is mentioned to be 88 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|19}} This gives the following options:
* 87 turning 88 in 300AC, placing his birth in 212AC
* 88 turning 89 in 300AC, placing his birth in 211AC

No further specification can be given. Erik was born in either {{Date|211}} or {{Date|212}}.

==[[Ermesande Hayford]]==
===Birth===
[[Ermesande Hayford|Ermesande]] was barely a year old when she married Tyrek Lannister mid {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aFfC|27}} This places Ermesande’s birth in {{Date|298}}.

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==[[Falia Flowers]]==
===Birth===
[[Falia Flowers]] is 17 or 18 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|29}} That gives her the following options:
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 17 turning 18 in 300AC, placing her birth in 282AC
* 18 turning 19 in 300AC, placing her birth in 281AC

No further specifications can be given. Falia was born in either {{Date|281}}, {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Falyse Stokeworth]]==
===Birth===
[[Falyse Stokeworth]] is older than her sister Lollys by at least one year. Lollys was born in {{Date|266}} the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lollys Stokeworth|Lollys Stokeworth]])'', placing Falyse’s birth no later than {{Date|265}}.

Falyse was thus born in {{Date|265}} or before.

''Note: Since Falyse has been married for roughly 10 years by 300AC, it seems unlikely that she was born much earlier than 265AC. If Falyse was born in 265AC, she would have been 25 years old when she married around 290AC. Though the 10 years of Falyse's marriage is a rough indication (she could have been married for 12 years in reality, for example), it does show that Falyse got married around her early twenties at the earliest. If Falyse was born many years before 265AC, that would push her age closer to 30 when she got married for the first time, something which, though possible, seems rather unlikely.
Concluded can be that Falyse won't have been born that many years before 265AC, though a specific birth year, or a specific time frame, cannot be given.

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==[[Galazza Galare]]==
===Birth===
[[Galazza Galare]] is at least 20 years older than Barristan Selmy is in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|70}} Barristan was born in 237AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy]])'', meaning that the Green Grace was born roughly 20 years before, placing her birth roughly in {{Date|217}}.

==[[Galladon of Tarth]]==
===Birth===
[[Galladon of Tarth]] was 8 when Brienne of Tarth was 4 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} Brienne was born in {{Date|280}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brienne of Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]])''. That means Brienne was 4 years old in both {{Date|284}} (3 turning 4) and {{Date|285}} (4 turning 5). This gives Galladon the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 284AC, placing his birth in 276AC
* 8 turning 9 in 284AC, placing his birth in 275AC
* 7 turning 8 in 285AC, placing his birth in 277AC
* 8 turning 9 in 285AC, placing his birth in 276AC

No further specifications can be given. Galladon was born in either {{Date|275}}, {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}}.

===Death===
Galladon died when he was 8 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} Galladon's possible birth years give the following options for him having been 8 years old:
* If born in 275AC
** 7 turning 8 in 283AC
** 8 turning 9 in 284AC
* If born in 276AC
** 7 turning 8 in 284AC
** 8 turning 9 in 285AC
* If born in 277AC
** 7 turning 8 in 285AC
** 8 turning 9 in 286AC

When Galladon died, his sister, Brienne, was 4 years old. Brienne was born in 280AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brienne of Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]])''. Brienne was thus 4 years old in either 284AC (3 turning 4) or 285AC (4 turning 5). This eliminates the years 283AC and 285AC as possible years of death for Galladon, as his sister cannot have been 4 years old during those 2 years.

No further specification can be given. Galladon thus died in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Gared]]==
===Birth ===
[[Gared]] has been on the Wall for 40 years, in 297AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Turning of the years, Main Series|297AC]])'', meaning he joined in 257AC. It is mentioned he has been a man and a boy during those 40 years.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}}
Gared, in 297AC, was past 50,{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} meaning he was at least 51 years old, and thus born in 246AC or before.

Gared was near as old as Lord Commander Jeor Mormont{{Ref|aGoT|21}}, who was born in 230AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jeor Mormont|Jeor Mormont]])''. This means that Gared was almost as old as Jeor, but did not have the same age, meaning he was born in 231AC or later.

No further specifications can be given. Gared was thus born in or between {{Date|231}} and {{Date|246}}.

===Death===
In {{Date|298}}, Sansa Stark, during the [[Tourney of the Hand]], remembers how Ser Waymar Royce had visited Winterfell on his way to the Wall. The Tourney of the Hand takes place minimally 6 months into {{Date|298}} (Joffrey’s nameday, two weeks later Jon Arryn dies, a 2 month travel to Winterfell, a minimum of 1 month stay, traveling back for 2 months, having been at King’s Landing for some time when the Tourney begins), so when Sansa remembers how Royce visited 2 years ago, she is thinking about an event roughly halfway through 296AC.

During the ranging, Will remarks how Ser Waymar has not yet been on the Wall for half a year. With Waymar being at Winterfell halfway through 296AC, and with the journey from Winterfell to Castle Black having taken at least one month, but most likely more, since there are several castles in between Winterfell and the Wall, Waymar would have been at the Wall for close to half a year in early 297AC.

Gared died during the ranging where Waymar had not yet been at the Wall for half a year (which suggests that he was close to being at the Wall for half a year, placing the ranging in early 297AC), and thus died in {{Date|297}}.

==[[Garlan Tyrell]]==
===Birth===
[[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] is noted to be 5 years older than his brother Loras.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Loras Tyrell was born in {{Date|282}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Loras Tyrell|Loras Tyrell]])''. With Garlan being 5 years older than Loras, Garlan was born in {{Date|277}}

==[[Gawen Glover]]==
===Birth===
[[Gawen Glover]] was 3 years old in 299AC,{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} and 4 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|26}} That gives him the following options:
* 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing his birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5 in 300AC, placing his birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Gawen was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}

==[[Gawen Swann]]==
Gawen Swann was older than Arlan of Pennytree in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} Arlan of Pennytree was born in or between 149AC and 153AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan of Pennytree]])''. This means that Gawen Swann was born in {{Date|152}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

''Note: That Duncan the Tall can tell that Gawen is older than Arlan from a distance, suggests that Gawen is at least several years older.''

==[[Gendry]]==
===Birth===
Gendry is mentioned in 299AC to be 5 years older than Arya Stark, who, at that time, is 10 years old. This makes Gendry 15 in 299AC, giving him the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing his birth in 284AC
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing his birth in 283AC

Since the War of the Usurper lasted from 282AC until 283AC, and Robert Baratheon, Gendry’s father, was nowhere near King's Landing, Gendry’s place of birth,{{Ref|awoiaf}} until the very end of the Rebellion in 283AC, Gendry cannot have been conceived in 282AC, and thus he cannot have been born in 283AC (the Rebellion ended roughly halfway through the year, meaning that Gendry cannot have been conceived and born in the same year). This eliminates the option of 283AC, and confirms that Gendry was thus born in {{Date|284}}.

==[[Genna Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Genna Lannister was 7 years old when she was betrothed to Emmon Frey, who was 14 at the time. Emmon is 60 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} For Emmon, this gives the following possibilities:
* 59 turning 60 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 240AC
** This means Emmon was 14 years old in 254AC (13 turning 14) and 255AC (14 turning 15)
* 60 turning 61 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 239AC
** This means Emmon was 14 years old during 253AC (13 turning 14) and 254AC (14 turning 15)

Emmon thus could have been 14 in three different years: 253AC, 254AC and 255AC. For Genna, this creates the following options:
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 253AC
** 6 turning 7 in 253AC, placing her birth in 246AC
** 7 turning 8 in 253AC, placing her birth in 245AC
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 254 AC
** 6 turning 7 in 254AC, placing her birth in 247AC
** 7 turning 8 in 254AC, placing her birth in 246AC
* She was 7 when Emmon was 14 in 255 AC
** 6 turning 7 in 255AC, placing her birth in 248AC
** 7 turning 8 in 255AC, placing her birth in 247AC

This leaves the options of being born in 245AC, 246AC, 247AC and 248AC for Genna.

During these same events, Genna’s brother Tywin was 10 years old. Tywin was born in 242AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tywin Lannister|Tywin Lannister]])''. Being born in 242AC leaves the following options for Tywin being 10:
* 9 turning 10 in 252AC
* 10 turning 11 in 253AC

This shows that the only moment when Tywin was 10 while Genna was 7 and Emmon 14, happened in 253AC. Therefore, Genna was 7 years old in 253AC, showing she was either 6 turning 7, placing her birth in 246AC, or 7 turning 8, placing her birth in 245AC.

No further specifications can be given. Genna was thus born in either {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}.

''Note: Kevan Lannister was 55 years old in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aFfC|7}} placing his birth in either 245 AC or 244 AC. Kevan and Genna will be at least one year apart in age. About neither can multiple specifications be given, which means that for both 2 options will remain until more information is given about either one of them.''

''This does mean that if Kevan was born in 245 AC, Genna will have been born in 246 AC. If Kevan was born in 244 AC, both options remain open for Genna.''

==[[Geremy Frey]]==
===Birth===
Geremy Frey was born after Merrett Frey, and before Raymund Frey. Merrett Frey was born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])''. Merrett, Geremy and Raymund were all children of Amarei Crakehall, Lord Walder Frey’s third wife. According to Walder Frey, Amarei died before Catelyn Tully was born. Catelyn Tully was born in 264AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Tully]])'', making 264AC the last possible moment for Amarei to have died, and thus to have given birth.

Amarei gave birth to Merrett Frey in 262AC, and Geremy and Raymund are not stated to have been twins, it can be assumed they were born a year apart.

With Geremy having been born at least one year after Merrett, who was born in 262AC, and at least one year before Raymund, and with only 2 years (263AC and 264AC) remaining until Amarei dies, Geremy can only have been born in {{Date|263}}.

===Death===
The first reference to Geremy's death occurs in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} Since it is not stated how long Geremy has been dead, 299AC is thus the first possible year of death for Geremy, theoretically.

Geremy's youngest child is Cynthea Frey, who was born in 290AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Cynthea Frey|Cynthea Frey]])''. This means that Cynthea's conception could have taken place in 289AC the earliest. Since Geremy would only need to have been alive during the conception, and not the actual birth, the year 289AC is the first possible year for Geremy to have died.

Geremy thus died in or between {{Date|289}} and {{Date|299}}.

==[[Gerold Dayne]]==
===Birth===
Gerold Dayne is in his late twenties,{{Ref|awoiaf|Gerold Dayne entry}} so in or between the ages of 26 and 29. Gerold is introduced in {{Date|300}}. Being 26-29 in {{Date|300}} gives him the following options:
* 25 turning 26 in 300AC, placing his birth in 274AC
* 26 turning 27 in 300AC, placing his birth in 273AC
* 27 turning 28 in 300AC, placing his birth in 272AC
* 28 turning 29 in 300AC, placing his birth in 271AC
* 29 turning 30 in 300AC, placing his birth in 270AC

No further specifications can be given. Concluded can be that Gerold was born in or between {{Date|270}} and {{Date|274}}.

==[[Gerris Drinkwater]]==
===Birth===
[[Gerris Drinkwater]] is 6 years older than Quentyn Martell,{{Ref|aDwD|6}} who was born in 281AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Quentyn Martell|Quentyn Martell]])''. This places Gerris' birth in {{Date|275}}.

==[[Gilly]]==
===Birth===
[[Gilly]] is judged to be 15 or 16 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|23}} This gives Gilly the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in 299AC, placing her birth in 282AC

No further specifications can be given. Gilly was born in either {{Date|282}}, {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}

==[[Gilwood Hunter]]==
===Birth===
[[Gilwood Hunter|Gilwoods]] age is judged to have been closer to 50 than to 40 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|23}}
Being closer to 50 than to 40 would make Gilwood 46 years old at least. It also means that he has not yet turned 50, though it is possible he will be turning 50 later in the year. This gives Gilwood the following options:
* 45 turning 46 in 300AC, placing his birth in 254AC
* 46 turning 47 in 300AC, placing his birth in 253AC
* 47 turning 48 in 300AC, placing his birth in 252AC
* 48 turning 49 in 300AC, placing his birth in 251AC
* 49 turning 50 in 300AC, placing his birth in 250AC

No further specifications can be given. Gilwood was thus born in or between in or between {{Date|250}} and {{Date|254}}.

==[[Girl General]]==
===Birth===
The [[Girl General]] cannot be more than 16 years old in {{Date|300}}, according to Quentyn Martell.{{Ref|aDwD|25}} That gives her the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 6 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. The Girl General was born in either {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}.

==[[Glendon Ball]]==
===Birth===
Glendon was 16, 17 or 18 years old in 212AC. Glendon’s father, Quentyn Ball, died before Glendon was born. Quentyn Ball died in 196AC.
Being either 16, 17 or 18 years old in 212AC gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16, placing his birth in 196AC
* 16 turning 17, placing his birth in 195AC
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 194AC
* 18 turning 19, placing his birth in 193AC

Glendons father died in 196AC, before Glendon’s birth. This means that Glendon’s first possible moment of birth is also 196AC. This eliminates the three options of 195AC, 194AC and 193AC, thereby confirming that Glendon was born in {{Date|196}}.

==[[Glendon Goode]]==
===Birth===
Glendon was 20 years old in 130AC. {{Ref|TPATQ}} That gives him the following options:
* 19 turning 20 in 130AC, placing his birth in 110AC
* 20 turning 21 in 130AC, placing his birth in 109AC

No further specifications can be given. Glendon was thus born in either {{Date|109}} or {{Date|110}}.

==[[Gormond Goodbrother]]==
===Birth===
[[Gormond Goodbrother|Gormond]] is judged to be no older than 16 in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aFfC|1}} Being 16 years old in 299AC gives him the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing his birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in 299AC, placing his birth in 282AC

No further specifications can be given. Gormond was born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Gregor Clegane]]==
===Birth===
Gregor Clegane was 17 years old in 283AC.{{Ref|aGot|30}} Being 17 in 283AC gives the following options:
* 16 turning 17, placing his birth in 266AC
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 265AC

No further information about Gregor is known. Gregor was thus born in either {{Date|265}} or {{Date|266}}.

==[[Grenn]]==
===Birth===
Grenn was 16 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Being 16 in {{Date|298}} gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 298AC, placing his birth in 282AC
* 16 turning 17 in 298AC, placing his birth in 281AC

No further specification can be given about Grenn. He was born in either {{Date|281}} or {{Date|282}}.

==[[Gulian Swann]]==
===Birth===
[[Gulian Swann|Gulian]] is “well past 40” in {{Date|300}}. {{Ref|aSoS|67}} That gives him the minimum age of 41 in 300AC, placing his birth in {{Date|259}} or later. No further specifications can be given.

''Note: The term “well past” suggests that Gulians actual year of birth is somewhat earlier than 259AC, but it cannot be stated exactly how much.''

==[[Guyard Morrigen]]==
===Birth===
[[Guyard Morrigen|Guyard]] was said to have been a babe during the Siege of Storm’s End during Robert’s Rebellion.{{Ref|aCoK|31}} The Siege of Storm’s End during Robert’s Rebellion began in {{Date|282}} and ended in {{Date|283}}. Since Rickon Stark is still called a babe at the age of 4,{{Ref|aCoK|4}}, Guyard could have been up to 4 years old during the Siege.

Being 4 years old during 283AC, means that Guyard could potentially have been 4 turning 5 in 283AC, placing his birth in 278AC. Guyard won’t have been born any earlier.

Guyard would also have been a babe during the Siege if he had been born during the Siege. Since the Siege ended in 283AC, this is the latest he could have been born.

Guyard was thus born in or between {{Date|278}} and {{Date|283}}.

==[[Gwayne Hightower]]==
===Birth===
Gwayne is at least one year younger than his older sister Alicent.{{Ref|TRP}} Alicent was born in either {{Date|87}} or {{Date|88}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alicent Hightower|Alicent Hightower]])''. That means that Alicent was born in 87 the earliest, meaning that Gwayne was born in 88AC or later.

Gwayne had been knighted by 111AC. {{Ref|TRP}} With the minimum age of 15<ref name=knight>The youngest knights known in asoiaf are knighted at 15</ref>, Gwayne would not have been younger than 14 turning 15 in 111AC, giving him the minimum birth year of 96AC.

No further specifications can be given. Gwayne was thus born in or between {{Date|88}} and {{Date|96}}.

==[[Gwyneth Yronwood]]==
===Birth===
[[Gwyneth Yronwood|Gwyneth]] is 12 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|6}} That gives her the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing her birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing her birth in 287AC

No further specifications can be given. Gwyneth was born in either {{Date|287}} or {{Date|288}}.

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==[[Hagen's daughter]]==
===Birth===
[[Hagen's daughter]] is 17 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|26}} That gives her the following options:
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 17 turning 18 in 300AC, placing her birth in 282AC

No further specifics can be given. She was born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Halder]]==
===Birth===
Halder is 16 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|26}} That gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 282AC
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 281AC

No further specification can be given. Halder was born in either {{Date|281}} or {{Date|282}}.

==[[Harwin]] (Winterfell)==
===Birth===
[[Harwin]] heard the tale of Eddard Stark and Ashara Dayne when he was no older than 10.{{Ref|aSoS|43}} Eddard Stark and Ashara Dayne met each other in {{Date|281}}. That means this year is the first time Harwin could have heard about it. This makes Harwins earliest year of birth {{Date|271}}. Harwin was thus born in {{Date|271}} or later.

==[[Harwin Strong]]==
===Birth===
Harwin had been knighted by 105AC. {{Ref|TRP}} With the minimum age of 15<ref name=knight>The youngest knights known in asoiaf are knighted at 15</ref>, Harwin would have been 14 turning 15 in 105AC the youngest. This would place his birth in 90AC. It is possible, however, that Harwin had been older ib 105AC.

No further specifications can be given. Harwin was thus born in either {{Date|90}} or before.

==[[Harys Haigh]]==
===Birth===
Harys would have been at least 13 years old when his son Walder had been born. Walder was born in 295AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Haigh|Walder Haigh]])'', meaning that Harys was born at least 13 years prior, in 282AC.

Harys was the eldest child of Perriane Frey. Perriane was born in 241AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])'', meaning that Harys was born the earliest 13 years later, in 254AC.

Harys was thus born in or between {{Date|254}} and {{Date|282}}.

==[[Hazzea]]==
===Birth===
Hazzea was 4 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|11}} That gives her the following options:
* 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing her birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5 in 300AC, placing her birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Hazzea was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Helicent Uffering]]==
===Birth===
Duncan the Tall judged Helicent to be about 40 years old in 211AC.{{Ref|TSS}} This would place Helicents birth around {{Date|171}}.

==[[Henly (Old)]]==
===Birth===
[[Henly (Old)|Henly]] is well past seventy in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|55}} Being “well past seventy” in 299AC would place Henly’s birth “well past” {{Date|229}}. The description of Henly’s age suggests that he has not yet turned 80. Henly could thus be anything between 71 and 79, placing his birth in or between {{Date|220}} and {{Date|228}}.

''Note: “Well past seventy” would most likely mean that Henly is not 71, or 72, which is both close to seventy. However, without any specifications on that, it cannot be said with certainty how far from 70 Henly is, thus, the minimum of an age of 71 is taken.''

==[[Henly (Young)]]==
===Birth===
[[Henly (Young)|Henly]] is well past fifty in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|55}} Being “well past fifty” in 299AC would place Henly’s birth “well past” {{Date|249}}. The description of Henly’s age suggests that he has not yet turned 60. Henly could thus be anything between 51 and 59, placing his birth in or between {{Date|240}} and {{Date|248}}.

''Note: “Well past fifty” would most likely mean that Henly is not 51, or 52, which is both close to fifty. However, without any specifications on that, it cannot be said with certainty how far from 50 Henly is, thus, the minimum of an age of 51 is taken.''

==[[Hobert Hightower]]==
===Birth===
Hobert was 60 years old in 130AC. {{Ref|TPATQ}} That gives him the following options:
* 59 turning 60 in 130AC, placing his birth in 70AC
* 60 turning 61 in 130AC, placing his birth in 69AC

No further specifications can be given. Hobert was thus born in either {{Date|69}} or {{Date|70}}.

==[[Holly]]==
===Birth===
[[Holly]] is judged to be 15 or 16 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|46}} This gives Holly the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. Holly was thus born in either {{Date|283}}, {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Hosteen Frey]]==
===Birth===
Hosteen is younger than his brother Luceon by at least one year. Luceon was born the earliest in 249AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])'', meaning that Hosteens earliest possible year of birth is 250AC.

Hosteen is older than his younger sister Lythene by at least one year. Lythene was born in 259AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lythene Frey|Lythene Frey]])'', meaning that Hosteen was born no later than one year before, in 258AC.

Hosteen Frey is described to have been twice as old as Loras Tyrell in early {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} Ser Loras was born in 282AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Loras Tyrell|Loras Tyrell]])'', and would have been 16 or 15 during the tourney, where he unhorsed Hosteen. Being exactly twice as old as 15 or 16 would make Hosteen 30 or 32 years old in early {{Date|298}}. Yet, Lord Walder doesn’t mention that he is being specific, giving Hosteen a range.

Looking at Hosteens possibilities (in or between 250AC and 258AC), it seems that Hosteen was between the ages of 40 and 48. With Loras Tyrell’s age in mind, this quote from Lord Walder would suggest that Hosteens is closer to 40 than to 48.

Hosteen was thus born in or between {{Date|250}} and {{Date|258}}, though most likely closer to 258AC than 250AC. More specifications cannot be given.

==[[Hostella Frey]]==
===Birth===
Hostella Frey was not yet born in late {{Date|299}}, but has been born by early {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} No further specification can be given. Hostella was born either late {{Date|299}}, or early {{Date|300}}.

==[[Hoster Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
Hoster is 16 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} This gives Hoster the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing his birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing his birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. Hoster was born in either {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}

==[[Hoster Frey]]==
===Birth===
Hoster has been mentioned to have been 12 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 12 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 11 turning 12 in {{Date|299}}, and 12 turning 13 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 287AC.

Hoster was thus born in {{Date|287}}

==[[Hoster Tully]]==
===Birth===
Hoster Tully was 5 years older than his brother Brynden.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} Brynden was born in or between 242AC and 246AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brynden Tully|Brynden Tully]])''. This would place Hosters birth in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}}.

''Note: This aligns with the Lords Tully of the past generations. Lord Walder Frey, born in {{Date|208}}, has lived through 5 Lords Tully’s of Riverrun.{{Ref|aSoS|49}} Lord Medgar Tully has died between {{Date|209}} and {{Date|211}},{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TSS}} and that his heir, an unnamed Lord Tully, was a boy of 8 in {{Date|211}},{{Ref|TSS}} placing his birth in either {{Date|202}} or {{Date|203}} , depending on whether he had turned 8, or was 8 turning 9 that year. This unnamed Lord Tully would be Lord #2 that was Lord of Riverrun whilst Walder Frey lived. It is known Edmure Tully is #5,{{Ref|aSoS|49}} so Hoster Tully would be #4, meaning that the unnamed Lord Tully mentioned in the Hedge Knight and the Mystery Knight was Hosters grandfather. This means that there’s still one Lord Tully in between, Lord #3. With Lord #2 born in either {{Date|202}} or {{Date|203}}, and with Lord #4 born in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}}, that leaves a gap of 34 to 39 years, giving an average age of 17 to 19,5 years for Lord # 3 to have his first child. Seeing as how this age gap seems to be a normal age for a Westerosi Lord to have his first child, Hosters’ possible birth years seems a perfect fit.''

==[[Hother Umber]]==
===Birth===
Hother had been send to Oldtown, roughly 50 years prior to {{Date|300}}. That put’s Hothers age in {{Date|300}} at at least 59, since the Citadel accepts students as young as 9 years old.<ref>A Game of Thrones RPG</ref> This would place Hothers birth no later than {{Date|241}}. It is unknown how old Hother actually was when he went to the Citadel. No further specifications can be given. A minimum year thus cannot be stated.

Hother was born in {{Date|241}} or before.

==[[Humfrey Wagstaff]]==
===Birth===
[[Humfrey Wagstaff|Humfrey]] was 65 years old when Brienne of Tarth was 16.{{Ref|aFfC|9}} Brienne was born in {{Date|280}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brienne of Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]])''. This would make Brienne 16 years old in both {{Date|296}} and {{Date|297}}. That gives Humfrey the following options:
* 64 turning 65 in 296AC, placing his birth in 231AC
* 65 turning 66 in 296AC, placing his birth in 230AC
* 64 turning 65 in 297AC, placing his birth in 232AC
* 65 turning 66 in 297AC, placing his birth in 231AC

No further specifications can be given. Humfrey was thus born in either {{Date|230}}, {{Date|231}} or {{Date|232}}.

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==[[Illifer]]==
===Birth===
[[Illifer]] is described as having been at least 60 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} This would place Illifer’s birth in {{Date|240}} or before.

==[[Irri]]==
===Birth===
Irri is 15 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}That gives her the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing her birth in 283AC

In 300Ac, Irri was 16 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

No further specifications can be given. Irri was thus born in either {{Date|283}} or {{Date|284}}.

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==[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Jaehaerys ascended the Iron Throne in 48AC at the age of 14. He died in 103AC at the age of 69.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} That gives Jaehaerys the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 48AC, placing his birth in 34AC
* 14 turning 15 in 48AC, placing his birth in 33AC

In addition:
* 68 turning 69 in 103AC, placing his birth in 34AC
* 69 turning 70 in 103AC, placing his birth in 33AC

No further specifications can be given. Jaehaerys was thus born in either {{Date|33}} or {{Date|34}}.

==[[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Jaehaerys Targaryen was 39 years old when he died in 262AC.<ref> Archon Meeting 2001 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1274/]</ref> This gives Jaehaerys the following options:
* 38 turning 39 in 262AC, placing his birth in 223AC
* 39 turning 40 in 262AC, placing his birth in 222AC

No further specifications can be given. Jaehaerys was born in either {{Date|222}} or {{Date|223}}.

==[[Jaime Frey]]==
===Birth===
In late {{Date|299}}, Jaime has not yet been born. In early {{Date|300}}, Jaime has been born. No specifications can be given, meaning he was born either in late {{Date|299}}, or early {{Date|300}}.

==[[Jaime Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Eddard Stark was 35 years old in early {{Date|298}}, leaving two options for his nameday:
* 34 turning 35 in 298AC, placing his birth in 263AC
* 35 turning 36 in 298AC, placing his birth in 262AC

When Ned was 18 (Tourney at Harrenhal), Jaime Lannister was 15.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}} There are a few possible moment when Ned could have been 18:
* If born in 262AC
** 17 turning 18 in 280AC
* 18 turning 19 in 281AC
* If born in 263CA
** 17 turning 18 in 281AC
** 18 turning 19 in 282AC

This means that there are a few possible years in which Jaime could have been 15 whilst Ned was 18:
* 14 turning 15 in 280AC, placing his birth in 265AC
* 15 turning 16 in 280AC, placing his birth in 264AC
* 14 turning 15 in 281AC, placing his birth in 266AC
* 15 turning 16 in 281AC, placing his birth in 265AC
* 14 turning 15 in 282AC, placing his birth in 267AC
* 15 turning 16 in 282AC, placing his birth in 266AC

So Jaime’s birth falls in either 264AC, 265AC, 266AC or 267AC.

It is also known that Robert’s Rebellion ended in 283AC.{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Jaime, at this point, was 17 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|12}} This gives the following options:
* 16 turning 17 in 283AC, placing his birth in 266AC
* 17 turning 18 in 283AC, placing his birth in 265AC

This cuts away two of the four options found above. The only two possibilities left (with Jaime being 17 in 283AC and with Jaime being 15 when Ned is 18) are that Jaime was born in either 266AC or 265AC.

After the Battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion remarks to himself that it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} We know these of Tyrions musings happened in the year 299AC. So in 299AC, it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.
However, in the year 300AC, Jaime remarks to himself that the Kingsguard cell that had been his during all his years of service, had been his for 18 years.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

So both brothers remark that Jaime joined the Kingsguard 18 years prior, only one does so in 299AC, and the other does so in 300AC. In a land where they don’t seem to be working with dates as is done in the real world (naming the months, numbering the days etc.), it seems more logical that both brothers were thinking about the age Jaime had when making the remark, and the age Jaime had while joining the Kingsguard. Even though the remarks aren’t made that far apart (only a few months at maximum), it does involve the changing of the year. The fact that it has been 18 years since Jaime was 15 in 299AC, and that it has also been 18 years that Jaime has been 15 in 300AC, shows us that Tyrion makes the remark after Jaime’s nameday that year, and that Jaime makes his remark before Jaime’s nameday that year. This leaves only one option:
* With it having been 18 years in 299AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday at that point in time in 299AC already having passed, Jaime was 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 32 turning 33 in 299AC.

With it having been 18 years in 300AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday still to come at that point in time in 300AC, Jaime was still 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 33 turning 34 in 300AC.

This means that Jaime was born in {{Date|266}}, having been 33 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.

''In addition to all this, Ran has confirmed that in Feast, Jaime was 34 years old with a certainty of 99,5%.''

==[[Jammos Frey]]==
===Birth===
Jammos Frey is younger than his brother Lothar Frey by at least one year. Lothar was born no earlier than 265AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lothar Frey]])'', meaning that 266AC is the earliest that Jammos could have been born.

Jammos Frey is older than his brother Whalen Frey by at least one year. The last possible year of birth of Whalen is 268AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Whalen Frey|Whalen Frey]]''), making Jammos' last possible year of birth one year before, in 267AC.

No further specifications can be given. Jammos Frey was thus born in either {{Date|266}} or {{Date|267}}.

==[[Janei Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Janei is 2 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} She’s 3 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 1 turning 2 in 299AC, and 2 turning 3 in 300AC, placing her birth in 297AC
* 2 turning 3 in 299AC, and 3 turning 4 in 300AC, placing her birth in 296AC

No further specifications can be given. Janei was thus born in either {{Date|296}} or {{Date|297}}.

==[[Janos Slynt]]==
===Birth===
[[Janos Slynt]] was 40 years old at the most in {{Date|300}}, no older.{{Ref|aSoS|69}} Being maximally 40 years old in 300AC would place Janos’ birth no earlier than {{Date|260}}.

Janos has 4 children. His youngest son, Danos, is a page.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Children become pages from the age of 6 at the youngest.<ref>Aegon V Targaryen was 6 or 7 when becoming a page at King’s Landing, Robert Arryn was 6 when his father tried to make him a page, Podrick Payne is told at the age of 12 that pages half his age, thus 6 years old, are better than him in sword fighting</ref>. Danos has two elder brothers, Mattos and Jothos, who are both squires. Mattos, as the eldest of the three boys, would be at least two years older than Danos, and thus have the minimum age of 8. Janos also has a daughter, but it is unknown how old she is, and whether she was born before Mattos, or after.

With Janos’ eldest son at the minimum age of 8 in {{Date|299}}, the boy would have been born in {{Date|291}} the latest. Janos would have been at least 13 years old at the birth of his firstborn child, which would place his birth no later than 13 years prior to 291AC, thus in 278AC.

No further specifications can be given. Janos Slynt was thus born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|278}}, though, since Janos' age is judged to be "40 or younger", it seems to be suggested that Janos' birth took place closer to 260AC than to 278AC.

==[[Jared Frey]]==
===Birth===
Jared is younger than his sister Perianne by at least one year. Perriane was born the earliest in 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])'', meaning that Jareds earliest possible year of birth is 242AC.

Jared is older than his younger brother Luceon by at least one year. Luceon was born in 257AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])'', meaning that Luceon was born no later than one year before, in 256AC.

Jared was thus born in or between {{Date|242}} and {{Date|256}}

Further specifications can be given:
Jared is said to have been “a stooped man of fifty years” in early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} This gives Jared the following options:
* 49 turning 50 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in 249AC
* 50 turning 51 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in 248AC

Jared was thus born in either {{Date|248}} or {{Date|249}}.

==[[Jax]]==
===Birth===
[[Jax]] is well past 40 in 300AC, with sons and grandsons of his own.{{Ref|aDwD|35}} That places his birth before {{Date|259}}. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Jeor Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Jeor Mormont notes in {{Date|298}} that “in two years time” he’ll turn 70.{{Ref|aGoT|21}} This shows that he would have turned 70 in the year {{Date|300}}, and has thus been born in {{Date|230}}.

==[[Jeyne Goodbrook]]==
===Birth===
Jeyne has been mentioned to have been 6 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 6 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 5 turning 6 in {{Date|299}}, and 6 turning 7 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|293}}.

==[[Jeyne Heddle]]==
===Birth===
[[Jeyne Heddle|Jeyne]] was judged to have been 16 years old in 300AC by Brienne of Tarth.[{Ref|aFfC|42}} Brienne is not good at judging ages, but would Brienne have been correct, it would give Jeyne the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

It is also stated that Jeyne was 18 years old during 300AC,{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} suggesting that Brienne had judged Jeyne’s age wrong. Being 18 years old in 300AC would give the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in 300AC, placing her birth in 282AC
* 18 turnign 19 in 300AC, placing her birth in 281AC

No further specifications can be given. Jeyne was born in either {{Date|281}} or {{Date|282}}.

==[[Jeyne Westerling]]==
===Birth===
[[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne]] is known to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Jaime judges her age to have been 15 or 16 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|44}} Being 16 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} places Jeyne’s birth in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Jhiqui]]==
===Birth===
Jhiqui is 14 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing her birth in 284AC

In 300Ac, Jhiqui was 16 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives her the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC
* 16 turning 17 in 300AC, placing her birth in 283AC

284AC is the only overlapping year. Jhiqui thus born in {{Date|284}}.

==[[Jhogo]]==
===Birth===
Jhogo was 16 years old in either late {{Date|298}} or early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aGoT|64}} This gives him the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in {{Date|282}}
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in {{Date|281}}
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in {{Date|283}}
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in {{Date|282}}

No further specifications can be given. Jhogo was thus born in or beteen {{Date|281}} and {{Date|283}}.

==[[Joffrey Baratheon]]==
===Birth===
Joffrey Baratheon is 12 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|5}} On the day of his wedding, the first day of the first moon of the year {{Date|300}}, Joffrey is 13 years old.{{Ref|aSoS|60}} Since Joffrey’s 13th nameday is depicted as occurring on another day as his wedding, and since his wedding occurs on the first day of 300AC, it is known that the first day of 300AC is not the day that Joffrey turns 13. In fact, it shows that Joffrey turned 13 in the year 299 AC, and would be turning 14 in 300AC. That places Joffrey’s birth in {{Date|286}}.

==[[Joffrey Caswell]]==
===Birth===
Joffrey was 20 years old in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}} That givens him the following options:
* 19 turning 20, placing his birth in 192AC
* 20 turning 21, placing his birth in 191AC

No further specifications can be given. Joffrey was thus born in either {{Date|191}} or {{Date|192}}.

==[[Joffrey Lonmouth]]==
===Birth===
Joffrey was knighted by 114AC,{{Ref|TPATQ}} meaning the youngest he could have been that year was 14 turning 15. That places his birth in 99AC the latest.

No further specifications can be given. Joffrey was thus born in {{Date|99}} or before.

==[[Jojen Reed]]==
===Birth===
[[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] is 13 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|9}} in 300AC, Jojen is still 13 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}. Being 13 in both 299AC and 300AC gives {{Date|286}} as only option for Jojen’s birth year.

==[[Jon Arryn]]==
===Birth===
Jon Arryn is mentioned to have been 20 years older than Hoster Tully.{{Ref|aCoK|39}} Naturally, this doesn’t mean Hoster is exactly 20 years younger than Jon, but about 20 years, meaning that Jon Arryn is roughly 20 years older than Hoster Tully. Hoster Tully was born in or between 237AC and 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hoster Tully|Hoster Tully]])''. That means that Jon Arryn was born roughly in or between 217AC and 221AC, with the possibility of his birth having occurred a few years before or after.

===Death===
Jon Arryn dies a fortnight after the 12th nameday of Joffrey Baratheon{{Ref|aGoT|4}}. Joffrey Baratheon is known to have been born in 286AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]])'', meaning that Jon Arryn died in {{Date|298}}.

==[[Jon Brax]]==
===Birth===
Jon has been mentioned to have been 3 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 2 turning 3 in {{Date|299}}, and 3 turning 4 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 296AC.

Jon was thus born in {{Date|296}}.

==[[Jon Connington]]==
===Birth===
[[Jon Connington|Jon]] is known to be younger than Prince Rhaegar Targaryen,{{Ref|aDwD|61}} who was born in 259AC. That places Jon’s birth in 260AC the earliest.

Tywin Lannister is known to have said that when Jon was named Hand of the King in 282AC, he was “too young”.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}} Tywin himself was 20 years old when named Hand of the King, suggesting that Jon was younger than 20 when he was named in 282AC. Being maximally 19 years old in 282AC would place Jon´s birth in 263AC the earliest.

Jon Connington ruled in his own name for several years after his father died.{{Ref|aDwD|61}} Since Jon ruled until his exiled in 283AC, he had been ruling in his own right since at least 281AC (due to the use of “years”, there is a minimum of 2 years; a maximum cannot be determined). This means that by 281AC at least, Jon had turned 16, otherwise he would not have been ruling Griffin’s Roost on his own. This means Jon Connington was born no later than 265AC.

Jon Connington was thus born in or between {{Date|263}} and {{Date|265}}.

''Note: Rhaegar Targaryen visits Griffin’s Roost on his way back from Dorne, when Jon’s father is still alive. Though there are plenty of reasons why Rhaegar could have been in Dorne, it is possible Rhaegar had gone to Sunspear to meet with the Martells for his wedding to Elia Martell. In this case, Rhaegar’s visit to Griffin’s Roost would have taken place in either 278AC or 279AC. This would suggest that Jon’s father died in either 278AC, 279AC, 280AC or 281AC, to make room for Jon ruling in his own name for multiple years before being exiled. Connington mentions Rhaegar had been young, and he himself even younger at this event. If the meeting at Griffin’s Roost indeed took place in 278/279AC, Jon Connington would have been between the ages of 13 and 16, based on the three possible years op birth for Jon.''

===Rumoured death===
Jon Connington is mentioned to have left the Golden Company a dozen years ago in 300AC. Later, this is specified as to actually have been 12 years,{{Ref|aDwD|24}} placing Jon’s “exile” from the Golden Company in {{Date|288}}, five years after the Rebellion ended.
Jon Connnigton had spend five years with the Golden Company.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} For him to have spend five years with the Golden Company while {{Date|283}} is the first moment he could have joined, and {{Date|288}} is the year he certainly left, it shows that he joined the Golden Company shortly after his exile began, in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Jon Snow]]==
===Birth===
Jon is 14 years old when the direwolves are found{{Ref|aGoT|1}} and during the welcoming feast in Winterfell{{Ref|aGoT|5}}. Both events occur in {{Date|298}}. After he has turned 15, Tyrion Lannister and Yoren start going south. When Yoren arrives at King’s Landing, Arya has just witnessed a conversation between Varys and Illyrio Mopatis, concering, amongst others, Margaery Tyrell, who is mentioned to still be 14 years old ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Margaery Tyrell|Margaery Tyrell]])'' This means that this event still takes place in {{Date|298}}, since it is known that Margaery is 14 turning 15 in {{Date|298}}). This means that Jon is 14 turning 15 in {{Date|298}}, meaning that he was born in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Jonelle Cerwyn]]==
===Birth===
[[Jonelle Cerwyn]] is 30 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} This gives her the following options:
* 29 turning 30 in 298AC, placing her birth in 268AC
* 30 turning 31 in 298AC, placing her birth in 267AC

In 300AC, she’s 32 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} This gives her the following options:
* 31 turning 32 in 300AC, placing her birth in 268AC
* 32 turning 33 in 300AC, placing her birth in 267AC

However, Jonelle was also 32 years old in late 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Being 32 years old in both 299AC and 300AC shows that she was 31 turning 32 in 299AC, and 32 turning 33 in 300AC. Jonelle was thus born in {{Date|267}}.

==[[Jonos Frey]]==
===Birth===
Jonos has been mentioned to have been 8 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 8 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 7 turning 8 in {{Date|299}}, and 8 turning 9 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|291}}.

==[[Jorah Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Jorah Mormont notes that he is thrice the age of Daenerys Targaryen, in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} {{Ref|aSoS|42}} Daenerys, at that moment, is 15 years old. That means that Jorah’s age is somewhere close to 45. This aligns with Dany thinking Jorah to have passed 40 in {{Date|298}},{{Ref|aGoT|3}} and with Tyrion guessing Jorah had certainly passed 40 or is even older in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|22}}
Jorah had left Westeros in exile 5 years prior to {{Date|298}}, thus in 293 AC. Jorah had been married to Lynesse Hightower after the Greyjoy Rebellion in {{Date|289}}. Prior to his marriage to Lynesse Hightower, Jorah had been married to another woman for 10 years. This would put his age during his first marriage at approximately 25, a normal age for a highborn man, and heir to an house, to marry, in peace time.

Though Jorah won’t mean that he’s exactly three times as old as Daenerys, it is an indication. It can be concluded that Jorah is around 45 years old in 299AC, meaning that he was born around {{Date|254}}.

==[[Jorelle Mormont]]==
===Birth===
With her younger sister having been born in 290AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lyanna Mormont|Lyanna Mormont]])'', Jorelle would have been born no later than 289AC, being minimally a year older.

Alysanne Mormont, Jorelle's older sister, was born in 278AC the latest, and in 276AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alysanne Mormont|Alysanne Mormont]])''. With 276AC as Alysanne’s first possible moment of birth, Jorelle’s first possible moment of birth would be two years later (since there’s another sister in between). This means that Jorelle was born in 278AC the earliest.

No further specifications can be given. Jorelle was born in or between {{Date|278}} and {{Date|289}}.

==[[Josmyn Peckledon]]==
===Birth===
[[Josmyn Peckledon|Josmyn]] is said to have been no older than 14 during {{Date|299}}, after the Battle of the Blackwater.{{Ref|aCoK|65}}
Josmyn was 15 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|33}}

Being 14 years old in 299AC and 15 in 300AC, gives the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, and 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, and 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Josmyn was born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Joy Hill]]==
===Birth===
[[Joy Hill]] was 9 or 10 when Jaime Lannister had last seen her, as stated in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|44}} The last time Jaime could have seen Joy was when he fled to Casterly Rock in {{Date|298}}. Joy is 10 years old in 298AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} In 299AC, Joy has turned 11. In 300AC, Joy is still 11 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}

Being 11 years old in both 299AC and 300AC, shows that Joy was 10 turning 11 in 299AC, and is 11 turning 12 in 300AC. This places Joy’s birth in {{Date|288}}.

''Note: In addition that means that Joy was 9 turning 10 in 298AC, giving an explanation to Jaime’s “9 or 10”, if he did indeed see her while visiting the Rock shortly in 298AC.''

==[[Joyeuse Erenford]]==
===Birth===
Joyeuse is known to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} This gives Joyeuse the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in {{Date|283}}
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in {{Date|282}}

No further specifications can be given. Joyeuse was born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

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=See also=
* Are you a contributor to the ''wiki of ice and fire'', or just simply ''a forum of ice and fire''-user and would you like to discuss anything on this page? Go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations to determine when certain events took place can be found [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|here]]

==References==
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'''Due to editing issues caused by the length of the calculations, the list is divided into four pages. Use the navigation box, or navigate here to [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 2]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]] or [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 4]]. You are currently on page 1.'''

In the main series and novellas, George R.R. Martin does not state specifically in which year a character has been born or has died. This page lists the calculations to determine such years, years of birth mostly, but also years of death at times, as specific as is possible, for all characters for all this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''A Song of Ice and Fire''.

'''The Method''': The calculations have been made with a few simple rules.
*'''1''': A character, both male and female, will be at least 13 years old at the birth of his or her first born child. This age is chosen because of the marriages known in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' (Maegor I got married at the age of 13, Princess Helaena Targaryen was 13 years old, Sansa Stark, though still 12 years old, would turn 13 in only a few days, placing her marriage in the year she would turn 13) and because of simple biology, looking at the fertility of both boys and girls.
*'''2''': When discussing siblings, it is assumed that there will be more than 9 months in between the births. Though technically siblings can differ only 9 months in age, this would require the mother to become pregnant within days of having given birth. It is assumed that the mother was allowed a short period of recovery after having given birth, and thus that siblings will be born at least 1 year (12 months) apart. This is only when discussing full-blood siblings. Siblings with the same father, but with a different mother, won't have this issue.

The characters are listed alphabetically, using full names. Maesters (like Maester Aemon), will also be listed alphabetically under their first names, but not under their last names, since they set aside their family name upon becoming a maester. Their full names as they had received at birth will be behind their Maester name between parentheses.
Names that belong to several characters (for example, the name Walder Frey) will be listed alphabetically, but will have their nickname listed after their birth name, so they can be distinguished.

For calculations on placings of events, see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|Calculations of Events]].

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==[[Addam Osgrey]]==
===Birth===
Addam was 12 years old in 196AC.{{Ref|TSS}} That givens him the following options:
* 11 turning 12, placing his birth in 184AC
* 12 turning 13, placing his birth in 183AC

No further specifications can be given. Addam was thus born in either {{Date|183}} or {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aegon Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Aegon was 12 years old when he died, in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Being 12 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 196AC, placing his birth in 184AC
* 12 turning 13 in 196AC, placing his birth in 183AC

No further specifications can be given. Aegon was thus born in either {{Date|183}} or {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aegon Frey (Bloodborn)]]==
===Birth===
Aegon Frey is at least one year older than his younger brother Rhaegar. Rhaegar was born no later than 273AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar Frey]])'', meaning that Aegon was born no later than one year before, in 272AC.

Aegon was the firstborn child of his father Aenys Frey. Aenys was born no earlier than 240AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys Frey|Aenys Frey]])'', meaning that Aegon was born no earlier than 13 years after 240AC, placing his first possible moment of birth in 253AC.

Aegon was thus born in or between {{Date|253}} and {{Date|272}}.

''Note: Aegon's brother Rhaegar was born in or between 269AC and 273AC, making it more likely than Aegon was born closer to his maximum of 272AC, than to his minimum of 253AC. Though an actual specification cannot be given.''

==[[Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)]]==
===Birth===
Aegon is believed to be 50 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|49}} That gives him the following options:
* 49 turning 50 in 299AC, placing his birth in 249AC
* 50 turning 51 in 299AC, placing his birth in 248AC

No further specifications can be given. Aegon was thus born in either {{Date|248}} or {{Date|249}}.

==[[Aegon IV Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Aegon IV Targaryen]] was the eldest son of Viserys II. Aegon’s younger brother, Aemon, was born in or between 139AC and 144AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (Aemon the Dragonknight)|Aemon Targaryen]])''. This means that Aegon was born no later than 143AC.

Aegon's father Viserys II was born in 122AC.{{Ref|TRP}} Viserys would thus have been 13 years old in 135AC the earliest. This means that 135AC is the earliest possible year of birth for Aegon IV.

Aegon was thus born in or between {{Date|135}} and {{Date|143}}.

==[[Aegon V Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aegon was judged to be 8 or 9 in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} Aegon was known to have been 10 years old in 211AC,{{Ref|TSS}} and 11 years old in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}}

Aegon being 8 or 9 in 209AC would give the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 209AC, placing his birth in 201AC
* 8 turning 9 in 209AC, placing his birth in 200AC
* 9 turning 10 in 209AC, placing his birth in 199AC

Aegon being 10 in 211AC and 11 in 212AC leaves the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 211AC, and 10 turning 11 in 212AC, placing his birth in 201AC
* 10 turning 11 in 211AC, and 11 turning 12 in 212AC, placing his birth in 200AC

Comparing these options with the previous options, this shows that Aegon cannot have been 9 turning 10 in 209AC.
In addition, Aegon was 33 years old when he came into his throne, in 233AC, leaving, again, the options 200AC and 201AC as his birth years.

Second addition, about 1,75 years passed between the Hedge Knight, where Aegon was guessed to have been 8 or 9, and the Sworn Sword, where Aegon is known to have been 10 years old. Between ''the Sworn Sword'' and ''the Mystery Knight'', the year has turned yet again, due to Dunk's mentioning of the time passed since the Blackfyre Rebellion (in ''the Sworn Sword'', it was 15 years ago, in ''the Mystery Knight'', it was 16 years ago).

Aegon's year of birth cannot be made more specific. Aegon was born in either {{Date|200}} or {{Date|201}}.

==[[Aegon Targaryen]] (son of Rhaegar Targaryen)==
===Birth===
Aegon was 12 to 14 months old at the time of his death,<ref>King's Landing 10 Questions [http://westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1432]</ref> in 283AC (see ''Death'' below). Aegon died during the Sack of King's Landing which occured at least 9 months into 283AC (when Robb Stark was born, Eddard Stark was still fighting in the south; see also: ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Sack of King's Landing|Sack of King's Landing]] calculation'').

That shows that no matter if Aegon was 12 months old at the time of his death, or 14 months old, Aegon's birth took place in 282AC.

===Death===
Aegon died during the Sack of King's Landing. The Sack of King's Landing took place in {{Date|283}} ''(see the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Sack of King's Landing|Sack of King's Landing]]'').

Aegon thus died in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Aegor Rivers]]==
===Birth===
Aegor was 2 years younger than his half-brother Daemon Blackfyre.<ref name=TargaryenDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions]</ref> He was 24 years old in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Daemon Blackfyre was born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]])''. That would give Aegor the options of {{Date|171}} and {{Date|172}}.
Being 24 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 23 turning 24 in 196AC, placing his birth in 172AC
* 24 turning 25 in 196AC, placing his birth in 171AC

No further specifications can be given. Aegor was thus born in either {{Date|171}} or {{Date|172}}.

==[[Aemma Arryn]]==
===Birth===
Aemma was at least 13 years old when she gave birth to her daughter, Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra was born in {{Date|97}}.{{Ref|TRP}} This means that Aemma was born no later than {{Date|84}}, 13 years prior to 97AC.

However, Aemma's mother Daella died in {{Date|82}}. Since Aemma cannot have been born after her mother had died, 82AC is thus the last possible year of birth for Aemma.

A minimum year cannot be given. Aemma was thus born in {{Date|82}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Aemon|Aemon (Targaryen)]]==
===Birth===
{{Date|198}} has been stated Aemon’s year of birth in [[A World of Ice and Fire]].{{Ref|awoiaf}}

In addition, it is known that Aemon went to the Citadel at the age of 9 or 10.{{Ref|aCoK|6}} It is known that Aemon was at the Citadel during the Ashford Tourney in {{Date|209}} already.<ref>Many Questions 1998 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C90/P120] </ref> With Aemon’s birth having been in {{Date|198}}, he would have turned 9 in {{Date|207}}, and 10 in {{Date|208}}, showing that Aemon either went to the Citadel in {{Date|207}}, {{Date|208}} or {{Date|209}} (9 turning 10).

==[[Aemon Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Aemon was 12 years old when he died, in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Being 12 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 196AC, placing his birth in 184AC
* 12 turning 13 in 196AC, placing his birth in 183AC

No further specifications can be given. Aemon was thus born in either {{Date|183}} or {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aemon Targaryen (Father of Rhaenys)|Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)]]==
===Birth===
Aemon Targaryen was the eldest son of Jaehaerys and Alysanne (though it is unknown if he was the eldest child, this remains the possibility). Aemon could have been born when both Jaehaerys and Alysanne were 13 the earliest. Jaehaerys was born in 34AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I Targaryen]])''. This means that his firstborn child could have been born no earlier than 47AC, making this the first possible birth year for Aemon.

Aemons daughter Rhaenys was born in 74 the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]])''. Aemon himself thus had been born no later than 13 years prior to 74AC, placing his last possible moment of birth in 61AC.

No further specifications can be given. Aemon was thus born between {{Date|47}} and {{Date|61}}.

==[[Aemon Targaryen]] (Aemon the Dragonknight)==
===Birth===
Aemon was 17 years old when he joined the Kingsguard during the reign of his cousin Daeron I. Daeron I reigned from 157AC until 161AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} For Aemon, this leaves the following possibilities:
* 16 turning 17 in 157AC, placing his birth in 140AC
* 17 turning 18 in 157AC, placing his birth in 139AC
* 16 turning 17 in 158AC, placing his birth in 141AC
* 17 turning 18 in 158AC, placing his birth in 140AC
* 16 turning 17 in 159AC, placing his birth in 142AC
* 17 turning 18 in 159AC, placing his birth in 141AC
* 16 turning 17 in 160AC, placing his birth in 143AC
* 17 turning 18 in 160AC, placing his birth in 142AC
* 16 turning 17 in 161AC, placing his birth in 144AC
* 17 turning 18 in 161AC, placing his birth in 143AC

No further specifications can be given about Aemon. He was thus born in or between {{Date|139}} and {{Date|144}}.

===Death===
Aemon died while defending his brother, who was King, from assassins.{{Ref|TMK}} Aegon IV, Aemons brother, was king from {{Date|172}} until {{Date|184}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} Further specification cannot be given. Aemon thus died in or between {{Date|172}} and {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aenys Frey]]==
===Birth===
Aenys Frey is younger than his brother Emmon by at least one year. Emmon was born in {{Date|239}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', meaning that Aenys was born in 240AC the earliest.

Aenys is older than his younger sister Perianne by at least one year. Perianne was born in 248AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])'', meaning that Aenys was born no later than one year before, in 247AC.

No further specifications can be given. Aenys was thus born in or between {{Date|240}} and {{Date|247}}.

==[[Aenys I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aenys died in 42AC at the age of 35.{{Ref|awoiaf}} This gives him the following options:
* 34 turning 35 in 42AC, placing his birth in 7AC
* 35 turning 36 in 42AC, placing his birth in 6AC

No further specifications can be given. Aenys was thus born in either {{Date|7}} or {{Date|6}}.

==[[Aerion Targaryen]] (Brightflame)==
===Birth===
Aerion was the second born son of Maekar I Targaryen. This means that Aerion was born at least 1 year after his older brother Daeron. Daeron was born in 190AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daeron Targaryen (The Drunken)|Daeron Targaryen]])'', meaning that Aerion was born no earlier than 191AC.

Aerion was allowed to participate in the Tourney at Ashford in {{Date|209}},{{Ref|THK}} meaning he would have been at least 15 years old. The last possible year Aerion could have turned 15 was thus 209AC, meaning that he would have been born in 194AC the latest.

Ser Duncan the Tall judged Aerion to be near his own age (with Duncan himself being 16 or 17 years old) in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} However, “near his own age” can also mean a year or so older or younger, thus not giving any further specification.

No further specifications can thus be given. Aerion was thus born in or between {{Date|191}} and {{Date|194}}.

==[[Aeron Greyjoy]]==
===Birth===
Aeron was 16 years old or older when he named his ship ''The Golden Storm''. {{Ref|aFfC|1}} Aeron’s ship went down during the Greyjoy Rebellion in {{Date|289}},{{Ref|aFfC|1}} showing that Aeron had turned 16 at least by {{Date|289}}, placing his birth no later than {{Date|273}}.

No further specifications can be given.

==[[Aerys I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aerys was the secondborn son of King Daeron II Targaryen. This means he was thus born at least 1 year after his elder brother Baelor, who was born in 169AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. This makes Aerys' first possible year of birth 170AC.

Aerys was older than his brother Maekar, who was born the latest in 178AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar I Targaryen]])''. Between Aerys and Maekar is one other brother, meaning that Aerys was born at least 2 years before Maekar. This makes 176AC the last possible year of birth for Aerys.

No further specifications can be given. Aerys was thus born in or between {{Date|170}} and {{Date|176}}.

==[[Aerys II Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aerys II was 19 years old when he came into his throne in 262AC.<ref>Archon Meeting 2001 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1274/]</ref> This gives Aerys the following options:
* 18 turning 19 in 262AC, placing his birth in 243AC
* 19 turning 20 in 262AC, placing his birth in 242AC

No further specifications can be given. Aerys was thus born in either {{Date|242}} or {{Date|243}}.

==[[Alayaya]]==
===Birth===
[[Alayaya]] is known to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|15}} That leaves the following options for her:
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in 299AC, placing her birth in 282AC

No further specifications can be given. Alayaya was thus born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Alerie Hightower]]==
===Birth===
[[Alerie Hightower|Alerie]] is known to be younger than her husband, Mace Tyrell.{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Mace Tyrell was born in {{Date|256}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Mace Tyrell|Mace Tyrell]])'', meaning Alerie was born in 257AC or later.

Alerie’s first born child was born in {{Date|276}} the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Willas Tyrell|Willas Tyrell]])''. Alerie would have been at least 13 years old during Willas’ birth, meaning that Alerie will not have been born any later than 263AC.

No further specifications can be given. Alerie was thus born in or between {{Date|257}} and {{Date|263}}.

==[[Alesander Frey]]==
===Birth===
Alesander was born at least one year before his sister Alyx, who was born in 282AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alyx Frey|Alyx Frey]])''. This makes Alesanders first possible year of birth one year before, 281AC.

Alesander’s father Symond was born the earliest in 252AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])''. Symond would have been at least 13 years old when Alesander was born, meaning that 265AC is the earliest possible year of birth for Alesander.

No further specifications can be given. Alesander was thus born in or between {{Date|265}} and {{Date|281}}.

==[[Alester Norcross]]==
===Birth===
Alester is 8 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} He is 9 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives Alester the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 299AC, and 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing his birth in 291AC
* 8 turning 9 in 299AC, and 9 turning 10 in 300AC, placing his birth in 290AC

No further specifications can be given. Alester was thus born in either {{Date|290}} or {{Date|291}}.

==[[Alicent Hightower]]==
===Birth===
Alicent was 18 years old when she got married in 106AC.{{Ref|TRP}} That gives her the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in 106AC, placing her birth in 88AC
* 18 turning 19 in 106AC, placing her birth in 87AC

Alicent was 15 years old in either 101AC, 102AC or 103AC.{{Ref|TRP}} That gives her the following options:
* 14 turning 15 in 101AC, placing her birth in 86AC
* 15 turning 16 in 101AC, placing her birth in 85AC
* 14 turning 15 in 102AC, placing her birth in 87AC
* 15 turning 16 in 102AC, placing her birth in 86AC
* 14 turning 15 in 103AC, placing her birth in 88AC
* 15 turning 16 in 103AC, placing her birth in 87AC

Both 87AC and 88AC have an overlap with the to options from above. The second list gives no further specification.

No other specifications can be given. Alicent was thus born in either {{Date|87}} or {{Date|88}}.

==[[Alla Tyrell]]==
===Birth===
Alla is known to be close to Sansa Starks age.{{Ref|aSoS|6}} Sansa Stark was born in {{Date|286}}. This places Alla's birth roughly around {{Date|286}} as well.

==[[Alliser Thorne]]==
===Birth===
Ser Alliser was a man of 50 years in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Being 50 in {{Date|298}} gives the following options:
* Being 49 turning 50 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 248AC
* Being 50 turning 51 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 247AC

No further indication can be given. Ser Alliser was born in either {{Date|247}} or {{Date|248}}.

==[[Alyn Frey]]==
===Birth===
Alyn has been mentioned to have been 3 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 4 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 2 turning 3, placing his birth in 296AC
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 295AC

Being 4 years old in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5, placing his birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Alyn was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Alyn Haigh]]==
===Birth===
Alyn is at least 1 year younger than his older brother Donnel. Donnel was born in 255AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Donnel Haigh|Donnel Haigh]])'', meaning that Alyn was born at least 1 year later, in 256AC.

Alyn is a squire, a position which can be granted to a child from the age of 5.<ref name=Squires>Duncan the Tall is the youngest known squire in asoiaf, having been a squire from the age of 5 or 6, making 5 years old the minimum age of squires</ref> This means that Alyn cannot be younger than 5 years in {{Date|299}}, meaning the youngest Alyn can be is 4 turning 5 in {{Date|299}}, which would place his birth in 294AC. So Alyn was born no later than 291AC.

Alyn was born in or between {{Date|256}} and {{Date|294}}.

==[[Alys Karstark]]==
===Birth===
[[Alys Karstark]] is 15 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|44}}{{Ref|aDwD|49}} That gives her two options:
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Alys was thus born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Alysane Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne is almost of an age with Asha Greyjoy, suggesting Alysanne is either a few years younger, or a few years older.{{Ref|aDwD|42}}
Asha Greyjoy was born in either 275AC or 276AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Asha Greyjoy|Asha Greyjoy]])''. Technically, Alysanne could thus have been born in 276AC the earliest.

Seeing as how Alysanne has a 9 year old daughter (girl was 9 in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aDwD|42}} so born in either 291AC or 290AC) in {{Date|300}}, and seeing as how she must have been at least 13 when the girl was born, Alysanne was at least 13 years old in either 291AC or 290AC, placing her birth no later than 278AC.
278AC differs two years with 276/275AC minimally. Asha’s description about Alysanne’s age suggests an age difference of a few years, Alysanne seems to have been born in or between 276AC and 278AC.

No further specifications can be given. Alysanne was thus born in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|278}}.

==[[Alysanne Bulwer]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne Bulwer is 8 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} She is still 8 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} This shows that Alysanne was 7 turning 8 in 299AC, and 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing her birth in {{Date|291}}.

==[[Alysanne Osgrey]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne was 7 when she was send to King’s Landing as a hostage after the Blackfyre Rebellion, and 20 when she died in the Great Spring Sickness in 209AC.

Being 20 years old in 209AC gives the following options:
* 19 turning 20, placing her birth in 189AC
* 20 turning 21, placing her birth in 188AC

The Blackfyre Rebellion ended in 196AC. Alysanne was 7 when she was taken to King's Landing. It is unknown when the hostages were taken exactly (in ''a Feast for Crows'', House Blackwood is given 6 months to send a hostage to King's Landing, for example). If Alysanne was 7 years old in 196AC, that gives the following options:
* 6 turning 7 in 196AC, placing her birth in 189AC
* 7 turning 8 in 196AC, placing her birth in 188AC

No further specifications can be given. Alysanne was thus born in either {{Date|188}} or {{Date|189}}.

==[[Alysanne Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne was a daughter of Aenys. With Aenys’ first possible moment of birth in 6AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I Targaryen]])'', the first possibility of having a child, at the age of 13, would be in 19AC. This means that Alysanne’s first possible year of birth was in 19AC. Alysanne’s father died in 42 AC, meaning that 42AC is the last possible moment of conception for Alysanne, making 43AC the last possible moment of birth for her.

''However'', during the reign of Aegon I, people were discussing whether or not the inheritance should go through Aenys (eldest son of Aegon by his younger sister) and then Aenys’ daughter, before reaching Maegor. This shows that Aenys’ eldest child was a girl, and that she was definitely born during the reign of Aegon I. If this child was Alysanne, that would place Alysanne’s birth in between 19AC and 37AC.

No further specifications can be given. Alysanne was born in or between {{Date|20}} and {{Date|43}}. If Alysanne was the first born girl (she had at least one sister, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]]), Alysanne was born in between 20AC and 37AC.

===Death===
Alysanne predeceased her husband, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.{{Ref|TRP}} Jaehaerys died in 103AC.{{Ref|TRP}} GRRM has stated that Alysanne died several years before Jaehaerys,<ref>Not A Blog [http://grrm.livejournal.com/360936.html?thread=18813416#t18813416]</ref> which suggests that Alysanne died at least 2 years before Jaehaerys, placing her death in {{Date|101}} the latest, but probably before. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Alyssa Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
Alyssa’s eldest child was Lothar Frey. Lothar was born in 266AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lothar Frey]])'', meaning that Alyssa was born no later than 13 years prior, placing her birth no later than {{Date|253}}. No minimum birth year can be given.

===Death===
Alyssa’s youngest child was Tyta Frey, who was born in 269AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])''. This means that Alyssa died no earlier than 269AC.

Alyssa's husband was [[Walder Frey]]. She was his fourth wife. Walders fifth wife gave him no children, but Walder sixth wife, Bethany Rosby, did. Bethany's eldest child by Walder was born no later than 278AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. This means that Perwyn was conceived no later than 277AC, and thus that the marriage of Bethany and Walder will have taken place no later than 277AC. Since it is possible that Walder's fifth wife, [[Sarya Whent]], was married to him only for a short time, before dying, and since it is possible that Walders fourth wife, Alyssa, had died only shortly before Walders marriage to Sarya, Alyssa could have died in 277AC the latest.

No further specifications can be given. Alyssa thus died between {{Date|269}} and {{Date|277}}.

==[[Alyx Frey]]==
===Birth===
Alyx has been mentioned to have been 17 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 17 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, and 17 turning 18 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|282}}.

Alyx Frey was thus born in {{Date|282}}.

==[[Amarei Crakehall]]==
===Birth===
Amarei's eldest son, Hosteen, was born in 258AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. Amarei will have been at least 13 years old at Hosteens birth, placing her birth no later than {{Date|245}}. No minimum birth year can be given.

===Death===
Amarei died in {{Date|264}}, the only possible year for her youngest son to have been born, knowing that Amarei died before Catelyn Tully was born{{Ref|aGoT|59}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''.

==[[Ambrose Butterwell]]==
===Birth===
Ambrose was 50 years old in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}} That gives him the following options:
* 49 turning 50 in 212AC, placing his birth in 162AC
* 50 turning 51 in 212AC, placing his birth in 161AC

No further specifications can be given. Ambrose was thus born in either {{Date|161}} or {{Date|162}}.

==[[Amerei Frey]]==
===Birth===
Amerei has been mentioned to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This leaves two options for Amerei:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 282AC

Jaime Lannisster judges Amerei to be “some 18 years” halfway through {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|30}} If Amerei is 18 years old in {{Date|300}}, this gives the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in 282AC
* 18 turning 19 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in 281AC

282AC is the only overlapping year. Amerei was thus born in {{Date|282}}.

==[[Androw Frey]]==
===Birth===
Androw has been mentioned to have been 3 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 4 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 2 turning 3, placing his birth in 296AC
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 295AC

Being 4 years old in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5, placing his birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Androw was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Ardrian Celtigar]]==
===Birth===
[[Ardrian Celtigar]] is known to be an old man in {{Date|299}}, but not as old as ancient Lord Estermont.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} If it is Lord Eldon Estermont who is described as “ancient” (as there is some confusion amongst the Estermonts, see [[House Estermont/Theories]]), than Ardrian would be younger than Eldon. Eldon was born in or between 228AC and 232AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Eldon Estermont|Eldon Estermont]])'', meaning that Eldon was born in 228AC the earliest, and that Ardrian was born at least one year later, possibly more. That places Ardrians birth no earlier than {{Date|229}}. No maximum can be given.

==[[Areo Hotah]]==
===Birth===
[[Areo Hotah]] came to Dorne with Lady Mellario of Norvos. He swore his vows at the age of 16, indicating that when he came to Dorne, he was either 16 years old or older. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} Hotah had arrived in Dorne by the time of Tyrion Lannisters birth,{{Ref|aSoS|70}} which took place in {{Date|273}} the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion Lannister]])''. It is possible that Hotah and Mellario had arrived earlier.

This places Hotah’s birth in {{Date|257}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

''Note: The year {{Date|257}} as Areo’s year of birth is an absolute maximum. It seems highly likely that he is somewhat older, and thus born somewhat earlier than 257AC.''

==[[Arianne Martell]]==
===Birth===
Arianne is 23 year old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|40}} This leaves two options:
* 22 turning 23 in 300AC, placing her birth in 277AC
* 23 turning 24 in 300AC, placing her birth in 276AC

Arianne mentions she was 7 years old when Elia Martell died in 283AC.<ref>[[The Winds of Winter]], Arianne I</ref> Being 7 in 283AC gives the following options:
* 6 turning 7, placing her birth in 276AC
* 7 turning 8, placing her birth in 275AC

The year 276AC is the only overlapping year. Arianne was thus born in {{Date|276}}.

==[[Arlan of Pennytree]]==
===Birth===
Ser Arlan of Pennytree died in 209AC at an age “closer to sixty than fifty”.{{Ref|THK}} Closer to sixty than fifty means that Ser Arlan was between the age of 56 and 59, possibly to turn 60 later in the year, giving him the following possibilities:
* 55 turning 56 in 209AC, placing his birth in 153AC
* 56 turning 57 in 209AC, placing his birth in 152AC
* 57 turning 58 in 209AC, placing his birth in 151AC
* 58 turning 59 in 209AC, placing his birth in 150AC
* 59 turning 60 in 209AC, placing his birth in 149AC

No further specifications can be given. Arlan was thus born in or between {{Date|149}} and {{Date|153}}.

==[[Arwood Frey]]==
===Birth===
Arwood would have been at least 13 years old when his firstborn child was born. His firstborn child is Ryella Frey, who was born in 294AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Ryella Frey|Ryella Frey]])'', meaning that Arwood was born the latest 13 years prior, in 281AC.

Arwoods father Hosteen would have been at least 13 years old when Arwood was born. Hosteen was born in 250AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', making Arwoods first possible moment of birth 13 years later, in 263AC.

No further specifications can be given. Arwood was thus born in or between {{Date|263}} and {{Date|281}}.

==[[Arwyn Frey]]==
===Birth===
Arwyn is known to have been 14 years old in {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aSoS|49}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 14 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 13 turning 14 in {{Date|299}}, and 14 turning 15 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|285}}.

==[[Arya Stark]]==
===Birth===
Arya is 9 years old when the royal court is visiting [[Winterfell]] in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} Arya tells Roose Bolton she is 10 years old when he takes Harrenhal in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|47}} Arya is still 10 after Joffrey Baratheon's wedding, in {{Date|300}}, when she’s on the ship to Braavos. With Arya being 10 in both 299AC and 300AC, Arya was 9 turning 10 in 299AC and 10 turning 11 in 300AC. This also means that Arya was 8 turning 9 in 298AC. Arya was thus born in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Asha Greyjoy]]==
===Birth===
Asha is 3 years older than her younger brother Theon.{{Ref|aCoK|11}} Theon was born in either 278AC or 279AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Theon Greyjoy|Theon Greyjoy]])''. With Asha being 3 years older than Theon, Asha would have been born in either 276AC or 275AC.

No further specifications can be given. Asha was thus born in either {{Date|275}} or {{Date|276}}.

==[[Aurane Waters]]==
===Birth===
[[Aurane Waters|Aurane]] is mentioned to be 22 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This gives Aurane the following options:
* 21 turning 22 in 300AC, placing his birth in 278AC
* 22 turning 23 in 300AC, placing his birth in 277AC

No further specifications can be given. Aurane was born in either {{Date|277}} or {{Date|278}}.

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==[[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)]]==
===Birth===
Baelon was the second born son of Jaehaerys and Alysanne, and the younger brother of Aemon. With the first possible moment of Aemon's birth in 47AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]), Baelon's first possible moment of birth will have been in 48AC.

Baelons eldest child had been born no later than 77AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I Targaryen]])''. Baelon himself thus had been born no later than 13 years prior to 77AC, placing his last possible moment of birth in 64AC.

No further specifications can be given. Baelon was thus born in or between {{Date|48}} and {{Date|64}}.

==[[Baelor Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor]] was 39 years old when he died in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} This gives Baelor the following options:
* 38 turning 39 in 209AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 39 turning 40 in 209AC, placing his birth in 169AC

No further specifications can be given. Baelor was thus born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}}.

==[[Barristan Selmy]]==
===Birth===
Barristan was 23 when he was raised to the Kingsguard in either 259AC, 260AC, 261AC, or 262AC, during the reign of Jaehaerys II.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}}{{Ref|aDwD|55}} This given Barristan the following options:
* 22 turning 23 in 259AC, placing his birth in 236AC
* 23 turning 24 in 259AC, placing his birth in 235AC
* 22 turning 23 in 260AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 23 turning 24 in 260AC, placing his birth in 236AC
* 22 turning 23 in 261AC, placing his birth in 238AC
* 23 turning 24 in 261AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 22 turning 23 in 262AC, placing his birth in 239AC
* 23 turning 24 in 262AC, placing his birth in 238AC

This leaves the options 235AC, 236AC, 237AC, 238AC and 239AC for Barristan.

In {{Date|300}}, Barristan thinks to himself it has been 53 years since the tourney at Blackhaven, when he was 10.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}}{{Ref|aDwD|59}} This means the tourney at Blackhaven occurred in 247AC. Being 10 years old in 247AC, gives the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 247AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 10 turning 11 in 247AC, placing his birth in 236AC
This leaves only the options 236AC and 237AC, eliminating the other possibilities.

Barristan is known to be 63 years old later in the year 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|59}} This leaves two options:
* 62 turning 63 in 300AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 63 turning 64 in 300AC, placing his birth in 236AC

Further, Barristan was 61 years old in {{Date|298}} during the Tourney of the Hand. This leaves the following options from the list above:
* Either 60 turning 61 in 298AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* Either 61 turning 62 in 298AC, placing his birth in 236AC
Concluded can be that the options 235AC, 238AC and 239AC are no longer valid.

Barristan was 57 when winning a Tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} This tourney took place four years prior to {{Date|298}}, placing the tourney in 294AC. Barristan being 57 in 294AC means he was:
* 56 turning 57 in 294AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 57 turning 58 in 294AC, placing his birth in 236AC
This gives no further clarification

Barristan, who was 61 years old during the Tourney of the Hand in 298AC, is also 61 when he is fired by Joffrey.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} It is unknown when this event takes place (either in late 298AC or early 299AC):
* 60 turning 61 in 298AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 61 turning 62 in 298AC, placing his birth in 236AC
* 61 turning 62 in 299AC, placing his birth in 237AC

Due to being already 61 in {{Date|298}} for certainty, Barristan could not have been 60 turning 61 in 299AC, which is why this option is not available.

Due to Barristan’s firing taking place this closely to the turning of the years, it’s reasonably safe to assume Barristan had turned 61 earlier in the year. That would mean Barristan had been 60 turning 61 in 298AC, placing his birth in 237AC.

Thus it can be concluded that Barristan was born in {{Date|237}}, while keeping in mind the incredibly small chance that Barristan’s nameday falls in the last few days of the year, which would mean he was born in 236AC.

==[[Barsena]]==
===Birth===
[[Barsena]] is roughly 30 years old in 300AC,{{Ref|aDwD|52}} placing her birth roughly around {{Date|270}}. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Bella]]==
===Birth===
[[Bella]] was conceived during the Battle of the Bells, which took place in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Battle of the Bells|Battle of the Bells]])''.{{Ref|aSoS|29}}{{Ref|aDwD|24}} After the Battle of the Bells, Eddard Stark was married to Catelyn Tully. They conceived a child within a fortnight of their wedding, Robb, who was born in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robb Stark|Robb Stark]])''. Since Robb was conceived after Bella was conceived, and Robb was both conceived and born in {{Date|283}} Bella will thus have been born in {{Date|283}} as well.

==[[Ben]] (Orphan)==
===Birth===
Ben is 6 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|37}} That gives him the following options:
* 5 turning 6 in 300AC, placing his birth in 294AC
* 6 turning 7 in 300AC, placing his birth in 293AC

No further specifics can be given. Ben was born in either {{Date|293}} or {{Date|294}}.

==[[Ben Beesbury]]==
===Birth===
[[Ben Beesbury|Ben]] was at least 80 years old when he became a potential suitor to Arianne Martell. He died a few years later.{{Ref|aFfC|40}}

It is unknown when Doran Martell began to propose betrothals to Arianne. It is most likely that he did not do this while she was too young, though it definitely occurred after the secret document was signed. The document was signed before Ser Willam Darry got sick. Darry got sick when Daenerys Targaryen was 5 years old{{Ref|awoiaf}}, so either in 289AC or 290AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]])''. This makes 290AC the last possible year where Darry and Oberyn Martell could have signed the contract.

In 290AC, Arianne Martell would have been turning 14. Since Arianne was 14 years old when Daemon Sand asked for her hand in marriage,{{Ref|aFfC|40}} it is possible that Doran Martell started here, though possibly he began earlier.

If Doran began in 290AC with proposing marriages, that would be the first year that Ben Beesbury might have been considered. Ben has been mentioned in 300AC to have been dead for a few years (he died a few years after having been proposed as a suitor, and in 300AC is thus dead). That suggests that between the proposal and his death at least 2 years had passed. Since it is mentioned he died a few years after the proposal, and not that he died “this year”, there seem to be at least 3 years in between the proposal and 300AC. This would mean that Beesbury was at least 80 years old in 297AC the latest, and in 290AC the earliest.

Being 80 years old in 297AC (possibly turning 81 later in the year), would place Bens birth in 216AC. Being at least 80 years old in 290AC would place Beesbury’s birth in 210AC or later.

Ben Beesbury was thus born in or between {{Date|210}} and {{Date|217}}. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Benfrey Frey]]==
===Birth===
Benfrey is an older brother of Olyvar, Roslin and Willamen, and a younger brother of Perwyn. Perwyn was born no earlier than 270AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. Benfrey comes next, so the earliest he could have been born is one year later than Perwyn, meaning that Benfrey was born no earlier than 271AC.

Willamen comes after Benfrey, and Willamens earliest possible year of birth is 280AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Willamen (Frey)|Willamen]])'', meaning that Benfrey was born at least one year before Willamen, meaning that Benfrey was born no later than 279AC.

No further specifications can be given. Benfrey was thus born in or between {{Date|271}} and {{Date|279}}.

==[[Benjen Stark]]==
===Birth===
Benjen Stark was the younger brother of Brandon, Eddard and Lyanna Stark.{{Ref|aSoS|24}} Lyanna was his first elder sibling. She was born in either {{Date|266}} or {{Date|267}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lyanna Stark|Lyanna Stark]])''. That Benjen was born after Lyanna, shows that he would have been at least one year younger than her, placing his birth in {{Date|267}} the earliest, though it is possible he was born later.

''Note: Benjen tells Jon Snow that he was younger than Jon when getting truly drunk for the first time. Jon is, at that moment, 14 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|5}}. This means that Benjen got drunk for the first time no earlier than 281AC (in which year he would be 13 turning 14 according to his minimum birth year), at the maximum age of 13.''

==[[Benjicot Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
Benjicot was 11 years old in 130AC. {{Ref|TPATQ}} That gives him the following options:
* 10 turning 11 in 130AC, placing his birth in 119AC
* 11 turning 12 in 130AC, placing his birth in 118AC

No further specifications can be given. Benjicot was thus born in either {{Date|118}} or {{Date|119}}.

==[[Beren Tallhart]]==
===Birth===
[[Beren Tallhart|Beren]] is 9 years old during the Harvest Feast in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} That gives him the following options:
* 8 turning 9 in 299AC, placing his birth in 290AC
* 9 turning 10 in 299AC, placing his birth in 289AC

Later on in 299AC, Beren has turned 10.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Being both 9 and 10 years old during 299AC, shows that Beren turned 10 in 299AC, and was thus born in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Beric Dondarrion]]==
===Birth===
Beric Dondarrion was almost 22 years old when he went out to bring Gregor Clegane to justice.{{Ref|aGoT|44}} This means he was still 21 years old. It is known that this event occured in {{Date|298}}, since Eddard Stark mentions Robert Baratheon has been the King for 15 years after Beric has left King´s Landing,{{Ref|aGoT|47}} placing this events still in {{Date|298}} (Robert Baratheon was crowned in 283AC{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}).This means that Beric has the following options:
* 20 turning 21 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 277AC
* 21 turning 22 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 276AC

No further specifications can be given. Beric is thus born in either {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}}.

==[[Bethany Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
The girl is judged to be no older than 7 in 300AC by Lord Bracken.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} Lord Tytos Blackwood later confirmed that Bethany is actually 8 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} Being 8 years old in 300AC gives Bethany the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 300AC, placing her birth in 292AC
* 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing her birth in 291AC

No further specifications can be given. However, since Lord Bracken believes that Bethany cannot be older than 7, it seems unlikely that she was born in 291AC and would have been turning 9 later in the year. This places Bethany’s birth in {{Date|292}}.

==[[Bethany Rosby]]==
===Birth===
Bethany's firstborn child, Perwyn Frey, was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. Bethany will have been at least 13 years old at Perwyns birth, placing her birth no later than {{Date|265}}. A minimum birth year cannot be given.

===Death===
Bethany's youngest child was born in 282AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Roslin Frey|Roslin Frey]])''. That means that Bethany was still alive in 282AC at least, though she could have died during the birth, or later in the year. The first possible year in which Bethany died is thus 282AC.

Bethany was Walder Frey's sixth wife. In 285AC, Walder's seventh wife has given birth to Arwyn Frey ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Arwyn Frey|Arwyn Frey]])''. This means that Arwyn was conceived in 284AC, and that thus Walders marriage to his sixth wife took place no later than 284AC. This means that Bethany died no later than 284AC.

No further specifications can be given. Bethany thus died in or between {{Date|282}} and {{Date|284}}.

==[[Bradamar Frey]]==
===Birth===
Bradamar has been mentioned to have been 10 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 10 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 9 turning 10 in {{Date|299}}, and 10 turning 11 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|289}}.

Bradamar was thus born in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Brandon Stark]]==
===Birth===
Brandon Stark is known to have been 20 years old when he died{{Ref|aGoT|4}} in 282AC.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}<ref>[[A World of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]] RPG</ref> This gives Brandon the following options:
* 19 turning 20 in 282AC, placing his birth in 262AC
* 20 turning 21 in 282AC, placing his birth in 261AC

No further specifications can be given. Brandon was thus born in either {{Date|261}} or {{Date|262}}.

==[[Bran Stark|Brandon Stark (Bran)]]==
===Birth===
Bran is 7 years old in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|1}}, the day the news of Jon Arryn’s death arrives at Winterfell (an event known to have taken place in {{Date|298}}){{Ref|aGoT|2}}. Bran turns 8 a while later.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} He is still 8 years old after the year has turned into {{Date|299}}, after the Walders have arrived at Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|4}}. Bran turns 9 before news of Oxcross reaches Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}{{Ref|aCoK|35}} This is an event known to have happened in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Five Kings|War of the Five Kings]])''. With Bran being both 8 and 9 during 299AC, shows that he was 8 turning 9 in 299AC, and was therefore born in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Brandon Tallhart]]==
===Birth===
Brandon was 14 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing his birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing his birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Brandon was thus born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Brienne of Tarth]]==
===Birth===
When Brienne was no older than 13, Renly Baratheon had just turned 16.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} Renly was born in 277AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheon]])''. This means that Renly turned 16 in 293AC. With Brienne having just turned 13 in 293AC, this places her birth in {{Date|280}}.

Concluded can be that Brienne was born in {{Date|280}}.

==[[Bronn]]==
===Birth===
Bronn is said to have been in his early to mid-thirties, as stated by GRRM after the release of a Clash of Kings,<ref>Bron’s Age [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bronns_Age]</ref> meaning that Bronn in in his early to mid-thirties in 299AC. That would place his birth between {{Date|268}} and {{Date|264}}.

==[[Bryan Frey]]==
===Birth===
Bryan Frey would have been born at least one year after his older sister Walda. Walda was born the earliest in 280AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walda Frey (Fair Walda)|Walda Frey (Fair Walda)]])'', meaning that the first possible year of birth for Bryan is 281AC.

Bryan is a squire in {{Date|299}}, meaning that the youngest he could possibly have been in {{Date|299}} was 5.<ref name=Squires>Duncan the Tall is the youngest known squire in asoiaf, having been a squire from the age of 5 or 6, making 5 years old the minimum age of squires</ref> Turning 5 in {{Date|299}} would place Bryan’s birth in 294AC.

No further specifications can be given. Bryan Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|281}} and {{Date|294}}.

==[[Bryen]]==
===Birth===
Bryen was at least 80 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aSoS|68}} This places his birth in {{Date|220}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Brynden Rivers]]==
===Birth===
Brynden was 5 years younger than his half-brother Daemon Blackfyre.<ref name=TargaryenDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions]</ref> He was 21 years old in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Daemon Blackfyre was born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]])''. That would give Brynden the options of {{Date|174}} and {{Date|175}}.

Being 21 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 20 turning 21 in 196AC, placing his birth in 175AC
* 21 turning 22 in 196AC, placing his birth in 174AC

No further specifications can be given. Brynden was thus born in either {{Date|174}} or {{Date|175}}.

==[[Brynden Tully]]==
===Birth===
When Jaime Lannister was a squire (which he was from the age of 11 until the age of 15), he went to Riverrun. Jaime notes he was a squire “as green as summer grass”, indicating that this took place in one of the earlier years of his being a squire (at the age of 11, 12 or 13). At this event, Jaime met Brynden Tully. Jaime remembers that Brynden had been younger than Jaime was when remembering it (34), and Jaime himself was younger than his own squire (who was 15) was at that moment. {{Ref|aFfC|33}}

This means that when Jaime was 11, 12 or 13 (which happened in the years 277AC, 278AC, 279AC, and 280AC), Brynden Tully was 34 years old at the maximum, though it is possible that Brynden would be turning 35 later in the year.

If Jaime’s visit to Riverrun took place in:
* 277AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 242AC
* 278AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 243AC
* 279AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 244AC
* 280AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 245AC

This shows that Bryndens earliest moment of birth took is 242 AC. If Brynden was any younger during the event, if that took place in 277AC, Bryndens birth would take place later. If the event itself took place in one of the later years, Brynden would have been born later. The year 242AC is Bryndens earliest possible year of birth.

Brynden was a young knight during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, which took place in the reign of Jaehaerys II (who reigned from 259AC until 262AC). According to the White Book entry of Barristan Selmy, he defeated Maelys the Monstrous before he was named to the Kingsguard, which happened when Selmy was 23. Selmy was born in 237AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy]])'', which means Selmy was 23 years old in 260AC and 261AC. This would make 261AC the latest year possible for the War of the Ninepenny Kings to have taken place ''(see also: [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Ninepenny Kings|War of the Ninepenny Kings]])''.

Knighthood can be received from the age of 15.ref>The youngest knights known in asoiaf were 15 years old upon being knighted</ref> This means that Brynden was at least 15 years old during the war, which took place in 261AC the latest. Turning 15 in 261AC would place Bryndens birth in 246AC.

No further specifications can be given. It can be concluded that Brynden was born in or between {{Date|242}} and {{Date|246}}.

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==[[Catelyn Tully]]==
===Birth===
Catelyn is two years older than her sister Lysa. At one point, Catelyn described a memory, during which she herself was no older than Sansa (who was 12 at that point), Lysa younger than Arya (who was 9, soon to turn 10) and Petyr Baelish even younger still. This indicates that Petyr was younger than Lysa by at least one year (otherwise, it would have stated that Petyr was the same age as Lysa had been at that point in time).

{{Quote|How young they all had been-she no older than Sansa, Lysa younger than Arya, and Petyr younger still, yet eager.}}{{Ref|aGoT|71}}

Sansa and Arya often note how they are two years apart. But looking at the placing of their namedays, we see that Arya’s nameday falls early in the year, while Sansa’s nameday falls at the end of the year. So even though they are born 2 years apart,{{Ref|aGoT|34}} they actually differ about 2 years and a few months in age.

Looking at Catelyn’s quote, she herself was at the moment of her memory Sansa’s age, and Lysa was younger than Arya. Catelyn and Lysa are said to be two years apart in age as well often, but the comparison to Sansa and Arya shows that in reality they differ more than 2 years and a few months. So Catelyn and Lysa differ closely to 2,5 years in age. Petyr was "younger still", meaning he was at least 1 year younger than Lysa (otherwise Catelyn would have said they were the same age). So between Catelyn and Petyr seems to be about 3,5 years. This closes in on an age difference of 4 years.

Petyr was born in {{Date|268}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Baelish|Petyr Baelish]])'', and if Catelyn is 4 years (or close to 4 years) older, that would place her birth in {{Date|264}}.

===Death===
Catelyn dies during the Red Wedding,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} the news of which arrives at King’s Landing before Joffrey’s wedding,{{Ref|aSoS|53}} which will take place on the first day of {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} The Red Wedding has thus occurred in {{Date|299}}, meaning that Catelyn died in {{Date|299}}

==[[Cersei Frey]]==
===Birth===
Cersei has been mentioned to have been 6 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This gives the following options:
* 5 turning 6 in 299AC, placing her birth in 293AC
* 6 turning 7 in 299AC, placing her birth in 292AC

No further specifications can be given about Cersei Frey. She was born in either {{Date|292}} or {{Date|293}}.

==[[Cersei Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Rhaegar Targaryen, as is known, was born on the same day that his great-grandfather Aegon V died at Summerhal.{{Ref|awoiaf}} This event happened in 259AC. So it is known that Rhaegar was born in 259AC.

When Rhaegar was 17, Tywin Lannister held a tourney, to welcome both Rhaegar and Aerys to the west. Cersei, at this event, was 10 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} With Rhaegar being 17 at the event, and his birth happening in 259AC, the tourney happened in:
* 276AC, with Rhaegar being 16 having turned 17
* 277AC, with Rhaegar being 17 turning 18 later in the year

As stated before, Cersei was 10 at this event.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} That gives us the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 276AC, placing her birth in 266AC
* 10 turning 11 in 276AC, placing her birth in 265AC
* 9 turning 10 in 277AC, placing her birth in 267AC
* 10 turning 11 in 277AC, placing her birth in 266AC

The years 265AC, 266AC and 267AC become an option for Cersei’s year of birth.

For Cersei, further no specifications can be given. However, Jaime and Cersei are twins, and thus born on the same day. Where Jaime’s nameday falls, Cersei’s nameday falls.

After the Battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion remarks to himself that it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} We know these of Tyrions musings happened in the year 299AC. So in 299AC, it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.
However, in the year 300AC, Jaime remarks to himself that the Kingsguard cell that had been his during all his years of service, had been his for 18 years.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

Thus both brothers remark that Jaime joined the Kingsguard 18 years prior, only one does so in 299AC, and the other does so in 300AC. In a land where they don’t seem to be working with dates as is done in the real world (naming the months, numbering the days etc.), it seems more logical that both brothers were thinking about the age Jaime had when making the remark, and the age Jaime had while joining the Kingsguard. Even though the remarks aren’t made that far apart (only a few months at maximum), it does involve the changing of the year. The fact that it has been 18 years since Jaime was 15 in 299AC, and that it has also been 18 years that Jaime has been 15 in 300AC, shows us that Tyrion makes the remark after Jaime’s nameday that year, and that Jaime makes his remark before Jaime’s nameday that year. This leaves only one option:
* With it having been 18 years in 299AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday at that point in time in 299AC already having passed, Jaime was 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 32 turning 33 in 299AC.
* With it having been 18 years in 300AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday still to come at that point in time in 300AC, Jaime was still 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 33 turning 34 in 300AC.

This means that Jaime, and thus also Cersei, was born in {{Date|266}}, having been 33 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.

''Note: In addition to all this, Ran has confirmed that in Feast, Jaime was 34 years old with a certainty of 99,5%. This means that Cersei, born mere moments before Jaime, was also 34 years old in A Feast for Crows.''

==[[Clement]]==
===Birth===
Brother [[Clement]] was 48 years old when he died in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} That gives the following options:
* 47 turning 48 in 300AC, placing his birth in 252AC
* 48 turning 49 in 300AC, placing his birth in 251AC

No further specifications can be given. Brother Clement was thus born in either {{Date|251}} or {{Date|252}}.

==[[Cleos Frey]]==
===Birth===
Cleos Frey is the eldest son of Emmon Frey and Genna Lannister. Both Emmon and Genna would have been at least 13 years old at the time of his birth. Emmon was born in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', Genna was born in either 245AC or 246AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Genna Lannister|Genna Lannister]])''. Genna is younger than her husband Emmon, and thus the measure used for calculating.

With Genna having been born in 245AC the earliest, and with her needing to have been at least 13 years old when Cleos was born, Cleos was born no earlier than 13 years after 245AC, making 258AC the first possible year of birth for Cleos.

Cleos’ eldest son Tywin was born no later than 288AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tywin Frey|Tywin Frey]])''. Cleos would have been at least 13 years old when Tywin was born, meaning that Cleos was born no later than 13 years prior to 288AC, making the year 275AC the last possible year of birth for Cleos.

No further specifications can be given. Cleos Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|258}} and {{Date|275}}.

==[[Cley Cerwyn]]==
===Birth===
Cley was 14 years old during the Harvest Feast in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} This gives him the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing his birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing his birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Cley was thus born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Clydas]]==
===Birth===
[[Clydas]] is at least 60 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|10}} That places his birth in {{Date|240}} or earlier.

==[[Colmar Frey]]==
===Birth===
Colmar was 11 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 11 years old in both 299AC and 300AC means that Colmar was 10 turning 11 in {{Date|299}}, and 11 turning 12 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|288}}.

==[[Cregan Karstark]]==
===Birth===
[[Cregan Karstark|Cregan]] is past 50 in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|49}} This places his birth roughly in {{Date|249}}.

''Note: Cregan’s brother [[Arthor Karstark|Arthor]] is judged to be 50 years old in 300AC<ref>[[The Winds of Winter]], Theon I</ref> That suggests Cregan won’t be that much older than 50 himself either.''

==[[Creighton Longbough]]==
===Birth===
Creighton was in his fifties{{Ref|awoiaf}} in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} That means in 300AC he was 51 years old at the youngest, and 59 years old at the latest, though it is possible he would be turning 60 later in the year. That gives him the following options:
* 50 turning 51 in 300AC, placing his birth in 249AC
* 51 turning 52 in 300AC, placing his birth in 248AC
* 52 turning 53 in 300AC, placing his birth in 247AC
* 53 turning 54 in 300AC, placing his birth in 246AC
* 54 turning 55 in 300AC, placing his birth in 245AC
* 55 turning 56 in 300AC, placing his birth in 244AC
* 56 turning 57 in 300AC, placing his birth in 243AC
* 57 turning 58 in 300AC, placing his birth in 242AC
* 58 turning 59 in 300AC, placing his birth in 241AC
* 59 turning 60 in 300AC, placing his birth in 240AC

No further specifications can be given. Creighton was thus born in or between {{Date|240}} and {{Date|249}}.

==[[Cressen]]==
===Birth===
[[Cressen]] mentions he is not far from his 80th nameday in early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} That shows Cressen is still 79 years old.
Being 79 years old in {{Date|299}} gives Cressen the following options:
* 79 turning 80 in 300AC, placing his birth in 220AC
* 79 turning 80 in 299AC, placing his birth in 219AC

No further specifications can be given. Cressen was born in either {{Date|219}} or {{Date|220}}.

===Death===
[[Cressen]] died after the [[Red Comet]] had already appeared in the sky. The [[Red Comet]] is visible for the first time in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Turning of the years, Main Series|298AC to 299AC]])''. Cressen thus died in {{Date|299}}.

==[[Criston Cole]]==
===Birth===
Criston was 23 years old in 105AC. {{Ref|TRP}} That gives him the following options:
* 22 turning 23 in 105AC, placing his birth in 82AC
* 23 turning 24 in 105AC, placing his birth in 81AC

No further specifications can be given. Criston was thus born in either {{Date|81}} or {{Date|82}}.

==[[Cynthea Frey]]==
===Birth===
Cynthea has been mentioned to have been 9 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 9 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 8 turning 9 in {{Date|299}}, and 9 turning 10 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in 290AC.

Cynthea was thus born in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Cyrenna Swann]]==
===Birth===
Cyrenna Swann gave birth to her first born child, Jared, in either 249AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])''. With her firstborn child born in 249AC the latest, and with Cyrenna having been at least 13 years old when her eldest child was born, Cyrenna cannot have been born any later than 13 years prior to 249AC, in 236AC.

No further specifications can be given. Cyrenna was thus born in {{Date|236}} or before.

===Death===
Cyrenna was the second wife of Walder Frey. Walder's eldest child by his third wife, Hosteen, was born no later than 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. That means that Hosteen was conceived no later than 257AC, and thus that Walder married his third wife no later than 257AC. This means that Cyrenna could have died no later than 257AC.

Cyrenna's youngest son, Luceon, was born in 249AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])'', meaning that 249AC is the first possible year in which Cyrenna could have died.

No further specifications cannot be given. Cyrenna thus died in or between {{Date|249}} and {{Date|257}}.

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==[[Dacey Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Dacey Mormont was born at least one year before her sister Alysanne. Alysanne was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alysanne Mormont|Alysanne Mormont]])''. This means that Dacey was born 277AC the latest.

Dacey’s mother would have been at least 13 years old when Dacey was born. Maege Mormont was born the earliest in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Maege Mormont|Maege Mormont]])'', meaning that Dacey could have been born the earlierst in 252AC

No further specifications can be given. Dacey Mormont was thus born in or between {{Date|252}} and {{Date|277}}, though it seems most likely, considering the ages of Maege’s other children, that Dacey was born close to {{Date|277}}.

==[[Daemon I Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Daemon was 26 years old when he died, in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>

Being 26 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 25 turning 26 in 196AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 26 turning 27 in 196AC, placing his birth in 169AC

Daemon was born while his mother was still locked up in the Maidenvault.<ref name=TargaryenDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions]</ref> Daena was locked up until Baelor I died in 171AC. This thus gives no further specification.

No further specifications can be given. Daemon was thus born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}}.

==[[Daemon II Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Daemon was 7 years old in 196AC, and 22 in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}}
Being 7 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 6 turning 7, placing his birth in 189AC
* 7 turning 8, placing his birth in 188AC

Being 22 in 212AC gives the following options:
* 21 turning 22, placing his birth in 190AC
* 22 turning 23, placing his birth in 189AC

189AC is the only overlapping year. Daemon II Blackfyre was thus born in {{Date|189}}.

==[[Daemon Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Daemon died at the age of 49 in 130AC.{{Ref|TPATQ}} This gives him the following options:
* 48 turning 49 in 130AC, placing his birth in 81AC
* 49 turning 50 in 130AC, placing his birth in 80AC

No further specifications can be given. Daemon was thus born in either {{Date|80}} or {{Date|81}}.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]] (daughter of Aegon IV)==
===Birth===
[[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]] was born when her brother Daeron II Targaryen was already married and had a son of his own.<ref>Targaryen History [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C90]</ref> Daeron’s eldest son is Baelor Breakspear, born in either 169AC or 170AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. Daeron’s second son, Aerys, was born in or between 170AC and 176AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I Targaryen]])''.

The sentence “when Daeron already had a son of his own” suggests that Daeron only had one son, not yet two, or more, when Daenerys was born. With 176AC as the last possible year of Aerys’ birth, Daenerys could have been born in the same year as Aerys, 176AC the latest, only earlier in the year. The same, she could have been born in the same year as Baelor, 169AC the earliest, only after he had already been born.

Concluded can be that Daenerys was born in or between {{Date|169}} and {{Date|176}}.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen]] (Stormborn)==
===Birth===
Ned Stark mentions that [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is 14 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|31}} This leaves the following possibilities:
* 13 turning 14 in {{Date|298}}, placing her birth in {{Date|284}}
* 14 turning 15 in {{Date|298}}, placing her birth in {{Date|283}}

In addition, it is known that Daenerys learns she is pregnant on her 14th nameday.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} Daenerys’ pregnancy is discussed on two occasions in King’s Landing, after the Tournament of the Hand has ended. The Tournament of the Hand of the King occurs at least 6 months into {{Date|298}}, if not more, giving an indication, but not specifying that Daenerys turned 14 in {{Date|298}}.

When Dany is following the comet, she mentions she is still 14 years old.{{Ref|aCoK|12}} The comet has appeared in the sky in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Turning of the years, Main Series|298AC to 299AC)]]''.{{Ref|aGoT|66}} This means that Daenerys has been mentioned to have been 14 years old in both {{Date|298}} and in {{Date|299}}, eliminating 283AC as Daenerys’ possible birth year, leaving only the option 284AC.

Daenerys was thus born in {{Date|284}}.

==[[Daeron Targaryen]] (The Drunken)==
===Birth===
Daeron was 18 years old in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} This gives him the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in 209AC, placing his birth in 191AC
* 18 turning 19 in 209AC, placing his birth in 190AC

No further indication can be given. Daeron was born in either {{Date|190}} or {{Date|191}}.

==[[Daeron I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Daeron I Targaryen]] was 14 years old when he came into his throne in 157AC{{Ref|aGoT|14}}{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}. Being 14 in 157AC leaves the following possibilities:
* 13 turning 14 in 157AC, placing his birth in 143AC
* 14 turning 15 in 157AC, placing his birth in 142AC

It is also known that Daeron was 18 years old when he died in 161AC{{Ref|aGoT|5}}{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}. Since being 18 in 161AC gives the same possibilities as stated directly above, no further specifications can be given.

No further specifications can be given. Daeron I was born in either {{Date|142}} or {{Date|143}}.

==[[Daeron II Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Daeron II Targaryen]] was betrothed and married by 169AC the latest (since the last possible year of birth of his eldest son was 170AC, ''see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. This means that Daeron II was at least 13 years old in 170AC, making 157AC the last possible year of birth for Daeron.

Daeron’s uncle Aemon was born in or between 139AC and 144AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (Aemon the Dragonknight)|Aemon Targaryen]])''. Aemon was rumoured to have been Daeron’s father, and such a rumour can only hold if Aemon had an age at the time of Daeron’s birth that would make it possible for Daeron to have been his, meaning that Aemon was at least 13 years old when Daeron was born.
With Aemon having been born in 139AC the earliest, the earliest possible moment Aemon could have been 13 was in 152AC.

Concluded can be that Daeron II was born in or between {{Date|152}} and {{Date|157}}.

==[[Dalbridge]]==
===Birth===
Dalbridge had been the squire for King Jaehaerys II.{{Ref|awoiaf}} Jaehaerys reigned from 259AC until 262AC. {{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} This means that Dalbridge had been a squire to Jaehaerys in 262AC the latest. With the minimum age of 5 for squires,<ref>The youngest known squire was 5 years old</ref>, Dalbridge had been at least 5 years old in 262AC. This is the absolute youngest that Dalbridge could have been, showing that the absolute latest year in which he could have been born was 257AC (5 years prior to 262AC).

No further specifications can be given. Dalbridge was thus born in {{Date|257}} or before.

==[[Dalton Greyjoy]]==
===Birth===
Dalton was 16 years old in 129AC. {{Ref|TPATQ}} That gives him the following options:
* 15 turning 16 in 129AC, placing his birth in 113AC
* 16 turning 17 in 129AC, placing his birth in 112AC

No further specifications can be given. Dalton was thus born in either {{Date|112}} or {{Date|113}}.

==[[Damon Vypren]]==
===Birth===
Damon is the younger brother of Elyana Vypren, so he is at least one year younger than her. Elyana was born in 264AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Elyana Vypren|Elyana Vypren]])'', meaning that Damon was born in 265AC the earliest.

No indication can be given about Damon´s last possible year of birth. Damon was born in or between {{Date|265}} and {{Date|299}} (since it is certain Damon was already born in 299AC).

==[[Dancer]]==
===Birth===
Dancer, the horse, was 2 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|37}} This gives Dancer two options:
* 1 turning 2, placing her birth in 296AC
* 2 turning 3, placing her birth in 295AC

No further specifications are known. Dancer was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Danwell Frey]]==
===Birth===
Danwell is younger than his brother Symond by at least one year. Symond was born the earliest in 251AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])'', meaning that Danwells earliest possible year of birth is 252AC.

Danwell is older than his younger brother Merrett by at least one year. Merrett was born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])'', meaning that Danwell cannot have been born any later than 261AC.

No further specifications can be given. Danwell was thus born in or between {{Date|252}} and {{Date|261}}.

==[[Daven Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Daven Lannister tells that Kevan Lannister, born in either {{Date|244}} or {{Date|245}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Kevan Lannister|Kevan Lannister]])'', is twice his age.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} This would place Daven’s birth roughly around {{Date|272}}.

''Note: The estimation for Daven’s year of birth is extremely roughly. He could easily be a few years older.''

==[[Davos Seaworth]]==
===Birth===
[[Davos Seaworth|Davos]] is known to have been sailing for 40 years.{{Ref|aCoK|58}} It is unknown whether or not this includes Davos’ time as a sailor, or whether or not this is only referring to Davos’ time as a captain. Though Davos won’t have been sailing since his birth, it is unknown how old he was when he started sailing. This means we can only give an absolute minimum for an indication of Davos’ age, placing his birth absolutely no later than {{Date|260}}, though it seems certain and logical that Davos was born at least a few years earlier.

==[[Del]]==
===Birth===
[[Del]] is around the age of Jon Snow, who is born in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow|Jon Snow]])''.{{Ref|aSoS|41}} That places his birth not exactly in {{Date|283}}, but roughly around {{Date|283}}.

==[[Della Frey]]==
===Birth===
Della is mentioned to be 3 years old both 299AC and 300AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means Della was 2 turning 3 in {{Date|299}}, and 3 turning 4 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|296}}.

==[[Denyo Terys]]==
===Birth===
[[Denyo Terys|Denyo]] is known to have been 12 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|6}} This gives the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

No further specifications can be given. Denyo was thus born in either {{Date|287}} or {{Date|288}}.

==[[Denys Mallister]]==
===Birth===
[[Denys Mallister]] has been Lord Commander of the Shadow Tower for 33 years in 300AC.{{Ref|aSoS|78}} It is also known that he was 22 years old when he was a champion, presumably at a tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|78}} That would have occurred before Denys joined the Night’s Watch, since a man who has joined the Night’s Watch no longer takes part in tourneys. This would give Denys the minimum age of 55 in 300AC, placing his birth as occurring no later than {{Date|245}}.

Denys is described as old,{{Ref|aSoS|78}} suggesting that he is in fact older than 55. No further specifications, however, can be given.

''Note: It should be stated that the definition of “old” is different for every POV character. Hoster Tully, who is in his late 50ties, early 60ties, is described as old. Denys Mallisters minimum age of 55 would already fall in the same category.''

==[[Desmera Redwyne]]==
===Birth===
[[Desmera Redwyne|Desmera]] is 16 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} She is still 16 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 16 in both 299AC and 300AC means that Desmera was born in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Desmond Grell]]==
===Birth===
[[Desmond Grell]] is of an age with Hoster Tully, in {{Date|299}} {{Ref|aCoK|39}} who was born in or between 237AC and 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hoster Tully|Hoster Tully]])''. That would place Desmonds birth roughly in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}} as well.

==[[Devan Seaworth]]==
===Birth===
[[Devan Seaworth|Devan]] is known to have 11 years old in late {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} He is 12 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|17}} This gives him the following options:
* 10 turning 11 in 299AC, and 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, and 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

Devan Seaworth is known to be older than Edric Storm.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} Edric was born in {{Date|287}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Edric Storm|Edric Storm]])''. Since having been born in 288AC would make Devan younger than Edric, Devan was thus born in 287AC, the same year as Edric, only earlier in the year, making him older.

Devan was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Dickon Frey]]==
===Birth===
Dickon has been mentioned to have been 5 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 5 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 4 turning 5 in {{Date|299}}, and 5 turning 6 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 294AC.

Dickon was thus born in {{Date|294}}.

==[[Dickon Tarly]]==
===Birth===
Dickon is described by Brienne of Tarth to be 10 or 12 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|14}} Since Brienne proclaims that she is bad in estimating ages,{{Ref|aFfC|9}} her word cannot be trusted 100% (she estimated Podrick, of 12 years of age, to be 10,{{Ref|aFfC|9}} for example).

Being either 10, 11 or 12 in {{Date|300}} would give Dickon the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 300AC, placing his birth in 290AC
* 10 turning 11 in 300AC, placing his birth in 289AC
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

With Samwell having been born in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Samwell Tarly|Samwell Tarly]])'', and with three sisters having been born in 3 years time in {{Ref|aGoT|26}} between Dickon and Samwell, Dickon cannot have been born before {{Date|287}}. That would make Dickon 12 turning 13 in {{Date|300}}, when the observation of 10 or 12 is made. It is, however, not known whether the eldest of Dickons sisters was born the year after Samwell, or whether there were more years in between their births.

No further specifications can be given about Dickon. Dickon was born in or between {{Date|287}} and {{Date|290}}.

''Note: seeing as how Dickon was present in King Renly’s army in the first half of {{Date|299}}, this seems to suggest that Dickon cannot have been born later (in {{Date|299}}, Dickon would have been 11 turning 12), since it would make him younger than 12 in {{Date|299}}, an age at which he would have no business being present in an army preparing for war.''

==[[Domeric Bolton]]==
===Birth===
After spending 4 years as a page for Lady Barbrey Dustin, Domeric would spend 3 years in the Vale as a squire to Lord Redfort.{{Ref|aDwD|32}}
This shows that Domeric was fostered. Fostering usually ends at the age of 16, when the boy becomes a man grown by law.<ref>Some Questions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Some_Questions]</ref>
When Domeric returned home, after having enjoyed spending time with Lord Redfort sons, he learned he had a bastard brother. Domeric sought out his bastard brother, and died shortly thereafter.{{Ref|aDwD|32}} Domeric died in 297AC (see below, under "death"). If Domeric was 16 years old at the time of his dead (and his dead thus occured shortly after his return from the Vale), Domeric would have been born in {{Date|281}}.

Of course, it cannot be stated with certainty that Domeric died within a year of returning to the Dreadfort, which would place his return in an earlier year, and thus also his birth. It also cannt be stated with certainty that Domerics fostering ended at the age of 16. Though Domeric was said to have the makings of a tourney knight, Domeric is not mentioned to have received his knighthood prior to leaving the Vale. There are, after all, also highborns who end their time as a squire at the age of 18.<ref>Quentyn Martell is 18 years old upon being knighted</ref> Should Domeric have been 18 years old when he returned to the Dreadfort, and he died shortly thereafter, his birth would have occured in {{Date|279}}

Due to the uncertainty that arises with Domeric's birth, we can thus only conclude that it is most likely that he was born '''roughly''' around or between {{Date|279}} and {{Date|281}}.

In any case, Domeric had been fostered by Lady Barbrey Dustin.{{Ref|aDwD|32}} As Lady Barbrey has been Barbrey Ryswell until her marriage, Domerics fostering thus took place after Barbreys marriage to Lord Dustin.
Lady Barbrey got married to Lord Dustin in 282AC, and thus, technically, this is the first year where Domeric could have been fostered. With fosterings usually ending at the age of 16, and Domerics fostering in total having lasted 7 years, 4 years of which were spend at Lady Barbrey's, Domeric would have been 9 years old at the oldest when his fostering with Lady Barbrey started.

With Domeric's age at 9 at the maximum in 282AC, Domeric cannot have been born before 273AC.

''However'', Domeric returned from the Vale wanting a brother. It seems highly unlikely that between Domeric returning to the Dreadfort and Domerics death, 8 years passed, bringing the timeframe back to 279AC-281AC, roughly.

===Death===
In {{Date|299}}, Domeric is said to have died "2 years ago".{{Ref|aCoK|16}} This places Domerics death in {{Date|297}}

==[[Donal Noye]]==
===Birth===
Donal Noye has been mentioned to have been well past 30 when he had taken a blow from an axe during the Siege of Storm’s End, during Robert’s Rebellion.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Robert’s Rebellion ended in 283AC.{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} “Well past 30” suggests that Donal had turned 30 several years before, giving him a minimal age of about 33 during the Siege. With certainty it can be said that Donal was younger than 40 during the Siege. Combining this info, Donal’s age during the Siege can be place as having been between 31 and 39, placing his birth in or between {{Date|244}} and {{Date|252}}.

==[[Donella Manderly]] (Donella Hornwood)==
===Birth===
[[Donella Hornwood|Donella]] says she is past her childbearing years in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} This indicates that she is either 50 years old or older, placing her birth no later than {{Date|249}}.

That Donella’s son was betrothed{{Ref|aDwD|44}}, indicates that he was not yet that old. Since it seems to be rather normal for male heirs of a House to marry when they are in their late twenties, early thirties (think about Edmure Tully, for example), during peace times, it seems likely that Donella’s birth took place not that far awar from 249AC.

Donella was thus born around {{Date|249}}.

==[[Donnel Haigh]]==
===Birth===
Donnel was born at least one year after his older brother Harys. Harys was born the earliest in 254AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Harys Haigh|Harys Haigh]])'', so Donnel was born no earlier than 1 year later, in 255AC.

Donnel was born at least one year before his younger brother Alyn. Alyn was born no later than 291AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alyn Haigh|Alyn Haigh]])'', meaning that Donnel was born no later than 1 year before that, making Donnels last possible year of birth 290AC.

Donnel, however, is a knight, in 299AC,{{Ref|aSoS|49}} meaning that he is at least 15 years old by then. Sandor Clegane mentions in 300AC how he has ridden and won against Donnel many times,{{Ref|aSoS|50}} suggesting that Donnel has been a knight for several years already. Sandor Clegane also states how he had almost killed Donnel in a melee. There are no known melee's that Sandor took place in in 299AC or in 298AC, meaning that this melee would have taken place in 297AC the earliest. With Donnel having been at least 15 years old in 297AC at the latest, puts his last possible year of birth in 282AC.

Donnel was thus born in or between {{Date|255}} and {{Date|282}}.

==[[Donnel Waynwood]]==
===Birth===
Ser [[Donnel Waynwood|Donnel]] is mentioned to be 20 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} For Donnel, that gives two options:
* 19 turning 20 in 298AC, placing his birth in 278AC
* 20 turning 21 in 298AC, placing his birth in 277AC

No further specifications can be given about Donnel. He was born in either {{Date|277}} or {{Date|278}}.

==[[Dontos Hollard]]==
===Birth===
[[Dontos Hollard]] has been described as being “a knight of forty years” in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} This places Dontos’ age in {{Date|300}} at roughly 40 years, placing his age between 37 and 43.

Dontos has been described as having been a young boy during the Defiance at Duskendale.{{Ref|aFfC|9}} The Defiance at Duskendale took place in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|279}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Defiance at Duskendale|Defiance at Duskendale]])''. With Dontos still being named a “young boy” during this event, he would most likely not yet have reached the age of 16 yet.

For Dontos, as per the descriptions of his age, the following options exist:
* 36 turning 37 in 300AC, placing his birth in 263AC
* 37 turning 38 in 300AC, placing his birth in 262AC
* 38 turning 39 in 300AC, placing his birth in 261AC
* 39 turning 40 in 300AC, placing his birth in 260AC
* 40 turning 41 in 300AC, placing his birth in 259AC
* 41 turning 42 in 300AC, placing his birth in 258AC
* 42 turning 43 in 300AC, placing his birth in 257AC
* 43 turning 44 in 300AC, placing his birth in 256AC

This gives the years 256AC up to 263AC as options for Dontos' birth.

The Defiance at Duskendale gives Dontos the following maxima:
* Being 15 turning 16 in 276AC, placing his birth no earlier than 260AC
* Being 15 turning 16 in 277AC, placing his birth no earlier than 261AC
* Being 15 turning 16 in 278AC, placing his birth no earlier than 262AC
* Being 15 turning 16 in 279AC, placing his birth no earlier than 263AC

The years 260AC, 261AC, 262AC, 263AC, 264AC and 265AC are given as possibilities here. Comparing these possibilities to the possibilities gained by looking at Dontos' known age in 300AC, the years of 256AC, 257AC, 258AC and 259AC are eliminated.

This shows that Dontos was born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|263}}.

''Note: Being described as a “boy” suggests an age younger than 16 years, suggesting that Dontos’ actual birth was closer to {{Date|263}} than to {{Date|260}}. Having been born in {{Date|263}} (Dontos’ youngest option) would have made him 13 years old in {{Date|276}}, the first possible option, and one of the most likey options, for the Defiance.''

==[[Doran Martell]]==
===Birth===
Doran Martell is 52 years old in {{Date|300}}. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} This gives Doran the following options:
* 51 turning 52 in 300AC, placing his birth in 248AC
* 52 turning 53 in 300AC, placing his birth in 247AC

No further specifications can be given. Doran was thus born in either {{Date|247}} or {{Date|248}}.

==[[Dorea Sand]]==
===Birth===
Dorea Sand is described as being 8 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|13}} That leaves two options for Dorea:
* 7 turning 8 in 300AC, placing her birth in 292AC
* 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing her birth in 291AC

No further specifications can be given. Dorea was thus born in either {{Date|291}} or {{Date|292}}.

==[[Drogo]]==
===Birth===
Drogo is mentioned to have been no more than 30 years old when meeting Daenerys Targaryen, in 297AC.{{Ref|aGoT|3}} Being 30 years old in 297AC places Drogo’s birth no later than 266AC (being 30 turning 31 in 297AC, with Drogo’s nameday occurring after meeting Daenerys).

Drogo was thus born in {{Date|266}}, possibly a few years later.

==[[Duncan Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Duncan Targaryen was the firstborn son of Aegon V. Aegon V would have been at least 13 years old during the birth of his firstborn child, placing Duncan’s first possible year of birth 13 years after Aegon’s birth, thus in 213AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V Targaryen]])''. However, with Aegon V still unwed in {{Date|213}}, the first possible moment of birth for Duncan goes up one year, to 214AC.

Duncan was born at least 1 year before his brother Jaehaerys, who was Aegon V’s second born son. Jaehaerys was born in 223AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II Targaryen]])'', meaning that Duncans latest possible year of birth was a year before, in 222AC.

Duncan Targaryen, also known as Duncan the Small, was thus born in or between {{Date|214}} and {{Date|222}}.

==[[Duncan the Tall]]==
===Birth===
Duncan was 16 or 17 years old in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} He had squired for Ser Arlan of Pennytree since the age of 5 or 6. When he was 3 or 4 years old, the Redgrass Field, in 196AC, was being fought.{{Ref|TSS}} He is 18 or 19 years old in 211AC.{{Ref|TSS}}
Being 16 or 17 years old in 209AC gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16, placing his birth in 193AC
* 16 turning 17, placing his birth in 192AC
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 191AC
The same results will be achieved with being 18 or 19 in 211AC, and with being 3 or 4 in 196AC.

No further specifications can be given. Duncan the Tall was thus born in either {{Date|191}}, {{Date|192}} or {{Date|193}}.

==[[Dunstan Drumm]]==
===Birth===
[[Dunstan Drumm|Dunstan]] is mentioned to be younger than Erik Ironmaker.{{Ref|aFfC|19}} Since Erik was born in either 211AC or 212AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Erik Ironmaker|Erik Ironmaker]])'', Dustan will have been born in {{Date|212}} or later.

==[[Duram Bar Emmon]]==
===Birth===
Duram Bar Emmon was 14 years old in early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} He was 15 in late {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aSoS|25}} between the Battle of the Blackwater and Joffrey’s wedding on the first day of {{Date|300}}. He was also 15 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being both 14 and 15 in {{Date|299}} means Bar was 14 turning 15 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in {{Date|284}}.

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=See also=
* Are you a contributor to the ''wiki of ice and fire'', or just simply ''a forum of ice and fire''-user and would you like to discuss anything on this page? Go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations to determine when certain events took place can be found [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|here]]

==References==
{{References|3}}
[[Category:Calculations]]

Brynden Rivers

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[file:Bloodraven.png|50px|left]]'''Brynden Rivers'''[[File:Minigdn.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[file:Bloodraven.jpg|300px|by Amok©]]
| image_caption = Bloodraven with his [[weirwood]] longbow. © [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok]
| Alias = Bloodraven The Three-Eyed Crow
| Title = [[Hand of the King]] [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]] [[Night's Watch]]
| Race =
| Culture =
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Riverlands]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|174}} or {{Date|175}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brynden Rivers|Brynden Rivers]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Appears)
}}

Lord '''Brynden Rivers''', called "'''Bloodraven'''", was a legitimized [[Great Bastards|Great Bastard]] of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and [[Melissa Blackwood]], his sixth mistress. His personal arms were a white dragon with red eyes breathing red flame on a black field. He was a [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] loyalist during the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]],{{Ref|TSS}} the [[Hand of the King|Hand]] of [[Aerys I]],{{Ref|TSS}} and [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] of the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|AFFC|15}} [[Shiera Seastar]], another bastard of Aegon IV, was his mistress. His half-brother [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]] desired Shiera also, which served in increasing the enmity between the two. Bloodraven was thought to be a sorcerer.{{Ref|TMK}}

==Character and appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Brynden Rivers|Images of Brynden Rivers]]''

An albino, Brynden had milk white skin, long white hair, and red eyes. On the right side of his face he had a red [[w:Port-wine stain|winestain birthmark]] that extended from his throat up to his right cheek from which he earned his name ''bloodraven'', as the birth mark was said to look somewhat like a [[raven]] drawn in blood. However, the likeness was hardly exact as [[Dunk]] thinks the birthmark just a splotch. According to [[George R. R. Martin]] it is more a suggestion of a raven shape, like an [[w:Rorschach test|ink blot]]. <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P15/ So Spake Martin: More Targaryen Descriptions] </ref>

Brynden was not as tall or muscular as his half-brothers. He was a shade under six feet tall and very thin, gaunt, with a grim forbidding aspect and a sinister reputation as a sorcerer and spymaster. He typically wore the colors of "blood and smoke", with smoke being a dark grey that was mottled and streaked with black. Because his skin was sensitive to light, he usually went about cloaked and hooded. He was an expert bowman.

He lost an eye during the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] and rarely covered the empty socket with a patch, preferring to display his scar and empty socket to the world. <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P15/ So Spake Martin: More Targaryen Descriptions] </ref> He wore his white hair straight and to his shoulders, with the front brushed forward to cover his missing eye. {{ref|TMK}}<ref name=GreatBastards>Citadel [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Great_Bastards/ SSM:The Great Bastards] (December 26, 2005)</ref>

==History==

Brynden was the bastard son of [[Aegon IV Targaryen|King Aegon IV Targaryen]] and his sixth mistress [[Melissa Blackwood|Lady Melissa Blackwood]], who had replaced the king's fifth mistress [[Barba Bracken]]{{ref|ADWD|48}}. Brynden was resented by Barba's bastard son [[Aegor Rivers]], nicknamed "Bittersteel". Both "[[Great Bastards]]" were legitimized by their father when the king was on his deathbed.

A strong warrior, Brynden carried the [[Valyrian steel|Valyrian]] sword [[Dark Sister]], but preferred to use his [[weirwood]] longbow and was an expert archer. Brynden served on the [[small council]] of his half-brother [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. During the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], Brynden remained loyal to King Daeron, and commanded a group of long bowmen called the [[Raven's Teeth]]. At the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], he lost an eye fighting his half-brother Bittersteel.{{Ref|TSS}}{{ref|tmk}} The Raven's Teeth ultimately gained the [[Weeping Ridge]], and rained arrows down onto [[Daemon Blackfyre]] from 300 yards away, killing Daemon and his twin sons{{Ref|TSS}}. For this people would name Brynden a [[Kinslaying|kinslayer]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}. After the war he advocated a hard line against the rebels, winning out over [[Baelor Targaryen|Prince Baelor's]] call for leniency.{{ref|tss}}

In {{Date|209}} Rivers became [[Hand of the King]], serving throughout the reign of his nephew [[Aerys I Targaryen|King Aerys I Targaryen]]. His first major trial was [[the Great Spring Sickness]] which had killed Daeron II, the previous Hand of the King, two princes, as well as tens of thousands of others. Seeing the corpses pile up in the streets of [[King's Landing]], Brynden ordered the pyromancers of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] to burn them in the [[Dragonpit]]. The light of their [[wildfire]] pyres could be seen glowing throughout the city during the night{{Ref|TSS}}.

There was also a drought that lasted at least two years, causing many [[smallfolk]] to leave their lands in search of somewhere the rain still fell. Bloodraven ordered them to return to their own lands but few obeyed. Indeed they blamed Bloodraven, cursing him as a kinslayer. Many of them became robbers. Prices increased as trade dwindled, and it was widely held that travel was less safe under Aerys's reign then it had been under that of his father.

Around {{Date|211}} Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] raided the western coast, including [[Fair Isle]], the shipping of the [[Arbor]], and the village of [[Little Dosk]] in [[the Reach]]. [[Beron Stark|Lord Beron Stark]] called his banners to repulse the [[ironmen]] from [[Stony Shore|the Stony Shore]], while the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] built ships to strike at the [[Iron Islands]]. During all of this Bloodraven kept his eye on [[Tyrosh]] where the surviving sons of Daemon lay in exile with Bittersteel and his [[Golden Company]]. [[Victarion Greyjoy]] recalls that, "...even Dagon could not defeat the dragons"{{ref|ADWD|63}}, suggesting that the Targaryens did eventually intervene.

In another conflict within the realm that year [[Otho Bracken|Ser Otho Bracken]], known as the Brute of Bracken, was expected to succeed to the lordship of [[Stone Hedge]]. Not wanting to see such a man in power, the traditional Bracken rivals of [[House Blackwood]] were expected to start a war to root him out. Bloodraven, being born of half-Blackwood ancestry, would not have been inclined to stop it.

As "Lord Bloodraven", Brynden was rumored to be a sinister sorcerer who effectively ruled the kingdom "with spies and spells". A popular riddle asked was,"''How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have? A thousand eyes, and one''"{{ref|TMK}}. The events of ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' take place during his reign as Hand, though he does not personally take part in the story. At that time he had the mistrust of the king's brother [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], supposedly due to counsel from the [[High Septon]].{{Ref|TSS}}

===''The Mystery Knight''===
Lord Bloodraven's wariness paid off in {{Date|212}}. Thanks to the information of a [[House Vyrwel|Vyrwel]] man-at-arms and a troupe of comic dwarfs, Lord Bloodraven was aware of the plot to put [[Daemon II Blackfyre]] forward as the legitimate king of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. It is also theorized that Bloodraven was actually present at [[Whitewalls]], using his famous sorcery to disguise himself as a knight named [[Maynard Plumm|Ser Maynard Plumm]]. This is supported by Ser Maynard's knowledge of [[Dunk]], as well as the fact that Dunk noticed that Plumm's features began to look less authentic the longer he looked. This kind of magic is also used in ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', when [[Melisandre]] makes [[Mance Rayder]] appear to other men as [[Rattleshirt]]. Bloodraven marched on Whitewalls with 300 Raven's Teeth, three brothers of the [[Kingsguard]], 500 other knights, and 5,000 infantry drawn from [[Crownlands|the Crownlands]] and [[Riverlands|the Riverlands]]. In the face of such a force Daemon tried to rally the [[Whitewalls Tourney|tourney-goers]] to battle, but found little support. Daemon then challenged the Hand to single combat; Bloodraven refused and arrested the pretender, thus containing the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]{{ref|TMK}}. Daemon was kept in captivity rather than executed with the other rebel leaders, ensuring that Bittersteel could not name his brother [[Haegon Blackfyre|Haegon]] as a serious pretender.

===Later years===
At some point after the events of ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' Bloodraven was imprisoned in the [[Red Keep|Red Keep's]] black cells for reasons unknown. In {{Date|233}} he was sent to [[Wall|the Wall]] as part of the "honor guard" of prisoners that accompanied Aegon's brother [[Aemon|Maester Aemon]]. Eventually he rose to [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. The song "[[A Thousand Eyes, and One]]" was written about him.{{Ref|AFFC|15}}

==Recent Events==

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Bran Stark]] discovers that Brynden is still alive as the [[three-eyed crow]], the last [[greenseer]] living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]] [[beyond the Wall]].<ref>"Brandon (Bran) Stark" and "Brynden Rivers" entries in ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>{{ref|ADWD|34}} See [[Three-eyed crow/Theories]].

==Quotes by Brynden Rivers==
[[File: Close_up_TEC_Marc_Simonetti.jpg‎|The [[three-eyed crow]] - by Marc Simonetti ©|thumb|150px|right]]
{{quote|There have always been [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] who dreamed of things to come, since long before the [[War of Conquest|Conquest]].{{ref|TMK}}}} - Brynden to [[Dunk]] and [[Egg]]

{{quote|I wore many names when I was quick, but even I had a mother, and the name she gave me at her breast was Brynden.{{ref|ADWD|34}}}} - the [[three-eyed crow]], to [[Meera Reed]]

{{Quote|"The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be [[Bran|your]] cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong." {{Ref|aDwD|34}}}} - the [[three-eyed crow]], to [[Bran]]

==Quotes about Brynden Rivers==
{{Quote|The [[Mother (the Seven)|Mother]] marked Lord Rivers on the day that he was born, and [[Bittersteel]] marked him once again upon the [[Redgrass Field]].{{Ref|TSS}}}} - Septon [[Sefton Staunton|Sefton]], to [[Dunk]]

{{quote|'''How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have'''? the riddle ran. '''A thousand eyes, and one'''. Some claimed the King's Hand was a student of the dark arts who could change his face, put on the likeness of a one-eyed dog, even turn into a mist. Packs of gaunt gray wolves hunted down his foes, men said, and carrion crows spied for him and whispered secrets in his ear. Most of the tales were only tales, Dunk did not doubt, but no one could doubt that Bloodraven had informers everywhere.{{ref|TMK}}}} - [[Dunk]]

{{quote|Lord Bloodraven is a sorceror and a bastard.{{ref|TMK}}}} - [[Glendon Flowers]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Aegon IV Targaryen

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{{Monarch
| name = [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]] '''Aegon IV''' [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:AEGON IV.jpg|300px|]]
| image_caption = Aegon IV by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| reign = {{Date|172}} - {{Date|184}}
| coronation =
| othertitles = King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]
| fullname = Aegon Targaryen Fourth of His Name
| alias = Aegon the Unworthy
| predecessor = [[Viserys II Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
| suc-type =
| heir = [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
| queen = [[Naerys Targaryen]]
| consort =
| spouse1 =
| issue = [[Daeron II Targaryen]] [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]] [[Daemon Blackfyre]] [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]] [[Shiera Seastar]] [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]]
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| dynasty =
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| father =
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| dateofbirth = or between {{Date|135}} and {{Date|143}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| placeofbirth = [[King's Landing]]
| dateofdeath = {{Date|184}}
| placeofdeath = [[King's Landing]]
| dateofburial =
| placeofburial =
| Books = [[The Hedge Knight]] (Mentioned) [[The Mystery Knight]] (Mentioned) [[A Game of Thrones]] (Mentioned)
}}

{{See homonyms | Aegon Targaryen (disambiguation)}}

'''Aegon IV''', known as '''Aegon the Unworthy''', was the eleventh [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] to sit the [[Iron Throne]] and is considered to be one of the worst Targaryen kings. He sired numerous [[bastard]]s, legitimizing them on his deathbed, an act that started the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] and almost ripped the [[Seven Kingdoms]] apart.

==Character and appearance==
Aegon began his reign when he was young, vigorous, robust and handsome but ended it old and corrupt. By the end of it he was bloated and fat. His eyes were almost lost in the fat of his face, his legs too weak to support his belly. He had a small mouth and a large beard used in an attempt to cover the fat of his neck and face. He had a new [[Crowns (object)|crown]] made, huge and heavy, red gold, each of its points a dragon head with gemstone eyes.<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1253/ Targaryen Kings] (November 1, 2005)</ref> On his [[Currency|coinage]], he was depicted with a beard.{{Ref|TMK}}

==Biography==
===Early life===
Aegon was the eldest son of the [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]], [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], and grew up during the rule of his cousin [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]] and married his sister [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]]. Their marriage was an unhappy one, and once his son [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]] was born, she asked Aegon to release her from her vows so she could join the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], but he refused her.

When [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor I]] became king, he dissolved his marriage to his sister-wife [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] and imprisoned her in the [[Maidenvault]] so the sight of her would not tempt him to carnal thoughts. Aegon was not under any such prohibition and developed a fondness for his cousin Daena. On one occasion he helped Daena escape from the Maidenvault and they conceived a child. Daena refused to say who the father was, and was dubbed 'Daena the Defiant' for her wilfulness. In time she gave birth to a son, [[Daemon Blackfyre]], and Aegon noted with approval that he was growing up to be a strong warrior.

Eventually Baelor starved himself to death during one of his pious fasts and Viserys only ruled for a single year before passing himself, so the throne passed to Aegon, ''Fourth of His Name''.

===Reign===
Aegon IV is generally considered to be one of the worst kings in the history of Westeros, and is dubbed 'Aegon the Unworthy' in history texts. Aegon's behavior caused great strife at court, especially with his brother [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon]], who was then the Lord Commander of the [[Kingsguard]], and his son [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]].

He was a decadent, corrupt ruler who indulged his passions and whims at every opportunity. Being attractive, he was popular with women both highborn and lowborn. He had as many as nine [[#Mistresses|mistresses]] and many bastards. Supposedly, he had any woman he wanted whether they were married or not. People often joked that the Targaryen words might be "Fire and Blood" but Aegon IV's motto was "Wash her and bring her to my bed."

From a young age, Aegon indulged himself with women and continued to do so after his marriage, even during his own reign.{{ref|awoiaf}} He quite openly flaunted his mistresses at court, to the distress of his wife. As an example, on one of his many trips he gifted a [[Dragon|dragon's egg]] to Lord [[House Butterwell|Butterwell]], after guesting at his castle and allegedly impregnating his host's three maiden daughters.{{Ref|TMK}} On another occasion he caught one of his [[Kingsguard]] knights, [[Terrence Toyne]], sleeping with one of his mistresses and had both executed,{{Ref|aSoS|16}}. This led to the death of his brother [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon]], who, despite their conflicts and Aegon's hatred and disrespect for him,{{ref|awoiaf}} sacrificed his life to protect Aegon from Terrence's brothers' assassination attempt{{Ref|TMK}}.

[[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] sword of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], was traditionally carried by the Targaryen kings who succeeded him. Aegon IV, however, gave Blackfyre not to his heir, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], but to one of his bastards, [[Daemon Blackfyre|Daemon]], when he knighted Daemon at the age of 12. Talk of Daemon becoming Aegon's heir instead of Daeron began after this point.

Like many other Targaryen kings, Aegon was obsessed with regaining dragons for his house. Instead of trying to resurrect the dead dragons of his ancestors, Aegon tried to build new ones out of wood and iron, which he used to try and conquer [[Dorne]]. However, the attempt failed and his dragons burned.{{Ref|aSoS|54}}{{Ref|aDwD|68}}

On his deathbed, Aegon legitimized his many bastards, causing five generations of strife as they and their descendants tried to claim the throne of Westeros.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}

==Mistresses==
# [[Falena Stokeworth]]
# [[Merry Meg]]
# [[Cassella Vaith]]
# [[Bellegere Otherys]], the Black Pearl of Braavos
# [[Barba Bracken]]
# [[Melissa Blackwood|Melissa (Missy) Blackwood]]
# [[Bethany Bracken]]
# [[Jeyne Lothston]]
# [[Serenei of Lys]]

Beside those nine "official" mistresses<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100205065504/http://www.amokanet.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=51 Amok's forum]</ref>, Aegon had an affair with his cousin [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] in his youth, and took many other women to his bed. Per stories, they included the three daughters of Lord Butterwell.{{Ref|TMK}}

==Great Bastards==
{| class=wikitable style="float: right;"
|[[File:Male Great Bastards.jpg|x155px]][[Image:Sheria Seastar.jpg|x155px]]
|-
|Great Bastards: [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]], [[Daemon Blackfyre|Daemon]], [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] and [[Shiera Seastar|Shiera]]
|}

Among Aegon's [[bastard]]s, several were of noble mothers, becoming known as the "[[Great Bastards]]." At present, there are only four known Great Bastards:

{| class=wikitable
! Name
! Description
|-
| [[Daemon Blackfyre]]
| Aegon's son from Princess [[Daena Targaryen]].
|-
| [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]]
| Aegon's son from Lady [[Barba Bracken]].
|-
| [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]]
| Aegon's son from Lady [[Melissa Blackwood]].
|-
| [[Shiera Seastar]]
| Aegon's daughter from Lady [[Serenei of Lys]].
|}

While on his deathbed, Aegon legitimized his bastard sons and placed them in his line of succession after his firstborn, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. A few years after Aegon's death, [[Daemon Blackfyre]] rose against his half-brother and attempted to take the throne in the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]]. He was defeated, but the Blackfyres continued to trouble the Targaryens for almost 100 years.

Among Aegon's other bastards was the daughter he fathered on [[Bellegere Otherys]], who became the next Black Pearl of Braavos after her mother. Her [[Bellonara Otherys|daughter]] and [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|granddaughter]] have been Black Pearls too.{{ref|AFFC|34}}

==Quotes ==
{{Quote|Aegon was not called the Unworthy without cause.{{Ref|affc|13}}}} – [[Arys Oakheart]]

{{Quote|'''Fire and Blood''' were the words of House Targaryen, but [[Dunk]] once heard Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan]] say that Aegon's should have been, '''Wash Her and Bring Her to My Bed'''.{{Ref|TSS}}}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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| alias = Aegon the Younger Aegon the Dragonbane Aegon the Unlucky{{ref|thk}}
| fullname = Aegon of House Targaryen, the Third of His Name
| predecessor = [[Aegon II Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
| heir = [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
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| father = [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| mother = [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
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| dateofdeath = {{Date|157}}
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{{See homonyms | Aegon Targaryen (disambiguation)}}

'''Aegon III Targaryen''', also known as '''Aegon the Younger''', and later ''' Aegon the Dragonbane''', was the seventh king of the [[Targaryen]] line.{{ref|agot|appendix}} He succeeded his uncle, [[Aegon II Targaryen]], at the conclusion of the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. With Aegon II leaving no male heirs, the ascension of Aegon III is a possible dynastic vindication of the claim to the [[Iron Throne]] of his mother, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. When he was a child his dragon was [[Stormcloud]].{{ref|tpatq}}

==Appearance==
Aegon always dressed in black. He was pale, lean and never smiled, because of the grief he carried from seeing his mother devoured by his uncle's dragon. He wore a short beard but no mustache. His crown was a slender gold band.<ref>Targaryen Kings. (November 1, 2005) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref> Not much more is known of his character, although he does seem to have successfully kept the kingdom reunited following the divisions of the civil war.

Aegon had dark [[purple eyes]] and pale silvery hair.{{ref|trp}}

==Biography==
===Youth===
Born in {{Date|120}}, Aegon was the first born son of his father, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], and the fourth born son of his mother, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. As per Targaryen tradition, a dragon's egg was placed in his cradle. The dragon [[Stormcloud]] eventually hatched from this egg. Aegon was named after [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conquerer]].{{Ref|tpatq}} His grandfather's second wife, [[Alicent Hightower]], took offence to Aegon's name, since she had a son named Aegon herself, and felt that Rhaenyra and Daemon were trying to use the name as a slight against her. Due to the fact that the royal family now contained two young Targaryens named Aegon, Rhaenyra's son was referred to as Aegon the Younger in history, whereas the son of Alicent was named Aegon the Elder.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown if Aegon was referred to as Aegon the Younger during his time, and the same for Aegon the Elder.

Aegon had three older brothers, from his mother's first marriage: [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], [[Lucerys Velaryon]] and [[Joffrey Velaryon]]. Two years after his birth, his mother gave birth to another boy: [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], named after their grandfather.{{Ref|tpatq}}

Aegon lived with his mother, father and brothers on [[Dragonstone]], the ancestral seat of [[House Targaryen]] and his mother's seat as the [[Prince of Dragonstone|Princess of Dragonstone]]. When his grandfather died in early 129AC, Viserys and his family were away from the capitol, as Rhaenyra was pregnant for the sixth time. This pregnancy led to the birth of the only sister Aegon would have, named Visenya; unfortunately, the girl was stillborn.{{Ref|tpatq}}

===The [[Dance of the Dragons]]===
A war of succession began with the death of Aegon's grandfather, King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. Though [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Aegon's mother]] had been named heir to the throne by King Viserys I, [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon the Elder]], Aegon's half-uncle, was crowned as King Aegon II in [[King's Landing]]. This resulted in a war of succession, known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}}

In {{date|129}}, at the behest of their half-brother [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], Aegon and his younger brother [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] were sent to [[Essos]] while their mother Rhaenyra secured the Iron Throne.{{ref|tpatq}} During the journey their ship, the ''[[Gay Abandon]]'', was captured by ships of the [[Kingdom of the Three Daughters]]. Aegon escaped by flying on his dragon [[Stormcloud]] for the first time, but Viserys was captured by [[Sharako Lohar]]. Aegon had to cling to Stormcloud's neck to reach [[Dragonstone]], where he shared the news of what had befallen the fleet. The experience of his flight was so frightening that Aegon returned to [[Dragonstone]] pale, shaking, and having lost control of his bladder. Aegon never flew again, as Stormcloud died after reaching Dragonstone from the wounds he had received during the flight.{{ref|tpatq}}

Upon learning what had happened, fearing for the life of their brother Viserys, Aegon's brother [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]] flew to the fleet on [[Vermax|his dragon]], but died in the fight that ensued.{{Ref|tpatq}}

When Aegon's mother Rhaenyra [[Fall of King's Landing|took King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}}, she named him her cupbearer after he joined her from Dragonstone. Aegon hardly spoke a word during this time. After the [[storming of the Dragonpit]], he and his mother were forced to flee the capital. Rhaenyra, nearly mad with grief from losing her dragon [[Syrax]] and all her children except Aegon, refused to be parted from him at any time, and he became a "small pale shadow" to his mother.{{ref|tpatq}}

When they returned to [[Dragonstone]], they arrived at the castle to see the charred corpses of the castellan and some others who had been loyal to Rhaenyra hanging from the gates. Aegon was the first to realize what it meant and cried "Mother, flee!" but it was too late. They were brought into the courtyard where Aegon II was waiting. Young Aegon watched in horror as his uncle's dragon, [[Sunfyre]], devoured his mother.{{ref|tpatq}} Aegon was forever mentally scarred, and this event cemented his later fierce hatred for and terror of dragons. After Rhaenyra's execution Ser [[Alfred Broome]] advised King Aegon II to kill the young Aegon, but the king decided to keep his nephew captive in the dungeon of Dragonstone. The death of his mother did not end the war; presumably her followers carried on under the banner of young Aegon. When Aegon II died half a year later, Aegon inherited the throne as Aegon III in {{date|131}}.

===Reign===
Since he came to the throne aged 11, several [[regent]]s and [[Hand]]s ruled in Aegon's name for the first part of his reign. Their competition for the position was known as the [[Regent Wars]]. Eventually Aegon named his brother [[Viserys II|Prince Viserys]] as his Hand, who served for the rest of his reign.

As king, Aegon III ruled long and well in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], though he is often blamed for the death of the [[last dragon]], having had a great distaste for the creatures since he witnessed [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|his mother]] being devoured by [[Aegon II Targaryen|his uncle's]] [[Sunfyre|beast]].{{Ref|aGoT|23}} Although the [[maesters]] may have played a part in the death of the last dragons, Aegon III became known as "Aegon the Dragonbane", despite his later efforts to obtain [[Dragons|dragon eggs]]. At some point he had nine mages cross the sea to attempt to hatch his remaining cache of eggs.{{Ref|aSoS|54}}

Aegon was married to his cousin [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] at the end of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], but the marriage ended childless. After her death, Aegon married [[Daenaera Velaryon]], with whom he had two sons, [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron]] the Young Dragon and [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor]] the Blessed, and three daughters, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] the Defiant, [[Rhaena Targaryen|Rhaena]] and [[Elaena Targaryen|Elaena]]. His daughters would become known as the three "Maidens in the Tower", when Baelor, upon having been crowned King, locked his three sisters (including Daena, to whom he was married) in what would become known as the [[Red_Keep#Maidenvault|Maidenvault]].

==Legacy==
Upon his death in {{Date|157}}, Aegon III was succeeded by his fourteen year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron]]. Aegon was said to have always walked with a great grief, and the folly of his sons nearly tore the realm apart. It would not be Aegon's line to continue the Targaryen dynasty. After both his sons died childless, Aegon's brother [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] was crowned king. Viserys would be followed by his own son, also named [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]].

Aegon's line did not discontinue altogether. Aegon's daughter [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], called "the Defiant", would have a child with her cousin, Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]], whom she named [[Daemon Blackfyre|Daemon]]. Daemon Blackfyre would be the first of the Blackfyre Pretenders, and contest his cousin [[Daeron II Targaryen]], the legitimate son of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], for the Iron Throne. Daemon created his own House, [[House Blackfyre]], and had at least 9 children (7 sons, and at least 2 daughters). The Blackfyre line continued for quite some time, until [[Maelys Blackfyre]] was slain during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] around {{Date|260}}.

Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]] also continued Aegon's line. She was married three times, twice on behest of the King, once for love. In addition, she had a relationship with her cousin, [[Alyn Velaryon]], which yielded two children: [[Jon Waters|Jon]] and [[Jeyne Waters]]. Descendants of Jon live until this day, under the name [[Rennifer Longwaters|Longwaters]]. Elaena had five other children, trueborn, though it is currently unknown who her three husbands were, and from which of the marriages the five children were born.

==Family==
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===During the [[Dance of the Dragons]]===
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==References and Notes==
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'''Due to editing issues caused by the length of the calculations, the list is divided into four pages. Use the navigation box, or navigate here to [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 2]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)|page 3]] or [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)|page 4]]. You are currently on page 1.'''

In the main series and novellas, George R.R. Martin does not state specifically in which year a character has been born or has died. This page lists the calculations to determine such years, years of birth mostly, but also years of death at times, as specific as is possible, for all characters for all this is possible.
This information then can be used in articles and serves to give a more complete image of the world of ''A Song of Ice and Fire''.

'''The Method''': The calculations have been made with a few simple rules.
*'''1''': A character, both male and female, will be at least 13 years old at the birth of his or her first born child. This age is chosen because of the marriages known in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' (Maegor I got married at the age of 13, Princess Helaena Targaryen was 13 years old, Sansa Stark, though still 12 years old, would turn 13 in only a few days, placing her marriage in the year she would turn 13) and because of simple biology, looking at the fertility of both boys and girls.
*'''2''': When discussing siblings, it is assumed that there will be more than 9 months in between the births. Though technically siblings can differ only 9 months in age, this would require the mother to become pregnant within days of having given birth. It is assumed that the mother was allowed a short period of recovery after having given birth, and thus that siblings will be born at least 1 year (12 months) apart. This is only when discussing full-blood siblings. Siblings with the same father, but with a different mother, won't have this issue.

The characters are listed alphabetically, using full names. Maesters (like Maester Aemon), will also be listed alphabetically under their first names, but not under their last names, since they set aside their family name upon becoming a maester. Their full names as they had received at birth will be behind their Maester name between parentheses.
Names that belong to several characters (for example, the name Walder Frey) will be listed alphabetically, but will have their nickname listed after their birth name, so they can be distinguished.

For calculations on placings of events, see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|Calculations of Events]].

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==[[Addam Osgrey]]==
===Birth===
Addam was 12 years old in 196AC.{{Ref|TSS}} That givens him the following options:
* 11 turning 12, placing his birth in 184AC
* 12 turning 13, placing his birth in 183AC

No further specifications can be given. Addam was thus born in either {{Date|183}} or {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aegon Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Aegon was 12 years old when he died, in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Being 12 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 196AC, placing his birth in 184AC
* 12 turning 13 in 196AC, placing his birth in 183AC

No further specifications can be given. Aegon was thus born in either {{Date|183}} or {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aegon Frey (Bloodborn)]]==
===Birth===
Aegon Frey is at least one year older than his younger brother Rhaegar. Rhaegar was born no later than 273AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar Frey]])'', meaning that Aegon was born no later than one year before, in 272AC.

Aegon was the firstborn child of his father Aenys Frey. Aenys was born no earlier than 240AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys Frey|Aenys Frey]])'', meaning that Aegon was born no earlier than 13 years after 240AC, placing his first possible moment of birth in 253AC.

Aegon was thus born in or between {{Date|253}} and {{Date|272}}.

''Note: Aegons brother Rhaegar was born in or between 269AC and 273AC, making it more likely than Aegons was born closer to his maximum of 272AC, than to his minimum of 253AC. Though an actual specification cannot be given.''

==[[Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)]]==
===Birth===
Aegon is believed to be 50 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|49}} That gives him the following options:
* 49 turning 50 in 299AC, placing his birth in 249AC
* 50 turning 51 in 299AC, placing his birth in 248AC

No further specifications can be given. Aegon was thus born in either {{Date|248}} or {{Date|249}}.

==[[Aegon IV Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Aegon IV Targaryen]] was the eldest son of Viserys II. Aegon’s younger brother, Aemon, was born in or between 139AC and 144AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (Aemon the Dragonknight)|Aemon Targaryen]])''. This means that Aegon was born no later than 143AC.

Aegon's father Viserys II was born in 122AC.{{Ref|TRP}} Viserys would thus have been 13 years old in 135AC the earliest. This means that 135AC is the earliest possible year of birth for Aegon IV.

Aegon was thus born in or between {{Date|135}} and {{Date|143}}.

==[[Aegon V Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aegon was judged to be 8 or 9 in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} Aegon was known to have been 10 years old in 211AC,{{Ref|TSS}} and 11 years old in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}}

Aegon being 8 or 9 in 209AC would give the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 209AC, placing his birth in 201AC
* 8 turning 9 in 209AC, placing his birth in 200AC
* 9 turning 10 in 209AC, placing his birth in 199AC

Aegon being 10 in 211AC and 11 in 212AC leaves the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 211AC, and 10 turning 11 in 212AC, placing his birth in 201AC
* 10 turning 11 in 211AC, and 11 turning 12 in 212AC, placing his birth in 200AC

Comparing these options with the previous options, this shows that Aegon cannot have been 9 turning 10 in 209AC.
In addition, Aegon was 33 years old when he came into his throne, in 233AC, leaving, again, the options 200AC and 201AC as his birth years.

Second addition, about 1,75 years passed between the Hedge Knight, where Aegon was guessed to have been 8 or 9, and the Sworn Sword, where Aegon is known to have been 10 years old. Between ''the Sworn Sword'' and ''the Mystery Knight'', the year has turned yet again, due to Dunk's mentioning of the time passed since the Blackfyre Rebellion (in ''the Sworn Sword'', it was 15 years ago, in ''the Mystery Knight'', it was 16 years ago).

Aegon's year of birth cannot be made more specific. Aegon was born in either {{Date|200}} or {{Date|201}}.

==[[Aegor Rivers]]==
===Birth===
Aegor was 2 years younger than his half-brother Daemon Blackfyre.<ref name=TargaryenDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions]</ref> He was 24 years old in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Daemon Blackfyre was born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]])''. That would give Aegor the options of {{Date|171}} and {{Date|172}}.
Being 24 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 23 turning 24 in 196AC, placing his birth in 172AC
* 24 turning 25 in 196AC, placing his birth in 171AC

No further specifications can be given. Aegor was thus born in either {{Date|171}} or {{Date|172}}.

==[[Aemon|Aemon (Targaryen)]]==
===Birth===
{{Date|198}} has been stated Aemon’s year of birth in [[A World of Ice and Fire]].{{Ref|awoiaf}}

In addition, it is known that Aemon went to the Citadel at the age of 9 or 10.{{Ref|aCoK|6}} It is known that Aemon was at the Citadel during the Ashford Tourney in {{Date|209}} already.<ref>Many Questions 1998 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C90/P120] </ref> With Aemon’s birth having been in {{Date|198}}, he would have turned 9 in {{Date|207}}, and 10 in {{Date|208}}, showing that Aemon either went to the Citadel in {{Date|207}}, {{Date|208}} or {{Date|209}} (9 turning 10).

==[[Aemon Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Aemon was 12 years old when he died, in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Being 12 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 196AC, placing his birth in 184AC
* 12 turning 13 in 196AC, placing his birth in 183AC

No further specifications can be given. Aemon was thus born in either {{Date|183}} or {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aemon Targaryen (Father of Rhaenys)|Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)]]==
===Birth===
Aemon Targaryen was the eldest son of Jaehaerys and Alysanne (though it is unknown if he was the eldest child, this remains the possibility). Aemon could have been born when both Jaehaerys and Alysanne were 13 the earliest. Jaehaerys was born in 34AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I Targaryen]])''. This means that his firstborn child could have been born no earlier than 47AC, making this the first possible birth year for Aemon.

Aemons daughter Rhaenys was born in 74 the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]])''. Aemon himself thus had been born no later than 13 years prior to 74AC, placing his last possible moment of birth in 61AC.

No further specifications can be given. Aemon was thus born between {{Date|47}} and {{Date|61}}.

==[[Aemon Targaryen]] (Aemon the Dragonknight)==
===Birth===
Aemon was 17 years old when he joined the Kingsguard during the reign of his cousin Daeron I. Daeron I reigned from 157AC until 161AC.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} For Aemon, this leaves the following possibilities:
* 16 turning 17 in 157AC, placing his birth in 140AC
* 17 turning 18 in 157AC, placing his birth in 139AC
* 16 turning 17 in 158AC, placing his birth in 141AC
* 17 turning 18 in 158AC, placing his birth in 140AC
* 16 turning 17 in 159AC, placing his birth in 142AC
* 17 turning 18 in 159AC, placing his birth in 141AC
* 16 turning 17 in 160AC, placing his birth in 143AC
* 17 turning 18 in 160AC, placing his birth in 142AC
* 16 turning 17 in 161AC, placing his birth in 144AC
* 17 turning 18 in 161AC, placing his birth in 143AC

No further specifications can be given about Aemon. He was thus born in or between {{Date|139}} and {{Date|144}}.

===Death===
Aemon died while defending his brother, who was King, from assassins.{{Ref|TMK}} Aegon IV, Aemons brother, was king from {{Date|172}} until {{Date|184}}.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} Further specification cannot be given. Aemon thus died in or between {{Date|172}} and {{Date|184}}.

==[[Aenys Frey]]==
===Birth===
Aenys Frey is younger than his brother Emmon by at least one year. Emmon was born in {{Date|239}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', meaning that Aenys was born in 240AC the earliest.

Aenys is older than his younger sister Perianne by at least one year. Perianne was born in 248AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perriane Frey|Perriane Frey]])'', meaning that Aenys was born no later than one year before, in 247AC.

No further specifications can be given. Aenys was thus born in or between {{Date|240}} and {{Date|247}}.

==[[Aenys I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aenys died in 42AC at the age of 35.{{Ref|awoiaf}} This gives him the following options:
* 34 turning 35 in 42AC, placing his birth in 7AC
* 35 turning 36 in 42AC, placing his birth in 6AC

No further specifications can be given. Aenys was thus born in either {{Date|7}} or {{Date|6}}.

==[[Aerion Targaryen]] (Brightflame)==
===Birth===
Aerion was the second born son of Maekar I Targaryen. This means that Aerion was born at least 1 year after his older brother Daeron. Daeron was born in 190AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daeron Targaryen (The Drunken)|Daeron Targaryen]])'', meaning that Aerion was born no earlier than 191AC.

Aerion was allowed to participate in the Tourney at Ashford in {{Date|209}},{{Ref|THK}} meaning he would have been at least 15 years old. The last possible year Aerion could have turned 15 was thus 209AC, meaning that he would have been born in 194AC the latest.

Ser Duncan the Tall judged Aerion to be near his own age (with Duncan himself being 16 or 17 years old) in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} However, “near his own age” can also mean a year or so older or younger, thus not giving any further specification.

No further specifications can thus be given. Aerion was thus born in or between {{Date|191}} and {{Date|194}}.

==[[Aeron Greyjoy]]==
===Birth===
Aeron was 16 years old or older when he named his ship ''The Golden Storm''. {{Ref|aFfC|1}} Aeron’s ship went down during the Greyjoy Rebellion in {{Date|289}},{{Ref|aFfC|1}} showing that Aeron had turned 16 at least by {{Date|289}}, placing his birth no later than {{Date|273}}.

No further specifications can be given.

==[[Aerys I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aerys was the secondborn son of King Daeron II Targaryen. This means he was thus born at least 1 year after his elder brother Baelor, who was born in 169AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. This makes Aerys' first possible year of birth 170AC.

Aerys was older than his brother Maekar, who was born the latest in 178AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar I Targaryen]])''. Between Aerys and Maekar is one other brother, meaning that Aerys was born at least 2 years before Maekar. This makes 176AC the last possible year of birth for Aerys.

No further specifications can be given. Aerys was thus born in or between {{Date|170}} and {{Date|176}}.

==[[Aerys II Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Aerys II was 19 years old when he came into his throne in 262AC.<ref>Archon Meeting 2001 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1274/]</ref> This gives Aerys the following options:
* 18 turning 19 in 262AC, placing his birth in 243AC
* 19 turning 20 in 262AC, placing his birth in 242AC

No further specifications can be given. Aerys was thus born in either {{Date|242}} or {{Date|243}}.

==[[Alayaya]]==
===Birth===
[[Alayaya]] is known to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|15}} That leaves the following options for her:
* 15 turning 16 in 299AC, placing her birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in 299AC, placing her birth in 282AC

No further specifications can be given. Alayaya was thus born in either {{Date|282}} or {{Date|283}}.

==[[Alerie Hightower]]==
===Birth===
[[Alerie Hightower|Alerie]] is known to be younger than her husband, Mace Tyrell.{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Mace Tyrell was born in {{Date|256}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Mace Tyrell|Mace Tyrell]])'', meaning Alerie was born in 257AC or later.

Alerie’s first born child was born in {{Date|276}} the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Willas Tyrell|Willas Tyrell]])''. Alerie would have been at least 13 years old during Willas’ birth, meaning that Alerie will not have been born any later than 263AC.

No further specifications can be given. Alerie was thus born in or between {{Date|257}} and {{Date|263}}.

==[[Alesander Frey]]==
===Birth===
Alesander was born at least one year before his sister Alyx, who was born in 282AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alyx Frey|Alyx Frey]])''. This makes Alesanders first possible year of birth one year before, 281AC.

Alesander’s father Symond was born the earliest in 252AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])''. Symond would have been at least 13 years old when Alesander was born, meaning that 265AC is the earliest possible year of birth for Alesander.

No further specifications can be given. Alesander was thus born in or between {{Date|265}} and {{Date|281}}.

==[[Alester Norcross]]==
===Birth===
Alester is 8 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} He is 9 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} That gives Alester the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 299AC, and 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing his birth in 291AC
* 8 turning 9 in 299AC, and 9 turning 10 in 300AC, placing his birth in 290AC

No further specifications can be given. Alester was thus born in either {{Date|290}} or {{Date|291}}.

==[[Alla Tyrell]]==
===Birth===
Alla is known to be close to Sansa Starks age.{{Ref|aSoS|6}} Sansa Stark was born in {{Date|286}}. This places Alla's birth roughly around {{Date|286}} as well.

==[[Alliser Thorne]]==
===Birth===
Ser Alliser was a man of 50 years in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Being 50 in {{Date|298}} gives the following options:
* Being 49 turning 50 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 248AC
* Being 50 turning 51 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 247AC

No further indication can be given. Ser Alliser was born in either {{Date|247}} or {{Date|248}}.

==[[Alyn Frey]]==
===Birth===
Alyn has been mentioned to have been 3 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 4 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 2 turning 3, placing his birth in 296AC
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 295AC

Being 4 years old in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5, placing his birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Alyn was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Alyn Haigh]]==
===Birth===
Alyn is at least 1 year younger than his older brother Donnel. Donnel was born in 255AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Donnel Haigh|Donnel Haigh]])'', meaning that Alyn was born at least 1 year later, in 256AC.

Alyn is a squire, a position which can be granted to a child from the age of 5.<ref name=Squires>Duncan the Tall is the youngest known squire in asoiaf, having been a squire from the age of 5 or 6, making 5 years old the minimum age of squires</ref> This means that Alyn cannot be younger than 5 years in {{Date|299}}, meaning the youngest Alyn can be is 4 turning 5 in {{Date|299}}, which would place his birth in 294AC. So Alyn was born no later than 291AC.

Alyn was born in or between {{Date|256}} and {{Date|294}}.

==[[Alys Karstark]]==
===Birth===
[[Alys Karstark]] is 15 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|44}}{{Ref|aDwD|49}} That gives her two options:
* 14 turning 15 in 300AC, placing her birth in 285AC
* 15 turning 16 in 300AC, placing her birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Alys was thus born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Alysane Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne is almost of an age with Asha Greyjoy, suggesting Alysanne is either a few years younger, or a few years older.{{Ref|aDwD|42}}
Asha Greyjoy was born in either 275AC or 276AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Asha Greyjoy|Asha Greyjoy]])''. Technically, Alysanne could thus have been born in 276AC the earliest.

Seeing as how Alysanne has a 9 year old daughter (girl was 9 in {{Date|300}},{{Ref|aDwD|42}} so born in either 291AC or 290AC) in {{Date|300}}, and seeing as how she must have been at least 13 when the girl was born, Alysanne was at least 13 years old in either 291AC or 290AC, placing her birth no later than 278AC.
278AC differs two years with 276/275AC minimally. Asha’s description about Alysanne’s age suggests an age difference of a few years, Alysanne seems to have been born in or between 276AC and 278AC.

No further specifications can be given. Alysanne was thus born in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|278}}.

==[[Alysanne Bulwer]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne Bulwer is 8 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} She is still 8 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} This shows that Alysanne was 7 turning 8 in 299AC, and 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing her birth in {{Date|291}}.

==[[Alysanne Osgrey]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne was 7 when she was send to King’s Landing as a hostage after the Blackfyre Rebellion, and 20 when she died in the Great Spring Sickness in 209AC.

Being 20 years old in 209AC gives the following options:
* 19 turning 20, placing her birth in 189AC
* 20 turning 21, placing her birth in 188AC

The Blackfyre Rebellion ended in 196AC. Alysanne was 7 when she was taken to King's Landing. It is unknown when the hostages were taken exactly (in ''a Feast for Crows'', House Blackwood is given 6 months to send a hostage to King's Landing, for example). If Alysanne was 7 years old in 196AC, that gives the following options:
* 6 turning 7 in 196AC, placing her birth in 189AC
* 7 turning 8 in 196AC, placing her birth in 188AC

No further specifications can be given. Alysanne was thus born in either {{Date|188}} or {{Date|189}}.

==[[Alysanne Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Alysanne was a daughter of Aenys. With Aenys’ first possible moment of birth in 6AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I Targaryen]])'', the first possibility of having a child, at the age of 13, would be in 19AC. This means that Alysanne’s first possible year of birth was in 19AC. Alysanne’s father died in 42 AC, meaning that 42AC is the last possible moment of conception for Alysanne, making 43AC the last possible moment of birth for her.

''However'', during the reign of Aegon I, people were discussing whether or not the inheritance should go through Aenys (eldest son of Aegon by his younger sister) and then Aenys’ daughter, before reaching Maegor. This shows that Aenys’ eldest child was a girl, and that she was definitely born during the reign of Aegon I. If this child was Alysanne, that would place Alysanne’s birth in between 19AC and 37AC.

No further specifications can be given. Alysanne was born in or between {{Date|20}} and {{Date|43}}. If Alysanne was the first born girl (she had at least one sister, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]]), Alysanne was born in between 20AC and 37AC.

===Death===
Alysanne predeceased her husband, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.{{Ref|TRP}} Jaehaerys died in 103AC.{{Ref|TRP}} GRRM has stated that Alysanne died several years before Jaehaerys,<ref>Not A Blog [http://grrm.livejournal.com/360936.html?thread=18813416#t18813416]</ref> which suggests that Alysanne died at least 2 years before Jaehaerys, placing her death in {{Date|101}} the latest, but probably before. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Alyssa Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
Alyssa’s eldest child was Lothar Frey. Lothar was born in 266AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lothar Frey|Lothar Frey]])'', meaning that Alyssa was born no later than 13 years prior, placing her birth no later than {{Date|253}}. No minimum birth year can be given.

===Death===
Alyssa’s youngest child was Tyta Frey, who was born in 269AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyta Frey|Tyta Frey]])''. This means that Alyssa died no earlier than 269AC.

Alyssa's husband was [[Walder Frey]]. She was his fourth wife. Walders fifth wife gave him no children, but Walder sixth wife, Bethany Rosby, did. Bethany's eldest child by Walder was born no later than 278AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. This means that Perwyn was conceived no later than 277AC, and thus that the marriage of Bethany and Walder will have taken place no later than 277AC. Since it is possible that Walder's fifth wife, [[Sarya Whent]], was married to him only for a short time, before dying, and since it is possible that Walders fourth wife, Alyssa, had died only shortly before Walders marriage to Sarya, Alyssa could have died in 277AC the latest.

No further specifications can be given. Alyssa thus died between {{Date|269}} and {{Date|277}}.

==[[Alyx Frey]]==
===Birth===
Alyx has been mentioned to have been 17 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 17 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, and 17 turning 18 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|282}}.

Alyx Frey was thus born in {{Date|282}}.

==[[Amarei Crakehall]]==
===Birth===
Amarei's eldest son, Hosteen, was born in 258AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. Amarei will have been at least 13 years old at Hosteens birth, placing her birth no later than {{Date|245}}. No minimum birth year can be given.

===Death===
Amarei died in {{Date|264}}, the only possible year for her youngest son to have been born, knowing that Amarei died before Catelyn Tully was born{{Ref|aGoT|59}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Raymund Frey|Raymund Frey]])''.

==[[Ambrose Butterwell]]==
===Birth===
Ambrose was 50 years old in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}} That gives him the following options:
* 49 turning 50 in 212AC, placing his birth in 162AC
* 50 turning 51 in 212AC, placing his birth in 161AC

No further specifications can be given. Ambrose was thus born in either {{Date|161}} or {{Date|162}}.

==[[Amerei Frey]]==
===Birth===
Amerei has been mentioned to have been 16 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This leaves two options for Amerei:
* 15 turning 16 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 283AC
* 16 turning 17 in {{Date|299}}, placing her birth in 282AC

Jaime Lannisster judges Amerei to be “some 18 years” halfway through {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|30}} If Amerei is 18 years old in {{Date|300}}, this gives the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in 282AC
* 18 turning 19 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in 281AC

282AC is the only overlapping year. Amerei was thus born in {{Date|282}}.

==[[Androw Frey]]==
===Birth===
Androw has been mentioned to have been 3 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and 4 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in {{Date|299}} gives the following options:
* 2 turning 3, placing his birth in 296AC
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 295AC

Being 4 years old in {{Date|300}} gives the following options:
* 3 turning 4, placing his birth in 296AC
* 4 turning 5, placing his birth in 295AC

No further specifications can be given. Androw was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Ardrian Celtigar]]==
===Birth===
[[Ardrian Celtigar]] is known to be an old man in {{Date|299}}, but not as old as ancient Lord Estermont.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} If it is Lord Eldon Estermont who is described as “ancient” (as there is some confusion amongst the Estermonts, see [[House Estermont/Theories]]), than Ardrian would be younger than Eldon. Eldon was born in or between 228AC and 232AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Eldon Estermont|Eldon Estermont]])'', meaning that Eldon was born in 228AC the earliest, and that Ardrian was born at least one year later, possibly more. That places Ardrians birth no earlier than {{Date|229}}.

==[[Areo Hotah]]==
===Birth===
[[Areo Hotah]] came to Dorne with Lady Mellario of Norvos. He swore his vows at the age of 16, indicating that when he came to Dorne, he was either 16 years old or older. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} Hotah had arrived in Dorne by the time of Tyrion Lannisters birth,{{Ref|aSoS|70}} which took place in {{Date|273}} the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion Lannister]])''. It is possible that Hotah and Mellario had arrived earlier.

This places Hotah’s birth in {{Date|257}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

''Note: The year {{Date|257}} as Areo’s year of birth is an absolute maximum. It seems highly likely that he is somewhat older, and thus born somewhat earlier than 257AC.''

==[[Arianne Martell]]==
===Birth===
Arianne is 23 year old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|40}} This leaves two options:
* 22 turning 23 in 300AC, placing her birth in 277AC
* 23 turning 24 in 300AC, placing her birth in 276AC

Arianne mentions she was 7 years old when Elia Martell died in 283AC.<ref>[[The Winds of Winter]], Arianne I</ref> Being 7 in 283AC gives the following options:
* 6 turning 7, placing her birth in 276AC
* 7 turning 8, placing her birth in 275AC

The year 276AC is the only overlapping year. Arianne was thus born in {{Date|276}}.

==[[Arlan of Pennytree]]==
===Birth===
Ser Arlan of Pennytree died in 209AC at an age “closer to sixty than fifty”.{{Ref|THK}} Coser to sixty than fifty means that Ser Arlan was between the age of 56 and 59, possibly to turn 60 later in the year, giving him the following possibilities:
* 55 turning 56 in 209AC, placing his birth in 153AC
* 56 turning 57 in 209AC, placing his birth in 152AC
* 57 turning 58 in 209AC, placing his birth in 151AC
* 58 turning 59 in 209AC, placing his birth in 150AC
* 59 turning 60 in 209AC, placing his birth in 149AC

No further specifications can be given. Arlan was thus born in or between {{Date|149}} and {{Date|153}}.

==[[Arwood Frey]]==
===Birth===
Arwood would have been at least 13 years old when his firstborn child was born. His firstborn child is Ryella Frey, who was born in 294AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Ryella Frey|Ryella Frey]])'', meaning that Arwood was born the latest 13 years prior, in 281AC.

Arwoods father Hosteen would have been at least 13 years old when Arwood was born. Hosteen was born in 250AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])'', making Arwoods first possible moment of birth 13 years later, in 263AC.

No further specifications can be given. Arwood was thus born in or between {{Date|263}} and {{Date|281}}.

==[[Arwyn Frey]]==
===Birth===
Arwyn is known to have been 14 years old in {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aSoS|49}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 14 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 13 turning 14 in {{Date|299}}, and 14 turning 15 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|285}}.

==[[Arya Stark]]==
===Birth===
Arya is 9 years old when the royal court is visiting [[Winterfell]] in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} Arya tells Roose Bolton she is 10 years old when he takes Harrenhal in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|47}} Arya is still 10 after Joffrey Baratheon's wedding, in {{Date|300}}, when she’s on the ship to Braavos. With Arya being 10 in both 299AC and 300AC, Arya was 9 turning 10 in 299AC and 10 turning 11 in 300AC. This also means that Arya was 8 turning 9 in 298AC. Arya was thus born in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Asha Greyjoy]]==
===Birth===
Asha is 3 years older than her younger brother Theon.{{Ref|aCoK|11}} Theon was born in either 278AC or 279AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Theon Greyjoy|Theon Greyjoy]])''. With Asha being 3 years older than Theon, Asha would have been born in either 276AC or 275AC.

No further specifications can be given. Asha was thus born in either {{Date|275}} or {{Date|276}}.

==[[Aurane Waters]]==
===Birth===
[[Aurane Waters|Aurane]] is mentioned to be 22 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} This gives Aurane the following options:
* 21 turning 22 in 300AC, placing his birth in 278AC
* 22 turning 23 in 300AC, placing his birth in 277AC

No further specifications can be given. Aurane was born in either {{Date|277}} or {{Date|278}}.

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==[[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)]]==
===Birth===
Baelon was the second born son of Jaehaerys and Alysanne, and the younger brother of Aemon. With the first possible moment of Aemon's birth in 47AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]), Baelon's first possible moment of birth will have been in 48AC.

Baelons eldest child had been born no later than 77AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I Targaryen]])''. Baelon himself thus had been born no later than 13 years prior to 77AC, placing his last possible moment of birth in 64AC.

No further specifications can be given. Baelon was thus born in or between {{Date|48}} and {{Date|64}}.

==[[Baelor Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor]] was 39 years old when he died in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} This gives Baelor the following options:
* 38 turning 39 in 209AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 39 turning 40 in 209AC, placing his birth in 169AC

No further specifications can be given. Baelor was thus born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}}.

==[[Barristan Selmy]]==
===Birth===
Barristan was 23 when he was raised to the Kingsguard in either 259AC, 260AC, 261AC, or 262AC, during the reign of Jaehaerys II.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}}{{Ref|aDwD|55}} This given Barristan the following options:
* 22 turning 23 in 259AC, placing his birth in 236AC
* 23 turning 24 in 259AC, placing his birth in 235AC
* 22 turning 23 in 260AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 23 turning 24 in 260AC, placing his birth in 236AC
* 22 turning 23 in 261AC, placing his birth in 238AC
* 23 turning 24 in 261AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 22 turning 23 in 262AC, placing his birth in 239AC
* 23 turning 24 in 262AC, placing his birth in 238AC

This leaves the options 235AC, 236AC, 237AC, 238AC and 239AC for Barristan.

In {{Date|300}}, Barristan thinks to himself it has been 53 years since the tourney at Blackhaven, when he was 10.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}}{{Ref|aDwD|59}} This means the tourney at Blackhaven occurred in 247AC. Being 10 years old in 247AC, gives the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 247AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 10 turning 11 in 247AC, placing his birth in 236AC
This leaves only the options 236AC and 237AC, eliminating the other possibilities.

Barristan is known to be 63 years old later in the year 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|59}} This leaves two options:
* 62 turning 63 in 300AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 63 turning 64 in 300AC, placing his birth in 236AC

Further, Barristan was 61 years old in {{Date|298}} during the Tourney of the Hand. This leaves the following options from the list above:
* Either 60 turning 61 in 298AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* Either 61 turning 62 in 298AC, placing his birth in 236AC
Concluded can be that the options 235AC, 238AC and 239AC are no longer valid.

Barristan was 57 when winning a Tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} This tourney took place four years prior to {{Date|298}}, placing the tourney in 294AC. Barristan being 57 in 294AC means he was:
* 56 turning 57 in 294AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 57 turning 58 in 294AC, placing his birth in 236AC
This gives no further clarification

Barristan, who was 61 years old during the Tourney of the Hand in 298AC, is also 61 when he is fired by Joffrey.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} It is unknown when this event takes place (either in late 298AC or early 299AC):
* 60 turning 61 in 298AC, placing his birth in 237AC
* 61 turning 62 in 298AC, placing his birth in 236AC
* 61 turning 62 in 299AC, placing his birth in 237AC

Due to being already 61 in {{Date|298}} for certainty, Barristan could not have been 60 turning 61 in 299AC, which is why this option is not available.

Due to Barristan’s firing taking place this closely to the turning of the years, it’s reasonably safe to assume Barristan had turned 61 earlier in the year. That would mean Barristan had been 60 turning 61 in 298AC, placing his birth in 237AC.

Thus it can be concluded that Barristan was born in {{Date|237}}, while keeping in mind the incredibly small chance that Barristan’s nameday falls in the last few days of the year, which would mean he was born in 236AC.

==[[Barsena]]==
===Birth===
[[Barsena]] is roughly 30 years old in 300AC,{{Ref|aDwD|52}} placing her birth roughly around {{Date|270}}. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Bella]]==
===Birth===
[[Bella]] was conceived during the Battle of the Bells, which took place in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon’s Conquest/Calculations Events#Robert's Rebellion|Battle of the Bells ]])''.{{Ref|aSoS|29}}{{Ref|aDwD|24}} After the Battle of the Bells, Eddard Stark was married to Catelyn Tully. They conceived a child within a fortnight of their wedding, Robb, who was born in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Robb Stark|Robb Stark]])''. Since Robb was conceived after Bella was conceived, and Robb was both conceived and born in {{Date|283}} Bella will thus have been born in {{Date|283}} as well.

==[[Ben]] (Orphan)==
===Birth===
Ben is 6 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|37}} That gives him the following options:
* 5 turning 6 in 300AC, placing his birth in 294AC
* 6 turning 7 in 300AC, placing his birth in 293AC

No further specifics can be given. Ben was born in either {{Date|293}} or {{Date|294}}.

==[[Ben Beesbury]]==
===Birth===
[[Ben Beesbury|Ben]] was at least 80 years old when he became a potential suitor to Arianne Martell. He died a few years later.{{Ref|aFfC|40}}

It is unknown when Doran Martell began to propose betrothals to Arianne. It is most likely that he did not do this while she was too young, though it definitely occurred after the secret document was signed. The document was signed before Ser Willam Darry got sick. Darry got sick when Daenerys Targaryen was 5 years old{{Ref|awoiaf}}, so either in 289AC or 290AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)|Daenerys Targaryen]])''. This makes 290AC the last possible year where Darry and Oberyn Martell could have signed the contract.

In 290AC, Arianne Martell would have been turning 14. Since Arianne was 14 years old when Daemon Sand asked for her hand in marriage,{{Ref|aFfC|40}} it is possible that Doran Martell started here, though possibly he began earlier.

If Doran began in 290AC with proposing marriages, that would be the first year that Ben Beesbury might have been considered. Ben has been mentioned in 300AC to have been dead for a few years (he died a few years after having been proposed as a suitor, and in 300AC is thus dead). That suggests that between the proposal and his death at least 2 years had passed. Since it is mentioned he died a few years after the proposal, and not that he died “this year”, there seem to be at least 3 years in between the proposal and 300AC. This would mean that Beesbury was at least 80 years old in 297AC the latest, and in 290AC the earliest.

Being 80 years old in 297AC (possibly turning 81 later in the year), would place Bens birth in 216AC. Being at least 80 years old in 290AC would place Beesbury’s birth in 210AC or later.

Ben Beesbury was thus born in or between {{Date|210}} and {{Date|217}}. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Benfrey Frey]]==
===Birth===
Benfrey is an older brother of Olyvar, Roslin and Willamen, and a younger brother of Perwyn. Perwyn was born no earlier than 270AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. Benfrey comes next, so the earliest he could have been born is one year later than Perwyn, meaning that Benfrey was born no earlier than 271AC.

Willamen comes after Benfrey, and Willamens earliest possible year of birth is 280AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Willamen (Frey)|Willamen]])'', meaning that Benfrey was born at least one year before Willamen, meaning that Benfrey was born no later than 279AC.

No further specifications can be given. Benfrey was thus born in or between {{Date|271}} and {{Date|279}}.

==[[Benjen Stark]]==
===Birth===
Benjen Stark was the younger brother of Brandon, Eddard and Lyanna Stark.{{Ref|aSoS|24}} Lyanna was his first elder sibling. She was born in either {{Date|266}} or {{Date|267}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lyanna Stark|Lyanna Stark]])''. That Benjen was born after Lyanna, shows that he would have been at least one year younger than her, placing his birth in {{Date|267}} the earliest, though it is possible he was born later.

''Note: Benjen tells Jon Snow that he was younger than Jon when getting truly drunk for the first time. Jon is, at that moment, 14 years old.{{Ref|aGoT|5}}. This means that Benjen got drunk for the first time no earlier than 281AC (in which year he would be 13 turning 14 according to his minimum birth year), at the maximum age of 13.''

==[[Beren Tallhart]]==
===Birth===
[[Beren Tallhart|Beren]] is 9 years old during the Harvest Feast in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} That gives him the following options:
* 8 turning 9 in 299AC, placing his birth in 290AC
* 9 turning 10 in 299AC, placing his birth in 289AC

Later on in 299AC, Beren has turned 10.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} Being both 9 and 10 years old during 299AC, shows that Beren turned 10 in 299AC, and was thus born in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Beric Dondarrion]]==
===Birth===
Beric Dondarrion was almost 22 years old when he went out to bring Gregor Clegane to justice.{{Ref|aGoT|44}} This means he was still 21 years old. It is known that this event occured in {{Date|298}}, since Eddard Stark mentions Robert Baratheon has been the King for 15 years after Beric has left King´s Landing,{{Ref|aGoT|47}} placing this events still in {{Date|298}} (Robert Baratheon was crowned in 283AC{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}).This means that Beric has the following options:
* 20 turning 21 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 277AC
* 21 turning 22 in {{Date|298}}, placing his birth in 276AC

No further specifications can be given. Beric is thus born in either {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}}.

==[[Bethany Blackwood]]==
===Birth===
The girl is judged to be no older than 7 in 300AC by Lord Bracken.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} Lord Tytos Blackwood later confirmd that Bethany is actually 8 years old.{{Ref|aDwD|48}} Being 8 years old in 300AC gives Bethany the following options:
* 7 turning 8 in 300AC, placing her birth in 292AC
* 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing her birth in 291AC

No further specifications can be given. However, since Lord Bracken believes that Bethany cannot be older than 7, it seems unlikely that she was born in 291AC and would have been turning 9 later in the year. This places Bethany’s birth in {{Date|292}}.

==[[Bethany Rosby]]==
===Birth===
Bethany's firstborn child, Perwyn Frey, was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Perwyn Frey|Perwyn Frey]])''. Bethany will have been at least 13 years old at Perwyns birth, placing her birth no later than {{Date|265}}. A minimum birth year cannot be given.

===Death===
Bethany's youngest child was born in 282AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Roslin Frey|Roslin Frey]])''. That means that Bethany was still alive in 282AC at least, though she could have died during the birth, or later in the year. The first possible year in which Bethany died is thus 282AC.

Bethany was Walder Frey's sixth wife. In 285AC, Walder's seventh wife has given birth to Arwyn Frey ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Arwyn Frey|Arwyn Frey]])''. This means that Arwyn was conceived in 284AC, and that thus Walders marriage to his sixth wife took place no later than 284AC. This means that Bethany died no later than 284AC.

No further specifications can be given. Bethany thus died in or between {{Date|282}} and {{Date|284}}.

==[[Bradamar Frey]]==
===Birth===
Bradamar has been mentioned to have been 10 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 10 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 9 turning 10 in {{Date|299}}, and 10 turning 11 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|289}}.

Bradamar was thus born in {{Date|289}}.

==[[Brandon Stark]]==
===Birth===
Brandon Stark is known to have been 20 years old when he died{{Ref|aGoT|4}} in 282AC.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}<ref>[[A World of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]] RPG</ref> This gives Brandon the following options:
* 19 turning 20 in 282AC, placing his birth in 262AC
* 20 turning 21 in 282AC, placing his birth in 261AC

No further specifications can be given. Brandon was thus born in either {{Date|261}} or {{Date|262}}.

==[[Bran Stark|Brandon Stark (Bran)]]==
===Birth===
Bran is 7 years old in {{Date|298}}{{Ref|aGoT|1}}, the day the news of Jon Arryn’s death arrives at Winterfell (an event known to have taken place in {{Date|298}}){{Ref|aGoT|2}}. Bran turns 8 a while later.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} He is still 8 years old after the year has turned into {{Date|299}}, after the Walders have arrived at Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|4}}. Bran turns 9 before news of Oxcross reaches Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}{{Ref|aCoK|35}} This is an event known to have happened in 299AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Five Kings|War of the Five Kings]])''. With Bran being both 8 and 9 during 299AC, shows that he was 8 turning 9 in 299AC, and was therefore born in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Brandon Tallhart]]==
===Birth===
Brandon was 14 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} That gives the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing his birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing his birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Brandon was thus born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Brienne of Tarth]]==
===Birth===
When Brienne was no older than 13, Renly Baratheon had just turned 16.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} Renly was born in 277AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Renly Baratheon|Renly Baratheon]])''. This means that Renly turned 16 in 293AC. With Brienne having just turned 13 in 293AC, this places her birth in {{Date|280}}.

Concluded can be that Brienne was born in {{Date|280}}.

==[[Bronn]]==
===Birth===
Bronn is said to have been in his early to mid-thirties, as stated by GRRM after the release of a Clash of Kings,<ref>Bron’s Age [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bronns_Age]</ref> meaning that Bronn in in his early to mid-thirties in 299AC. That would place his birth between {{Date|268}} and {{Date|264}}.

==[[Bryan Frey]]==
===Birth===
Bryan Frey would have been born at least one year after his older sister Walda. Walda was born the earliest in 280AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walda Frey (Fair Walda)|Walda Frey (Fair Walda)]])'', meaning that the first possible year of birth for Bryan is 281AC.

Bryan is a squire in {{Date|299}}, meaning that the youngest he could possibly have been in {{Date|299}} was 5.<ref name=Squires>Duncan the Tall is the youngest known squire in asoiaf, having been a squire from the age of 5 or 6, making 5 years old the minimum age of squires</ref> Turning 5 in {{Date|299}} would place Bryan’s birth in 294AC.

No further specifications can be given. Bryan Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|281}} and {{Date|294}}.

==[[Bryen]]==
===Birth===
Bryen was at least 80 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aSoS|68}} This places his birth in {{Date|220}} or before. No further specifications can be given.

==[[Brynden Rivers]]==
===Birth===
Brynden was 5 years younger than his half-brother Daemon Blackfyre.<ref name=TargaryenDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions]</ref> He was 21 years old in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>
Daemon Blackfyre was born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]])''. That would give Brynden the options of {{Date|174}} and {{Date|175}}.

Being 21 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 20 turning 21 in 196AC, placing his birth in 175AC
* 21 turning 22 in 196AC, placing his birth in 174AC

No further specifications can be given. Brynden was thus born in either {{Date|174}} or {{Date|175}}.

==[[Brynden Tully]]==
===Birth===
When Jaime Lannister was a squire (which he was from the age of 11 until the age of 15), he went to Riverrun. Jaime notes he was a squire “as green as summer grass”, indicating that this took place in one of the earlier years of his being a squire (at the age of 11, 12 or 13). At this event, Jaime met Brynden Tully. Jaime remembers that Brynden had been younger than Jaime was when remembering it (34), and Jaime himself was younger than his own squire (who was 15) was at that moment. {{Ref|aFfC|33}}

This means that when Jaime was 11, 12 or 13 (which happened in the years 277AC, 278AC, 279AC, and 280AC), Brynden Tully was 34 years old at the maximum, though it is possible that Brynden would be turning 35 later in the year.

If Jaime’s visit to Riverrun took place in:
* 277AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 242AC
* 278AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 243AC
* 279AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 244AC
* 280AC, and Brynden was 34 turning 35 that year, Brynden would have been born in 245AC

This shows that Bryndens earliest moment of birth took is 242 AC. If Brynden was any younger during the event, if that took place in 277AC, Bryndens birth would take place later. If the event itself took place in one of the later years, Brynden would have been born later. The year 242AC is Bryndens earliest possible year of birth.

Brynden was a young knight during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, which took place in the reign of Jaehaerys II (who reigned from 259AC until 262AC). According to the White Book entry of Barristan Selmy, he defeated Maelys the Monstrous before he was named to the Kingsguard, which happened when Selmy was 23. Selmy was born in 237AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Barristan Selmy|Barristan Selmy]])'', which means Selmy was 23 years old in 260AC and 261AC. This would make 261AC the latest year possible for the War of the Ninepenny Kings to have taken place ''(see also: [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#War of the Ninepenny Kings|War of the Ninepenny Kings]])''.

Knighthood can be received from the age of 15.<ref>The youngest knights known in asoiaf were 15 years old upon being knighted</ref> This means that Brynden was at least 15 years old during the war, which took place in 261AC the latest. Turning 15 in 261AC would place Bryndens birth in 246AC.

No further specifications can be given. It can be concluded that Brynden was born in or between {{Date|242}} and {{Date|246}}.

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==[[Catelyn Tully]]==
===Birth===
Catelyn is two years older than her sister Lysa. At one point, Catelyn described a memory, during which she herself was no older than Sansa (who was 12 at that point), Lysa younger than Arya (who was 9, soon to turn 10) and Petyr Baelish even younger still. This indicates that Petyr was younger than Lysa by at least one year (otherwise, it would have stated that Petyr was the same age as Lysa had been at that point in time).

{{Quote|How young they all had been-she no older than Sansa, Lysa younger than Arya, and Petyr younger still, yet eager.}}{{Ref|aGoT|71}}

Sansa and Arya often note how they are two years apart. But looking at the placing of their namedays, we see that Arya’s nameday falls early in the year, while Sansa’s nameday falls at the end of the year. So even though they are born 2 years apart,{{Ref|aGoT|34}} they actually differ about 2 years and a few months in age.

Looking at Catelyn’s quote, she herself was at the moment of her memory Sansa’s age, and Lysa was younger than Arya. Catelyn and Lysa are said to be two years apart in age as well often, but the comparison to Sansa and Arya shows that in reality they differ more than 2 years and a few months(while still being born 2 years apart, Catelyn’s nameday will most likely fall late in the year like Sansa’s, and Lysa’s early like Arya’s; the namedays of Catelyn and Lysa seem to be further apart than those of Sansa and Arya, creating a bigger age difference). So Catelyn and Lysa differ around 2,5 years in age. Petyr was younger still, meaning he was at least 1 year younger than Lysa (otherwise Catelyn would have said they were the same age). So between Catelyn and Petyr is more than 3,5 years. This closes in on an age difference of 4 years.

Petyr was born in {{Date|268}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Baelish|Petyr Baelish]])'', and if Catelyn is 4 years (or close to 4 years) older, that would place her birth in {{Date|264}}.

===Death===
Catelyn dies during the Red Wedding,{{Ref|aSoS|51}} the news of which arrives at King’s Landing before Joffrey’s wedding,{{Ref|aSoS|53}} which will take place on the first day of {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} The Red Wedding has thus occurred in {{Date|299}}, meaning that Catelyn died in {{Date|299}}

==[[Cersei Frey]]==
===Birth===
Cersei has been mentioned to have been 6 years old in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} This gives the following options:
* 5 turning 6 in 299AC, placing her birth in 293AC
* 6 turning 7 in 299AC, placing her birth in 292AC

No further specifications can be given about Cersei Frey. She was born in either {{Date|292}} or {{Date|293}}.

==[[Cersei Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Rhaegar Targaryen, as is known, was born on the same day that his great-grandfather Aegon V died at Summerhal.{{Ref|awoiaf}} This event happened in 259AC. So it is known that Rhaegar was born in 259AC.

When Rhaegar was 17, Tywin Lannister held a tourney, to welcome both Rhaegar and Aerys to the west. Cersei, at this event, was 10 years old.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} With Rhaegar being 17 at the event, and his birth happening in 259AC, the tourney happened in:
* 276AC, with Rhaegar being 16 having turned 17
* 277AC, with Rhaegar being 17 turning 18 later in the year

As stated before, Cersei was 10 at this event.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} That gives us the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 276AC, placing her birth in 266AC
* 10 turning 11 in 276AC, placing her birth in 265AC
* 9 turning 10 in 277AC, placing her birth in 267AC
* 10 turning 11 in 277AC, placing her birth in 266AC

The years 265AC, 266AC and 267AC become an option for Cersei’s year of birth.

For Cersei, further no specifications can be given. However, Jaime and Cersei are twins, and thus born on the same day. Where Jaime’s nameday falls, Cersei’s nameday falls.

After the Battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion remarks to himself that it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} We know these of Tyrions musings happened in the year 299AC. So in 299AC, it has been 18 years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard.
However, in the year 300AC, Jaime remarks to himself that the Kingsguard cell that had been his during all his years of service, had been his for 18 years.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

Thus both brothers remark that Jaime joined the Kingsguard 18 years prior, only one does so in 299AC, and the other does so in 300AC. In a land where they don’t seem to be working with dates as is done in the real world (naming the months, numbering the days etc.), it seems more logical that both brothers were thinking about the age Jaime had when making the remark, and the age Jaime had while joining the Kingsguard. Even though the remarks aren’t made that far apart (only a few months at maximum), it does involve the changing of the year. The fact that it has been 18 years since Jaime was 15 in 299AC, and that it has also been 18 years that Jaime has been 15 in 300AC, shows us that Tyrion makes the remark after Jaime’s nameday that year, and that Jaime makes his remark before Jaime’s nameday that year. This leaves only one option:
* With it having been 18 years in 299AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday at that point in time in 299AC already having passed, Jaime was 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 32 turning 33 in 299AC.
* With it having been 18 years in 300AC since Jaime joined the Kingsguard at the age of 15, and with Jaime’s nameday still to come at that point in time in 300AC, Jaime was still 33 years old at the time of the remark. He would have been 33 turning 34 in 300AC.

This means that Jaime, and thus also Cersei, was born in {{Date|266}}, having been 33 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.

''Note: In addition to all this, Ran has confirmed that in Feast, Jaime was 34 years old with a certainty of 99,5%. This means that Cersei, born mere moments before Jaime, was also 34 years old in A Feast for Crows.''

==[[Clement]]==
===Birth===
Brother [[Clement]] was 48 years old when he died in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|31}} That gives the following options:
* 47 turning 48 in 300AC, placing his birth in 252AC
* 48 turning 49 in 300AC, placing his birth in 251AC

No further specifications can be given. Brother Clement was thus born in either {{Date|251}} or {{Date|252}}.

==[[Cleos Frey]]==
===Birth===
Cleos Frey is the eldest son of Emmon Frey and Genna Lannister. Both Emmon and Genna would have been at least 13 years old at the time of his birth. Emmon was born in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]])'', Genna was born in either 245AC or 246AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Genna Lannister|Genna Lannister]])''. Genna is younger than her husband Emmon, and thus the measure used for calculating.

With Genna having been born in 245AC the earliest, and with her needing to have been at least 13 years old when Cleos was born, Cleos was born no earlier than 13 years after 245AC, making 258AC the first possible year of birth for Cleos.

Cleos’ eldest son Tywin was born no later than 288AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tywin Frey|Tywin Frey]])''. Cleos would have been at least 13 years old when Tywin was born, meaning that Cleos was born no later than 13 years prior to 288AC, making the year 275AC the last possible year of birth for Cleos.

No further specifications can be given. Cleos Frey was thus born in or between {{Date|258}} and {{Date|275}}.

==[[Cley Cerwyn]]==
===Birth===
Cley was 14 years old during the Harvest Feast in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} This gives him the following options:
* 13 turning 14 in 299AC, placing his birth in 285AC
* 14 turning 15 in 299AC, placing his birth in 284AC

No further specifications can be given. Cley was thus born in either {{Date|284}} or {{Date|285}}.

==[[Clydas]]==
===Birth===
[[Clydas]] is at least 60 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|10}} That places his birth in {{Date|240}} or earlier.

==[[Colmar Frey]]==
===Birth===
Colmar was 11 years old in both 299AC and 300AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 11 years old in both 299AC and 300AC means that Colmar was 10 turning 11 in {{Date|299}}, and 11 turning 12 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in {{Date|288}}.

==[[Cregan Karstark]]==
===Birth===
[[Cregan Karstark|Cregan]] is past 50 in 300AC.{{Ref|aDwD|49}} This places his birth roughly in {{Date|249}}.

''Note: Cregan’s brother [[Arthor Karstark|Arthor]] is judged to be 50 years old in 300AC<ref>[[The Winds of Winter]], Theon I</ref> That suggests Cregan won’t be that much older than 50 himself either.''

==[[Cressen]]==
===Birth===
[[Cressen]] mentions he is not far from his 80th nameday in early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} That shows Cressen is still 79 years old.
Being 79 years old in {{Date|299}} gives Cressen the following options:
* 79 turning 80 in 300AC, placing his birth in 220AC
* 79 turning 80 in 299AC, placing his birth in 219AC

No further specifications can be given. Cressen was born in either {{Date|219}} or {{Date|220}}.

===Death===
[[Cressen]] died after the [[Red Comet]] had already appeared in the sky. The [[Red Comet]] is visible for the first time in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Turning of the years, Main Series|298AC to 299AC]])''. Cressen thus died in {{Date|299}}.

==[[Cynthea Frey]]==
===Birth===
Cynthea has been mentioned to have been 9 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 9 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means she was 8 turning 9 in {{Date|299}}, and 9 turning 10 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in 290AC.

Cynthea was thus born in {{Date|290}}.

==[[Cyrenna Swann]]==
===Birth===
Cyrenna Swann gave birth to her first born child, Jared, in either 249AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jared Frey|Jared Frey]])''. With her firstborn child born in 249AC the latest, and with Cyrenna having been at least 13 years old when her eldest child was born, Cyrenna cannot have been born any later than 13 years prior to 249AC, in 236AC.

No further specifications can be given. Cyrenna was thus born in {{Date|236}} or before.

===Death===
Cyrenna was the second wife of Walder Frey. Walder's eldest child by his third wife, Hosteen, was born no later than 258AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hosteen Frey|Hosteen Frey]])''. That means that Hosteen was conceived no later than 257AC, and thus that Walder married his third wife no later than 257AC. This means that Cyrenna could have died no later than 257AC.

Cyrenna's youngest son, Luceon, was born in 249AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Luceon (Frey)|Luceon (Frey)]])'', meaning that 249AC is the first possible year in which Cyrenna could have died.

No further specifications cannot be given. Cyrenna thus died in or between {{Date|249}} and {{Date|257}}.

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==[[Dacey Mormont]]==
===Birth===
Dacey Mormont was born at least one year before her sister Alysanne. Alysanne was born in 278AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alysanne Mormont|Alysanne Mormont]])''. This means that Dacey was born 277AC the latest.

Dacey’s mother would have been at least 13 years old when Dacey was born. Maege Mormont was born the earliest in 239AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Maege Mormont|Maege Mormont]])'', meaning that Dacey could have been born the earlierst in 252AC

No further specifications can be given. Dacey Mormont was thus born in or between {{Date|252}} and {{Date|277}}, though it seems most likely, considering the ages of Maege’s other children, that Dacey was born close to {{Date|277}}.

==[[Daemon I Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Daemon was 26 years old when he died, in 196AC.<ref name=GreatBastards>Concerning the Great Bastards [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Concerning_the_Great_Bastards/]</ref>

Being 26 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 25 turning 26 in 196AC, placing his birth in 170AC
* 26 turning 27 in 196AC, placing his birth in 169AC

Daemon was born while his mother was still locked up in the Maidenvault.<ref name=TargaryenDescrip>More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions]</ref> Daena was locked up until Baelor I died in 171AC. This thus gives no further specification.

No further specifications can be given. Daemon was thus born in either {{Date|169}} or {{Date|170}}.

==[[Daemon II Blackfyre]]==
===Birth===
Daemon was 7 years old in 196AC, and 22 in 212AC.{{Ref|TMK}}
Being 7 years old in 196AC gives the following options:
* 6 turning 7, placing his birth in 189AC
* 7 turning 8, placing his birth in 188AC

Being 22 in 212AC gives the following options:
* 21 turning 22, placing his birth in 190AC
* 22 turning 23, placing his birth in 189AC

189AC is the only overlapping year. Daemon II Blackfyre was thus born in {{Date|189}}.

==[[Daemon Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Daemon died at the age of 49 in 130AC.{{Ref|TPATQ}} This gives him the following options:
* 48 turning 49 in 130AC, placing his birth in 81AC
* 49 turning 50 in 130AC, placing his birth in 80AC

No further specifications can be given. Daemon was thus born in either {{Date|80}} or {{Date|81}}.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]] (daughter of Aegon IV)==
===Birth===
[[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]] was born when her brother Daeron II Targaryen was already married and had a son of his own.<ref>Targaryen History [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C90]</ref> Daeron’s eldest son is Baelor Breakspear, born in either 169AC or 170AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. Daeron’s second son, Aerys, was born in or between 170AC and 175AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I Targaryen]])''.

The sentence “when Daeron already had a son of his own” suggests that Daeron only had one son, not yet two, or more, when Daenerys was born. With 175AC as the last possible year of Aerys’ birth, Daenerys could have been born in the same year as Aerys, 175AC the latest, only earlier in the year. The same, she could have been born in the same year as Baelor, 169AC the earliest, only after he had already been born.

Concluded can be that Daenerys was born in or between {{Date|169}} and {{Date|175}}.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen]] (Stormborn)==
===Birth===
Ned Stark mentions that [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is 14 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|31}} This leaves the following possibilities:
* 13 turning 14 in {{Date|298}}, placing her birth in {{Date|284}}
* 14 turning 15 in {{Date|298}}, placing her birth in {{Date|283}}

In addition, it is known that Daenerys learns she is pregnant on her 14th nameday.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} Daenerys’ pregnancy is discussed on two occasions in King’s Landing, after the Tournament of the Hand has ended. The Tournament of the Hand of the King occurs at least 6 months into {{Date|298}}, if not more, giving an indication, but not specifying that Daenerys turned 14 in {{Date|298}}.

When Dany is following the comet, she mentions she is still 14 years old.{{Ref|aCoK|12}} The comet has appeared in the sky in {{Date|299}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Turning of the years, Main Series|298AC to 299AC)]]''.{{Ref|aGoT|66}} This means that Daenerys has been mentioned to have been 14 years old in both {{Date|298}} and in {{Date|299}}, eliminating 283AC as Daenerys’ possible birth year, leaving only the option 284AC.

Daenerys was thus born in {{Date|284}}.

==[[Daeron Targaryen]] (The Drunken)==
===Birth===
Daeron was 18 years old in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} This gives him the following options:
* 17 turning 18 in 209AC, placing his birth in 191AC
* 18 turning 19 in 209AC, placing his birth in 190AC

No further indication can be given. Daeron was born in either {{Date|190}} or {{Date|191}}.

==[[Daeron I Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Daeron I Targaryen]] was 14 years old when he came into his throne in 157AC{{Ref|aGoT|14}}{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}. Being 14 in 157AC leaves the following possibilities:
* 13 turning 14 in 157AC, placing his birth in 143AC
* 14 turning 15 in 157AC, placing his birth in 142AC

It is also known that Daeron was 18 years old when he died in 161AC{{Ref|aGoT|5}}{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}. Since being 18 in 161AC gives the same possibilities as stated directly above, no further specifications can be given.

No further specifications can be given. Daeron I was born in either {{Date|142}} or {{Date|143}}.

==[[Daeron II Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
[[Daeron II Targaryen]] was betrothed and married by 169AC the latest (since the last possible year of birth of his eldest son was 170AC, ''see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]])''. This means that Daeron II was at least 13 years old in 170AC, making 157AC the last possible year of birth for Daeron.

Daeron’s uncle Aemon was born in or between 139AC and 144AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (Aemon the Dragonknight)|Aemon Targaryen]])''. Aemon was rumoured to have been Daeron’s father, and such a rumour can only hold if Aemon had an age at the time of Daeron’s birth that would make it possible for Daeron to have been his, meaning that Aemon was at least 13 years old when Daeron was born.
With Aemon having been born in 139AC the earliest, the earliest possible moment Aemon could have been 13 was in 152AC.

Concluded can be that Daeron II was born in or between {{Date|152}} and {{Date|157}}.

==[[Damon Vypren]]==
===Birth===
Damon is the younger brother of Elyana Vypren, so he is at least one year younger than her. Elyana was born in 264AC the earliest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Elyana Vypren|Elyana Vypren]])'', meaning that Damon was born in 265AC the earliest.

No indication can be given about Damon´s last possible year of birth. Damon was born in or between {{Date|265}} and {{Date|299}} (since it is certain Damon was already born in 299AC).

==[[Dancer]]==
===Birth===
Dancer, the horse, was 2 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|37}} This gives Dancer two options:
* 1 turning 2, placing her birth in 296AC
* 2 turning 3, placing her birth in 295AC

No further specifications are known. Dancer was born in either {{Date|295}} or {{Date|296}}.

==[[Danwell Frey]]==
===Birth===
Danwell is younger than his brother Symond by at least one year. Symond was born the earliest in 251AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Symond Frey|Symond Frey]])'', meaning that Danwells earliest possible year of birth is 252AC.

Danwell is older than his younger brother Merrett by at least one year. Merrett was born in 262AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]])'', meaning that Danwell cannot have been born any later than 261AC.

No further specifications can be given. Danwell was thus born in or between {{Date|252}} and {{Date|261}}.

==[[Daven Lannister]]==
===Birth===
Daven Lannister tells that Kevan Lannister, born in either {{Date|244}} or {{Date|245}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Kevan Lannister|Kevan Lannister]])'', is twice his age.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} This would place Daven’s birth roughly around {{Date|272}}.

''Note: The estimation for Daven’s year of birth is extremely roughly. He could easily be a few years older.''

==[[Davos Seaworth]]==
===Birth===
[[Davos Seaworth|Davos]] is known to have been sailing for 40 years.{{Ref|aCoK|58}} It is unknown whether or not this includes Davos’ time as a sailor, or whether or not this is only referring to Davos’ time as a captain. Though Davos won’t have been sailing since his birth, it is unknown how old he was when he started sailing. This means we can only give an absolute minimum for an indication of Davos’ age, placing his birth absolutely no later than {{Date|260}}, though it seems certain and logical that Davos was born at least a few years earlier.

==[[Del]]==
===Birth===
[[Del]] is around the age of Jon Snow, who is born in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Snow|Jon Snow]])''.{{Ref|aSoS|41}} That places his birth not exactly in {{Date|283}}, but roughly around {{Date|283}}.

==[[Della Frey]]==
===Birth===
Della is mentioned to be 3 years old both 299AC and 300AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 3 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means Della was 2 turning 3 in {{Date|299}}, and 3 turning 4 in {{Date|300}}, placing her birth in {{Date|296}}.

==[[Denyo Terys]]==
===Birth===
[[Denyo Terys|Denyo]] is known to have been 12 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|6}} This gives the following options:
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

No further specifications can be given. Denyo was thus born in either {{Date|287}} or {{Date|288}}.

==[[Denys Mallister]]==
===Birth===
[[Denys Mallister]] has been Lord Commander of the Shadow Tower for 33 years in 300AC.{{Ref|aSoS|78}} It is also known that he was 22 years old when he was a champion, presumably at a tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|78}} That would have occurred before Denys joined the Night’s Watch, since a man who has joined the Night’s Watch no longer takes part in tourneys. This would give Denys the minimum age of 55 in 300AC, placing his birth as occurring no later than {{Date|245}}.

Denys is described as old,{{Ref|aSoS|78}} suggesting that he is in fact older than 55. No further specifications, however, can be given.

''Note: It should be stated that the definition of “old” is different for every POV character. Hoster Tully, who is in his late 50ties, early 60ties, is described as old. Denys Mallisters minimum age of 55 would already fall in the same category.''

==[[Desmera Redwyne]]==
===Birth===
[[Desmera Redwyne|Desmera]] is 16 years old in 299AC.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} She is still 16 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} Being 16 in both 299AC and 300AC means that Desmera was born in {{Date|283}}.

==[[Desmond Grell]]==
===Birth===
[[Desmond Grell]] is of an age with Hoster Tully, in {{Date|299}} {{Ref|aCoK|39}} who was born in or between 237AC and 241AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Hoster Tully|Hoster Tully]])''. That would place Desmonds birth roughly in or between {{Date|237}} and {{Date|241}} as well.

==[[Devan Seaworth]]==
===Birth===
[[Devan Seaworth|Devan]] is known to have 11 years old in late {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} He is 12 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aDwD|17}} This gives him the following options:
* 10 turning 11 in 299AC, and 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 11 turning 12 in 299AC, and 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

Devan Seaworth is known to be older than Edric Storm.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} Edric was born in {{Date|287}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Edric Storm|Edric Storm]])''. Since having been born in 288AC would make Devan younger than Edric, Devan was thus born in 287AC, the same year as Edric, only earlier in the year, making him older.

Devan was thus born in {{Date|287}}.

==[[Dickon Frey]]==
===Birth===
Dickon has been mentioned to have been 5 years old in {{Date|299}}{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}}{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}} and in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being 5 years old in both {{Date|299}} and {{Date|300}} means he was 4 turning 5 in {{Date|299}}, and 5 turning 6 in {{Date|300}}, placing his birth in 294AC.

Dickon was thus born in {{Date|294}}.

==[[Dickon Tarly]]==
===Birth===
Dickon is described by Brienne of Tarth to be 10 or 12 in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|14}} Since Brienne proclaims that she is bad in estimating ages,{{Ref|aFfC|9}} her word cannot be trusted 100% (she estimated Podrick, of 12 years of age, to be 10,{{Ref|aFfC|9}} for example).

Being either 10, 11 or 12 in {{Date|300}} would give Dickon the following options:
* 9 turning 10 in 300AC, placing his birth in 290AC
* 10 turning 11 in 300AC, placing his birth in 289AC
* 11 turning 12 in 300AC, placing his birth in 288AC
* 12 turning 13 in 300AC, placing his birth in 287AC

With Samwell having been born in {{Date|283}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Samwell Tarly|Samwell Tarly]])'', and with three sisters having been born in 3 years time in {{Ref|aGoT|26}} between Dickon and Samwell, Dickon cannot have been born before {{Date|287}}. That would make Dickon 12 turning 13 in {{Date|300}}, when the observation of 10 or 12 is made. It is, however, not known whether the eldest of Dickons sisters was born the year after Samwell, or whether there were more years in between their births.

No further specifications can be given about Dickon. Dickon was born in or between {{Date|287}} and {{Date|290}}.

''Note: seeing as how Dickon was present in King Renly’s army in the first half of {{Date|299}}, this seems to suggest that Dickon cannot have been born later (in {{Date|299}}, Dickon would have been 11 turning 12), since it would make him younger than 12 in {{Date|299}}, an age at which he would have no business being present in an army preparing for war.''

==[[Donal Noye]]==
===Birth===
Donal Noye has been mentioned to have been well past 30 when he had taken a blow from an axe during the Siege of Storm’s End, during Robert’s Rebellion.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Robert’s Rebellion ended in 283AC.{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}} “Well past 30” suggests that Donal had turned 30 several years before, giving him a minimal age of about 33 during the Siege. With certainty it can be said that Donal was younger than 40 during the Siege. Combining this info, Donal’s age during the Siege can be place as having been between 31 and 39, placing his birth in or between {{Date|244}} and {{Date|252}}.

==[[Donella Manderly|Donella Waynwood (Donella Hornwood)]]==
===Birth===
[[Donella Hornwood|Donella]] says she is past her childbearing years in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} This indicates that she is either 50 years old or older, placing her birth no later than {{Date|249}}.

That Donella’s son was betrothed{{Ref|aDwD|44}}, indicates that he was not yet that old. Since it seems to be rather normal for male heirs of a House to marry when they are in their late twenties, early thirties (think about Edmure Tully, for example), during peace times, it seems likely that Donella’s birth took place not that far awar from 249AC.

Donella was thus born around {{Date|249}}.

==[[Donnel Haigh]]==
===Birth===
Donnel was born at least one year after his older brother Harys. Harys was born the earliest in 254AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Harys Haigh|Harys Haigh]])'', so Donnel was born no earlier than 1 year later, in 255AC.

Donnel was born at least one year before his younger brother Alyn. Alyn was born no later than 291AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alyn Haigh|Alyn Haigh]])'', meaning that Donnel was born no later than 1 year before that, making Donnels last possible year of birth 290AC.

Donnel, however, is a knight, in 299AC,{{Ref|aSoS|49}} meaning that he is at least 15 years old by then. Sandor Clegane mentions in 300AC how he has ridden and won against Donnel many times,{{Ref|aSoS|50}} suggesting that Donnel has been a knight for several years already. Sandor Clegane also states how he had almost killed Donnel in a melee. There are no known melee's that Sandor took place in in 299AC or in 298AC, meaning that this melee would have taken place in 297AC the earliest. With Donnel having been at least 15 years old in 297AC at the latest, puts his last possible year of birth in 282AC.

Donnel was thus born in or between {{Date|255}} and {{Date|282}}.

==[[Donnel Waynwood]]==
===Birth===
Ser [[Donnel Waynwood|Donnel]] is mentioned to be 20 years old in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|34}} For Donnel, that gives two options:
* 19 turning 20 in 298AC, placing his birth in 278AC
* 20 turning 21 in 298AC, placing his birth in 277AC

No further specifications can be given about Donnel. He was born in either {{Date|277}} or {{Date|278}}.

==[[Dontos Hollard]]==
===Birth===
[[Dontos Hollard]] has been described as being “a knight of forty years” in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} This places Dontos’ age in {{Date|300}} at roughly 40 years, placing his age between 37 and 43.

Dontos has been described as having been a young boy during the Defiance at Duskendale.{{Ref|aFfC|9}} The Defiance at Duskendale took place in or between {{Date|276}} and {{Date|279}} ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Defiance at Duskendale|Defiance at Duskendale]])''. With Dontos still being named a “young boy” during this event, he would most likely not yet have reached the age of 16 yet.

For Dontos, as per the descriptions of his age, the following options exist:
* 36 turning 37 in 300AC, placing his birth in 263AC
* 37 turning 38 in 300AC, placing his birth in 262AC
* 38 turning 39 in 300AC, placing his birth in 261AC
* 39 turning 40 in 300AC, placing his birth in 260AC
* 40 turning 41 in 300AC, placing his birth in 259AC
* 41 turning 42 in 300AC, placing his birth in 258AC
* 42 turning 43 in 300AC, placing his birth in 257AC
* 43 turning 44 in 300AC, placing his birth in 256AC

This gives the years 256AC up to 263AC as options for Dontos' birth.

The Defiance at Duskendale gives Dontos the following maxima:
* Being 15 turning 16 in 276AC, placing his birth no earlier than 260AC
* Being 15 turning 16 in 277AC, placing his birth no earlier than 261AC
* Being 15 turning 16 in 278AC, placing his birth no earlier than 262AC
* Being 15 turning 16 in 279AC, placing his birth no earlier than 263AC

The years 260AC, 261AC, 262AC, 263AC, 264AC and 265AC are given as possibilities here. Comparing these possibilities to the possibilities gained by looking at Dontos' known age in 300AC, the years of 256AC, 257AC, 258AC and 259AC are eliminated.

This shows that Dontos was born in or between {{Date|260}} and {{Date|263}}.

''Note: Being described as a “boy” suggests an age younger than 16 years, suggesting that Dontos’ actual birth was closer to {{Date|263}} than to {{Date|260}}. Having been born in {{Date|263}} (Dontos’ youngest option) would have made him 13 years old in {{Date|276}}, the first possible option, and one of the most likey options, for the Defiance.''

==[[Doran Martell]]==
===Birth===
Doran Martell is 52 years old in {{Date|300}}. {{Ref|aFfC|2}} This gives Doran the following options:
* 51 turning 52 in 300AC, placing his birth in 248AC
* 52 turning 53 in 300AC, placing his birth in 247AC

No further specifications can be given. Doran was thus born in either {{Date|247}} or {{Date|248}}.

==[[Dorea Sand]]==
===Birth===
Dorea Sand is described as being 8 years old in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|aFfC|13}} That leaves two options for Dorea:
* 7 turning 8 in 300AC, placing her birth in 292AC
* 8 turning 9 in 300AC, placing her birth in 291AC

No further specifications can be given. Dorea was thus born in either {{Date|291}} or {{Date|292}}.

==[[Drogo]]==
===Birth===
Drogo is mentioned to have been no more than 30 years old when meeting Daenerys Targaryen, in 297AC.{{Ref|aGoT|3}} Being 30 years old in 297AC places Drogo’s birth no later than 266AC (being 30 turning 31 in 297AC, with Drogo’s nameday occurring after meeting Daenerys).

Drogo was thus born in {{Date|266}}, possibly a few years later.

==[[Duncan Targaryen]]==
===Birth===
Duncan Targaryen was the firstborn son of Aegon V. Aegon V would have been at least 13 years old during the birth of his firstborn child, placing Duncan’s first possible year of birth 13 years after Aegon’s birth, thus in 213AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V Targaryen]])''. However, with Aegon V still unwed in {{Date|213}}, the first possible moment of birth for Duncan goes up one year, to 214AC.

Duncan was born at least 1 year before his brother Jaehaerys, who was Aegon V’s second born son. Jaehaerys was born in 223AC the latest ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II Targaryen]])'', meaning that Duncans latest possible year of birth was a year before, in 222AC.

Duncan Targaryen, also known as Duncan the Small, was thus born in or between {{Date|214}} and {{Date|222}}.

==[[Duncan the Tall]]==
===Birth===
Duncan was 16 or 17 years old in 209AC.{{Ref|THK}} He had squired for Ser Arlan of Pennytree since the age of 5 or 6. When he was 3 or 4 years old, the Redgrass Field, in 196AC, was being fought.{{Ref|TSS}} He is 18 or 19 years old in 211AC.{{Ref|TSS}}
Being 16 or 17 years old in 209AC gives the following options:
* 15 turning 16, placing his birth in 193AC
* 16 turning 17, placing his birth in 192AC
* 17 turning 18, placing his birth in 191AC
The same results will be achieved with being 18 or 19 in 211AC, and with being 3 or 4 in 196AC.

No further specifications can be given. Duncan the Tall was thus born in either {{Date|191}}, {{Date|192}} or {{Date|193}}.

==[[Dunstan Drumm]]==
===Birth===
[[Dunstan Drumm|Dunstan]] is mentioned to be younger than Erik Ironmaker.{{Ref|aFfC|19}} Since Erik was born in either 211AC or 212AC ''(see [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Erik Ironmaker|Erik Ironmaker]])'', Dustan will have been born in {{Date|212}} or later.

==[[Duram Bar Emmon]]==
===Birth===
Duram Bar Emmon was 14 years old in early {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} He was 15 in late {{Date|299}},{{Ref|aSoS|25}} between the Battle of the Blackwater and Joffrey’s wedding on the first day of {{Date|300}}. He was also 15 years old in 300AC.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Being both 14 and 15 in {{Date|299}} means Bar was 14 turning 15 in {{Date|299}}, placing his birth in {{Date|284}}.

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=See also=
* Are you a contributor to the ''wiki of ice and fire'', or just simply ''a forum of ice and fire''-user and would you like to discuss anything on this page? Go [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113885-the-wiki-timeline-project-calculations/ here].
* Calculations to determine when certain events took place can be found [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events|here]]

==References==
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Rhaenys Targaryen

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Queen '''Rhaenys Targaryen''' was the younger of [[Aegon I Targaryen]]'s sister-queens. Rhaenys was Aegon's favourite sister-wife, though she may have dabbled with other bed-mates.

==Appearance and Character==
Rhaenys was a year or two younger than Aegon. She had the silver-gold Targaryen hair which she kept long and wore loose. Physically she was more slender and graceful than her sister. She was known as less stern and more playful and curious than her older sister, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions/ Archived compilation of emails on Westeros] of George R.R. Martin with description of Visenya, Aegon I and Rhaenys</ref> She was also interested in music and poetry.<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/72313-reading-from-the-world-of-ice-and-fire/page__st__40]</ref>
She loved to ride her dragon [[Meraxes]] and spent twice as much time riding than her siblings. She surrounded herself with comely young men and there were whispers that she entertained men while Aegon was with Visenya - yet Aegon spent ten nights with Rhaenys for every one with Visenya. <ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

==History==
===The Conquest===
: {{See also|War of Conquest}}
[[File:Rhaenys targaryen by feliche.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Rhaenys Targaryen by [http://feliche.deviantart.com/ Feliche]©]]
Rhaenys participated in the [[War of Conquest]] by riding her dragon, [[Meraxes]], in battle. [[Rosby]] peacefully yielded to her.

Rhaenys and Meraxes accompanied the army of [[Orys Baratheon]] when they marched on the [[Stormlands]] and defeated [[Argilac|Argilac the Arrogant]] in the [[Last Storm|Battle of the Last Storm]].

She along with [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Aegon I|Aegon]] secured the victory on the [[Field of Fire]] when all three [[dragons]] were unleashed together for the first and only time in the war.

After the [[Field of Fire]], [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon]] went north to deal with the [[House Stark|Starks]]. Rhaenys led the invasion of [[Dorne]].
[[File:Rhaenys riding Meraxes.jpg|thumb|250px|Rhaenys Targaryen riding [[Meraxes]] into battle]]
Rhaenys led her army into [[Dorne]]. However, the Dornish refused to give battle, instead melting away into the mountains and deserts, returning only to launch guerrilla raids on the army. Rhaenys captured holdfasts to no avail, as their people (learning of what happened to [[Harrenhal]]) had already fled, leaving only the elderly and infirm. Frustrated, Rhaenys flew directly to Sunspear to demand [[Mariya Martell|Princess Mariya's]] surrender. Mariya instead informed her that, "This is Dorne. You are not wanted here, return at your peril." Rhaenys replied that she would return with ''"Fire and blood"'', but Mariya simply replied, ''"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"''. The Targaryen army withdrew from Dorne, leaving the country untaken.

===Later Life===
Rhaenys was the mother of [[Aenys I Targaryen]] and several other daughters, and it was her line that comprised the bulk of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty. [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Stormborn]] is the last of her descendants who still bears the Targaryen name, although her progeny are to be found among [[House Baratheon|Baratheons]] and [[House Martell|Martells]]. Her first born daughter was born in {{Date|8/9}}, her son, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], who was married to [[Alyssa Velaryon]] for political reasons, was born in {{Date|7}}<ref>[[A World of Ice and Fire]]</ref><ref>[[The World of Ice and Fire]]</ref>

In {{Date|4}}, [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon I]] decided to start another campaign on Dorne. Rhaenys participated in this war, which eventually lead to her death. Meraxes, her dragon, was killed as well, hit by a scorpion.<ref>[[A World of Ice and Fire]]</ref><ref>[[The World of Ice and Fire]]</ref>

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Daenaera Velaryon

2014-05-10T14:26:54Z

Amelyn: spelling corrected

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'''Daenaera Velaryon''' was a member of [[House Velaryon]] who was married to King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]<ref>[[A World of Ice and Fire]]</ref>. She was the mother of [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor I]], [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], [[Rhaena Targaryen|Rhaena]] and [[Elaena Targaryen|Elaena]].

It is unknown how she is related to [[House Velaryon]] and its members of that time, including [[Corlys Velaryon]], [[Addam Velaryon]] and [[Alyn Velaryon]].

==References and Notes==
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Unsullied

2014-04-21T16:27:38Z

Amelyn: /* Training */

[[File:T Jedruszek GreyWormStrongest.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A column of Unsullied soldiers, headed by [[Grey Worm]] – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:David Horne Loyal to the Last.JPG|350px|thumb|right|Daenerys with her Unsullied. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''Unsullied''' are [[eunuch]] slave soldiers, trained from a young age in [[Astapor]] to unquestioning obedience and martial prowess. They are used as guards all over the [[Free Cities]]. They are sold by the century or the thousand. They make excellent guards, do not loot and will never rape.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} They also worship a goddess of their own, whose name is kept in secret among them but is known as the [[Lady of Spears]], the Bride of Battle and the Mother of Hosts.

They were most famously used in the [[Battle of Qohor]], where three thousand Unsullied held back a [[Dothraki]] khalasar over fifty thousand strong. Only 600 of the Unsullied survived, having killed 12,000 of the Dothraki. To honor the Unsullied, the Dothraki rode in before the Unsullied line, throwing their cut braids down in front of them {{Ref|aSoS|8}}

==Training==
[[File:T Jedruszek SpearBrigade.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A line of disciplined unsullied spearman routing a cavalry charge – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Unsullied are all former male [[slave]]s chosen young, for their size, speed and strength.

Their training starts a age 5 and is from dawn to dusk. It is brutal, designed not only to teach them how to fight, but to strip away all individuality, empathy, and self-worth. Only one in three survive, and those that fail at any stage are killed.

They are [[eunuch|fully castrated - penis and testicles cut]] - and their manhoods burned at the altar of the [[Lady of Spears]]. This means that they cannot be as strong as whole men, but this is more than made up for by discipline. They regularly consume an elixir called the [[Wine of Courage]] to deaden their sensitivity to pain. They drink it with every meal, and every year feel less and less pain.

Every day they choose new names at random by drawing tokens from a bucket, each consisting of a colour and a type of vermin, such as "[[Grey Worm]]". Slaves that fail any aspect of their training are killed. Only a third of the slaves to enter training survive to become Unsullied.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

On the day a boy is cut, he is given a puppy to take care of. At the end of the first year, the boy is made to strangle the puppy. Should he fail to do so, he is killed and fed to the surviving dogs. During training boys are culled whenever they fail a task, be it running all day in full pack, scaling a mountain at night or walking across a bed of coals. To win their spiked cap they must take a silver mark go to the slave markets and buy a newborn slave child and kill it before its mother and pay the slave's owner for his loss.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

The slavers used to sell Unsullied in groups of 10 for household guards, but that proved unsound since they mingle with others, and forget who they are. Now they are sold only in groups of a century or thousand. {{Ref|aSoS|23}}

The only vice left for the Unsullied is food, so they often grow fat.

==Military Tactics==
They fight in formation as light infantry, equipped with short spears, swords, round shields, and distinctive spiked caps. They fight fearlessly and obey without question. Their elite, highly specialized training makes them most effective in their phalanx formation.
They do not ride horses. {{Ref|aSoS|8}}

Unsullied uniform are plain and without ornament, quilted tunic, a short sword, three spears and spiked bronze caps. One spike indicates a low rank, while three spikes going from front to back represent an officer.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1247/ SSM]</ref>

==Recent Events==
===A Storm of Swords===
[[File:Unsullied Amok.jpg|400px|thumb|Unsullied - by Amok ©]]
[[File:Pike PhalanxGoran Delic.png|400px|thumb|right|Unsullied pike phalanx. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
While becalmed during the voyage to [[Pentos]] to join up with Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]], [[Jorah|Ser Jorah]] convinces [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to change their destination to [[Astapor]] to buy Unsullied. Dany is initially sceptical since the Unsullied do not ride horses and all the Unsullied she had seen were fat. Ser Jorah tells her she should not judge all Unsullied against some old household guards. He further explains that food is the only vice allowed them. He then tells her about the [[Battle of Qohor]]. This would be a great test of Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] dedication to her cause. To buy the Unsullied they could use the trade goods being carried by the ship.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

Dany is shown the Unsullied by the slaver [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]] in the Plaza of Pride in [[Astapor]] where 10 ranks of 100 Unsullied stand. Their eyes are fixed straight ahead, as they have been for a day and a night. The slaver tells her that they will stand there unmoving until the last had died. This demonstrates their obedience. Dany asks about the castration since un-castrated are said to be stronger. The slaver admits this, but states that they have discipline instead. They fight in fashion of the old empire (like the lock-step legions of old Ghis); they are absolutely obedient, absolutely loyal, and without fear.

After Whitebeard tells the slaver that even brave men show fear when faced with death or maiming, the slaver whips one of the Unsullied across the face, the man does not move. Dany stops him from whipping another. Then the slaver cuts another eunuch, following this he cuts off a nipple. The Unsullied does not move, and when handed back his sword, states he was pleased to serve. Afterwards it is shown they show no fear because of the [[Wine of Courage]].

The slave then tells how in other slave cities a eunuch is made by just removing the testicles but leaving the penis, but only trouble can come of this. The slave then asks Whitebeard about those in [[Westeros]] that have sworn to celibacy. Whitebeard confirms this, and the slaver states that there is still temptation, but the Unsullied have no such temptation. Next the slaver tells them that they have no name, only that which they get at the beginning of the day from a name disk taken from a barrel. Whitebeard then exclaims that there is no way a man can remember a new name every day.

Dany is told that an Unsullied graduates by killing a baby in front of its slave mother which is paid to the child’s owner, and that few fail this test. Dany is horrified. Then the slaver reveals that dogs are harder. Each boy is given a puppy when they are cut, and must strangle the puppy at the end of the first year. Any that fail are killed and fed to the other dogs. Next Dany asks whether they can be tempted by freedom. The slave states they cannot be tempted because they have no life outside their duty. Dany then states that it is soldiers she needs. Dany asks how many are available, and is told 8,000, but they are not cheap because their training takes years. They are like [[Valyrian steel]], hammered and folded over and over. They are only trained to fight so officers would have to be provided. Each comes with swords, shield, spear, sandals, quilted tunic, and spiked caps.

Finally, when Dany has no more questions for the slaver, she asks Whitebeard for his opinion in front of the slave girl that is serving as interpreter so the response will get back to the slaver. He says no because there have been no slaves in [[Westeros]] for thousands of years; [[slave]]ry is held to be an abomination, and for this many good men would not support her for this reason. It would also do great dishonor to her house. Dany and Whitebeard continue to discuss where she is to acquire an army to conquer [[Westeros]].

Dany tells the slaver that she will have to have some time to consider. The slaver tells her there is another potential buyer (a [[Pirates|Corsair]] king) that is interested in them all. Dany hears the interpreter (a slave girl) tell the slaver that the Corsair only wanted a hundred (Dany had been pretending she did not understand the slaver’s language so information like this might slip).{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

When she gets back to the ship, Ser [[Jorah]] is waiting for her and tells her that the several slavers had come and gone with many scribes; they had come from the slaver and gone over every inch of the ships. Then when Ser Jorah asks how many men they had to sell, she responds with a slap and angry words that they had no men to sell, but eunuchs made of bricks. She wants to sail immediate from the vile sty that is Astapor, but she needs to by 8,000 brick eunuchs and she must find some way to buy them.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}
Later Ser Jorah follows her, asking to speak to her. She does not really want to talk to him, but agrees. He tells her that she must win Westeros as [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Dragon]] with steel and dragon-fire, which will mean blood on her hands.

When she talks about the 8,000 Unsullied represent 8,000 puppies and babies, Ser Jorah points out that when [[King's Landing]] was sacked there were dead babies, rapes and burning. The Unsullied will not sack, rape or kill without her direction. When Dany asks why the [[Dothraki]] have not sacked the city given that the walls are crumbling, and there are no guards, and the [[Sons of the Harpy]] that guard the city are weak. Ser Jorah reveals that the Sons of the Harpy are all officers, it is the Unsullied that die, and there are two reasons [[Astapor]] has not been attacked: the attackers would know that they would be facing the Unsullied, and the Sons of the Harpy give gifts to those that might attack).{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

Dany tells the slaver [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]] through the slave girl serving as translator that she wants all the Unsullied. There are 8 greatest slavers in front of her. When asked she wants the 6 centuries, and the 8,000 and those in training. The slavers are hesitant to sell those in training since if they fail in battle they will shame them. There is also the issue that they will not have any to sell to the next buyer. Finally Dany is told she can only have the 8,600 if her gold is sufficient. She tells them that she will pay the same for those in training. This provoked an argument among the slavers, some liking having the gold now instead of the future, and others worried about the reputation of the Unsullied if they fail.
[[File:T Jedruszek GreyWormsElite.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Unsullied soldiers in action – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The lead slaver tells her that she can have the 8,600, and in a year she can buy another 2,000. She replies that she will be in Westeros in a year. Then she tells them she will pay as much for the boy with its puppy as for a full Unsullied. This does not sway the slavers, and she tells them she will pay double. Then the question of how she will pay; she has enough for a thousand (500 if she were paying double) in good in her ships, and can buy another thousand with her crown. She will not part with her crown because [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] had sold their mother’s crown. She also tells them that she will not sell any of her people as slaves, but they can have the ships (she had warned the captains that she might have to sell the ships, and they were not happy).

With the ships the slavers agree to 2000. She then offers a dragon despite the bad taste; Whitebeard objects telling her to win her throne with dragons not slaves. She responds to Whitebeard that he should not presume to instruct her and orders Ser Jorah to remove him. The eldest of the slavers agree to sell her all the Unsullied for the black dragon, [[ Drogon]] (the largest and healthiest), trade goods and the ships. This is agreed with Dany stating ''“done”'' and then each of the slavers state ''“done”'' and the slave girl states eight times ''“done.”'' The slaver tells Dany that the Unsullied will learn her language quickly, but she will need a translator, and so she is given the slave girl, [[Missandei]], who was serving as the translator during the negotiations as a token.{{Ref|aSoS|27}}

The slave girl [[Missandei]] accompanies her when she leaves. After telling Whitebeard not to question her in front of strangers, she asks the slave girl her name in high Valyrian; the slave girl is surprised. Then Dany tells her that she is now free and can leave, but if she decides not to leave, she can serve as one of her handmaidens, but it will be dangerous and uncomfortable. Missandei tells Dany that she will stay.

Dany then asks about the Unsullied. Dany asks Missandei if the Unsullied are fearless and feel no pain and is told they do. Then Dany asks if they are obedient, and Missandei tells her that if she tells them not to breath, they would not. Next Dany asks what to do with the Unsullied after she has won, and the girl tells her that there is good market for blooded Unsullied, but they also make fine guards and excellent watchmen. Then Dany asks how she would know if she sells them that the Unsullied would not be used against her. The slave girl tells her that they would do as commanded without question. Missandei tells Dany that she could command them to fall on their swords. Dany can tell that Missandei would not be happy if she commanded the Unsullied to commit suicide, and gets the slave girl to admit to her that 3 of the Unsullied were her brothers.{{Ref|aSoS|27}}

Dany brings her whole company with her to the plaza where the Unsullied standing straight and still with the boys in the back standing just as straight and still. Kraznys mo Nakloz tells Missandei that the slaves are here and hers if she can pay. Dany has her people stack the trade good in front of the slaver, telling him there was more that they could not carry that were still on the ships. Kraznys had told her that they are green and that she should blood them early. There are many small city along her route ripe for plunder, and the plunder will her hers alone; the Unsullied have lust for gold. Also that she can send the captives back to Astapor for good prices. Then Dany hands the slaver the end of Drogon’s chain, and then Kraznys hands her a whip with 9 ends, the Harpies’ fingers. When Kraznys announces that it is done, she raised the whip above her head and gallops in front of the Unsullied ranks announcing that it is done.

Drogon does not move from litter no matter how much Kraznys jerked on the chain. Dany returns asking Kraznys if he is having trouble and when he agrees, she said that there is a reason: Dragons are not slaves. Drogon’s fire takes Kraznys in the face. Soon all dragons have been released, and are in the air. The dragons take some of the Astapori soldiers, and arrows from Dany’s retinue take others. When the slavers call for the Unsullied to defend their masters, they do not move. Then Dany commands the Unsullied to slay the [[Good Masters]], the soldiers, and slay every man that wears a [[Tokar]] or holds a whip, and to strike the chains off every slave. She then cries out: "Freedom!"{{Ref|aSoS|27}}

When Dany arrives outside [[Yunkai]], the host standing against them is too great not for her forces to take significant losses. There are also cavalry which she knows the Unsullied could withstand, but not her other troops, who are mostly too weak to fight, and untrained. When she talks with each of the captains of the sell swords she tells each of them that their numbers are too small to stand against her Unsullied.{{Ref|aSoS|42}} It is the Unsullied under [[Grey Worm]] that will attack the Yunkai from right and left while the her horse attack the center. The battle is won with less than a dozen losses in part because the [[Stormcrows]] defected to Dany and the [[Second Sons]] were drunk.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

The Unsullied commander [[Grey Worm]] is among those present during planning for the attack on [[Meereen]]. [[Daario Naharis]] states that the Unsullied could take down the gates with axes since they consider boiling oil to be no more than a warm bath. Grey Worm responds that this is false; although Unsullied would not feel burns like men would, the oil would blind and kill. He then asks that the Unsullied be given a ram so that they would batter down the gate or die. [[Daenerys Targaryen]] tells Gray Worm she will not throw away Unsullied lives. Later there is a plan presented to invade the city through the sewers; Daenerys includes the Unsullied as the others she does not believe are appropriate for invading through the sewers.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}
Unsullied are among those that invade Meereen through the sewers.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
Several Unsullied soldiers are murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]]. When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] disappears on [[Drogon]]s back, her new husband [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] attempts to gain control of the Unsullied but they refuse to obey him. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] however was able to convince them to follow him if the [[Yunkai]] should attack [[Meereen]].

==Notable Members==
===Under [[Daenerys Targaryen]]===
*[[Grey Worm]]
*[[Hero]]
*[[Sure Spear]]
*[[Dog Killer]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|They are the lockstep legions of [[Old Ghis]] come again, absolutely obedient, absolutely loyal, and utterly without fear.}} - [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]]

{{Quote|That dragon queen’s got the real item, the kind that don’t break and run when you fart in their general direction.}} - [[Beans]], on the mettle of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]’s Unsullied

==Real life Influence==
[[File:SwissPikemen.jpg|400px|thumb|right| Famed Swiss mercenary pikemen]]
The Unsullied are most likely fashioned after the Swiss pikemen mercenaries of the late middle ages to early European enlightenment. Swiss pikemen mercenaries reached their zenith of notoriety during the renaissance contemporary to the time of “The War of the Roses” which George R. R. Martin has previously claimed heavily influences his series “A Song of Ice and Fire”. Similar to The Unsullied, Swiss pikemen were sold for hire to most European powers as armies and personal guards however, unlike The Unsullied, were not slaves. Swiss Pikemen revitalized infantry offensive units during a time when heavy cavalry dominated the medieval battle field. This was to so much affect that the Valois Kings of France, in fact, considered it a virtual impossibility to take the field of battle without Swiss pikemen as the infantry core of their armies.

The history of the Swiss Pikemen Mecenary units and The Unsullied are remarkably similar as seen in the near identically of the fictional [[Battle of Qohor]] and the real life Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs. The Unsullied rose to prominence due to the battle of Qohor, and similarly the effectiveness of Swiss Pikemen started to gain rapport throughout Europe after the Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs. The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs consisted of a small force of roughly 1,500 Swiss troops mostly young pikemen against a superior force of 20,000 Armagnac mercenary cavalry hired by France. Immediately the Swiss forces formed three pike squares of five hundred men each, and they fought well when Armagnac cavalry charged again and again and were repulsed. The fighting lasted for several hours and was of an intensity evoking awed commentary from witnesses. In the end the small force of Swiss pikemen where eventually killed to the last man. However this was just the vanguard of a larger army of Swiss nearing 20,000 men. In light of this The Dauphin (later Louis XI of France) formally made peace with the Swiss Confederacy.

In the following years the veracity of the personal Swiss Guards to various families throughout Europe was noted by the head of the Catholic Church. To this day, just as the city guard of Qohor is made up entirely of The Unsullied, the protection of the Vatican City is made up solely of Swiss Guards.

The organization and tactics used by the Unsullied and Swiss pikemen are markedly alike. The pike square was a military tactic developed by the Swiss Confederacy, in response to the encroaching Burgandian Ordonnance army. A pike square generally consisted of about 100 men in a 10×10 formation, which held together tight while extending its pikes out ward to form a brisling offensive formation. The square had great mobility and could move directions quickly, as well as form an offensive unit. Akin to the Unsullied the tactic depended on well trained and drilled troops who could move in unison while in close formation. At the time Swiss Pikemen just like Unsullied were most valued for their extremely high levels of discipline. The 100 man pike square also corresponds to The Unsullied for the fact they are sold specifically by the hundreds.

Also the weapon of choice for The Unsullied, the long spear, is nearly identical to that of the Swiss mercenary units being pikes and halberds.

Additional influence may have derived from the soldiers of antiquity, Greek hoplites and Roman legionaries. The Unsullied are well equipped with spears, shortswords and shields, and are highly disciplined, drilled and trained, just like a Roman legionary. We are also told that the Unsullied build field fortifications or entrenchments while on the march, an attribute which the Roman army also had a passion for.

They fight in either packed phalanxes, or in superior, loose cohort formations ("lockstep formations of the Old Empire"). Roman cohort-formations provided more space for maneuver and were consequently more flexible and responsive. This battle formation allowed the soldiers to take better advantage of their primary weapon, the shortsword (the Greeks relied on spears), and made them less vulnerable to flank attacks. During battle, they used to throw pilums (javelins) before closing in with [[shortsword]]s and shields.

The Roman army is also well known for its administrative organization, but the organization of the Unsullied seems far less sophisticated in comparison. The buyer is supposed to integrate the troops into their own military organization and doctrine, and has to set his own officers over them. But in each unit (Unsullied are sold by the hundreds or thousands) there are probably several lower-ranked officers or instructors who are sold together with their unit, in order to preserve the integrity of the group.<Ref>[http://www.digitalattic.org/home/read/asoiaf/unsullied/ Digital attic]</Ref>

The [[Battle of Qohor]] bears a few similarities to the famous Battle of Thermopylae during the Greco-Persian War.

==References and Notes==
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Wyman Manderly

2014-03-21T10:05:14Z

Amelyn: /* A Dance with Dragons */

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'''Wyman Manderly''' is the head of [[House Manderly]]. He has two sons, Ser [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]] and Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], and has been a widower for eight years. His titles include Lord of [[White Harbor]], [[Warden of the White Knife]], Shield of the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], Defender of the Dispossessed, Lord Marshal of the [[Mander]], and [[Knight]] of the Order of the [[House Gardener|Green Hand]].{{ref|ADWD|19}}

==Character and Appearance==
Wyman is so fat he can no longer ride a horse and must be carried in a litter,{{Ref|ACOK|16}} leading to the nickname '''Lord Too-Fat-to-Sit-a-Horse'''.{{ref|aDwD|3}} He is nearly sixty years old, with a massive belly and fingers the size of sausages.{{Ref|AGOT|55}} He is amiable and has a loud, booming laugh. He is mocked by his own people as '''Lord Lamprey'''.{{Ref|ACOK|16}} By his own admission and because of his physical appearance, Wyman is seen by many as weak and foolish, however, this is a clever front; he is shrewd, calculating and intelligent. He is also staunchly loyal to [[House Stark]].{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

==History==
Wyman loved to ride horses as a boy and he won some small acclaim in the lists when he was a young man. However, he has grown too big to ride.{{ref|ADWD|29}} Wyman has been a widower since about {{date|291}}.<ref>"As it happens, I am a widower these past eight years." [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 16]]</ref>

Wyman participated in the [[Battle of the Trident]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. He granted the [[Wolf's Den]] to Ser [[Bartimus]] after the latter saved Wyman's life in the battle.{{ref|ADWD|29}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
While in [[King's Landing]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] asks his wife, Lady [[Catelyn Tully]], to instruct Lord Wyman to strengthen the defenses of [[White Harbor]] and keep them well garrisoned.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Wyman meets Catelyn when she comes ashore at White Harbor after her return from the [[Eyrie]]. He stays to command the defense of the city when [[Robb Stark]] calls his banners. He sends his two sons, [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]] and [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], in his absence.{{Ref|AGOT|55}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Wyman comes to [[Winterfell]] to partake in the [[harvest feast]], bringing a retinue of knights, retainers, and entertainers. To [[Bran Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], and Maester [[Luwin]] he proposes to mint new coinage for Robb, the new [[King in the North]], and a new war fleet for [[the North]]. He also offers himself or his son Wendel as a possible new husband for the widowed Lady [[Donella Hornwood]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}} Despite his size, he dances gracefully with [[Beth Cassel]] during the harvest feast.{{ref|aCoK|21}} When [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, kidnaps and forcibly marries Lady Hornwood, Wyman moves quickly to seize [[Hornwood]] and prevent [[House Bolton]] from having it.{{ref|aCoK|28}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
While traveling in the [[wolfswood]], the crippled Bran Stark recalls that during the harvest feast Lord Wyman looked at him with less pity than other northern lords. However, Bran does not know if White Harbor is safe from the Boltons, and he decides instead to find the [[three-eyed crow]] [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|ASOS|9}}

Wyman's heir, Ser [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]], is captured by the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in the [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]]. His second son, Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], dies at [[the Twins]] during the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
It is reported to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] that Lord Wyman has had Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] executed. Members of [[House Frey]] testify that they have seen his head, confirming Wyman's claim.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Stannis Baratheon]] sends a letter to [[White Harbor]] that demands fealty to him as king from Lord Wyman. He responds with obfuscation, speaking of his age and infirmity.{{ref|aDwD|3}}

[[Davos Seaworth]] arrives to treat with Lord Manderly on behalf of Stannis and he is brought before him at the [[Merman's Court]]. A large audience is present at court, with three Freys attending ([[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Symond Frey|Symond]], and [[Jared Frey|Jared]]), as well as the family of his surviving son, [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]]. In return for the return of Wylis and peace with the [[Iron Throne]], Wyman agrees to marry a daughter of Lord [[Walder Frey]] and to marry his granddaughters [[Wynafryd Manderly|Wynafryd]] and [[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]] to [[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]] and [[Little Walder Frey]], respectively. Wyman also agrees to relinquish his claim to [[Hornwood]].{{ref|ADWD|19}} After Lord Wyman hears Davos's plea to join Stannis's cause, he orders Davos's execution due to his loyalty to [[House Lannister]], the Iron Throne, and his faith in the Freys' explanation of the [[Red Wedding]] being [[Robb Stark]]'s work.{{ref|aDwD|19|pages 243-252}}

Instead of executing Davos, Wyman executes another prisoner in the Onion Knight's place and sends Davos to the [[Wolf's Den]], a prison in White Harbor. The other prisoner's head and hands are removed, dipped in tar, and the unnamed prisoner's fingers are removed in order to make the remains which are displayed in public look truly like Davos's. The Freys write to King's Landing stating that Manderly loyally ordered the execution of the Onion Knight. Wyman Manderly's trick works, and the Iron Throne returns his only living son, Wylis, from captivity.

During the celebration feast welcoming Wylis home to White Harbor, Wyman meets secretly in a room of the [[New Castle]] with Davos and [[Robett Glover]]. He apologizes to Davos for the way in which he has been treated, and explains that the need for all the acting and deception was to trick the Lannisters and Freys into releasing his son from captivity and make them think he is a fat, stupid oaf who fears them. Manderly explains to Davos that he has learned from a survivor of the [[Sack of Winterfell]], [[Wex Pyke]], that it was [[Ramsay Bolton]] who was responsible for the massacre. He also explains to Davos that he has learned from Wex that [[Rickon Stark]] is alive and he needs a smuggler as opposed to a normal sailor to retrieve him from his current location, [[Skagos]]. Wyman promises Davos he will swear allegiance to Stannis if Davos does this task for him.{{ref|aDwD|29|pages 382-394}}

After he and Davos reach an agreement, Manderly leaves to attend the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]" with an armed escort. Before doing so, he gifts his three Frey guests a palfrey each; guest gifts are given to guests when they leave their host's protection, meaning they are no longer under the protection of [[guest right]].{{ref|aDwD|46|page 609}} With him, Manderly brings a huge supply of food to Ramsay's wedding at [[Winterfell]], but he brings no hostage as commanded by [[Roose Bolton]], the new [[Warden of the North]]. This is unsettling to Roose, but with word of Stannis marching on Winterfell, Roose cannot quarrel with Wyman as he is in need of his knights.

The three Freys do not arrive with Wyman. He claims they rode ahead of him, being that he cannot ride a horse and instead travelled by boat. [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]] and [[Aenys Frey]] suspect Manderly of foul play.{{ref|aDwD|32|pages 420-424}} At the wedding feast, Wyman is in a very jolly humor, laughing and jesting and calling out songs for the singer [[Mance Rayder|Abel]] to sing. He then presents three huge pies. He himself serves them, the first steaming portions he gives to Roose Bolton and his wife [[Walda Frey]], the next to the sons of Walder Frey, Ser [[Hosteen Frey]] and Ser [[Aenys Frey]]. Wyman declares,
{{Quote|The best pie you have ever tasted, my lords. Wash it down with [[wine|Arbor gold]] and savor every bite. [[Frey Pies/Theories|I know I shall]].{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}}

Wyman asks Abel to sing of the [[Rat Cook]], most probably intended to make [[Red Wedding|violators]] of the [[guest right]] etiquette uncomfortable.{{ref|aDwD|37|page 497}} Roose Bolton does not eat or drink anything unless he sees Wyman taste it first.

Among the snowmen that squires build along the battlements of Winterfell, one resembling Wyman is the fattest snowman [[Theon Greyjoy]] has ever seen.{{ref|ADWD|41}} When several men-at-arms in the castle are murdered, and once Theon is dismissed as a suspect, suspicion is cast upon Manderly ordering the deaths. When [[Little Walder Frey]] is murdered, [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]] openly accuses Wyman, who denies the charge yet at the same time insults [[House Frey]], which causes an enraged Hosteen to attack Wyman. Wyman's throat is nearly slit open but his knights intervene. He is treated by Maester [[Medrick]] for his wounds.{{ref|aDwD|51|pages 675-67}}

==Quotes by Wyman==
{{quote|King [[Robb Stark|Robb]] has no more loyal servant than Wyman Manderly.{{ref|ACOK|16}}}} - Wyman to [[Rodrik Cassel]]

{{quote|When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.{{ref|ADWD|29}}}} - Wyman to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|I am fat, and many think that makes me weak and foolish.{{Ref|aDwD|29}}}} - Wyman to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{quote|My son [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]] came to the [[the Twins]] a guest. He ate Lord [[Walder Frey|Walder]]'s bread and salt, and hung his sword upon the wall to feast with friends. And they murdered him. '''[[Red Wedding|Murdered]]''', I say, and may [[House Frey|the Freys]] choke upon their fables. I drink with [[Jared Frey|Jared]], jape with [[Symond Frey|Symond]], promise [[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]] the hand of [[Wynafryd Manderly|my own beloved granddaughter]] ... but never think that means I have forgotten. [[The north]] remembers, Lord Davos. The north remembers, and the mummer’s farce is almost done. [[Wylis Manderly|My son]] is home.{{ref|aDwD|29|pages 382-394}}}}
- Wyman to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|[[Shaggydog|The wolf]] will prove [[Rickon Stark|the boy]] is who we say he is, should [[the Dreadfort]] attempt to deny him. That is my price, Lord Davos. Smuggle me back my liege lord, and I will take [[Stannis Baratheon]] as my king.{{ref|aDwD|29}}}}
- Wyman to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would have grown up to be a [[House Frey|Frey]].{{ref|aDwD|51}}}}
- Wyman to [[Hosteen Frey]] upon learning of the death of [[Little Walder Frey]]

==Quotes==
{{quote|The great pig Manderly was too craven to leave [[White Harbor]], or we would have brought him as well.{{ref|ACOK|65}}}} - [[Ramsay Snow]] after displaying the bodies of [[Rodrik Cassel]], [[Leobald Tallhart]], and [[Cley Cerwyn]]

{{quote|If [[Gregor Clegane|one head]] was enough to appease a [[Doran Martell|prince of Dorne]], a bag of them should be more than adequate for a fat northman wrapped in sealskins.{{ref|AFFC|17}}}} - thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Family==
{{Manderly tree}}

==See also==
*[[Frey Pies/Theories]]

==References and Notes==
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Frey Pies/Theories

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{{Theory_Policy}}
{{Quote|The best pie you have ever tasted, my lords. Wash it down with [[wine|Arbor gold]] and savor every bite. I know I shall.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}}
- Wyman Manderly during the wedding of "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]"

The Frey Pies Theory is that [[Wyman Manderly]] killed the three Freys ([[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Symond Frey|Symond]], and [[Jared Frey|Jared]]) who disappeared on the way from [[White Harbor]] to [[Winterfell]] and baked them into the three huge meat pies he brought for Ramsay Bolton's wedding at Winterfell.

==Supporting Evidence==
* Lord Wyman suggests to [[Davos Seaworth]] he means to have all three Freys murdered and intimates about giving a guest gift to the Freys in line with their house's breach of [[guest right]] at the [[Red Wedding]].
* Roose Bolton suspects Lord Wyman had the Freys killed while on the road from White Harbor to Winterfell. Lord Wyman insists the Freys travelled ahead of his column out of impatience over Wyman's slow pace. While not implausible, this is a very flimsy story.
* Lord Wyman presents 3 huge pies at the wedding, one for each of the missing Freys.
* When the pies are served at the wedding, Lord Wyman cuts portions personally for the Boltons and Freys, to ensure they would eat it. He serves them with great (drunken) exuberance. {{Ref|aDwD|37}}
* At the wedding, Lord Wyman has [[Mance Rayder|Abel]] the Bard sing the [[Rat Cook]] for them, a song about an evil cook who kills a prince and bakes him into a pie he then serves to the king. Shortly after Bran dreamed Robb's death, he reflected on the legend of the Rat Cook: he was transformed into a giant white rat by the gods, not because of his deeds, but specifically because he dishonoured [[guest right]].

==References and Notes==
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Aegon I Targaryen

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| othertitles = King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]
| fullname = Aegon Targaryen First of His Name
| alias = Aegon the Conqueror Aegon the Dragon Aegon the Dragonlord
| predecessor = none
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| queen = [[Visenya Targaryen]] [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]
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| mother = [[Velena Velaryon]]
| dateofbirth = [[Years before Aegon's Landing|27 BC]]<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/72313-reading-from-the-world-of-ice-and-fire/page__st__40#entry3588552 Reading from the world of Ice and Fire.] Notes from George R.R. Martin's reading and Q&A at the Bubonicon 44 in Albuquerque by Trebla.</ref>
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'''Aegon Targaryen''', the First of His Name, also known as '''Aegon the Conqueror''' or '''Aegon the Dragon''', was the conqueror of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the founder of the ruling [[Targaryen]] dynasty of [[Westeros]].

==Character and Appearance==
Aegon was clearly ambitious. He is described as tall, broad shouldered and powerful in appearance with [[purple eyes]] and cut short silver-gold hair. He was very charismatic and commanding. During the Conquest he typically wore a shirt of black scales into battle and wielded his [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Blackfyre]]. His [[Crowns (object)|crown]] was a simple circlet of [[Valyrian steel]], set with big square-cut rubies. <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin: Targaryen Kings], (November 1, 2005). </ref>

Aegon was seen as an enigma. He was a solitary person whose only friend was [[Orys Baratheon|Orys]]. He was a great warrior who wielded a sword called [[Blackfyre]] but only rode his [[dragon]] for battle or travel and never entered tourneys, He remained faithful to his sisters and left governance in their hands and only took command when necessary . While he was harsh with those who defied him, he was generous to those that bent the knee. <ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/72313-reading-from-the-world-of-ice-and-fire/page__st__40#entry3588552 Reading from the world of Ice and Fire.] Notes from George R.R. Martin's reading and Q&A at the Bubonicon 44 in Albuquerque by Trebla.</ref>

Aegon was nearly as mysterious to his era as he is to the [[A Song of Ice and Fire|current]] era. <ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref>
==Biography==
===Early life===
: {{See also|Doom of Valyria}}

Aegon was from the island of [[Dragonstone]], the westernmost outpost of the [[Valyrian Freehold]], which his family had settled over a century before the [[Doom of Valyria]]. According to [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] tradition, Aegon married within the family; however, instead of just one sister, he married both of them: his elder sister, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], and his younger sister, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]]. All three were dragon-riders before they were wed.



According to semi-canon sources, When Aegon was quite young, [[Volantis]] inquired whether Aegon and his dragons would join them in the east in a grand alliance against the other [[Free Cities]], remnants of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. He apparently rejected the offer.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/LA_Con_IV_Anaheim_CA_August_23_271/ So Spake Martin: LA Con IV], (Anaheim, CA; August 23-27) report.</ref> When Volantis invaded [[Tyrosh]] Aegon came upon his dragon [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]] joining the [[Storm King]] and [[Pentos]] on the side of Tyrosh instead. After the defeat of Volantis, Aegon returned to Dragonstone.

===The Conquest===
: {{See also|War of Conquest}}

Eventually Aegon decided to go west to [[Westeros]], and for years he planned his conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. He made a huge table map of Westeros painted without any borders to signify that it should be one realm alone instead of many. This map later became known as The Painted Table.  His plan was ambitious but eventually successful.

When he was ready, he and his two sister-wives Rhaenys and Visenya, landed with his army on the east coast of [[Westeros]] at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. With the aid of their three dragons ([[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]]) Aegon led the Targaryen army to victory after victory, conquering or subjugating six of the seven kingdoms of the Westeros continent and establishing the [[Riverlands]] as a separate region. He failed to conquer [[Dorne]], however, and eventually was forced to respect their autonomy.

During the invasion Aegon converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]] as a political maneuver <ref>The Citadel. "Asshai.com Forum Chat" (July 27, 2008) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2008/07/ So Spake Martin]</ref>. Through the conversion he won the Faith's support, and dated the beginning of his reign from the day the [[High Septon]] anointed him in [[Oldtown]].{{Ref|aFfC|28}}

===Later life===
After the war, Aegon founded the city of [[King's Landing]] and the fortress of the [[Red Keep]] at the site of his initial landing on Blackwater Bay. He took the swords of his defeated enemies, forging them into the [[Iron Throne]]. He spent the rest of his reign consolidating his power and building his capital at King's Landing. During his rule he tread carefully with the [[Faith]], so they would not oppose him. {{Ref|aFfC|33}} He formed the elite royal bodyguard known as the [[Kingsguard]].

Aegon also created the office of the [[Hand of the King]] and made [[Orys Baratheon]] his Hand.<ref>Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bubonicon_Report/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

He died 37 years after setting foot on Westeros. There is no information available about the circumstances of his death or whether he was survived by any of his sisters or an appointed successor. Upon his death the [[Faith of the Seven]] rose in rebellion against [[House Targaryen]] in what became known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Only the foundations and tunnels of the Red Keep had been completed when Aegon died.

==Quotes by Aegon==
{{Quote|There will be only [[Iron Throne|one king]]. <ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref>}}

{{Quote|A king should never sit easy. {{Ref|agot|43|p 462}}}}

{{Quote|At nightfall, [[House Hoare|your line]] will end. <ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref>}}

==Quotes about Aegon==
{{Quote|"Aegon once stood here as I do, looking down [[Painted Table|on this table]]. Do you think we would name him Aegon the Conqueror today if he had not had '''dragons'''?" {{Ref|ASOS|54|p 601}}}}
- King [[Stannis Baratheon]], to [[Davos Seaworth]]

==Family==
{{Targaryen tree Aegon}}

==References and Notes==
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Zorse

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[[File: MalinaIthil_Zorse.jpg‎|Head profile of a Zorse - by MalinaIthil ©|thumb|400px|right]]
A '''zorse''' is a striped black-and-white equine presumably from the eastern continent of [[Essos]]. {{Ref|aCoK|30}} They have been described as fierce. {{Ref|aCoK|40}}
==About==
Zorses may have evolved on the [[plains of the Jogos Nhai]]. There is no mention so far of anyone in a [[khalasar]] riding a zorse. In [[Qarth]] a pair of Jogos Nhai presented [[Daenerys Targaryen]] with what she describes as one of “their”{{Ref|aCoK|40}} zorses, which could possibly mean that the [[Jogos Nhai]] people are associated with the zorse, as the [[Dothraki]] are with horses, but this is mere conjecture.

Zorses are ridden by members of the [[Brave Companions]] and were likely transported to [[Westeros]] with the [[sellsword]]s as their personal mounts when they were brought by over [[Tywin Lannister]]. {{Ref|aCoK|30}} Thus far there has been no mention of any other [[sellsword]] companies having zorses.

As a highborn child [[Arya Stark]] received a good education and is well acquainted with horses but she was still not able to identify the zorse by name when she first sets eyes on some of them, {{Ref|aCoK|30}} so presumably they may be unknown among even well-educated [[Westeros]]i and remain very rare beasts on [[Westeros]]. The differences between riding a zorse, as opposed to a horse, is not known. [[Dany]] has ridden with the [[Dothraki]] so if she thinks the zorse fierce it should be safe to say that they are more aggressive than horses. The [[Dothraki]] opinion of a zorse is not known, other than to say they do not seem to favour riding them over a horse.

==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
In the Eastern Market of [[Vaes Dothrak]] [[Dany]] sees the striped black and white horses of the [[Jogos Nhai]]. {{Ref|aGoT|36}}
===A Clash of Kings===
While at [[Harrenhal]] [[Arya]] witnesses the arrival of the [[Brave Companions]] and sees that some of them ride strange black-and-white horses, including their captain, [[Vargo Hoat]]. {{Ref|aCoK|30}}

In [[Qarth]] a pair of [[Jogos Nhai]] present [[Daenerys Targaryen]] one of their striped zorses, as a token to the Mother of Dragons. She describes it as black-and-white and fierce. {{ref|aCoK|40}} Dany sells the zorse along with other gifts received in [[Qarth]] in order to gather wealth needed for petitioning [[Pureborn]]. The only gift that she keeps is the crown given to her by the [[Tourmaline Brotherhood]].

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House Targaryen

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of [[King's Landing]]
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A three-headed dragon, red on black.
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] (formerly) [[Dragonstone]] (formerly)
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]] [[Dragonstone]] [[Valyria]]
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
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[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, July 27, 2008]</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==

===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of his [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called [[the Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Viserys‎|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

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===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaime's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

{{Targaryen tree now|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Downfall (click show to Expand)}}

Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
|-
| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called "the Beggar King", ''Khal Rhae Mhar'' (The Sorefoot King), and ''Khal Rhaggat'' (The Cart King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally "crowned" in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I]], called, Daenerys Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, ''Khaleesi'' of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles/Chains, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*{[[Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Daenerys' Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]] and Hand of the Queen.
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Currently a hostage of the Yunkish
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished. Currently with the [[Second Sons]].

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor! {{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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==References and Notes==
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House Targaryen

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of [[King's Landing]]
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A three-headed dragon, red on black.
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] (formerly) [[Dragonstone]] (formerly)
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]] [[Dragonstone]] [[Valyria]]
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
}}
[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, July 27, 2008]</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==

===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of his [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called [[the Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Viserys‎|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

{{Template:Blackfyre_tree|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree and the Blackfyre Pretenders (click show to Expand)}}

===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaim's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

{{Targaryen tree now|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Downfall (click show to Expand)}}

Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
|-
| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called "the Beggar King", ''Khal Rhae Mhar'' (The Sorefoot King), and ''Khal Rhaggat'' (The Cart King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally "crowned" in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I]], called, Daenerys Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, ''Khaleesi'' of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles/Chains, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*{[[Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Daenerys' Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]] and Hand of the Queen.
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Currently a hostage of the Yunkish
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished. Currently with the [[Second Sons]].

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor! {{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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House Targaryen

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of [[King's Landing]]
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A three-headed dragon, red on black.
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] (formerly) [[Dragonstone]] (formerly)
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]] [[Dragonstone]] [[Valyria]]
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
}}
[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, July 27, 2008]</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==

===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of his [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called [[the Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Viserys‎|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

{{Template:Blackfyre_tree|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree and the Blackfyre Pretenders (click show to Expand)}}

===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the [[Azor Ahai|Prince That Was Promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaim's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

{{Targaryen tree now|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Downfall (click show to Expand)}}

Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
|-
| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called "the Beggar King", ''Khal Rhae Mhar'' (The Sorefoot King), and ''Khal Rhaggat'' (The Cart King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally "crowned" in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I]], called, Daenerys Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, ''Khaleesi'' of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles/Chains, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*{[[Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Daenerys' Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]] and Hand of the Queen.
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Currently a hostage of the Yunkish
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished. Currently with the [[Second Sons]].

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor! {{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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Chayle

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Septon '''Chayle''' is the guardian of the sept and the librarian of [[Winterfell]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], Tyrion</ref> He grew up on the shores of the [[White Knife]] and is a very good swimmer.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 35|Chapter 35]], Bran</ref>

==Recent Events==
===A Clash of Kings===
Septon Chayle tells [[Bran Stark|Bran]], while they are sorting through some scrolls from the library fire, that the [[Red Comet]] means “It is the sword that slays the season,” and Bran thinks he probably is right since a [[white raven]] has arrived from Oldtown bringing word of autumn.

[[Jojen Reed]] foresees the death of Chayle in his green dreams. When [[Bran Stark|Bran]] tells Chayle of his nearing death, Chayle holds to his faith.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 35|Chapter 35]], Bran</ref> After [[Winterfell]] is taken by the [[ironborn]], he is thrown into a well to honor the [[Drowned God]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 50|Chapter 50]], Theon</ref>

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Aegon IV Targaryen

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'''Aegon IV''', known as '''Aegon the Unworthy''', was the eleventh Targaryen to sit the [[Iron Throne]] and is considered as one of the worst Targaryen kings. He sired numerous [[bastard]]s, legitimizing them on his deathbed, an act that started the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] and almost ripped the Seven Kingdoms apart.

==Character and appearance==
Aegon began his reign when he was young and handsome but ended it old and corrupt. By the end of it he was bloated and fat. His eyes were almost lost in the fat of his face, his legs too weak to support his belly. He had a small mouth and a large beard used in an attempt to cover the fat of his neck and face. He had a new [[Crowns (object)|crown]] made, huge and heavy, red gold, each of its points a dragon head with gemstone eyes.<ref name=SSM/> On his [[Currency|coinage]], he was depicted with a beard.{{Ref|TMK}}

==Biography==
===Early life===
Aegon was the eldest son of the [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]], [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], and grew up during the rule of his cousin [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]] and married his sister [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]]. Their marriage was an unhappy one, and once his son [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]] was born, she asked Aegon to release her from her vows so she could join the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], but he refused her.

When [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor I]] became king, he dissolved his marriage to his sister-wife [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] and imprisoned her in the [[Maidenvault]] so the sight of her would not tempt him to carnal thoughts. Aegon was not under any such prohibition and developed a fondness for his cousin Daena. On one occasion he helped Daena escape from the Maidenvault and they conceived a child. Daena refused to say who the father was, and was dubbed 'Daena the Defiant' for her wilfulness. In time she gave birth to a son, [[Daemon Blackfyre]], and Aegon noted with approval that he was growing up to be a strong warrior.

Eventually Baelor starved himself to death during one of his pious fasts and Viserys only ruled for a single year before passing himself, so the throne passed to Aegon, ''Fourth of His Name.''

===Reign===
Aegon IV is generally considered to be one of the worst kings in the history of Westeros, and is dubbed 'Aegon the Unworthy' in history texts.

He was a decadent, corrupt ruler who indulged his passions and whims at every opportunity. Being attractive, he was popular with women both highborn and lowborn. He had as many as nine [[#Mistresses|mistresses]] and many bastards. Supposedly, he had any woman he wanted whether they were married or not. People often joked that the Targaryen words might be "Fire and Blood" but Aegon IV's motto was "Wash her and bring her to my bed."

He quite openly flaunted his Mistresses at court, to the distress of his wife. As an example, on one of his many trips he made a gift of [[Dragon|dragon's egg]] to Lord Butterwells, after guesting at his castle and allegedly impregnating his host's three maiden daughters.{{Ref|TMK}} On another occasion he caught one of his [[Kingsguard]] knights, [[Terrence Toyne]], sleeping with one of his mistresses and had both executed.{{Ref|aSoS|16}}, which led to the death of his brother [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon]], who sacrificed his life to protect him from Terrence brothers' assassination attempt.{{Ref|TMK}}

Aegon gave his Valyrian steel sword, Blackfyre, which had been carried by Aegon the Conqueror and all the Targaryen kings after him, to his bastard Daemon from Daena when he knighted him at the age of 12, instead of to his heir, Daeron; talk of Daemon becoming Aegon's heir began after this point..

Aegon as many other Targaryen kings was obsessed with regaining dragons for his house, but instead of trying to resurrect the dead dragons of his ancestors, Aegon tried to build new ones out of wood and iron, which he used to try and conquer [[Dorne]] but the attempt failed and his dragons burned.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} {{Ref|aDwD|68}}

On his deathbed, he legitimized his many bastards, causing five generations of strife as they and their descendants tried to claim the throne of Westeros.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}

==Mistresses==
# [[Falena Stokeworth]]
# [[Merry Meg]]
# [[Cassella Vaith]]
# [[Bellegere Otherys]], the Black Pearl of Braavos
# [[Barba Bracken]]
# [[Mylessa Blackwood|Mylessa (Missy) Blackwood]]
# [[Bethany Bracken]]
# [[Jeyne Lothston]]
# [[Serenei of Lys]]

Beside those mistresses, Aegon had an affair with his cousin Daena in his youth, and took several other women to his bed, including the three daughters of Lord Butterwell (according to stories).

==Great Bastards==
{| class=wikitable style="float: right;"
|[[File:Male Great Bastards.jpg|x155px]][[Image:Sheria Seastar.jpg|x155px]]
|-
|Great Bastards: [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]], [[Daemon Blackfyre|Daemon]], [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] and [[Shiera Seastar|Shiera]]
|}

Among the Aegon [[bastard]]s, several were of noble mothers, becoming known as the "Great Bastards." At present, there are only four known Great Bastards:

{| class=wikitable
! Name
! Description
|-
| [[Daemon Blackfyre]]
| Aegon's son from Princess [[Daena Targaryen]].
|-
| [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]]
| Aegon's son from mistress, Lady [[Barba Bracken]].
|-
| [[Shiera Seastar]]
| Aegon's Daughter from mistress, Lady [[Serenei of Lys]].
|-
| [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]]
| Aegon's son from mistress, Lady [[Mylessa Blackwood]].
|}

While on his deathbed, Aegon legitimized his bastard sons and placed them in his line of succession after his firstborn, [[Daeron II]]. A few years after Aegon's death, Daemon Blackfyre rose against his half-brother and attempted to take the throne. He was defeated but the Blackfyres continued to trouble the Targaryens for almost 100 years.

Among his other bastards was the daughter he fathered on [[Bellegere Otherys]], who became the next Black Pearl of Braavos after her mother. Her [[Bellonara Otherys|daughter]] and [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|granddaughter]] have both been Black Pearls too.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|Chapter 34]], Cat of the Canals</ref>

==Quotes ==
{{Quote|“Aegon was not called the Unworthy without cause.” {{Ref|affc|13|p 239}}}} – [[Arys Oakheart]]

{{Quote|'''Fire and Blood''' were the words of House Targaryen, but [[Dunk]] once heard Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan]] say that Aegon's should have been, '''Wash Her and Bring Her to My Bed'''.{{Ref|TSS|''Legends II'', ISNB 0-00-715436-4, page 159 of 88-190}}}}

==Family==
{{Blackfyre tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=SSM>.So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1253/ Targaryen Kings] (November 1, 2005)</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Monarchs|Targaryen, Aegon IV]]
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House Flint of the mountains

2013-07-27T20:01:01Z

Amelyn: /* A Song of Ice and Fire */

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| Region = [[The North]],
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'''House Flint of the mountains''' is the formal name given to the [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clan]] of the Flints at [[the North]] that inhabit the high mountains north of the [[Wolfswood]].{{ref|aSoS|24}} They however like to be called the '''First Flints''' since the other Flints were cadet branches of the familly.
Its chief is known as "The Flint", although at [[Winterfell]] the treatment of "Lord Flint" would be used.

Their arms or motto do not appear in the books, neither has [[George R. R. Martin|the author]] submitted them in semi-canon material.

==The Flint mountain clan at the end of the third century==
*[[Torghen Flint]], of the First Flints, called "The Flint", or "Old Flint".
**[[Donnel Flint]], called "Black Donnel Flint", his son and heir.
**[[Artos Flint]], his second son, half-brother to Black Donnel.

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* The Flints are reported to have ties to [[House Hornwood]] through the female line, though the text does not specify which branch.
* [[Bran Stark|Bran]] recalls there are some Flints living in the high places during his trip to the Wall with [[Hodor]] and the [[House Reed|Reeds]].
* [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s maternal grandmother had been a Flint from the mountains. Old [[Nan]] used to say to Bran that it was her blood that made him climb so foolishly.{{ref|aSoS|24}}
* Lord Commander [[Rodrik Flint]] is regarded as one of the worst commanders of the [[Night's Watch]], for trying to make himself [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]].
* One of the dark legends surrounding the [[Nightfort]] is the rape and murder of brave young [[Danny Flint]].
* It is suggested that the [[Night's King]] was a Flint, among the many possibilites.
*The Flints join [[Stannis Baratheon]] in his campaign to take the North away from the [[Ironborn]] and [[House Bolton]]. They hope to save "[[Eddard Stark|The Ned]]'s" girl from the Boltons.

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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House Flint of the mountains

2013-07-27T19:59:41Z

Amelyn:

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| Overlord = [[House Stark]]
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'''House Flint of the mountains''' is the formal name given to the [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clan]] of the Flints at [[the North]] that inhabit the high mountains north of the [[Wolfswood]].{{ref|aSoS|24}} They however like to be called the '''First Flints''' since the other Flints were cadet branches of the familly.
Its chief is known as "The Flint", although at [[Winterfell]] the treatment of "Lord Flint" would be used.

Their arms or motto do not appear in the books, neither has [[George R. R. Martin|the author]] submitted them in semi-canon material.

==The Flint mountain clan at the end of the third century==
*[[Torghen Flint]], of the First Flints, called "The Flint", or "Old Flint".
**[[Donnel Flint]], called "Black Donnel Flint", his son and heir.
**[[Artos Flint]], his second son, half-brother to Black Donnel.

==References in the books==
===A Song of Ice and Fire===
* The Flints are reported to have ties to [[House Hornwood]] through the female line, though the text does not specify which branch.
* [[Bran Stark|Bran]] recalls there are some Flints living in the high places during his trip to the Wall with [[Hodor]] and the [[House Reed|Reeds]].
* [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s maternal grandmother had been a Flint from the mountains. Old [[Nan]] used to say to Bran that it was her blood that made him to climb so foolishly.{{ref|aSoS|24}}
* Lord Commander [[Rodrik Flint]] is regarded as one of the worst commanders of the [[Night's Watch]], for trying to make himself [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]].
* One of the dark legends surrounding the [[Nightfort]] is the rape and murder of brave young [[Danny Flint]].
* It is suggested that the [[Night's King]] was a Flint, among the many possibilites.
*The Flints join [[Stannis Baratheon]] in his campaign to take the North away from the [[Ironborn]] and [[House Bolton]]. They hope to save "[[Eddard Stark|The Ned]]'s" girl from the Boltons.

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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Lynesse Hightower

2013-07-17T08:56:30Z

Amelyn: /* A Storm of Swords */

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'''Lynesse Hightower''' is the youngest daughter of Lord [[Leyton Hightower]].{{ref|ACOK|12}} She was the second wife of Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] and is now the chief concubine of [[Tregar Ormollen]] in [[Lys]].

==Appearance==
Lynesse is very beautiful. She has golden hair, skin the color of cream, and soft hands.{{ref|ASOS|45}} When Jorah first beheld her he thought she was a goddess come to earth, [[Maiden (the Seven)|the Maid]] herself made flesh. She looks a bit like [[Daenerys Targaryen]].

==History==
At the [[Tourney at Lannisport]] Lynesse met her future husband, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]. He crowned her the [[Queen of Love and Beauty]] after winning the tourney and asked for her hand in marriage. They married shortly thereafter in [[Lannisport]].

Although they had married for love, the marriage did not remain happy for long. Having grown up in [[House Hightower|a prosperous household]] in the mild, fertile and densely populated [[The Reach|Reach]], Lynesse was completely unprepared for the harsh and spartan nature of life in [[the North]], and quickly became miserable. Jorah attempted to reproduce the luxurious lifestyle his wife was accustomed to by lavishing her with expensive gifts, but quickly drove himself into financial ruin. In desperation, he began looking to less savory ways of paying off his debts, attempting to raise money by selling some convicted poachers to a [[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]] slaver.

Learning that one of his [[Bannerman|bannermen]] had engaged in [[Slavery|the slave trade]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] declared Jorah's life forfeit. Jorah and Lynesse escaped to Lys, but with the relationship already severely strained by their exile and Jorah still unable to afford the lifestyle his wife desired, she finally left him.

Lynesse moved into the manse of a merchant prince, [[Tregar Ormollen]], and is now his chief concubine; even his wife goes in fear of her.{{ref|ACOK|12}}

While talking with [[Samwell Tarly]], the captain of the ''[[Huntress]]'' refers to Lynesse as [[Humfrey Hightower]]’s “whore of a sister”.

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
While in [[Vaes Tolorro]] Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] tells [[Daenerys Targaryen]] for the first time of his second wife, Lynesse Hightower, and his ill-fated marriage to her.

===A Storm of Swords===
While traveling in the rain to [[the Twins]], Lady [[Maege Mormont]] speaks of Lynesse to [[Catelyn Stark]]. She recalls that her nephew Jorah had brought home a proper lady he had won in a [[tourney]]. [[Dacey Mormont]] adds that she had hair like spun gold and skin like cream, but her soft hands were never made for axes.

Catelyn knows of whom they are speaking. She thinks to herself that Jorah Mormont had brought his second wife to [[Winterfell]] for feasts, and once they had guested for a fortnight. She remembers how young the Lady Lynesse had been, how fair, how unhappy. One night, after several cups of wine, she had confessed to Catelyn that the North was no place for a Hightower of [[Oldtown]].{{Ref|aSoS|45}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
When Ser [[Humfrey Hightower]] sails to [[Lys]] to hire sellsails to help fight off the [[ironborn]] attack on the Reach, it is a commonly held hope that Lynesse will help him get the best possible fleet.{{ref|AFFC|45}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After kidnapping [[Tyrion Lannister]], Jorah takes him to [[Volantis]]. In the [[Merchant's House]] Tyrion remarks to Jorah that he seems to know the city well. Jorah explains to Tyrion that when [[Ned Stark]] drove him to exile, he fled to [[Lys]] with his second wife. [[Braavos]] would have suited him better but Lynesse wanted someplace warm. Instead of serving the Braavosi Jorah fought them on the [[Rhoyne]], but for every silver he earned Lynesse spent ten.

By the time Jorah returned to [[Lys]] Lynesse had taken a lover, [[Tregar Ormollen]], who told him cheerfully that he would be enslaved for debt unless he gave Lynesse up and left the city. Jorah ended up in Volantis for the best part of a year, one step ahead of slavery, owing nothing but his sword and the clothes upon his back.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Tell me the name of your ghost, Jorah. You know all of mine.{{ref|ACOK|12}}}} - [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
{{Quote|Her name was Lynesse.{{ref|ACOK|12}}}} - [[Jorah Mormont]]

==Family==
{{Template:Hightower_tree}}

==References and Notes==
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Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories

2013-07-17T08:47:41Z

Amelyn: /* Possible candidates */

{{Theory_Policy}}
Fans have speculated a lot about the possible identity of the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]]. Below a summary of the major candidates including the arguments for each candidate.

==Facts from Meera's story==
*The [[mystery knight]] must have been someone who knew about [[Howland Reed]]'s experience with the squires and was motivated to avenge him.
*His height was below average, or else it would not be noted in the first place.
*The mismatched armor would point to the Knight not having access to regular armor, or having regular armor with tell-tale markings on it.
*The booming voice was most likely not the regular voice of the Knight.
*The [[weirwood]] image implies a connection to the [[old gods]] and [[the North]]. <ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref> <ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref name="Forum4"/>
*He was competent enough at the joust to defeat three [[knight]]s who had made it through the first day of the tourney, but as none of them were particularly well-known, he need not have been unusually skilled.
*[[Meera Reed]] was surprised that [[Bran]] had never heard the story before, which suggests that the Knight may have been either a [[House Stark|Stark]], or someone close to the family.<ref name="Forum2"/> <ref name="Forum4"/>

==Possible candidates==
* '''Lyanna Stark'''. Eddard compares his tomboyish daughter [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] in both appearance and personality, adding that Lyanna probably would have carried a sword if [[Rickard Stark|their father]] had allowed it. {{Ref|aGoT|22}} Lyanna is consistently noted to have been an extremely skilled rider. {{Ref|aSoS|17}} {{Ref|aDwD|32}} {{Ref|aDwD|41}} She also seems to have had an interest in swordfighting. {{Ref|aDwD|34}} <ref name="Beyond the Wall"> [http://books.google.gr/books?id=tYUsrknjhbEC&pg=PT52&lpg=PT52&dq=Knight+of+the+laughing+tree+uncertain&source=bl&ots=3Oel8P1-Mf&sig=MaELA01H_FROetLJ7v4jNnc_tHk&hl=el&sa=X&ei=8WYJUOKpCOip4gSiv_XZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Knight%20of%20the%20laughing%20tree%20uncertain&f=false Beyond the Wall, Chapter: "History on a Personal Scale"] Commenting on the uncertainties of the text in the novels: "Even what appear to be straightforward elements of backstory turn out to be more complex, more shrouded in doubt, than they first appear. ... We have also seen through the heart tree that Lyanna Stark was a skilled swordswoman, capable of besting her younger brother-the future First Ranger of the Night's Watch and a very capable soldier- in mock combat. This fuels speculation that Lyanna was the mysterious Knight of the Laughing Tree... and gives another reason for why she and Rhaegar may have met and developed a connection." </ref> Horsemanship skills are necessary for jousting and "riding at rings" is standard training for squires, preparing them for actual jousting. Lyanna using the same exercise in her horse-riding training would not be impossible. [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]] could provide armor for her, as he offered to do for Reed. As an underage girl, she could be shorter than the average man. Provided she had the necessary skill and some luck, Lyanna could defeat three knights of uncertain ability. (The best jousters don't seem to have competed prior to the final day of the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]].) In jousting, "the speed of the horse provides the force of the attack", not the physical strength of the rider. The theory would also explain how she met [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], the man charged with finding the Knight. And the same man who crowned Lyanna as his [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. They had no known previous interactions. <ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref> <ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref name="Forum2">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/topic/2164/Who-Was-the-Knight-of-the-Laughing-Tree?page=2#.UBBOcipXvH4 Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/directory#.UBBP7CpXvH4 asoiaf.yuku.com]</ref>
**Negative points of this theory would be doubts concerning the skill and youth of Lyanna. The existence of swordfighting skills, doesn't confirm the existence of jousting skills. In her fight with the squires, there would be other factors on her side. There is no mention the squires were armed. There was likely an element of surprise at work, when they found themselves under attack. If they recognized their assailant as a noble girl, they may have consciously avoided hurting her. Afraid of risking the wrath of her House. None of these factors would be present on the jousting field. Even if she had actual training, this would be the first real test for her skills. As a novice in the sport, her victory would be far from guaranteed. Lyanna would have logically tried to sound like a man. But the helm would not be enough to produce a powerful, stentorian voice. <ref name="Forum2"/>

* '''[[Howland Reed]]''' himself. According to Meera, Reed "was small like all crannogmen". She even calls [[crannogmen]] "small people", in comparison to the "big people" around them. Therefore he would be shorter than average. He had the strongest reasons to defend his honor, so the best motive. He was no knight, but his tale notes the man was "brave and smart and strong". "Bolder than most" crannogmen. His hesitation to fight may have been only a temporary obstacle. The text seems to pay attention to his prayer to the old gods, said while focusing at the direction of the [[Isle of Faces]]. Earlier the tale has him knowing "the magic of the crannogs" and spending an entire winter with the [[Green Men]]. His prayer may have been answered with supernatural assistance. Bran himself, the listener of the story, strongly suspects that "the little crannogman" and the Knight were the same person. That the crannogman could have been turned into a knight, "even if it was only for a day". Or that the Knight could be a Green Man, with "dark green skin and leaves instead of hair". Someone send by the old gods. Meera does not confirm or deny any of Bran's theories. Simply narrating "the old gods gave strength to his arm". {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref> <ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref name="Forum2"/>
**Negative points for this theory would be that Howland goes from the victim of the story to its hero in minimal time. He would suddenly display skills that Meera claimed the crannogmen do not have. The theory relies on Reed having beginner's luck, justice, or the supernatural on his side. If the Green Men, the [[children of the forest]], or the old gods intervened on this relatively minor occassion, one would expect them to also intervene in major events. While their lack of intervention is what makes the people of [[Westeros]] doubt their continued existence. The story might also undermine the loyalty of Reed to [[House Stark]]. He avenged himself, therefore he would not be bonded to the Starks by a debt of gratitude. <ref name="Forum2"/>

* '''Benjen Stark'''. As a son of House Stark, he certainly would have been a trained fighter. Noble boys seem to start training in the martial arts at an early age, and the Starks seem to take their training seriously. He was even younger than Lyanna and probably shorter. He was the one who suggested the idea of seeking vengeance to Reed in the first place, and claimed that he could find a horse and some armor for the crannogman. He could have used this horse and armor himself. He also would not be the first underage participant in a jousting match. Bran recalls that Barristan the Bold served as the mystery knight in a tourney when only ten-years-old. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel2"/> <ref name="Forum2"/>
**Negative points for this theory would the voice of [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]] and his incomplete training. The [[w:voice break|voice break]] from the vocal pitch of a boy to the deeper pitch of a man typically takes place in mid-to-late adolescence. The voice of a younger Benjen would still sound like a child, far from being powerful or stentorian. <ref name="Forum2"/> [[Barristan Selmy]] himself recalls his first jousting match with details. He was still ten and was inexperienced even as a squire. He borrowed a warhorse and found his "ill-fitting" armor in the armory of Lord [[House Dondarrion|Dondarrion]]. He had trouble keeping his lance straight, and was easily defeated in the first tilt by [[Duncan Targaryen]]. {{Ref|aDwD|59}}

* '''Eddard Stark'''. [[Jojen Reed]] insists that Bran must have heard the tale of the Knight "a hundred times". He later specifically asks "You never heard this tale from your father?" Later still, Jojen keeps insisting: "Are you certain you never heard this tale before, Bran? Your lord father never told it to you?" {{Ref|aSoS|24}} The implication would be that [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] knew this story well, even though he never passed it to his children. Raising the question if this was Eddard's own tale. While Brandon was the best swordsman and lancer in the family, Eddard would also have received combat training. He was not an impressive physical specimen, as [[Catelyn Tully]] describes him as shorter than Brandon. He was still in his late teens and might not have reached his full physical height and frame. This theory would also explain Reed's personal loyalty to Eddard. He would go on to serve as one of Ned's closest companions during [[Robert's Rebellion]], even serving as one of the few men who followed Lord Stark to the [[Tower of Joy]]. {{Ref|aSoS|45}} <ref name="Citadel3"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1142/ "The Citadel: So Spake Marttin: About Benjen Stark" (2000)]: "Brandon was the best of the Starks with sword in hand, and the best jouster as well. But Benjen has other skills that serve him well as a ranger... and Ned was likely the best battle commander."</ref> <ref name="Forum2"/> <ref name="Forum3">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/22707-some-questions-about-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/page__st__140 Some Questions About Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref>Boys tend to complete their [[w:Adolescence|puberty]] developments by ages 16-18. Increases in height past this age are uncommon, but not impossible. Teenage and early adult males may continue to gain natural muscle growth even after puberty. Further adding to their weight and frame.</ref>
**The main problem with the theory would be that there is no indication of Eddard being notably short. It would be possible for him to have a late growth spurt following the Tourney, gaining the last few inches of his height. But no character seems to describe or hint at such a change. <ref name="Forum2"/> <ref name="Forum3"/> Also the image of a ''laughing'' weirwood seems at odds with Ned's somber personality. <ref name="Citadel2"/>

* '''Brandon Stark'''. While known to be taller than Eddard, it has not been confirmed that Brandon was particularly tall either. There have been consistent descriptions that members of Houses [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], [[House Clegane|Clegane]], and [[House Umber|Umber]] tend to be tall, even towering above their contemporaries. But there is no such description for the Starks. Starks seem to tend on the short side. A grown [[Robb Stark]] was shorter than [[Catelyn Tully|his mother]]. [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] (and Eddard) could then be taller than [[Petyr Baelish]] and still be shorter than the average knight. Brandon is the only Stark with confirmed jousting skills. He was one of the last men standing in the final day of the Tourney, only defeated by Rhaegar Targaryen. The same man who would go on to win against all other challengers. {{Ref|aSoS|45}} {{Ref|aGoT|58}}<ref name="Forum2"/>
**Negative points of this theory would be the unconfirmed height of Brandon and his seeming lack of motivation. Catelyn seemed notably disappointed that Eddard was not as tall as his brother. Which could mean that Brandon was a relatively tall man. She never complains about Brandon being too short for her taste. On the other hand, mystery knights tend to be people otherwise banned from a Tourney. Underage entrants, wanted men, and people acting without permission from their current employer or head of house. Brandon was already formally competing in the Tourney, and even Eddard could probably get permission to compete from their father. {{Ref|aSoS|45}} {{Ref|aGoT|58}}<ref name="Forum2"/><ref name="Forum4"/>

* '''Ashara Dayne'''. The tale Meera narrates seems to pay attention to the movements of [[Ashara Dayne|Ashara]], and that she did have interaction with the Starks. The theory goes that as a [[Dorne|Dornishwoman]], Ashara could have received formal training in sword and lance. Giving her an advantage over Lyanna. Competing in the Tourney could then be her unusual way to court Eddard Stark. Wearing a weirwood sigil as a tribute to him. Her "laughing eyes" would explain the choice of a laughing sigil. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Forum4">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/3280-howland-reed-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/page__st__40 Howland Reed=Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref>
**Negative points of this theory is that there is no confirmation that all Dornishwomen receive military training. The [[Sand Snakes]] did receive such training, but they might be atypical for their culture. Ashara could have been raised to act "lady-like". Also the motivation of the storyteller, Meera, would be in question. Other theories read the story as establishing the loyalty of [[House Reed]] to [[House Stark]]. If instead the tale establishes a link between the Reeds and [[House Dayne]], Meera would have little reason to narrate the tale to Bran. <ref name="Forum4"/>

==References and Notes==
{{references}}
[[Category:Theories]]

Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories

2013-07-17T07:10:15Z

Amelyn: /* Possible candidates */

{{Theory_Policy}}
Fans have speculated a lot about the possible identity of the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]]. Below a summary of the major candidates including the arguments for each candidate.

==Facts from Meera's story==
*The [[mystery knight]] must have been someone who knew about [[Howland Reed]]'s experience with the squires and was motivated to avenge him.
*His height was below average, or else it would not be noted in the first place.
*The mismatched armor would point to the Knight not having access to regular armor, or having regular armor with tell-tale markings on it.
*The booming voice was most likely not the regular voice of the Knight.
*The [[weirwood]] image implies a connection to the [[old gods]] and [[the North]]. <ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref> <ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref name="Forum4"/>
*He was competent enough at the joust to defeat three [[knight]]s who had made it through the first day of the tourney, but as none of them were particularly well-known, he need not have been unusually skilled.
*[[Meera Reed]] was surprised that [[Bran]] had never heard the story before, which suggests that the Knight may have been either a [[House Stark|Stark]], or someone close to the family.<ref name="Forum2"/> <ref name="Forum4"/>

==Possible candidates==
* '''Lyanna Stark'''. Eddard compares his tomboyish daughter [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] in both appearance and personality, adding that Lyanna probably would have carried a sword if [[Rickard Stark|their father]] had allowed it. {{Ref|aGoT|22}} Lyanna is consistently noted to have been an extremely skilled rider. {{Ref|aSoS|17}} {{Ref|aDwD|32}} {{Ref|aDwD|41}} She also seems to have had an interest in swordfighting. {{Ref|aDwD|34}} <ref name="Beyond the Wall"> [http://books.google.gr/books?id=tYUsrknjhbEC&pg=PT52&lpg=PT52&dq=Knight+of+the+laughing+tree+uncertain&source=bl&ots=3Oel8P1-Mf&sig=MaELA01H_FROetLJ7v4jNnc_tHk&hl=el&sa=X&ei=8WYJUOKpCOip4gSiv_XZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Knight%20of%20the%20laughing%20tree%20uncertain&f=false Beyond the Wall, Chapter: "History on a Personal Scale"] Commenting on the uncertainties of the text in the novels: "Even what appear to be straightforward elements of backstory turn out to be more complex, more shrouded in doubt, than they first appear. ... We have also seen through the heart tree that Lyanna Stark was a skilled swordswoman, capable of besting her younger brother-the future First Ranger of the Night's Watch and a very capable soldier- in mock combat. This fuels speculation that Lyanna was the mysterious Knight of the Laughing Tree... and gives another reason for why she and Rhaegar may have met and developed a connection." </ref> Horsemanship skills are necessary for jousting and "riding at rings" is standard training for squires, preparing them for actual jousting. Lyanna using the same exercise in her horse-riding training would not be impossible. [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]] could provide armor for her, as he offered to do for Reed. As an underage girl, she could be shorter than the average man. Provided she had the necessary skill and some luck, Lyanna could defeat three knights of uncertain ability. (The best jousters don't seem to have competed prior to the final day of the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]) In jousting, "the speed of the horse provides the force of the attack", not the physical strength of the rider. The theory would also explain how she met [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], the man charged with finding the Knight. And the same man who crowned Lyanna as his [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. They had no known previous interactions. <ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref> <ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref name="Forum2">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/topic/2164/Who-Was-the-Knight-of-the-Laughing-Tree?page=2#.UBBOcipXvH4 Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/directory#.UBBP7CpXvH4 asoiaf.yuku.com]</ref>
**Negative points of this theory would be doubts concerning the skill and youth of Lyanna. The existence of swordfighting skills, doesn't confirm the existence of jousting skills. In her fight with the squires, there would be other factors on her side. There is no mention the squires were armed. There was likely an element of surprise at work, when they found themselves under attack. If they recognized their assailant as a noble girl, they may have consciously avoided hurting her. Afraid of risking the wrath of her House. None of these factors would be present on the jousting field. Even if she had actual training, this would be the first real test for her skills. As a novice in the sport, her victory would be far from guaranteed. Lyanna would have logically tried to sound like a man. But the helm would not be enough to produce a powerful, stentorian voice. <ref name="Forum2"/>

* '''[[Howland Reed]]''' himself. According to Meera, Reed "was small like all crannogmen". She even calls [[crannogmen]] "small people", in comparison to the "big people" around them. Therefore he would be shorter than average. He had the strongest reasons to defend his honor, so the best motive. He was no knight, but his tale notes the man was "brave and smart and strong". "Bolder than most" crannogmen. His hesitation to fight may have been only a temporary obstacle. The text seems to pay attention to his prayer to the old gods, said while focusing at the direction of the [[Isle of Faces]]. Earlier the tale has him knowing "the magic of the crannogs" and spending an entire winter with the [[Green Men]]. His prayer may have been answered with supernatural assistance. Bran himself, the listener of the story, strongly suspects that "the little crannogman" and the Knight were the same person. That the crannogman could have been turned into a knight, "even if it was only for a day". Or that the Knight could be a Green Man, with "dark green skin and leaves instead of hair". Someone send by the old gods. Meera does not confirm or deny any of Bran's theories. Simply narrating "the old gods gave strength to his arm". {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref> <ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref name="Forum2"/>
**Negative points for this theory would be that Howland goes from the victim of the story to its hero in minimal time. He would suddenly display skills that Meera claimed the crannogmen do not have. The theory relies on Reed having beginner's luck, justice, or the supernatural on his side. If the Green Men, the [[children of the forest]], or the old gods intervened on this relatively minor occassion, one would expect them to also intervene in major events. While their lack of intervention is what makes the people of [[Westeros]] doubt their continued existence. The story might also undermine the loyalty of Reed to [[House Stark]]. He avenged himself, therefore he would not be bonded to the Starks by a debt of gratitude. <ref name="Forum2"/>

* '''Benjen Stark'''. As a son of House Stark, he certainly would have been a trained fighter. Noble boys seem to start training in the martial arts at an early age, and the Starks seem to take their training seriously. He was even younger than Lyanna and probably shorter. He was the one who suggested the idea of seeking vengeance to Reed in the first place, and claimed that he could find a horse and some armor for the crannogman. He could have used this horse and armor himself. He also would not be the first underage participant in a jousting match. Bran recalls that Barristan the Bold served as the mystery knight in a tourney when only ten-years-old. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel2"/> <ref name="Forum2"/>
**Negative points for this theory would the voice of [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]] and his incomplete training. The [[w:voice break|voice break]] from the vocal pitch of a boy to the deeper pitch of a man typically takes place in mid-to-late adolescence. The voice of a younger Benjen would still sound like a child, far from being powerful or stentorian. <ref name="Forum2"/> [[Barristan Selmy]] himself recalls his first jousting match with details. He was still ten and was inexperienced even as a squire. He borrowed a warhorse and found his "ill-fitting" armor in the armory of Lord [[House Dondarrion|Dondarrion]]. He had trouble keeping his lance straight, and was easily defeated in the first tilt by [[Duncan Targaryen]]. {{Ref|aDwD|59}}

* '''Eddard Stark'''. [[Jojen Reed]] insists that Bran must have heard the tale of the Knight "a hundred times". He later specifically asks "You never heard this tale from your father?" Later still, Jojen keeps insisting: "Are you certain you never heard this tale before, Bran? Your lord father never told it to you?" {{Ref|aSoS|24}} The implication would be that [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] knew this story well, even though he never passed it to his children. Raising the question if this was Eddard's own tale. While Brandon was the best swordsman and lancer in the family, Eddard would also have received combat training. He was not an impressive physical specimen, as [[Catelyn Tully]] describes him as shorter than Brandon. He was still in his late teens and might not have reached his full physical height and frame. This theory would also explain Reed's personal loyalty to Eddard. He would go on to serve as one of Ned's closest companions during [[Robert's Rebellion]], even serving as one of the few men who followed Lord Stark to the [[Tower of Joy]]. {{Ref|aSoS|45}} <ref name="Citadel3"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1142/ "The Citadel: So Spake Marttin: About Benjen Stark" (2000)]: "Brandon was the best of the Starks with sword in hand, and the best jouster as well. But Benjen has other skills that serve him well as a ranger... and Ned was likely the best battle commander."</ref> <ref name="Forum2"/> <ref name="Forum3">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/22707-some-questions-about-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/page__st__140 Some Questions About Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref>Boys tend to complete their [[w:Adolescence|puberty]] developments by ages 16-18. Increases in height past this age are uncommon, but not impossible. Teenage and early adult males may continue to gain natural muscle growth even after puberty. Further adding to their weight and frame.</ref>
**The main problem with the theory would be that there is no indication of Eddard being notably short. It would be possible for him to have a late growth spurt following the Tourney, gaining the last few inches of his height. But no character seems to describe or hint at such a change. <ref name="Forum2"/> <ref name="Forum3"/> Also the image of a ''laughing'' weirwood seems at odds with Ned's somber personality. <ref name="Citadel2"/>

* '''Brandon Stark'''. While known to be taller than Eddard, it has not been confirmed that Brandon was particularly tall either. There have been consistent descriptions that members of Houses [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], [[House Clegane|Clegane]], and [[House Umber|Umber]] tend to be tall, even towering above their contemporaries. But there is no such description for the Starks. Starks seem to tend on the short side. A grown [[Robb Stark]] was shorter than [[Catelyn Tully|his mother]]. [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] (and Eddard) could then be taller than [[Petyr Baelish]] and still be shorter than the average knight. Brandon is the only Stark with confirmed jousting skills. He was one of the last men standing in the final day of the Tourney, only defeated by Rhaegar Targaryen. The same man who would go on to win against all other challengers. {{Ref|aSoS|45}} {{Ref|aGoT|58}}<ref name="Forum2"/>
**Negative points of this theory would be the unconfirmed height of Brandon and his seeming lack of motivation. Catelyn seemed notably disappointed that Eddard was not as tall as his brother. Which could mean that Brandon was a relatively tall man. She never complains about Brandon being too short for her taste. On the other hand, mystery knights tend to be people otherwise banned from a Tourney. Underage entrants, wanted men, and people acting without permission from their current employer or head of house. Brandon was already formally competing in the Tourney, and even Eddard could probably get permission to compete from their father. {{Ref|aSoS|45}} {{Ref|aGoT|58}}<ref name="Forum2"/><ref name="Forum4"/>

* '''Ashara Dayne'''. The tale Meera narrates seems to pay attention to the movements of [[Ashara Dayne|Ashara]], and that she did have interaction with the Starks. The theory goes that as a [[Dorne|Dornishwoman]], Ashara could have received formal training in sword and lance. Giving her an advantage over Lyanna. Competing in the Tourney could then be her unusual way to court Eddard Stark. Wearing a weirwood sigil as a tribute to him. Her "laughing eyes" would explain the choice of a laughing sigil. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Forum4">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/3280-howland-reed-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/page__st__40 Howland Reed=Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref>
**Negative points of this theory is that there is no confirmation that all Dornishwomen receive military training. The [[Sand Snakes]] did receive such training, but they might be atypical for their culture. Ashara could have been raised to act "lady-like". Also the motivation of the storyteller, Meera, would be in question. Other theories read the story as establishing the loyalty of [[House Reed]] to [[House Stark]]. If instead the tale establishes a link between the Reeds and [[House Dayne]], Meera would have little reason to narrate the tale to Bran. <ref name="Forum4"/>

==References and Notes==
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Knight of the Laughing Tree

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The '''Knight of the Laughing Tree''' was a [[mystery knight]] who fought at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. He defended the honor of [[Howland Reed]] by challenging and defeating three knights whose squires had bullied him, demanding that they chastise the squires in order to ransom back their horses and armor.

The Knight of the Laughing Tree is so-called because of the blazon on his shield, a smiling [[weirwood|heart tree]]. His true identity remains unknown.

==History==
Most of what is known about the Knight of the Laughing Tree comes from a story told by [[Meera Reed]] to [[Bran Stark]]. As an introduction to her story, Meera suggests that this knight "might have been a [[Crannogmen|crannogman]]", to which [[Jojen Reed]] adds "or not". Jojen expects Bran to have heard this tale "a hundred times" from his father, [[Eddard Stark]] but Bran denies any knowledge of the tale. He later explains that [[Nan|Old Nan]] was the one narrating stories to him, not his father.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}

According to Meera's tale, a crannogman - most likely her own father, [[Howland Reed]] - attended the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], finding there [[Aerys II Targaryen]] ("the king") and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] ("the dragon prince"). With the Targaryens were the [[Kingsguard]] ("the White Swords"), there to welcome [[Jaime Lannister]] ("a new brother") into their ranks. Based on their known composition of the time, the knights present would be Lord Commander [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Jonothor Darry]], [[Arthur Dayne]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Barristan Selmy]], and [[Oswell Whent]].{{Ref|aSoS|24}}<ref name="Citadel1">[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_were_the_different_people_in_Meeras_story/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.6- Who were the different people in Meera's story?" (2007]</ref>

Among the lords present in the tourney were [[Robert Baratheon]] ("the storm lord") and [[Mace Tyrell]] ("the rose lord"). Notably absent was [[Tywin Lannister]] ("the great lion of [[Casterly Rock|the rock]]"). Meera reports that Tywin had quarelled with Aerys and intentionally stayed away. However, many of the knights and bannermen of [[House Lannister]] did attend the tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}<ref name="Citadel1"/> Among the women present were [[Elia Martell]] ("the wife of the dragon prince") and a dozen of her lady companions.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}<ref name="Citadel1"/> [[House Whent]] of Harrenhal hosted the tourney. A daughter of House Whent reigned as [[Queen of Love and Beauty]] at the opening of the tourney, though her title had to be defended against challengers. Her champions were her four brothers and famous uncle, Oswell Whent.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}<ref name="Citadel1"/>

[[File:Knight of the Laughing Tree1.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Jousting illustration dating to 1881. Artwork by Alfred Fredericks, currently in the public domain. Used to illustrate the duel of the Knight of the Laughing Tree and the Porcupine Knight in the "Art of Ice and Fire" website.]]
The crannogman found himself bullied by three squires, none older that fifteen-years-old. He had already "grown to manhood", but the boys were all larger than him in size. His only offensive weapon, a three-pronged spear, was easily snatched away by his opponents. He was then thrown into the ground. His assailants repeatedly mocked him, shoved him, and kicked him. Help arrived in the person of [[Lyanna Stark]] ("the she-wolf"), who shouted indignantly that Howland was [[Rickard Stark|her father]]'s [[Feudalism|bannerman]]. She beat off his attackers with a tourney sword, scattering them away. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

The crannogman was wounded and Lyanna took him back to her "lair", probably a tent. She cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen, then introduced the guest to her brothers [[Brandon Stark]] ("the wild wolf"), [[Eddard Stark]] ("the quiet wolf"), and [[Benjen Stark]] ("the pup"). That evening, Lyanna persuaded the crannogman to attend the feast marking the start of the tournament. She insisted that he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. The "wolf maid" was not easy to refuse. Benjen found a suitable garb for the man. Within Harrenhal, he ate and drank with the Starks. Their table also included certain Stark sworn swords, notably members of Houses [[House Dustin|Dustin]] ("barrowdown men", men from the [[Barrowlands]] or [[Barrowton]]), [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] ("moose"), [[House Mormont|Mormont]] ("bears"), and [[House Manderly|Manderly]] ("mermen").{{Ref|aSoS|24}}<ref name="Citadel1"/>

During the feast Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep; when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured wine over his head. A recruiting officer of the [[Night's Watch]] was there, trying to convince knights to join the Watch. Robert Baratheon was involved in a drinking contest with [[Richard Lonmouth]] ("the knight of skulls and kisses"). Meera notes in passing that Robert won the contest. The crannogman focused his attention on [[Ashara Dayne]] ("a maid with laughing purple eyes"), a companion of Elia, who was dancing in turns with various partners. First a member of the Kingsguard (either her brother Arthur Dayne or infatuated Barristan Selmy), secondly [[Oberyn Martell]] ("a red snake"), third [[Jon Connington]] ("the lord of griffins"), and lastly Eddard Stark. Eddard was too shy to ask her for a dance, so Brandon asked her on behalf of his brother.{{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/> {{Ref|aDwD|67}}

Still during the feast, both the crannogman and Lyanna recognized the three bullying squires. One served a pitchfork knight ([[House Haigh]]), one served a porcupine ([[House Blount]]), and the last boy served a knight of two towers ([[House Frey]]). She pointed them out to her brothers. Benjen offered to find the crannogman a horse and armor in order to avenge himself. He failed to reply, torn with indecision. His pride demanded vengeance, but he was afraid of losing and making a fool of himself, bringing shame to his people in the process. He was no knight and was not used to horses and lances. Before going to sleep at the tent of Eddard, as the "quiet wolf" had offered him hospitality, he prayed to the [[old gods]].{{Ref|aSoS|24}}<ref name="Citadel1"/>

During the first two days of the tournament, the porcupine knight, pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers each won a place among the champions, all in jousting. Late on the afternoon of the second day, a [[mystery knight]] "short of stature" appeared in the lists. His armor was made up of mismatched armor bits and pieces that appeared ill-fitting on him. His shield was blazoned with the image of "a white [[weirwood]] with a laughing red face". The tale earlier mentions that the crannogman had with him "a leathern shield" but does not specify whether this was the same shield. The mystery knight challenged and defeated all three of the previously mentioned knights, winning custody over their horses and armor. None of them were particularly popular, so the [[smallfolk]] cheered for the mysterious "Knight of the Laughing Tree". When the defeated trio sought to ransom back their former property, the knight declared his terms, that they ought to teach their rude squires honor. His voice sounded "booming" through his helm. The trio proceeded to chastise their squires sharply.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}

The mystery knight attracted unwanted attention. Robert Baratheon and Richard Lonmouth were determined to unmask him, while Aerys II was certain that the man was his enemy. By the next morning, the knight had disappeared. An angry Aerys sent Rhaegar to search for the vanished knight, but only his shield could be found, abandoned in a tree.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}

==Theories==
{{main|Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories}} 
Meera's story contains several potential clues about the identity of the mystery knight. Fans have often based their evidence for his supposed identity to the disappearance of Lyanna shorty after the tournament.<ref name="Forum5">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/28283-the-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ The Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref><ref name="Forum4"/>
*The mystery knight must have been someone who knew about Howland Reed's experience with the squires and was motivated to avenge him. For the fans this points to the Stark siblings and Howland Reed himself as the books do not mention that any other person knew the story.
*His height was below average, or else it would not be noted in the first place.
*The mismatched armor would point to the knight not having access to regular armor, or having regular armor with tell-tale markings on it.
*The booming voice was most likely not the regular voice of the knight.
*The weirwood image implies a connection to the old gods and [[the North]].<ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref><ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref><ref name="Forum4"/>
*He was competent enough at the joust to defeat three knights who had made it through the first day of the tourney, but as none of them were particularly well-known, he need not have been unusually skilled.
*Meera was surprised that Bran had never heard the story before, which suggests that the knight may have been either a [[House Stark|Stark]], or someone close to the family.<ref name="Forum2">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/topic/2164/Who-Was-the-Knight-of-the-Laughing-Tree?page=2#.UBBOcipXvH4 Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/directory#.UBBP7CpXvH4 asoiaf.yuku.com]</ref><ref name="Forum4">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/3280-howland-reed-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/page__st__40 Howland Reed=Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref>

==References and Notes==
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Tourney at Harrenhal

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[[File:rhaeg_lyanna-winterfelll.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Rhaegar crowning Lyanna by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]
The '''Tourney at Harrenhal''' was held in [[281 AL]] by Lord [[House Whent|Whent]] in honour of his daughter and to show off his house's power; it was the greatest tourney of its time and perhaps ever. The tourney was spread over ten days.

Barristan Selmy stated that the tourney was announced by Lord Whent shortly after he was visited by his brother [[Oswell Whent]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. [[Aerys II]] attended the tournament only because [[Varys]] warned him that his son [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] arranged the tournament as a pretext to meet with several high lords to discuss removing his father as king.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}

Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was champion, and in the end chose [[Lyanna Stark]] as Queen of Love and Beauty giving her a crown of [[blue winter rose]]s. This was scandalous in that, not only was Rhaegar already married (to [[Elia Martell|Elia of Dorne]]), but Lyanna herself was betrothed to Lord [[Robert Baratheon]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 58|Chapter 58]], Eddard</ref> Rhaegar's indiscretion culminated in his abduction of Lyanna a year later, which touched off the War of the Usurper and brought an end to Targaryen rule. Also at this occasion, 15-year-old [[Jaime Lannister]] was admitted into the order of the [[Kingsguard]], and a [[mystery knight]], the "[[Knight of the Laughing Tree]]", appeared in the lists to fight for the honour of [[Howland Reed]] of [[Greywater Watch]].<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Bran</ref>

==The Joust==
There were five days of jousting.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Bran</ref>

{{COA|Targaryen|small}}'''Champion''': Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].

{{COA|Unknown|small}}{{COA|Whent|small}}Unknown jousters defeated the 4 sons of Lord Whent of Harrenhal 
{{COA|Laughing Tree|small}}{{COA|Haigh|small}}The [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] defeated a member of [[House Haigh]] 
{{COA|Laughing Tree|small}}{{COA|blount|small}}The [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] defeated a member of [[House Blount]] 
{{COA|Laughing Tree|small}}{{COA|Frey|small}}The [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] defeated a member of [[House Frey]] 
{{COA|Targaryen|small}}{{COA|Royce|small}}Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] defeated Lord [[Yohn Royce]] 
{{COA|Targaryen|small}}{{COA|Stark|small}}Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] defeated [[Brandon Stark]] 
{{COA|Targaryen|small}}{{COA|Dayne|small}}Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] defeated Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] 
{{COA|Targaryen|small}}{{COA|Selmy|small}}Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] defeated Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] 

===Other Attendees===
Lord Commander [[Gerold Hightower]], Ser [[Oswell Whent]], Lord [[Robert Baratheon]], Ser [[Richard Lonmouth]], Lord [[Eon Hunter]], Lord [[Jon Arryn]], Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], [[Brandon Stark]], [[Eddard Stark]], [[Benjen Stark]], [[Lyanna Stark]], [[Elia Martell]], Lord [[Jon Connington]], [[Ashara Dayne]]

==Other Events==
There was a seven-sided melee in the ancient style.<ref> Tourney Rules, (April 29, 1999) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P240/ So Spake Martin]</ref><ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Bran</ref> Robert Baratheon took part in the melee.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 58|Chapter 58]], Eddard</ref>

There was also an archery contest, an axe-throwing contest, a horse race and a tourney of singers.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Bran</ref> There was a mummer show.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Chapter 42]], Daenerys</ref>

==References and Notes==
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Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)

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| Place_of_Death=
| Date_of_Death = Before {{Date|184}}
| Books = [[The Hedge Knight]] (Mentioned) [[The Sworn Sword]] (Mentioned) [[A Game of Thrones]] (Mentioned) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Mentioned) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
}}
:''For the maester born Aemon Targaryen, see [[Maester Aemon]].''

'''Aemon Targaryen''', called '''the Dragonknight''', was the second son of King [[Viserys II Targaryen]] and a prominent member of the [[Kingsguard]].

==History==
Aemon joined the [[Kingsguard]] at the age of seventeen.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} He served under four kings: [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron the Young Dragon]], [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], his father [[Viserys II]], and lastly his own brother, [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]]. He eventually was named [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], a position he held until he died defending his elder brother and king, Aegon IV, from two brothers of [[House Toyne]] who sought to assassinate the king in retribution for the execution of their brother, Ser [[Terrence Toyne]].{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

Prince Aemon has been referred to as the noblest knight who ever lived, and his skill with a sword is legendary throughout [[Westeros]]. He bore the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]], previously wielded by [[Aegon the Conqueror]]'s sister-wife [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].

Songs speak of his doomed love for his brother's queen, his own sister, Queen [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]]. He supposedly cried when Naerys married their brother.{{Ref|aCoK|41}} It is rumored that Prince Aemon was the father of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. He defended the honor of his sister, Queen Naerys, against the slanders of the "evil" Ser [[Morgil]].{{Ref|aGoT|15}} He also won a [[tournament]], disguised as a mystery knight, known only as the Knight of Tears, so he could name his sister, Naerys, the [[Queen of Love and Beauty]] in place of the king's mistress. He once fought [[Cregan Stark]]. Prince Aemon claimed he never faced a finer swordsman.

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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First Blackfyre Rebellion

2013-07-16T09:32:06Z

Amelyn: /* Background */

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The '''Blackfyre Rebellion''' developed out of a dynastic dispute involving the children of King [[Aegon IV]]. The conflict was between the Targaryens and the [[Blackfyre Pretenders|pretenders]] of [[House Blackfyre]] and resulted in open civil war that divided the realm over the [[Iron Throne]].

==Background==
King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] had legitimised all of his bastards on his deathbed. His noble bastards were called the Great Bastards, the most notable of whom was [[Daemon Blackfyre]], a great warrior and wielder of the Targaryen sword of kings, [[Blackfyre]]. In 184 AL, Aegon IV was succeeded by [[Daeron II]]. King Daeron was a cultured, scholarly man and reigned over a sophisticated court, attended by [[maesters]] and learned men, which was perceived as effete and overly-refined, not pleasing to many of his more martial courtiers and nobles. His marriage to the [[Dorne|Dornish]] princess [[Myriah Martell|Myriah]] introduced foreign influences and manners to the court, further adding to the displeasure with his reign. In addition, popular rumors held that King Aegon IV's sister-wife Naerys had shared her affections with their other brother, [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon the Dragonknight]], leading to the possibility that Daeron II was not the son of Aegon IV.

==War==
After more than a decade of building tension, open warfare erupted in 195 AL. The immediate cause was Daemon Blackfyre's rage over Daeron betrothing his sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]] to [[Maron Martell]], Prince of Dorne. Daeron sent the [[Kingsguard]] to arrest him, but Daemon escaped with the aid of Ser [[Quentyn Ball]], the master-at-arms of the [[Red Keep]]. Blackfyre mustered a sizable army against Daeron and was joined by his half-brother [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], a fellow Great Bastard. [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], another Great Bastard, remained loyal to the King. On the [[small council]], Bloodraven advocated a hard line against the rebels, winning out over Prince [[Baelor Breakspear]]'s desire to pardon. Daemon began to mint his own coinage.<ref>[[The Mystery Knight]]</ref>

Heavy fighting erupted over the next year, with the Riverlands particularly afflicted. Ser Quentyn "Fireball" attacked the [[Westerlands]], killing Lord [[House Lefford|Lefford]] at the gates of [[Lannisport]] and then defeating Lord [[Damon Lannister]] in turn. At the crossing of the [[Mander]], Ser Quentyn slew all of Lady [[House Penrose|Penrose]]'s sons except for the youngest, whom he spared as a favor to the lady. A key general, he was slain on the eve of the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] by an archer.<ref>[[The Mystery Knight]]</ref>

Finally, at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] in [[196 AL]] Bittersteel and Blackfyre led a strong force against a royalist army commanded by Prince [[Maekar I|Maekar]] and Lord [[House Hayford|Hayford]], the King's Hand. The fighting was very heavy, with Lord Hayford slain. During the battle Blackfyre came face-to-face with Ser [[Gwayne Corbray]] of the [[Kingsguard]], wielder of the [[Valyrian steel]] blade [[Lady Forlorn]]. Their duel was said to have lasted nearly an hour before Blackfyre gained the upper hand. However, by this time a second royalist force was approaching from the south led by Prince [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor]]. Perhaps even more critical was that Bloodraven and his archers, the [[Raven's Teeth]], captured and assumed a position atop the [[Weeping Ridge]], which overlooked the battlefield and allowed them to rain arrows down among Blackfyre and his commanders. Bloodraven personally killed Daemon Blackfyre and his twin sons [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]] and [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]]. The rebels began to rout, but Bittersteel rallied them by leading a charge that decimated the Raven's Teeth, taking out Bloodraven's eye in the process. However, Prince Baelor's Dornish spearmen gained the battlefield and crushed the rebel army against Maekar's shield wall.<ref>[[The Sworn Sword]]</ref>

It is unknown how many men took part in the final battle, but it is known that more than ten thousand died in the engagement, earning it the name Redgrass Field. With Daemon dead and his forces defeated, the Rebellion was over.

==Aftermath==
Singers would later immortalize the Battle of Redgrass Field with the song "[[The Hammer and Anvil]]", referring to Baelor and Maekar's strategy.

Bittersteel was able to recover the sword Blackfyre from the battlefield and escape to the [[Free Cities]], where Blackfyre's other sons had already fled. In exile, Daemon's descendants continued their struggle for the Iron Throne. The last of his line, [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monsterous]], was slain during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] by [[Barristan Selmy]], forever ending the Blackfyre threat to the throne.

==Houses by Allegiance==
===Loyalist ([[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] supporters)===
{{Columns|2|
* [[House Arryn]]
* [[House Lannister]]
* [[House Martell]]
* [[House Hayford]]
* [[House Caswell]]
* [[House Penrose]]
* [[House Lefford]]
* [[House Templeton]]
* [[House Webber]]
* [[House Waynwood]]
}}

=== Rebels ([[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] supporters)===
{{Columns|2|
* [[House Costayne]]
* [[House Bracken]]
* [[House Lothston]], though they switched back to the Targaryens before the Redgrass Field.
* [[House Reyne]]
* [[House Shawney]]
* [[House Peake]]
* [[House Osgrey]]
* [[House Strickland]]
* [[House Sunderland]]
* [[House Yronwood]]
}}

== References and Notes ==
{{References|2}}
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Children of the Forest

2013-07-16T09:14:37Z

Amelyn: /* History */

[[File:Children of the Forest.jpg|thumb|350px|Child of the forest, in its natural habitat]]
[[File:Children of the Forest greenseers.jpg|thumb|350px|Depiction of [[Greenseer]] singing the song of the earth]]

The '''children of the forest''', sometimes referred to simply as the "children" are a mysterious non-human race that originally inhabited the continent of [[Westeros]] long before the arrival of the [[First Men]] during the [[Dawn Age]] more than 12,000 years ago. The [[giants]] call them ''woh dak nag gram'' ('little squirrel people'). They call themselves in the [[True Tongue]] ''those who sing the song of the earth''. {{Ref|aDwD|13}}

==Culture==
Little is known about the children. They are a mysterious and magical people who have not been seen by humans for thousands of years. Tales describe them as diminutive humanoid creatures, dark and beautiful, at their tallest no larger than an human child. They are long-lived. Their true names would be too long for human tongues.

The children did not use metal, weave cloth or build cities; instead they lived off the land, using stone implements, wearing bark leg-bindings and shirts of woven leaves, dwelling in caves, crannogs, and hidden tree villages. Males and females both hunted side by side. The children had no books, no ink, no parchment and no written language. {{Ref|aDwD|34}} They were a people with a deep connection to the land. {{Ref|aGoT|66}} The children wielded [[obsidian]] weapons and bows in battle, but also used powerful [[magic]].

Legends say the children of the forest were gifted with supernatural powers and [[magic|magic]]; having power over the beasts of the wood, the ability to wear an animal’s skin, and the skill to create music so beautiful as to bring tears to the eyes of any who heard it, and the [[greensight]] ability (although the [[Maesters]] believe that the greensight was not magic, simply another kind of knowledge). It was the children who carved the faces on the [[weirwood]]s to keep watch over the woods.{{Ref|aCoK|28}} They believe that their wisdom had something to do with the faces in the trees.{{Ref|aCoK|28}} The children of the forest believed that the weirwood trees were the Gods, and when they died they became a part of them.{{ref|aDwD|34}}

==Appearance==
They were smaller than men with nut-brown skin, dappled like a deer's with paler spots. They had large ears that could hear things that no man could hear.

They usually had large eyes, great golden cat's eyes, that could see down passages where a boy's eyes saw only blackness. They have vertical, slit-like pupils; this trait is responsible for improved night vision and typically associated with a nocturnal lifestyle in such creatures as cats (the children's eyes are described in ''A Dance With Dragons'' as resembling cats' eyes) and many species of snakes, including nearly all vipers (despite [[Doran Martell]]'s reference to his brother [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn's]] "viper eyes," however, the Red Viper is never described as sharing this feature with the children of the forest). A few had green or red eyes; these had the gift of [[greensight]] and were known as [[greenseer]]s.

Their hands had only three fingers and a thumb, with sharp black claws instead of nails.{{Ref|aDwD|34}} The children were slight, quick, and graceful.

==History==
{{Quote| “They were a people of the [[Dawn Age]], the very first, before kings and kingdoms, in those days, there were no castles or holdfasts, no cites not so much as a market town to be found between here and the [[sea of Dorne]]. There were no men at all. Only the children of the forest dwelt in the lands we now call the [[Seven Kingdoms]].” {{Ref|aGoT|66}}}}
It is unknown for how long the children lived alone in their land, nor where they themselves came from, but for thousands of years they had what later became known as "''[[Westeros]]''", to themselves. Eventually about 12,000 years ago, the children came in contact with the [[First Men]], the first outsiders. These invaders brought with them bronze, great leathern shields, and the first [[horse]]s and their own gods. Burning the great [[Weirwood]]s as they came, leading to [[War_of_the_First_Men_and_the_Children_of_the_Forest|war]] between the two.

For roughly 2,000 years the two races fought [[War of the First Men and the Children of the Forest|a desperate war for dominance]]. The children used their magic to shatter the [[Arm of Dorne]], the land-bridge through which the First Men came, in a futile attempt to end the invasion and later flooded [[the Neck]] - where legend has it that the children called upon their [[Old Gods|gods]] from the [[Children's Tower]] to send the [[hammer of the waters]] to smash the Neck, as they smashed the [[Arm of Dorne]], but it was not enough to stop the advance of the [[First Men]]. The histories say that some of the First Men, the [[crannogmen]], grew close to the children of the forest in the days when the greenseers tried to bring the [[hammer of the waters]] down upon the Neck. {{Ref|acok|50|p 733}}

Eventually the First Men and the children fought one another to a standstill. The two races agreed to peaceful coexistence and signed the [[Pact]] on the [[Isle of Faces]], granting the open lands to humanity and the forests to the children.

The Pact lasted for 4,000 years before the enigmatic [[Others]] invaded from the uttermost north, bringing death and destruction to both races, during an extended period of winter known as [[The Long Night]], the children of the forest joined with the First Men, to fight against the Others in the [[The Long Night#War for the Dawn|War for the Dawn]]. Eventually the [[Others]] were driven back into the [[Lands of Always Winter]].

After the [[The Long Night#War for the Dawn|War for the Dawn]], the First Men and the children of the forest lived in relative peace, but in these years, the children of the forest began their slow withdrawal from the lands of men, retreating deeper into their forests and [[beyond the Wall]]. During the [[Age of Heroes]] it was also recorded by the [[Night's Watch]] that the [[children of the forest]] gave the black brothers a hundred obsidian daggers every year.{{Ref|aFfC|5}}

The children of the forest taught the worship of the [[old gods]] to the First Men, but the old gods were largely supplanted in the South by the [[Faith of the Seven]] after the [[Andal|Andal Invasion]]. A hill, now known to the Westerosi as ''[[High Heart]]'', was sacred to the [[children of the forest]]. There the [[Andal]] king named [[Erreg]] the [[Kinslayer]] cut down the children’s grove of thirty-one [[weirwood]]s. {{Ref|asos|22|p 249}} High Heart is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the children who died there, likely defending their grove from Erreg. Some of the children’s magic is said to still linger at High Heart.

Relations between the children and humans grew distant over the years, until they ceased altogether. By the time of [[Aegon's Landing]], humans had not seen the children for thousands of years. {{Ref|aGoT|66}}

==Existence==
Although people in [[Westeros]] believe the children of the forest to be extinct there are a few that still live in the world of men. A dwindling remnant of their population is located far north of the [[Wall]], in [[cave of the three-eyed crow|a cave system under a hill]]; the entrance is a warded cleft in the hillside.{{Ref|aDwD|34}}

The caves are timeless, vast, silent. They are home to more than three score living singers and the bones of thousands dead, and extend far below the hollow hill. The children of the forest live with whom they refer to as ''the [[Three-eyed crow|Last Greenseer]]''. In the caves there are passages that go deep, bottomless pits and sudden shafts, forgotten ways that lead to the very center of the earth. [[Leaf]] tells [[Bran Stark]] that even the children of the forest have not explored them all, even though they have lived there for a thousand thousand man-years. [[Bran]] realises that they are indeed singers, he hears them singing. They sing sad songs in the [[True Tongue]] so he cannot understand the words, but their voices are as pure as the winter air. {{Ref|aDwD|34}}

[[Bran]] asks [[Leaf]] where the rest of the children are, she replies:

{{Quote|Gone down into the earth … Into the stones, into the trees. Before the [[First Men]] came all this land that you call [[Westeros]] was home to us, yet even in those days we were few. The gods gave us long lives but not great numbers, lest we overrun the world as deer will overrun a wood where there are no wolves to hunt them. That was in the dawn of days, when our sun was rising. Now it sinks, and this is our long dwindling. The [[giants]] are almost gone as well, they who were our bane and our brothers. The great [[lion]]s of the [[westerlands|western hills]] have been slain, the [[unicorns]] are all but gone, the [[mammoth]]s down to a few hundered. The [[direwolf|direwolves]] will outlast us all, but their time will come as well. In the world that men have made, there is no room for them, or us.{{Ref|aDwD|34}}}}
To Bran Leaf seemed sad as she told him, and that makes Bran sad as well.

It is only later that he reflects and thinks to himself, ''Men would not be sad. Men would be wroth. Men would hate and swear a bloody vengeance. The singers sings sad songs, where men would fight and kill''.
==Known children of the forest==
*[[Leaf]]
*[[Ash]]
*[[Scales]]
*[[Black Knife]]
*[[Snowylocks]]
*[[Coals]]
*[[Ghost of High Heart]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|"The children of the forest are all dead. The [[First Men]] killed half of them with bronze blades, and the [[Andals]] finished the job with iron.” {{Ref|aDwD|33|p 373}}}} - [[Jeor Mormont]]

{{Quote|“The children . . . live only in dreams. Now. Dead and gone.” {{ref|AGOT|66|p 736}}}} – Maester [[Luwin]]

{{Quote|“All that is left of them are the faces on the trees."}} – Maester [[Luwin]]

{{Quote|“North of the [[Beyond the Wall|Wall]], things are different. That’s where the children went, and the [[giants]], and the other old races. {{ref|AGOT|66|p 736}}}} - [[Osha]]

{{Quote|“The children are gone from this world, and their wisdom with them. {{ref|ACOK|28}}}} – Maester [[Luwin]]

{{Quote|“The children of the forest could tell you a thing or two about dreaming.” {{ref|AGOT|66}}}} - [[Osha]]

{{Quote|“Leaf and her people were far from childlike. Little wise men of the forest would have been closer. {{Ref|aDwD|34}}}} - [[Bran]]

==References and Notes==
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Old gods

2013-07-16T09:09:37Z

Amelyn: /* Theology */

The '''old gods''' of the [[children of the forest]] are nameless deities of stone and earth and tree, which were named so by the followers of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] ("New Gods") that replaced them in all but [[Westeros#The North|North of Westeros]], where it's still practiced strongly by [[Northmen]], [[Crannogmen]] and [[Free Folk]] from [[Beyond the Wall]].

== Theology ==
[[File:Winterfell Godswood.jpg|thumb|300px|The Godswood ([[Game_of_Thrones|TV Series]]) ]]
The old gods appear to be a sort of animistic religion. The [[greenseer]]s of the children, shamans of a kind, were said to be able to talk with all beasts and birds, and to see through the eyes of their carved [[weirwood]]s and posses strong magic.

There are no priests, no holy texts, no songs of worship, and practically no rites that go with the worship of the old gods. It is a folk-religion, passed from generation to generation. The closest thing to a ritual we have seen is prayer before the heart tree in a godswood, holy groves contained within castles throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]], and often the only places where living weirwoods still remain until one goes north of the Wall. It is said that the sigh of the wind and the rustle of leaves are the old gods speaking back to worshippers. <ref>[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/04/the-many-gods-a-dark-faiths-of-a-song-of-ice-and-fire Many Gods & Dark Faiths] article by [[User:Ran|Ran]] and [[User:Linda|Linda]]</ref> The children of the forest believe that the weirwood trees were the gods and when they die they become part of the godhood. {{ref|aDwD|36}}

[[Weirwood]] trees with faces carved into them, called heart trees, are considered sacred. Prayer, oaths, and marriages are often performed in the presence of a heart tree. The faces were carved into the weirwoods by the children of the forest, but their meaning or purpose is not completely understood by humans. Once all noble houses had a godswood with a heart tree in its centre, but many families that no longer follow the old gods have converted their godswoods into secular gardens. It's said that the old gods only have power where the heart tree faces can see, and since the destruction of most of the heart trees in the south they have no power there.

Various actions, such as incest{{Ref|aCoK|34}}, kinslaying{{Ref|aCoK|52}} and slavery{{Ref|aSoS|24}}, are considered offensive to the gods, while [[guest right|laws of hospitality]] are considered sacred.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

== History ==
The old gods were originally worshipped by the [[children of the forest]] in all of [[Westeros]] since before first recorded history, thousands of years before the arrival of the [[First Men]] from the east. The First Men warred with the children, and cut down the weirwoods where they found them. In time, the First Men [[Pact|made peace]] with children of the forest and adopted their gods.

Worship of the old gods remained strong across Westeros until [[Andal Invasion]], who brought their [[Faith of the Seven]] with them from the east. The Andals gradually conquered the south of Westeros, cutting down the weirwoods supplanting the worship of the old gods with their own, with the exception of [[House Blackwood]] in the [[Riverlands]]. The old gods are still worshipped in the North, and by the [[wildlings]] [[beyond the Wall]].

== Converts ==
Worshippers of [[the Seven]] have been known to convert to the old gods. A convert to the old gods is [[Samwell Tarly]], a [[southron]] of the [[Night's Watch]] who was originally of the Faith of the Seven but chose to take his vows with [[Jon Snow]] in front of the nine weirwoods in the [[Haunted Forest]]. When Sam looks at the faces on each of the trees, and says that he can feel the gods.
==Quotes==
{{Quote|“[[Beyond the Wall]], they are the only gods.” {{Ref|aGoT|53}}}} - [[Osha]], to [[Bran]]

{{Quote|“The [[Night's Watch]] is my House now, [[the Seven]] have never answered my prayers. Perhaps the old gods will." {{Ref|aGoT|53}}}} - [[Samwell Tarly]]

{{Quote|“Old, gods, hear my prayer. [[The Seven]] were [[Randyll Tarly|my father]]’s gods but I said [[Night's Watch#Vows|my words]] to you when I joined [[Night's Watch|the Watch]]. Help us now. I fear we might be lost. We're hungry too, and so cold. I don’t know what gods I believe in now, but ... please, if you're there, help us. [[Gilly]] has a [[Little Monster|little son]]." {{Ref|asos|46|p 529}}}} - [[Samwell Tarly]]’s desperate prayer to the heart tree [[beyond the Wall]]

== References and Notes ==
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Old gods

2013-07-16T09:07:13Z

Amelyn:

The '''old gods''' of the [[children of the forest]] are nameless deities of stone and earth and tree, which were named so by the followers of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] ("New Gods") that replaced them in all but [[Westeros#The North|North of Westeros]], where it's still practiced strongly by [[Northmen]], [[Crannogmen]] and [[Free Folk]] from [[Beyond the Wall]].

== Theology ==
[[File:Winterfell Godswood.jpg|thumb|300px|The Godswood ([[Game_of_Thrones|TV Series]]) ]]
The old gods appear to be a sort of animistic religion. The [[greenseer]]s of the children, shamans of a kind, were said to be able to talk with all beasts and birds, and to see through the eyes of their carved [[weirwood]]s and posses strong magic.

There are no priests, no holy texts, no songs of worship, and practically no rites that go with the worship of the old gods. It is a folk-religion, passed from generation to generation. The closest thing to a ritual we have seen is prayer before the heart tree in a godswood, holy groves contained within castles throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]], and often the only places where living weirwoods still remain until one goes north of the Wall. It is said that the sigh of the wind and the rustle of leaves are the old gods speaking back to worshippers. <ref>[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/04/the-many-gods-a-dark-faiths-of-a-song-of-ice-and-fire Many Gods & Dark Faiths] article by [[User:Ran|Ran]] and [[User:Linda|Linda]]</ref> The children of the forest believe that the weirwood trees were the gods and when they died they become part of the godhood. {{ref|aDwD|36}}

[[Weirwood]] trees with faces carved into them, called heart trees, are considered sacred. Prayer, oaths, and marriages are often performed in the presence of a heart tree. The faces were carved into the weirwoods by the children of the forest, but their meaning or purpose is not completely understood by humans. Once all noble houses had a godswood with a heart tree in its centre, but many families that no longer follow the old gods have converted their godswoods into secular gardens. It's said that the old gods only have power where the heart tree faces can see, and since the destruction of most of the heart trees in the south they have no power there.

Various actions, such as incest{{Ref|aCoK|34}}, kinslaying{{Ref|aCoK|52}} and slavery{{Ref|aSoS|24}}, are considered offensive to the gods, while [[guest right|laws of hospitality]] are considered sacred.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

== History ==
The old gods were originally worshipped by the [[children of the forest]] in all of [[Westeros]] since before first recorded history, thousands of years before the arrival of the [[First Men]] from the east. The First Men warred with the children, and cut down the weirwoods where they found them. In time, the First Men [[Pact|made peace]] with children of the forest and adopted their gods.

Worship of the old gods remained strong across Westeros until [[Andal Invasion]], who brought their [[Faith of the Seven]] with them from the east. The Andals gradually conquered the south of Westeros, cutting down the weirwoods supplanting the worship of the old gods with their own, with the exception of [[House Blackwood]] in the [[Riverlands]]. The old gods are still worshipped in the North, and by the [[wildlings]] [[beyond the Wall]].

== Converts ==
Worshippers of [[the Seven]] have been known to convert to the old gods. A convert to the old gods is [[Samwell Tarly]], a [[southron]] of the [[Night's Watch]] who was originally of the Faith of the Seven but chose to take his vows with [[Jon Snow]] in front of the nine weirwoods in the [[Haunted Forest]]. When Sam looks at the faces on each of the trees, and says that he can feel the gods.
==Quotes==
{{Quote|“[[Beyond the Wall]], they are the only gods.” {{Ref|aGoT|53}}}} - [[Osha]], to [[Bran]]

{{Quote|“The [[Night's Watch]] is my House now, [[the Seven]] have never answered my prayers. Perhaps the old gods will." {{Ref|aGoT|53}}}} - [[Samwell Tarly]]

{{Quote|“Old, gods, hear my prayer. [[The Seven]] were [[Randyll Tarly|my father]]’s gods but I said [[Night's Watch#Vows|my words]] to you when I joined [[Night's Watch|the Watch]]. Help us now. I fear we might be lost. We're hungry too, and so cold. I don’t know what gods I believe in now, but ... please, if you're there, help us. [[Gilly]] has a [[Little Monster|little son]]." {{Ref|asos|46|p 529}}}} - [[Samwell Tarly]]’s desperate prayer to the heart tree [[beyond the Wall]]

== References and Notes ==
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Valyria

2013-07-16T08:51:15Z

Amelyn:

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| name = Valyria
| image = [[File:Valyria of old.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Topless towers of Valyria

| settlement_type= Ruins of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] Capital City
| location = Valyrian peninsula, [[Essos]]
| seat = Dragonlords
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1: Ruined city
2: [[Lands of the Long Summer]]
3: [[Smoking Sea]]
4: [[Oros]]
5: Ruined city
6: [[Tyria]]
7: Ruined city
8: Ruined city
9: [[Summer Sea]]
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'''Valyria''' is a long-dead city of wonderment, and was once the capital of a great empire called the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. It was destroyed by a cataclysmic event known as the [[Doom of Valyria]] 100 years before [[War of Conquest|Aegon's Landing]].

The city was located on [[Valyrian peninsula|a peninsula]] of the eastern continent.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Map of Slaver's Bay|Map of Slaver's Bay]]</ref>. It is the ancestral home of [[House Targaryen]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} In Valyria, there were two great houses that contested for power. House Targaryen, however, was not considered a powerful house. <ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/72313-reading-from-the-world-of-ice-and-fire/page__st__40#entry3588552 Reading from the world of Ice and Fire.] Notes from George R.R. Martin's reading and Q&A at the Bubonicon 44 in Albuquerque by Trebla.</ref>
A common racial characteristic among Valyrians appears to have been [[purple eyes]] and hair of silver-gold or platinum white.
==The City of Valyria==
The city of Valyria lies at the center of the largest surviving island, surrounded by cliffs where the island has broken away from the mainland.

Valyria is said to still hold many treasures from before the Doom, such as [[Valyrian steel]] blades and items of magical power. It is said that the glass candles of [[Oldtown]] were brought there from Valyria a thousand years before the Doom.

Some years ago [[Gerion Lannister]] journeyed to Valyria to try to recover the lost Lannister Valyrian steel sword, [[Brightroar]] and any other treasures that might have survived the Doom. He did not return and was presumed lost at sea. {{Ref|aSoS|32}} More recently, [[Euron Greyjoy]] has returned from a journey to Valyria to claim the throne of the [[Iron Islands]].

==References and Notes==
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Winterfell

2013-03-15T22:43:25Z

Amelyn: /* History */

{{Infobox Settlement
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| image = [[File:Winterfell by lykhaon.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by lykhaon ©

| settlement_type= Castle, Regional Capital
| location = [[Westeros]], [[North]]
| seat = [[House Stark]]
| seat_type = [[Feudalism|Feudal Lord]]

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'''Winterfell''' is the ancestral castle and seat of power of [[House Stark]] and is considered to be the capital of [[the North]]. It is located in the center of the northern province of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], on the [[Kingsroad]] that runs from [[King's Landing]] to the [[Wall]].

==History==
It was supposedly built by [[Bran the Builder|Brandon the Builder]] over eight thousand years ago, with the help of [[giants]].{{Ref|aSoS|41}} For most of recorded history Winterfell was the seat of [[House Stark]], the [[Kings in the North]] and later as [[Warden of The North|Wardens of The North]], after King [[Torrhen Stark]] bent the knee to [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his [[dragons]]. As the regional capital of the North, harvest festivities have been hosted in Winterfell for centuries.

During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Winterfell, was captured in a [[Battle of Winterfell|surprise attack]] by the [[ironmen]] led by [[Theon Greyjoy]]. Theon ruled the castle for several weeks, but he lacked the manpower to hold it indefinitely against the Stark bannermen. The castle was [[Sack of Winterfell|sacked]] and burned by [[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay Snow]], after his force of [[Dreadfort]] men turned on his fellow northmen and double-crossing Theon, taking him prisoner. It was later partially restored by the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] in preparation for the wedding of [[Jeyne Poole|"Arya Stark"]].

==Layout==
[[File:Winterfell map.png|350px|thumb|1.North Gate 2.Broken Tower 3.Glass Garden 4.Crypts 5.First Keep 6.Godswood 7. Guards Hall 8.East Gate 9.Armory 10.Hunter's Gate 11.kennels 12.Guest House 13. Bridge between the Armory and the Great Keep 14.Great Keep 15.Maester's Turret 16.Kitchen 17.Courtyard 18.Bell Tower 19.Library Tower 20.Sept 21.Stables 22.Great Hall 23.Smithy 24.South Gate]]

Winterfell is a huge castle complex spanning several acres, consisting of two massive walls and a village located just outside called the "winter town".{{Ref|aCoK|50}} Winterfell itself has been built around an ancient [[godswood]] and over natural hot springs. The water is piped through walls and chambers to heat them, making Winterfell more comfortable than other castles during the harsh northern winter.

Inside the walls, the complex is composed of dozens of courtyards and small open spaces. Weapons training and practice take place in those yards. The inner ward is a second, much older open space in the castle where archery practice takes place. It is located next to the broken tower. Inside Winterfell stands the Inner Castle, which contains the Great Keep and the Great Hall.

===Inner Castle===
* '''The Great Keep''', is the innermost castle and stronghold of the castle complex. It was built over natural hot springs to keep it warm.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} Its walls are made of granite. It is connected to the armory by a covered bridge.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} From a window on the covered bridge, one can see the entire yard.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}

* '''The Great Hall''', used for receiving guests and the place where the household would dine together, including the lord of the house. The Great Hall is very large, on the outside it's enclosed with grey stone and covered with banners, with wide doors made of oak and iron, which opens to the castle yard, whilst a rear exit leads to a dimly-lit gallery. Inside it can hold eight long rows of trestle tables, four to each side of the central aisle, that can seat 500 people. There is a raised platform for noble guests.{{Ref|aGoT|5}} The ceiling of the Great Hall collapsed during the Sack of Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

* '''Sept''', A small [[Faith of the Seven|Sept]] built for [[Catelyn Tully]] by her husband Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

===Courtyard and Misc.===
[[File:Winterfell throne by MarcSimonetti.jpg|thumb|Winterfell throne by Marc Simonetti ©]]
[[File:Great Keep.jpg|thumb|The Great Keep© Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Winterfell Godswood.jpg|thumb|The Godswood ([[Game_of_Thrones|TV Series]]) ]]

* '''The First Keep''', the oldest part of the castle, a squat round fortress. It is no longer in use. Around it lies a lichyard where the Kings of Winter would lay their loyal servants. [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] is buried there.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} The keep has gargoyles atop it.{{Ref|aGoT|66}} During the [[Sack of Winterfell]], one whole side of the building collapsed.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

* '''Broken Tower''', also known as the Burned Tower, it was once the tallest watchtower in Winterfell, but over 140 years ago a lightning strike set it afire and the top third collapsed inward, and no one bothered to rebuild it{{Ref|aGoT|8}}{{Ref|aCoK|35}} It stands behind the old inner ward.

* '''Godswood''', the ancient [[godswood]] that has stood untouched for 10,000 years, with three acres of old packed earth and close together trees creating a dense canopy, which the castle was raised around. At the center of the grove stands an ancient [[weirwood]] with a face carved into it, standing over a pool of black water.{{Ref|aGoT|2}} Across the godswood from the heart tree, beneath the windows of the ''Guest House'', an underground hot spring feeds three small pools, with a moss covered wall looming above them. The godswood is enclosed by walls, and is accessed by a main iron gate, or smaller wooden ones.

* '''Glass Garden''', the Glass Garden is a greenhouse heated by the hot springs, turning the Glass Garden into a place of moist warmth.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} It is used to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|51}}

* '''Crypts''', The underground crypts of Winterfell are where the bones of all of the [[Kings in the North]] and ruling lords of Winterfell are buried. It's long and narrow, with pillars moving two by two along its length. Between pillars stand the sepulchers of the Starks of Winterfell, the likenesses of the dead seated on thrones, with iron swords set before them to keep the restless spirits from wandering, and snarling direwolves at their feet. The crypts are located deep under the earth, cavernous and bigger than the complex above ground. They are accessed by a twisting stone stair and a huge [[ironwood]] door that lies at a slant to the floor. The stair continues below to older levels where the most ancient Kings in the North are entombed.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}{{Ref|aGoT|66}}{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

* '''Bell Tower''', there was a bridge connecting the Bell Tower to the rookery, but it was destroyed during the Sack of Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|69}} The bridge was covered and ran from the fourth floor of the tower to the second floor of the rookery.{{Ref|aSoS|80}}

* '''Maester's Turret''', the maester's turret is located below the rookery.{{Ref|aCoK|28}} During the Sack of Winterfell, the Maester's turret was destroyed.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

* '''Library Tower''', the Library Tower houses the library at Winterfell. A stonework staircase winds about its exterior.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} A fire was started there in order to distract the guards during an attempt on [[Bran Stark]]'s life.{{Ref|aGoT|14}} A steaming lake formed at the bottom of the tower after the Sack of Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

* '''Guards Hall''', The Guards Hall is in line with the Bell Tower, and further back, the First Keep.{{Ref|aCoK|4}}

===External Walls===
Winterfell is a huge castle complex spanning several acres, defended by two massive granite walls with a wide moat between them. The outer wall is 80 feet high, the inner is 100 feet high, with a wide moat between them. There are guard turrets on the outer wall and more than thirty watch turrets on the crenelated inner walls.

The main gatehouse is made of two huge crenelated bulwarks, flanking the arched gate and drawbridge that opens into the market square. There are three additional gates, the Hunter's Gate directly on the opposite side of the castle and south/northern gates. There is a narrow tunnel inside of the inner wall stretching halfway around the castle, allowing travel from the south gate all the way to the northern gate without interruption.

* '''Hunter's Gate''', the Hunter's Gate is a gate that is located close to the kennels and the kitchens. It opens directly onto the open fields and the Wolfswood, so people can come and go without having to cross through the winter town. It is favored by hunting parties.{{Ref|aCoK|50}}

* '''East Gate''', is part of the main gatehouse, located on the eastern inner walls, it opens onto the King's Gate located in the outer walls and leads to the [[Kingsroad]].{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===Winter Town===
The winter town, so called because it lies mostly deserted during summer years, is where smallfolk gather in winters. It's located outside the walls of Winterfell. Its market square is filled with wooden stalls for merchants, its streets are muddy and lined with rows of houses made from log and undressed stone. Less than one in five were occupied during the summer, but they would fill up once winter arrived.{{Ref|aGoT|37}} The Kingsroad sits beyond the winter town, which would put it to the east of Winterfell.{{Ref|aGoT|13}} There is an inn in the winter town.{{Ref|aGoT|24}}

==Chapters that take place in Winterfell==
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 2|A Game of Thrones: 2. Catelyn I]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 4|A Game of Thrones: 4. Eddard I]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 5|A Game of Thrones: 5. Jon I]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 6|A Game of Thrones: 6. Catelyn II]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 7|A Game of Thrones: 7. Arya I]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 8|A Game of Thrones: 8. Bran II]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 9|A Game of Thrones: 9. Tyrion I]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 10|A Game of Thrones: 10. Jon II]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 14|A Game of Thrones: 14. Catelyn III]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 17|A Game of Thrones: 17. Bran III]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 24|A Game of Thrones: 24. Bran IV]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 53|A Game of Thrones: 53. Bran VI]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 66|A Game of Thrones: 66. Bran VII]]

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==References and Notes==
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Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)

2013-03-15T10:43:06Z

Amelyn: /* History */

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'''Rhaenys Targaryen''' was the daughter of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] and [[Elia Martell]].

==Appearance==
Rhaenys took after her mother in appearance, she had brown hair and looked like a [[House Martell|Martell]]. <ref>A Number of Questions. August 26, 2000. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/A_Number_of_Questions/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

==History==
She had a small black kitten that she named [[Balerion (cat)|Balerion]], after the [[Balerion|great black dragon]] of [[Aegon I]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 58|Chapter 58]], Eddard, page 557</ref>

During the [[Sack of King's Landing]], the terrified girl was hiding under her father's bed dressed in a nightshirt. Rhaenys was dragged out and stabbed by Ser [[Amory Lorch]] with "half a hundred thrusts."<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 12|Chapter 12]], Eddard</ref> [[Tywin Lannister]] commanded the deaths of Rhaenys and her brother [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] to prove his loyalty to [[Robert Baratheon]].<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 53|Chapter 53]], Tyrion</ref>

After Rhaenys and Aegon's deaths, Tywin Lannister presented their bodies to Robert clothed in red [[House Lannister|Lannister]] cloaks (to better conceal the blood).<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 45|Chapter 45]], Eddard, page 425</ref>

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Oberyn Martell

2013-03-15T10:33:10Z

Amelyn: /* Events following Elia's murder */

{{Character
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| Alias = The Red Viper
| Title = Prince of Dorne
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Prince '''Oberyn Nymeros Martell''', known as the '''Red Viper''', is [[Doran Martell|Doran]]'s hot-headed younger brother. He has eight bastard daughters, called the [[Sand Snakes]], the four youngest of which by his current paramour [[Ellaria Sand]]. Some rumors hold that he is bisexual.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} His squire (and one of his many rumored lovers) is [[Daemon Sand]].

==Character and Appearance==
Oberyn is a forceful, lusty man with a quick wit and barbed tongue. He studied at the [[Citadel]] for a while, and apparently forged several maester links but eventually grew bored and left the order. Oberyn had traveled the world, and even founded his own mercenary company. He had a very close relationship with his sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and they were inseparable as children.

Oberyn has a lined face with thin eyebrows, black "viper" eyes and a sharp nose.{{Ref|aFfC|2}} His hair is lustrous and black with only a few silver streaks and recedes from his brow into a widow's peak.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

==History==
===Early Life===
In his youth, Oberyn was fostered at [[Sandstone]].{{Ref|aFfC|21}} At sixteen, Oberyn was found in bed with the [[paramour]] of Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]], so the lord challenged him to a duel. The duel was to first blood, given the prince’s youth and high birth, and both took cuts. Lord Edgar's wounds festered and killed him. Oberyn has been known as the "Red Viper" ever since by friends and foes alike, due to rumors that he fought the duel with a poisoned blade.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} Afterward, Oberyn was sent to [[Oldtown]] and then to [[Lys]] in temporary exile (though it was not called exile) in order for [[House Martell]] to make peace with [[House Yronwood]], [[Quentyn Martell]] was sent as a ward to [[House Yronwood]] .<ref>[http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html The Winds of Winter, Arianne sample chapter]</ref>

Oberyn had traveled extensively in the Free Cities, where he learned much about [[poison]]s and perhaps even darker arts. He had studied at the [[Citadel]], going so far as to forge six links of a [[maester]]'s chain before he grew bored. He had soldiered in the [[Disputed Lands]] across the Narrow Sea, riding with the [[Second Sons]] for a time before forming his own company. It is said that he beds both men and women, and has begotten bastard girls all over Dorne. The ''[[Sand Snakes]]'', men call them.

Oberyn, however, does not let his children grow up wanting: he takes responsibility for them, and actively seeks to help raise all his children (something few lords do when it comes to their [[Bastardy|bastard]] offspring). He teaches them how to defend themselves and allows them great independence in growing up.

When Oberyn was young, the ruling Princess of Dorne planned to wed Oberyn or his sister, Princess Elia, to one of Lord Tywin's children, or both of them to his twins. For that purpose, they visited Casterly Rock, where they met Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister. However, they arrived shortly after [[Joanna Lannister]]'s death, which left Lord Tywin unreceptive. He offered the newborn Tyrion instead, which was seen as an insult.

Oberyn is also primarily responsible for an ongoing feud between his [[House Martell|house]] and [[House Tyrell]], because he accidentally crippled [[Willas Tyrell]] in a [[tourney]], though Willas himself holds no grudge against him. Prince Oberyn was unhorsed by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] at a tourney at [[Storm's End]].{{Ref|aSoS|42}} He was unhorsed by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] at a different tourney at Storm's End.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

===Events following Elia's murder===
[[File:Oberyn Martell10.jpg‎‎|Oberyn Martell by Paul Phillips©|thumb|250px]]
Oberyn had a very close relationship with his sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. Following the [[Sack of King's Landing]], when he learned that she was raped and murdered by a Lannister knight, [[Gregor Clegane]], along with her [[Aegon Targaryen|son]] and how her [[Rhaenys Targaryen(daughter of Rhaegar)|daughter]] was killed by another Lannister Knight ([[Amory Lorch]]), he attempted to raise Dorne for [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. He has desired revenge ever since.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

He and his brother [[Doran Martell|Doran]] worked in secret for years planning on bringing an end to the reign of [[Robert Baratheon]] and destroying [[House Lannister]]. Oberyn traveled to Braavos where [[Viserys Targaryen]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] were being kept by Ser [[Willem Darry]] and signed a secret pact that the Sealord of Braavos witnessed, promising Viserys the hand of [[Arianne Martell]] in return for Dorne's help in claiming the throne.

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Oberyn Martell fights Gregor Clegane.jpg|300px|thumb|Oberyn fights Gregor Clegane by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]

Prince Oberyn came to [[King's Landing]] to claim the seat on the [[small council]] on Doran's behalf and obtain justice for his sister's murderer, as was agreed with the acting [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|aSoS|38}} However, it soon became clear that the new Hand, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], meant to forgo that promise. Tywin planned on lying to Oberyn and claim that [[Amory Lorch]] is responsible for all three deaths (Lorch was guilty of the death of only [[Rhaenys Targaryen(daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]]) {{Ref|aSoS|53}}

When Tyrion was accused of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]]'s murder, Oberyn was one of the judges. The day before a judgement was pronounced, Oberyn offered to be Tyrion's champion in a [[trial by combat]], if Tyrion would tell who was guilty of the murder of Elia Martell. Tyrion took him up on his offer. He denied any involvement of his father but told Oberyn that Ser [[Amory Lorch]] had killed [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] had killed Elia and [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]].{{Ref|aSoS|66}} At that time, Oberyn knew already that Ser Gregor would be his adversary.

Despite his enormous physical disadvantage, Oberyn managed to wound Clegane several times and cripple him. As Oberyn prolonged Gregor's death, trying to wring a murder confession from him, the prostrated Clegane managed to grab hold of Oberyn and smash his armoured fist into Oberyn's face, killing him.{{Ref|aSoS|70}} Oberyn achieved posthumous vengeance by having coated his spear in a special kind of poison, leaving Clegane to die slowly and in tremendous agony.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Oberyn Martell

2013-03-15T00:26:04Z

Amelyn: /* Early Life */

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Prince '''Oberyn Nymeros Martell''', known as the '''Red Viper''', is [[Doran Martell|Doran]]'s hot-headed younger brother. He has eight bastard daughters, called the [[Sand Snakes]], the four youngest of which by his current paramour [[Ellaria Sand]]. Some rumors hold that he is bisexual.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} His squire (and one of his many rumored lovers) is [[Daemon Sand]].

==Character and Appearance==
Oberyn is a forceful, lusty man with a quick wit and barbed tongue. He studied at the [[Citadel]] for a while, and apparently forged several maester links but eventually grew bored and left the order. Oberyn had traveled the world, and even founded his own mercenary company. He had a very close relationship with his sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and they were inseparable as children.

Oberyn has a lined face with thin eyebrows, black "viper" eyes and a sharp nose.{{Ref|aFfC|2}} His hair is lustrous and black with only a few silver streaks and recedes from his brow into a widow's peak.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

==History==
===Early Life===
In his youth, Oberyn was fostered at [[Sandstone]].{{Ref|aFfC|21}} At sixteen, Oberyn was found in bed with the [[paramour]] of Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]], so the lord challenged him to a duel. The duel was to first blood, given the prince’s youth and high birth, and both took cuts. Lord Edgar's wounds festered and killed him. Oberyn has been known as the "Red Viper" ever since by friends and foes alike, due to rumors that he fought the duel with a poisoned blade.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} Afterward, Oberyn was sent to [[Oldtown]] and then to [[Lys]] in temporary exile (though it was not called exile) in order for [[House Martell]] to make peace with [[House Yronwood]], [[Quentyn Martell]] was sent as a ward to [[House Yronwood]] .<ref>[http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html The Winds of Winter, Arianne sample chapter]</ref>

Oberyn had traveled extensively in the Free Cities, where he learned much about [[poison]]s and perhaps even darker arts. He had studied at the [[Citadel]], going so far as to forge six links of a [[maester]]'s chain before he grew bored. He had soldiered in the [[Disputed Lands]] across the Narrow Sea, riding with the [[Second Sons]] for a time before forming his own company. It is said that he beds both men and women, and has begotten bastard girls all over Dorne. The ''[[Sand Snakes]]'', men call them.

Oberyn, however, does not let his children grow up wanting: he takes responsibility for them, and actively seeks to help raise all his children (something few lords do when it comes to their [[Bastardy|bastard]] offspring). He teaches them how to defend themselves and allows them great independence in growing up.

When Oberyn was young, the ruling Princess of Dorne planned to wed Oberyn or his sister, Princess Elia, to one of Lord Tywin's children, or both of them to his twins. For that purpose, they visited Casterly Rock, where they met Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister. However, they arrived shortly after [[Joanna Lannister]]'s death, which left Lord Tywin unreceptive. He offered the newborn Tyrion instead, which was seen as an insult.

Oberyn is also primarily responsible for an ongoing feud between his [[House Martell|house]] and [[House Tyrell]], because he accidentally crippled [[Willas Tyrell]] in a [[tourney]], though Willas himself holds no grudge against him. Prince Oberyn was unhorsed by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] at a tourney at [[Storm's End]].{{Ref|aSoS|42}} He was unhorsed by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] at a different tourney at Storm's End.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

===Events following Elia's murder===
[[File:Oberyn Martell10.jpg‎‎|Oberyn Martell by Paul Phillips©|thumb|250px]]
Oberyn had a very close relationship with his sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. Following the [[Sack of King's Landing]], when he learned that she was raped and murdered by a Lannister knight, [[Gregor Clegane]], along with her [[Aegon Targaryen|son]] and how her [[Rhaenys Targaryen(daughter of Rhaegar)|daughter]] was killed by another Lannister Knight ([[Amory Lorch]], he attempted to raise Dorne for [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. He has desired revenge ever since.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

He and his brother [[Doran Martell|Doran]] worked in secret for years planning on bringing an end to the reign of [[Robert Baratheon]] and destroying [[House Lannister]]. Oberyn traveled to Braavos where [[Viserys Targaryen]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] were being kept by Ser [[Willem Darry]] and signed a secret pact that the Sealord of Braavos witnessed, promising Viserys the hand of [[Arianne Martell]] in return for Dorne's help in claiming the throne.

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Oberyn Martell fights Gregor Clegane.jpg|300px|thumb|Oberyn fights Gregor Clegane by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]

Prince Oberyn came to [[King's Landing]] to claim the seat on the [[small council]] on Doran's behalf and obtain justice for his sister's murderer, as was agreed with the acting [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|aSoS|38}} However, it soon became clear that the new Hand, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], meant to forgo that promise. Tywin planned on lying to Oberyn and claim that [[Amory Lorch]] is responsible for all three deaths (Lorch was guilty of the death of only [[Rhaenys Targaryen(daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]]) {{Ref|aSoS|53}}

When Tyrion was accused of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]]'s murder, Oberyn was one of the judges. The day before a judgement was pronounced, Oberyn offered to be Tyrion's champion in a [[trial by combat]], if Tyrion would tell who was guilty of the murder of Elia Martell. Tyrion took him up on his offer. He denied any involvement of his father but told Oberyn that Ser [[Amory Lorch]] had killed [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] had killed Elia and [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]].{{Ref|aSoS|66}} At that time, Oberyn knew already that Ser Gregor would be his adversary.

Despite his enormous physical disadvantage, Oberyn managed to wound Clegane several times and cripple him. As Oberyn prolonged Gregor's death, trying to wring a murder confession from him, the prostrated Clegane managed to grab hold of Oberyn and smash his armoured fist into Oberyn's face, killing him.{{Ref|aSoS|70}} Oberyn achieved posthumous vengeance by having coated his spear in a special kind of poison, leaving Clegane to die slowly and in tremendous agony.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Lyanna Stark

2013-03-15T00:03:55Z

Amelyn: /* Harrenhal */

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'''Lyanna Stark''' was the younger sister of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and was betrothed to Ned's childhood friend [[Robert Baratheon]]. Her abduction by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was the event that ultimately triggered [[Robert's Rebellion]] and led to the downfall of [[House Targaryen|the Targaryen Dynasty]].

==Appearance and Character==
Lyanna is described by all who knew her as beautiful, with the dark hair, grey eyes and long face that characterize [[House Stark|the Starks]].{{Ref|aGoT|12}} See also [[:Category:Images of Lyanna Stark|this collection of images]]. Ned refers to her, like their brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], as "wolf-blooded" - headstrong, willful, courageous and hot-tempered. He goes on to compare her to his tomboyish daughter [[Arya Stark|Arya]] in both appearance and personality, adding that Lyanna probably would have carried a sword if [[Rickard Stark|their father]] had allowed it. She is noted to have been an extremely skilled rider.{{Ref|aGoT|22}} Lyanna was very fond of the [[Blue winter rose|blue winter roses]] that grew at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|58}}

Lyanna rode horses like a northman. [[Harwin]] compares her riding skills to those of Arya Stark. {{Ref|aSoS|17}} [[Barbrey Ryswell]] reports that both Brandon and Lyanna loved to ride. She compares them to a "pair of centaurs". {{Ref|aDwD|41}} [[Roose Bolton]] claims that Lyanna was "half a horse herself", probably meaning a centaur. He also claims that [[Domeric Bolton]] could out-race her. {{Ref|aDwD|32}}

Robert was deeply infatuated with Lyanna and remains very much in love with her memory over a decade after her death, to the point of causing major strain in his marriage to [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|8}} Ned, however, points out that Robert never really knew Lyanna very well, and suggests that they might not have gotten along as well as Robert imagines; while Robert believes Lyanna would never have publicly opposed him the way Cersei does, Ned says that Robert saw only Lyanna's beauty, and never recognized her boldness and strength of will.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} Lyanna may have been considerably less enthusiastic about the marriage than Robert was, as she commented to Ned at that Robert's love for her would not prevent him from being unfaithful after their marriage.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}

[[Arya Stark]] resembles Lyanna in appearance, according to Eddard Stark. {{Ref|aGoT|22}} [[Margaery Tyrell]] is also said to resemble Lyanna. While in [[King's Landing]], [[Renly Baratheon]] had Eddard examine a miniature portrait of Margaery, painted in the style of [[Myr]]. He wanted him to confirm the supposed resemblance, but Eddard failed to see a connection between the two women. {{Ref|aGoT|27}} [[Kevan Lannister]] recalls Lyanna having a "wild beauty" about her. But her looks paled in comparison to a young [[Cersei Lannister]]: "however bright a torch might burn it could never match the rising sun." {{Ref|aDwD|72}}

==History==
[[File:rhaeg_lyanna-winterfelll.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Lyanna, her brother, and [[Rhaegar]] by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]
[[File: ‎Enife_Lyanna_Stark.png‎ |Lyanna, wearing a crown of [[blue winter rose]]s – by Enife ©|thumb|300px|right]]
===Early life===
When [[Bran Stark]] has visions through the heart tree of Winterfell, a scene seems to involve a girl looking like Arya (and Lyanna). Two children are seen duelling with broken branches, using them as swords. The girl is older and taller than the boy. She defeats the boy, slashing him across the thigh. The boy loses his balance and falls into the pool. He starts splashing and shouting. The girl warns him to be quiet, or [[Nan|Old Nan]] will hear him and notify their father. She then kneels and pulls her younger brother from the pool. The scene shifts to another vision before Bran has a chance to see more of the two children. {{Ref|aDwD|34}} It is implied that the girl is Lyanna and the boy is her younger brother, [[Benjen Stark]]. Also pointing that she was skilled at sword-fighting. <ref name="Beyond the Wall"/>

Lyanna was at Winterfell when her father promised her hand to Robert Baratheon. That same night she confided to Eddard concerning her opinion of Robert: that the man will never keep to one bed. {{Ref|aGoT|35}} She had heard that Robert had an illegitimate daughter in the [[Vale of Arryn]], apparently [[Mya Stone]]. {{Ref|aGoT|35}} Eddard attempted to convince her that what Robert did before the betrothal was insignificant and that Robert would change. She was not convinced. {{Ref|aGoT|35}}
===Harrenhal===
Lyanna was present at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. There she found [[Howland Reed]] being bullied by three young squires, none older that fifteen-years-old. She roared "That's my father's man you're kicking" and attacked them with a tourney sword. The bullies scattered and Lyanna "the she-wolf" took the injured man back to her "lair," probably a tent. She cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen. Then she introduced the guest to her brothers [[Brandon Stark]] ("the wild wolf"), [[Eddard Stark]] ("the quiet wolf"), and [[Benjen Stark]] ("the pup"). {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

That evening, Lyanna persuaded Reed to attend the feast marking the start of the tournament. She insisted that he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. The "wolf maid" was not easy to refuse. Benjen found a suitable garb for Reed. Within [[Harrenhal]], Reed ate and drank with the Starks. During the feast [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]], a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep; when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured wine over his head. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

During the feast, Lyanna recognized the three bullying squires. One serving a pitchfork knight ([[House Haigh]]), one serving a porcupine ([[House Blount]]), and the last boy serving a knight of two towers ([[House Frey]]). She pointed them out to her brothers. Benjen volunteered to find armor for Reed, in case the crannogman wished to challenge them. Reed slept in the tent of Eddard that night. During the first two days of the tournament, the porcupine knight, pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers each won a place among the champions. But then the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] challenged and defeated all three of them, winning custody over their horses and armor. When the defeated trio sought to ransom back their former property, the Knight declared his terms: that they ought to teach their squires honor. The trio proceeded to chastise their squires sharply. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} It is uncertain whether Reed, Lyanna, or one of the other Starks hid behind the mask of the Knight. <ref name="Beyond the Wall"> [http://books.google.gr/books?id=tYUsrknjhbEC&pg=PT52&lpg=PT52&dq=Knight+of+the+laughing+tree+uncertain&source=bl&ots=3Oel8P1-Mf&sig=MaELA01H_FROetLJ7v4jNnc_tHk&hl=el&sa=X&ei=8WYJUOKpCOip4gSiv_XZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Knight%20of%20the%20laughing%20tree%20uncertain&f=false Beyond the Wall, Chapter: "History on a Personal Scale"] Commenting on the uncertainties of the text in the novels: "Even what appear to be straightforward elements of backstory turn out to be more complex, more shrouded in doubt, than they first appear. ... We have also seen through the heart tree that Lyanna Stark was a skilled swordswoman, capable of besting her younger brother - the future First Ranger of the Night's Watch and a very capable soldier - in mock combat. This fuels speculation that Lyanna was the mysterious Knight of the Laughing Tree ... and gives another reason for why she and Rhaegar may have met and developed a connection." </ref>

The Knight attracted unwanted attention. Robert Baratheon and [[Richard Lonmouth]] were determined to unmask him, while [[Aerys II Targaryen]] was certain that the man was his enemy. By the next morning, the Knight disappeared. An angry Aerys sent Rhaegar to search for the vanished Knight, but only the shield of the Knight could be found. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} Rhaegar went on to win the tournament and shocked all present by passing over [[Elia Martell|his wife]] to crown Lyanna, then already betrothed to Robert Baratheon, as [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} {{Ref|aSoS|42}} According to the recollections of Eddard Stark, that day Rhaegar managed to unseat [[Brandon Stark]], [[Yohn Royce]], [[Arthur Dayne]], and [[Barristan Selmy]]. Robert Baratheon was among the spectators, jesting with [[Jon Arryn]] and [[Eon Hunter]]. Then the victorious Rhaegar urged his horse past [[Elia Martell]], laying the laurel of the queen of beauty in Lyanna's lap. A laurel consisting of blue winter roses. At that moment "all the smiles died". {{Ref|aGoT|58}} Selmy blames himself for failing to defeat Rhaegar that day, for then he would have had a chance to crown his own lady love: [[Ashara Dayne]]. {{Ref|aDwD|67}}

===Disappearance and consequences===
At some time after the tournament, Lyanna was kidnapped by Rhaegar with the help of [[Arthur Dayne]] and [[Oswell Whent]].<ref name="aSoIaF App"> Rhaegar Targaryen's ASOIAF App entry</ref> The story (as told by [[Robert Baratheon]]) goes that Rhaegar carried her off and raped her. {{Ref|aGoT|66}} Barristan Selmy is convinced that "Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna," though that love sent thousands to their respective deaths. {{Ref|aDwD|67}} According to [[Viserys Targaryen]], Rhaegar was simply not happy with his marriage. If Rhaegar was happy with Elia, he would not have needed Lyanna. He once blamed their sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] for being born too late to marry Rhaegar. A happily married Rhaegar would need neither Elia nor Lyanna. Daenerys, countered that, by the same logic, it was the fault of Viserys that he was not a girl. Because then he would be the sister destined for Rhaegar. Viserys beat her cruelly for her insolence. {{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Her oldest brother [[Brandon Stark]] was on his way to [[Riverrun]] when the news of his sister's disappearance reached him, and instead he went straight to [[King's Landing]]. Entering the [[Red Keep]] with a few companions ([[Ethan Glover]], [[Jeffory Mallister]], [[Kyle Royce]], [[Elbert Arryn]]), he roared for Rhaegar "to come out and die." But Rhaegar wasn't there. [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]] had Brandon and his companions arrested, accusing them of plotting murder and charged them with treason. Aerys summoned their fathers to court, supposedly to answer the charge against their sons. When they presented themselves, Aerys decided to kill them all, fathers and sons together. Brandon and Lyanna's father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], demanded a [[trial by combat]], and the king granted him the request. Lord Stark was allowed to armor himself for battle but was then suspended from the rafters over a blazing fire, Aerys choosing "fire" as his champion. He had Brandon watch as Rickard slowly roasted, the young son attached to a device which tightened a cord around his neck whenever he moved. Trying to reach for his longsword and rescue his father, Brandon strangled himself. They died with no real trial. {{Ref|aCoK|55}} This was a primary impetus for [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Aerys next demanded the heads of Robert and Eddard. They were both wards of Jon Arryn, the Lord of the Eyrie having pledged to protect them. Arryn responded to Aerys by raising his banners in revolt. {{Ref|aGoT|2}}

During the war, Lyanna's fiancé Robert and brother Eddard were important leaders, together with [[Jon Arryn]], who had been their foster father. Rhaegar spent much of the war at the [[Tower of Joy]] with Lyanna. He left to join the war effort when Aerys sent [[Gerold Hightower]] to find him. Rhaegar left Gerold with Arthur and Oswell to guard Lyanna.<ref name="aSoIaF App"/> The decisive battle of the war came at [[Battle of the Trident|the Trident]], where Robert slew Rhaegar in single combat and the rebels defeated the royal army.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} According to the stories of [[Viserys Targaryen]], Rhaegar had fought and died for "the woman he loved." {{Ref|aGoT|3}} [[Daenerys Targaryen]] believes in that version of the story. {{Ref|aGoT|64}} One of the visions Daenerys sees in the [[House of the Undying]], seems to depict the last moments of Rhaegar. Rubies are flying from his chest like drops of blood. Then his knees sink into the water. He whispers Lyanna's name with his last breath. {{Ref|aCoK|48}} <ref name="aSoIaF App"/>

Following the Battle of the Trident, the remnants of Rhaegar's army retreated toward [[King's Landing]]. Robert was wounded and unable to pursue them, but he entrusted Eddard with the pursuit. Eddard expected to find the city gates closed, with Aerys II and several thousand Targaryen loyalists leading the defense. He reached the city just after the [[Sack of King's Landing]] by the forces of [[House Lannister]]. For most of the rebellion, the Lannisters had remained neutral, ignoring calls to arms by both the rebels and the loyalists. Then [[Tywin Lannister]] and 12,000 of his soldiers reached the capital. Aerys opened the gates to them, mistaking them for allied reinforcements. Instead they were there to sack the city and join the rebels. {{Ref|aGoT|12}} [[Pycelle]] had managed to convince Aerys II to open the gates. The King did so, unaware that Pycelle himself was only loyal to Tywin.
{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Aerys ignored the warnings of [[Varys]] to not trust Tywin. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Aerys II had one last plan: [[the Wildfire Plot]], a way to burn the capital, leaving for Robert only ashes, charred bones, and cooked meat. He commanded [[Rossart]], the [[Hand of the King]], to activate the plan, making certain to take the Lannister forces with him to his funeral pyre. Meanwhile, he gave [[Jaime Lannister]] orders to decapitate Tywin and bring the head to him. Jaime instead killed Rossart and then attacked Aerys himself, killing him. [[Elys Westerling]] and [[Roland Crakehall (Lord)|Roland Crakehall]] then entered the throne room, finding Jaime with the corpse. At about the same time, [[Gregor Clegane]] and Amory Lorch were scaling the walls of [[Red Keep|Maegor's Holdfast]] as Eddard Stark was leading his own forces through the city gates. When Eddard entered the throne room, he found Jaime seated on the [[Iron Throne]]. {{Ref|aSoS|11}} {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

===Death and burial===
[[File: Asiulus_Promise_Me_Ned.png‎|‎Promise me [[Ned]] - by Asiulus ©|thumb|right|300px]]
After these events, Ned rode to the [[Tower of Joy]] in the mountains of [[Dorne]] with six companions ([[Martyn Cassel]], [[Theo Wull]], [[Ethan Glover]], [[Mark Ryswell]], [[Howland Reed]], [[Willam Dustin]]), and found the three remaining loyalist members of the [[Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], Ser [[Oswell Whent]], and Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] - guarding it. Only Ned and his bannerman [[Howland Reed]] survived the ensuing battle. Ned found Lyanna inside the tower in a "bed of blood", dying.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|39}} When Eddard recalls the conflict in a dream, there is an additional detail. While the combatants clash, Lyanna screams. The dream then switches a storm of blue rose petals, blowing across a blood-streaked sky. It is uncertain if these details are accurate memories. {{Ref|aGoT|39}}

Lyanna died in a room that smelled of "blood and roses". A fever had taken her strength. Her voice had been faint as a whisper. There was fear in her eyes, while she called for "Ned" to promise her something. When her brother gave his word, the fear went out of her eyes. She smiled, and her fingers clutched his own in a tight grip. They were still holding each other as she "gave up her hold on life". Rose petals slipped from her palm, dead and black. Later, [[Howland Reed]] found Eddard still holding the corpse. Howland managed to separate the hands of the living man and the dying girl, though Eddard had no recollection of what happened after Lyanna died. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} Shortly before her death, Lyanna extracted a promise from Ned.{{Ref|aGoT|35}} Neither the content of the promise nor the cause of her death are currently known. Her final words were a phrase that would haunt her brother for the rest of his life:{{Ref|aGoT|4}}

{{Quote| "Promise me, Ned."{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}}

Lyanna was only "sixteen" years-old at the time of her death. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|8}} Her tomb lies in the crypts of Winterfell, beside that of Rickard Stark. At the other side of Rickard's tomb stands the tomb of Brandon Stark. The three tombs stand together. A statue of Lyanna has been carved in the stone of her tomb, though Robert Baratheon claimed that the stonemason failed to capture her beauty. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} [[File:Ned_and_Robert_at_tomb.jpg|Ned and Robert visiting Lyanna’s tomb - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]Eddard claims that Lyanna herself asked him to return her to Winterfell. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} He reports bringing flowers to her tomb whenever he can, as his sister was fond of flowers. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} [[Bran Stark]] notes that only the kings and lords of Winterfell are supposed to have statues in their likeness, not their family members. But Eddard wished to honor his beloved siblings. {{Ref|aGoT|66}} Barbrey Ryswell informs Theon that the tomb is not a cenotaph (empty tomb). Eddard actually transported the bones of Lyanna all the way from [[Dorne]]. {{Ref|aDwD|41}}

===Named after Lyanna===
The war galley [[Lady Lyanna]] has been named in honor of Lyanna Stark. King Robert named the galley in honor of the maid he had loved and lost. [[Davos Seaworth]] considers it a beautiful ship, likely its "beauty" inspiring the name. {{Ref|aCoK|41}} {{Ref|aCoK|58}}

[[Lyanna Mormont]], youngest daughter of [[Maege Mormont]], is named after Lyanna Stark. [[Stannis Baratheon]] feels this was a transparent attempt to win the favor of Eddard Stark. {{Ref|aDwD|3}}

===Depiction in nightmares===

Eddard Stark has a nightmare involving Lyanna and her statue. In the dream, Eddard walks through the crypts of Winterfell. He can listen the statue of Lyanna whispering: "Promise me, Ned". He notices the statue wearing a garland of pale blue roses, while her eyes weep blood. Eddard immediately wakes with his heart racing. {{Ref|aGoT|47}}

[[Theon Greyjoy]] has a nightmare involving a feast of the dead at Winterfell. Many of the dead men and women attending are people that Theon knew personally or were slain by his own hand and/or command. But he also notices faces that he had never known in life. Among them is Lyanna: a slim, sad girl wearing a crown of pale blue roses and a white gown splattered with gore. Brandon Stark stood beside her, their father Rickard just behind them. Theon wakes up screaming when [[Robb Stark]] and [[Grey Wind]] join the feast. {{Ref|aCoK|56}}

==Quotes by Lyanna==
{{Quote|Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature.{{Ref|aGoT|35}} }}

==Quotes about Lyanna==
{{Quote|You never knew Lyanna as I did, Robert. You saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath. {{Ref|aGoT|30}} }} [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|You ride like a northman, milady. Your aunt was the same. Lady Lyanna. {{Ref|aSoS|17}}}} [[Harwin]] to [[Arya Stark]], following a chase where they both used their riding skills.

{{Quote|The boy was mad for horses, Lady Dustin will tell you. Not even Lord Rickard's daughter could outrace him, and that one was half a horse herself. {{Ref|aDwD|32}}}} [[Roose Bolton]], comparing [[Domeric Bolton]] to Lyanna.

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Rhaegar Targaryen

2013-03-14T22:43:11Z

Amelyn: /* A Storm of Swords */

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| Spouse = [[Elia Martell]]
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| Place_of_Death = [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|283}}
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[[File:Rhaegar Targaryen Elia Martell marriage.jpg|thumb|350px|Marriage to princess [[Elia Martell]] of Dorne]]

Prince '''Rhaegar Targaryen''' was the eldest son of [[Aerys II]] and, as heir-apparent, Prince of [[Dragonstone]]. Rhaegar was popular with the [[smallfolk]] during his life, but died in [[Robert's Rebellion]], which was triggered in part by his alleged abduction of [[Lyanna Stark]]. Rhaegar is remembered as a heroic figure to Targaryen loyalists.{{Ref|aCoK|48}}

==Character and Appearance==
Rhaegar was exceedingly intelligent and excelled at anything he put his mind to; he was considered to be a talented musician and skilled [[knight]]. He was deeply affected by "the shadow of Summerhall", because he was "born in grief" and was considered melancholic at times.

Many think of Rhaegar with respect, even Robert's best friend, [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]]. [[Jaime]] still remembers the iron tones of Rhaegar’s voice. {{Ref|aFfC|8}} Rhaegar was tall and handsome, he had [[purple eyes|dark lilac eyes]] and the silver hair of the Targaryens. His sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is often compared to Rhaegar as a compliment. See also [[:Category:Images of Rhaegar Targaryen|this collection of images]].
[[File:rob-rhaegar-winterfell.jpg|thumb|350px|Rhaegar fighting [[Robert Baratheon]] on the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]]. Artwork by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]

==Early life==
Prince Rhaegar was King [[Aerys II]] and Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] first born son, and was born in the year {{Date|259}}, on the very same day that the [[Tragedy at Summerhall]] took place. As a child he read obsessively, to the point that jests were made about his habits. He became a noted warrior later in life, although he did not initially seem inclined to martial habits. However, he became motivated to excel in this field, apparently by something he read.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

At 17 he was [[knight]]ed, and from all reports grew into a highly skilled and capable fighter, always distinguishing himself well at tournaments, but seldom entered the lists. Men said Rhaegar loved his harp more then he loved his lance.

He often liked to visit the ruins of [[Summerhall]] with only his harp and when he returned he sang songs of such beauty they could reduce women to tears. Although Rhaegar was often dour, private, and bookish, [[Cersei Lannister]] once noted that the [[smallfolk]] cheered for Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] twice as much as for King [[Aerys II]], but only half as loudly as for Rhaegar, and [[Jaime Lannister]] still thinks he would have made a good king. [[Barristan Selmy]] who served three kings recalled that Rhaegar would have been better then all three combined.

Rhaegar's squires were [[Myles Mooton]] and [[Richard Lonmouth]], and after he knighted them they remained close companions. Lord [[Jon Connington]] was a good friend to Rhaegar too, but Rhaegar's closest and oldest friend was Ser [[Arthur Dayne]]. King Aerys, when he was not so mad, had sent his first cousin [[Steffon Baratheon]] to seek a bride for Prince Rhaegar, who had no sisters to wed. His mission proved fruitless. Later Rhaegar married the Dornish princess [[Elia Martell]], with whom he had two children: a daughter, [[Rhaenys daughter of Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaenys]], and a son, [[Aegon Targaryen]].

Elia, due to her delicate health, was bed ridden for half a year after giving birth to Rhaenys and nearly died giving birth to Aegon, after which the [[Maesters]] told Rhaegar she would be unable to have any more children.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[The Griffin Reborn (A Dance with Dragons)|The Griffin Reborn]]</ref> [[Maester Aemon]], whom Rhaegar corresponded with via [[Raven|raven messages]], remembered that Rhaegar erroneously believed his child Aegon to be [[Azor Ahai|the Prince Who Was Promised]].{{Ref|aFfC|35}}

==Love and Death==
During the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar Targaryen seemed unstoppable, and defeated even Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the Sword of the Morning. Taking the winter rose crown for the [[Queen of Love and Beauty]], he revealed his interest in [[Lyanna Stark]] by passing over his wife, the Princess Elia of Dorne, and setting it in Lyanna's lap.{{Ref|aSoS|42}} A year later Rhaegar apparently kidnapped Lyanna, for reasons unknown; this act ultimately triggered [[Robert's Rebellion]] and the downfall of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]].

Rhaegar met Robert in combat at a ford during the [[Battle of the Trident]], where the pair had a legendary duel in the raging rivers of the Trident. Rhaegar, despite wounding Robert, was struck down with a massive blow from Robert's warhammer, which scattered the rubies encrusted in Rhaegar's armor under the water. That location was named the 'Ruby Ford' thereafter.

Later his wife Elia and their son were murdered by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch]] during the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Lorch dragged the screaming toddler, [[Rhaenys daughter of Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaenys]], from under her father's bed and stabbed her to death. Ser Gregor killed an [[pisswater prince|infant]] (who was believed by many to be Aegon VI, but was actually a [[pisswater prince|peasant baby]]) by dashing his head against the wall. He then raped and killed Elia.

==References in the Book==
[[File:rhaeg-winterfell.jpg|http://www.winterfell.altervista.org Rhaegar Targaryen by M.Luisa Giliberti©|thumb|300px|right]]
===A Game of Thrones===
[[Robert Baratheon]], when referring to Rhaegar, vilifies him as a ''monster'' and a ''rapist''; [[Eddard Stark]], however, does not seem to share his friends opinion of Rhaegar.

During her fever dream, [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] sees her brother Rhaegar mounted on a stallion as black as his armor. Fire glimmers red through the narrow eye slit of his helm. Dany lifts his polished black visor. The face within is her own.

===Clash of Kings===
[[Daenerys]] names one of her newborn [[dragon]]s in honor of her brother Rhaegar. The green and bronzed scaled dragon is named [[Rhaegal]] in honor of her brave brother who died on the green banks of the Trident.

Rhaegar appears in [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s vision in the [[House of the Undying]]. He's seen talking to his wife [[Elia Martell|Elia]] discussing what he'll name his son (Aegon) and his destiny. He also states that...

{{Quote|"The Dragon has three heads, there must be one more". {{Ref|aCoK|48}}}}

In the [[House of the Undying]] she also sees Rhaegar's death at the ruby ford of the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]] at the hands of [[Robert Baratheon]]:

{{Quote|Rubies flew like drops of blood from the chest of a dying prince, and he sank to his knees in the water and with his last breath murmured a woman's name.}}

===A Storm of Swords===
[[File:the_dragon_prince.jpg|The Dragon Prince - by Silvenger©|thumb|300px|right]]
While aboard the ship [[Balerion (ship)|Balerion]], [[Daenerys]] tells [[Arstan Whitebeard]] that she knows little of Rhaegar. Only the tales Viserys told, and he was a little boy when their brother died. When she asks him what Rhaegar was truly like Arstan replies:

{{Quote|"Able. That above all. Determined, deliberate, dutiful, single-minded".}}

He then tells Dany a tale told of Rhaegar:

{{Quote|"As a young boy, the Prince of [[Dragonstone]] was bookish to a fault. He was reading so early that men said Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] must have swallowed some books and a candle whilst he was in her womb. Rhaegar took no interest in the play of other children. The [[maesters]] were awed by his wits, but his father’s [[knight]]s would jest sourly that [[Baelor the Blessed]] had been born again. Until one day Prince Rhaegar found something in his scrolls that changed him. No one knows what [[the prince that was promised|it might have been]], only that the boy suddenly appeared early one morning in the yard as the [[knight]]s were donning their steel. He walked up to Ser [[Willem Darry]], the master-at-arms, and said, 'I will require a sword and armor. It seems I must be a warrior.'"}}

While sleeping with his head resting on a [[weirwood]] stump, Jaime has fever dreams. In part of his dream he sees five of his old [[Kingsguard]] brothers under [[Aerys II]]. Beside them, crowned in mist and grief with his long hair streaming behind him, rides Rhaegar Targaryen, Prince of [[Dragonstone]] and rightful heir to the [[Iron Throne]].
Prince Rhaegar burns with a cold light, now white, now red, now dark. He tells [[Jaime]]:
{{Quote|"I left my wife and children in your hands".}}
Jaime replies to Rhaegar that he never thought [[Tywin Lannister|he’d]] hurt them.

===A Feast for Crows===
While standing vigil over his father's funeral bier, [[Jaime]] thinks about the day he said farewell to Rhaegar, in the yard of the [[Red Keep]].

The prince had donned his night-black armor, with the three-headed dragon picked out in rubies on his breastplate. Jamie pled with him to accompany him but Rhaegar refused, telling [[Jaime]] that [[Aerys II|Aerys]] feared his father, [[Tywin Lannister]], more than he did cousin [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]. He wanted [[Jaime]] close so Tywin could not harm him. Rhaeger stated that he dare not take that crutch away from [[Aerys II|Aerys]] at such an hour. When Jaime balked at that Rhaegar put a hand on young Jaime’s shoulder and told him:
{{Quote|"When the battle’s done I mean to call a council. Changes will be made. I meant to do it long ago, but ... well, it does no good to speak of roads not taken. We shall talk when I return".}}
Those were the last words Rhaegar Targaryen ever spoke to [[Jaime]]. Outside the gates an army had assembled, whilst another descended on the [[Trident]]. So the Prince of [[Dragonstone]] mounted up and donned his tall black helm, and rode forth to his doom. {{Ref|aFfC|8}}

[[Cersei Lannister]] remembers Rhaegar at the [[tourney]] that had been held at [[Casterly Rock]], she was already infatuated when she was presented to him:

{{Quote|She was ten when she finally saw her prince in the flesh, at the [[tourney]] her lord father had thrown to welcome King Aerys to the west. Viewing stands had been raised beneath the walls of [[Lannisport]], and the cheers of the [[smallfolk]] had echoed off [[Casterly Rock]] like rolling thunder. They cheered [[Tywin Lannister |Father]] twice as loudly as they cheered the [[Aerys II|King]], the queen recalled, ''but only half as loudly as they cheered Prince Rhaegar''.
Seventeen and new to knighthood, Rhaegar Targaryen had worn black plate over golden ringmail when he cantered onto the lists. Long streamers of red and gold and orange silk had floated behind his helm, like flames. Two of her uncles fell before his lance, along with a dozen of her father’s finest jousters, the flower of the west. By night the prince had played his silver harp and made her weep. When she had been presented to him, [[Cersei]] had almost drowned in the depths of his sad [[purple eyes]]. He has been wounded, she recalled thinking, ''but I will mend his hurt when we are wed''. Next to Rhaegar, even her beautiful [[Jaime]] had seemed no more than a callow boy. {{Ref|aFfC|24}}}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
[[Daenerys]] says to Ser [[Barristan]] that he saw her brother Rhaegar wed. She asks him to tell her if Rhaegar wed for love or duty.
Ser Barristan hesitates and says:

{{Quote|"Princess Elia was a good woman, Your Grace. She was kind and clever, with a gentle heart and a sweet wit. I know the prince was very fond of her.}}
Dany thinks to herself that the word ''fond'' speaks volumes.{{Ref|aDwD|23}}

During her wedding procession the girl in [[Daenerys]] looks about for her paramour [[Daario]], hoping secretly that he will come and carry her off at swordpoint, as Rhaegar carried off his [[Lyanna Stark|northern girl]]. But the queen in her knows that is folly. {{Ref|aDwD|43}}

When [[Jon Connington]] is discussing the issue of trust with [[Young Griff]], he warns him not to become too wary - else mistrust can poison and make a person sour and fearful. He thinks to himself that:
{{Quote|King Aerys was one such. By the end, even Rhaegar saw that plain enough.{{Ref|aDwD|24}}}}

Later, after landing with the [[Golden Company]] to reclaim the [[Iron Throne]], [[Jon Connington]] vows he will not fail [[Aegon Targaryen|Rhaegars son]] as he failed his father.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[The Griffin Reborn (A Dance with Dragons)|The Griffin Reborn]]</ref>

When Prince [[Aegon Targaryen]] tells [[Jon Connington]] that he likes his castle, the [[Griffin's Roost]], Jon suddenly recalls Rhaegar’s words to him and the way he looked when he was standing on the roof of the east tower, the tallest at [[Griffin's Roost]]:
{{Quote|"Your father’s lands are beautiful,” he said. His silvery hair was blowing in the wind, and his eyes were a [[purple eyes|deep purple]], darker than [[Young Griff|this boy’s]].}}

==Quotes about Rhaegar==
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{{Quote|"In my dreams, I kill him every night. A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves"-[[Robert Baratheon]]. {{Ref|aGoT|4}}}}

{{Quote|"Prince Rhaegar loved his [[Lyanna Stark|Lady Lyanna]] and thousands died for it"-[[Barristan Selmy]].{{Ref|aDwD|67}}}}
==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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