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{{Title
| Name = Hand of the King
| image = [[File:Yulia Startsev The Hand's Judgement.png|350px]]
| image_caption = Necklace of linked hands, by Yulia Startsev © Fantasy Flight Games
| Symbol =
| Office = Chief advisor [[Regent]] Leader of the [[small council]]
| Region = [[Seven Kingdoms]]
| Current Holder = Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| Heir =
| First Holder = Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
| Creator = King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| Created = {{Date|-2}}
| Defunct =
| Replaced =
}}

The '''Hand of the King''' is the chief advisor to the [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] and is the executor of the king's command in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].

==Culture==
Duties of the Hand include commanding the king's armies,{{Ref|AGOT|4}} drafting laws,{{Ref|AGOT|4}} dispensing justice,{{Ref|AGOT|4}} and generally managing the day-to-day running of the kingdom. The Hand may act on the king's behalf when he is indisposed, and sit the [[Iron Throne]] while doing so. The Hand also sits on the [[small council]] and will run the council if the king is not present.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

The office typically makes the Hand the second-most powerful man in the kingdom next to the king,{{Ref|AGOT|4}} though some Hands have had the reputation of ruling their kings.{{Ref|ASOS|38}}

It is considered by some to be a difficult and unglamorous job of great responsibility. A popular saying goes, "What the king dreams, the Hand builds," but the lowborn say, "The king eats, and the Hand takes the shit."{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Many able men have failed in the office throughout history.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}

The Hand resides in the [[Tower of the Hand]] within the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|AGOT|20}} His badge of office always includes a hand, though each Hand can design his own. [[Rogar Baratheon]] and [[Brynden Rivers]] used brooches of [[gold]]{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} and [[iron]],{{Ref|TMK}} respectively, and a [[silver]] clasp has also been used.{{Ref|AGOT|33}} Several Hands have used chains,{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Go9ld}}{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} such as a necklace of linked golden hands.{{Ref|ACOK|32}}{{Ref|ACOK|65}} Servants of the Hand might wear the emblem of a hand.{{Ref|AGOT|22}}

==History==
[[File:Orys Baratheon by feliche.jpg|thumb|[[Orys Baratheon]], by feliche ©]]
During [[Aegon's Conquest|the Conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] by [[House Targaryen]], King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] proclaimed his half-brother, [[Orys Baratheon]], to be "my shield, my stalwart, my strong right hand."{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Because of Aegon's description, Orys is regarded to have been the first Hand of the King.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Orys resigned after losing a hand in the [[First Dornish War]].{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}

Lord [[Osmund Strong]] oversaw construction of the walls of [[King's Landing]],{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} and Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]] and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] oversaw construction of the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] executed Lord [[Lucas Harroway]] and his kin after his daughter, Queen [[Alys Harroway]], was accused of infidelity.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]] was seen as the true power in the realm while serving as Hand during the minority of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}} Septon [[Barth]], considered by some as the wisest man to have served as Hand,{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} began the [[Books of Law]] in {{Date|55}}.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

Ser [[Otto Hightower]] served as Hand to Jaehaerys in the king's final years, and Otto continued in the position for King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. Because Otto encouraged Viserys to name as his heirs the children of the king's second wife, Otto's daughter [[Alicent Hightower|Alicent]], he was replaced as Hand by Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]. Otto was reinstated after Lyonel's death at [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} First Otto and then Ser [[Criston Cole]] served King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] as Hand during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] named Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] as Hand of the Queen for [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], Aegon's rival.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} Lord [[Cregan Stark]] was briefly Hand during the [[Hour of the Wolf]].{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Ser [[Tyland Lannister]],{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} Lord [[Unwin Peake]],{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]],{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}} Ser [[Marston Waters]],{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} and Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} all served as Hand during the contentious [[regency of Aegon III]]. [[Viserys II]] served as Hand to three different kings: his brother Aegon III,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} and his nephews [[Daeron I]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}} and [[Baelor I]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} prior to becoming king, himself.

Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] failed to prevent the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], and his successor, [[Lord Hayford]], was killed by Lord [[Gormon Peake]] during the war.{{Ref|TSS}} Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]] was a popular Hand, but he was killed during the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|THK}} Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], on the other hand, was mistrusted as Hand,{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}} and his appointment angered [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar Targaryen]], [[Prince of Summerhall]].{{Ref|TSS}} Brynden called a [[Great Council]] after King Maekar's death, and King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] sent him to the [[Wall]] for having orchestrated the death of [[Aenys Blackfyre]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

At the age of twenty, Ser [[Tywin Lannister]] became the youngest man to serve as Hand.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} It was said throughout the Seven Kingdoms that it was Tywin who truly ruled, not King [[Aerys II Targaryen]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|AFFC|27}} and Tywin eventually resigned after his heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], was appointed to the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Aerys dismissed first Lord [[Owen Merryweather]] for failing to prevent [[Robert's Rebellion]], and then Lord [[Jon Connington]] for his failure at the [[Battle of the Bells]].{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} Aerys burned Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]] for his opposition to the king's [[wildfire plot]],{{Ref|ASOS|37}} but Aerys and Lord [[Rossart]] were then killed by Jaime while attempting to enact their plot during the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

King [[Robert I Baratheon]] named Lord [[Jon Arryn]] as his Hand.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: House Arryn}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:GT01 11094 EddardStark JacobMurray2.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Eddard Stark]], by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Upon the unexpected death of his Hand, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] asks his childhood friend, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], to serve as Jon's replacement.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

After Robert dies, Eddard is imprisoned for treason against his son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|52}} Joffrey's grandfather, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], is named as the new Hand,{{Ref|AGOT|57}} and Joffrey eventually orders Eddard's execution.{{Ref|AGOT|65}} Because Tywin is campaigning in the [[riverlands]] with the outbreak of war in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], he sends his younger son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], to serve as acting Hand in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of King''===
Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] serves as Hand to [[Renly Baratheon]],{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}} a rival claimant to the [[Iron Throne]], but Renly is killed at [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Storm's End]].{{Ref|ACOK|33}}

Tyrion's presence at the [[Red Keep]] upsets his sister, [[Cersei Lannister]], who serves as [[Queen Regent]] for her son, King Joffrey.{{Ref|ACOK|3}}{{Ref|ACOK|20}} Many Kingslanders hate Tyrion, considering the [[dwarf]] to be an evil councillor.{{Ref|ACOK|41}}{{Ref|ACOK|44}}

Lord Tywin assumes his position as King's Hand for Joffrey after defeating [[Stannis Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Tyrion as Hand.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Tyrion Lannister]], by Henning Ludvigsen © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Tywin serves as Hand to Joffrey and, after [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]], to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]],{{Ref|ASOS|66}} until he is murdered in the [[Tower of the Hand]] by Tyrion.{{Ref|ASOS|77}}

Lord [[Alester Florent]] serves as the Hand to [[Stannis Baratheon]], a rival claimant to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} After Alester has been arrested for treason, [[Axell Florent]] tries to make Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] advise Stannis to name himself as Hand of the King. Instead of Axell, Stannis chooses Davos to be his new Hand.{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Cersei, Queen Regent for her son Tommen, orders the burning of the Tower of the Hand by [[wildfire]].{{Ref|AFFC|12}} She fails to convince her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], to become Hand,{{Ref|AFFC|3}} and she refuses to meet the terms her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], has for the office.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei instead appoints first Ser [[Harys Swyft]]{{Ref|AFFC|17}} and later Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]{{Ref|AFFC|39}} as Tommen's Hand. After Cersei is arrested by the [[Faith of the Seven]], Orton resigns from the [[small council]] and flees King's Landing.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

Prior to the [[kingsmoot]], [[Asha Greyjoy]] offers to support her uncle [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] as [[King of the Isles and the North]] if he names her his Hand. Victarion rejects her offer due to the absence of the office in [[ironborn]] culture, Asha's gender, and their contrasting views on the ironborn war for the [[north]].{{Ref|AFFC|18}} Asha and Victarion each stand in the kingsmoot, both losing to [[Euron Greyjoy]].{{Ref|AFFC|19}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
As Lord Regent, Kevan elevates Mace to Hand for King Tommen I.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Lord Tyrell sits upon an oaken throne carved in the shape of a hand.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Davos continues as Hand of the King for Stannis,{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}} while Axell calls himself the Queen's Hand for Stannis's wife, [[Selyse Florent]].{{Ref|ADWD|39}}

After King [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] has been removed from power in [[Meereen]], Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] serves as Queen's Hand for the absent [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{Ref|ADWD|70}}

Lord [[Jon Connington]] serves as the Hand to Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]], despite the latter not having been crowned king yet.{{Ref|ADWD|61}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning/twow}}
Lord Connington is styled "Hand of the True King".<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>

==List of known Hands==

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! width=200px|During the reign of King
! width=250px|Hand of the King
!Period and Notes
|-
| rowspan="5"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Baratheon|s}} Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| {{Date|1|7}}. First Hand of the King.
|-
| {{coa|Tully|s}} Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}
| {{Date|7|9}}
|-
| {{coa|Celtigar|s}} Lord [[Alton Celtigar]]
| {{Date|9|17}}
|-
| {{coa|Strong|s}} Ser [[Osmund Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| {{Date|17|34}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{coa|Stokeworth|s}} Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| {{Date|34|37}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Aenys I Targaryen]]
| {{Date|37}}
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
| {{Date|37|39}}
|-
| {{coa|Septon|s}} Septon [[Murmison]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
| {{Date|39|41}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Harroway|s}} Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}
| {{Date|43|44}}. By orders of the king, he was thrown from the roof of the [[Tower of the Hand]] by [[knight]]s of the [[Kingsguard]].
|-
| {{coa|Celtigar|s}} Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| {{Date|44|48}}
|-
| rowspan="7"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Baratheon|s}} Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
| {{Date|48|50}}
|-
| {{coa|Velaryon|s}} Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| {{Date|50|54}}
|-
| {{coa|Smallwood|s}} Lord [[Myles Smallwood]]{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death and Betrayal under Jaehaerys I}}
| {{Date|54|57}}
|-
| {{coa|Septon|s}} Septon [[Barth]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| {{Date|58|98}}{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}<ref group="N" name=death>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' states that Barth died in {{Date|99}} in "The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I". However, the more recently published ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' has changed this to {{Date|98}}.</ref>
|-
| {{coa|Redwyne|s}} Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| {{Date|99|100}}. Concurrently served as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]].
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| {{Date|100|101}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{coa|Hightower|s}} Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| {{Date|101|103}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
| {{Date|103|109}}. Removed as Hand after pushing the inheritance of his [[Alicent Hightower|daughter's]] sons over Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]].
|-
| {{coa|Strong|s}} Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| {{Date|109|120}}. Died in a fire at [[Harrenhal]].
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{coa|Hightower|s}} Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
| {{Date|120|129}}. Reinstated after Lyonel's death.
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{coa|Aegon II Targaryen|s}} [[Aegon II Targaryen]]
| {{Date|129|130}}. Executed by Rhaenyra Targaryen.
|-
| {{coa|Kingsguard|s}} Ser [[Criston Cole]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
| {{Date|130}}. Concurrently served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Died at the [[Butcher's Ball]].
|-
| rowspan="9"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Aegon III Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Stark|s}} Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
| {{Date|131}}. Only held office for a day, before returning to the [[north]].
|-
| {{coa|Lannister|s}} Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
| {{Date|131|133}}. Died of [[Winter Fever]].
|-
| {{coa|Peake|s}} Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| {{Date|133|134}}. Resigned the office after the king turned down a marriage proposal with his [[Myrielle Peake|daughter]].
|-
| {{coa|Rowan|s}} Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| {{Date|134|135}}. Imprisoned and tortured by plotters seeking to undermine the [[House Rogare|Rogare family's]] influence over the court.
|-
| {{coa|Kingsguard|s}} Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| {{Date|135}}. Concurrently served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Participated in a plot to imprison Lord Thaddeus Rowan and members of the Rogare family present at court. He was then named Hand, but he died trying to arrest his sworn brother, Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]], a fortnight later.
|-
| {{coa|Rowan|s}} Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| {{Date|135}}. Reinstalled after the imprisonment of plotters and death of Ser Marston Waters. However, after a moon's turn he was dismissed once again due to poor mental condition.
|-
| {{coa|Grand Maester|s}} Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| {{Date|135|136}}. Served as Hand until the election of a new Hand in the [[Great Council|Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| {{coa|Manderly|s}} Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| {{Date|136}}. Elected as the new Hand during the [[Great Council|Council of 136 AC]]. Dismissed when the king came of age.
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{coa|Targaryen|s}} Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]
| Unknown<ref group="N">Ser [[Tywin Lannister]] was the youngest ever to be appointed [[Hand of the King]] at the age of twenty in {{Date|262}} ''([[The World of Ice and Fire]], The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II)''. Therefore Viserys, born in {{Date|122}} ''([[The Rogue Prince]])'', cannot have been named Hand earlier than {{Date|143}}. As Viserys was Aegon III's Hand during the final years of his reign, which ended in {{Date|157}} ''([[The World of Ice and Fire]], The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III)'', Viserys cannot have been named Hand later than {{Date|155}}. Thus, Viserys was appointed Hand of the King in or between {{Date|143}} and {{Date|155}}.</ref>–{{Date|157}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}}
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
| {{Date|157|161}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Viserys II Targaryen}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|59}}
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Baelor I Targaryen]]
| {{Date|161|171}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Viserys II Targaryen}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|59}}
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Viserys II Targaryen]]
| Unknown
| {{Date|171|172}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Bracken|s}} [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| {{Date|172}}–Unknown. Father of two of the king's mistresses.
|-
| {{coa|Butterwell|s}} [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| Unknown–Unknown
|-
| {{coa|Lothston|s}} Lord [[Lucas Lothston (husband of Falena)|Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| {{date|178}}. Husband of a king's mistress, father to a second of the king's mistresses.
|-
| {{coa|Hightower|s}} Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Unknown–Unknown
|-
| rowspan="4"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Butterwell|s}} Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Unknown–{{Date|196}}. Removed for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|-
| {{coa|Hayford|s}} [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| {{Date|196}}. Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| {{Date|196|209}}. Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]].
|-
| {{coa|Valarr Targaryen|s}} Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]] (Possibly){{Ref|TSS}}
| {{Date|209}}. Died during the [[Great Spring Sickness]]. It is currently unknown whether Valarr is referred to as Hand in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'', or whether "the Hand" named as having died in the sickness is a separate individual.
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Aerys I Targaryen]]
| rowspan="2" | {{coa|Bloodraven|s}} [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| {{Date|209|221}}
|-
| {{coa|Maekar I Targaryen|s}} [[Maekar I Targaryen]]
| {{Date|221|233}}
|-
| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Aegon V Targaryen]]
| Unknown
| {{Date|233|259}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Baratheon|s}} Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| {{Date|259|260}}
|-
| {{coa|Sloane|s}} [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Unknown–{{Date|262}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| {{coa|Targaryen|s}} [[Aerys II Targaryen]]
| {{coa|Lannister|s}} Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| {{Date|262|281}}. Resigned his post for Aerys' slights against him.
|-
| {{coa|Merryweather|s}} Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| {{Date|281|282}}. Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{coa|Connington|s}} Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| {{Date|282|283}}. Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{coa|Chelsted|s}} Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| {{Date|283}}. He resigned his position over Aerys's [[wildfire plot|plan to burn King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.
|-
| [[File:RossartSigil.png|16px]] Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| {{Date|283}}. Was Hand for a fortnight. Named after the [[Battle of the Trident]].
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{coa|Baratheon|s}} [[Robert I Baratheon]]
| {{coa|Arryn|s}} Lord [[Jon Arryn]]{{Ref|AGOT|4}}
| {{Date|283|298}}
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| {{coa|Stark|s}} Lord [[Eddard Stark]]{{Ref|AGOT|4}}
| {{Date|298}}
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| {{coa|Baratheon of King's Landing|s}} [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]
| rowspan="2"| {{coa|Lannister|s}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|AGOT|65}}{{Ref|AGOT|69}}
| rowspan="2"| {{Date|298|300}}. Served as Hand as well under [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. While Tywin is [[War of the Five Kings|campaigning in the riverlands]], his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is acting Hand ({{Date|298|299}}).
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| rowspan="4"| {{coa|Baratheon of King's Landing|s}} [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]
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| {{coa|Swyft|s}} Ser [[Harys Swyft]]{{Ref|AFFC|17}}
| {{Date|300}}
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| {{coa|Merryweather|s}} Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]{{Ref|AFFC|39}}
| {{Date|300}}
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| {{coa|Tyrell|s}} Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]{{Ref|ADWD|54}}
| {{Date|300}}–Present
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[[File:Hand of the King.jpeg|thumb|350px|Hand of the King brooch, from ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]

==Hands of claimants to the Iron Throne==
* {{coa|Velaryon|s}} Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], for [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
* {{coa|Tyrell|s}} Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], for [[Renly Baratheon]] before Renly's death
* {{coa|Florent|s}} Lord [[Alester Florent]], for [[Stannis Baratheon]], later removed and executed for treason
* {{coa|Seaworth|s}} Lord [[Davos Seaworth]], for [[Stannis Baratheon]]
* {{coa|Florent|s}} Ser [[Axell Florent]], self-styled Hand of the Queen for [[Selyse Florent]]
* {{coa|Queensguard|s}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] for [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
* {{coa|Connington|s}} Lord [[Jon Connington]] for [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon VI Targaryen]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The King's Hand should have a hand. I will not have men speaking of the King's Stump.{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}|[[Orys Baratheon]] to [[Aegon I Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|The Hand of the King was the second-most powerful man in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. He spoke with the [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men|king]]'s voice, commanded the king's [[armies]], drafted the king's [[Laws and justice of the Seven Kingdoms|laws]]. At times he even sat upon the [[Iron Throne]] to dispense king's justice, when the king was absent, or sick, or otherwise indisposed. [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] was offering him a responsibility as large as the realm itself. It was the last thing in the world he wanted.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}|thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|They say the Hand dreams the king's dreams, speaks with the king's voice, and rules with the king's sword.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A weak ruler needs a strong Hand, as [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] needed [[Tywin Lannister|Father]]. A strong ruler requires only a diligent servant to carry out his orders.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|The Hand should speak with the king's voice.{{Ref|ADWD|19}}|thoughts of [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|'''Davos''': The King's Hand should be a highborn [[lord]], someone wise and learned, a battle commander or a great [[knight]]... 
'''Pylos''': Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] was the greatest knight of his day, and one of the worst Hands ever to serve a king. Septon [[Murmison]]'s prayers worked miracles, but as Hand he soon had [[Seven Kingdoms|the whole realm]] praying for his death. Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell|Butterwell]] was renowned for wit, [[Myles Smallwood]] for courage, Ser [[Otto Hightower]] for learning, yet they failed as Hands, every one. As for birth, the [[dragon]]kings oft chose Hands from amongst [[House Targaryen|their own blood]], with results as various as [[Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maegor the Cruel]]. Against this, you have Septon [[Barth]], the blacksmith's son the [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Old King]] plucked from the [[Red Keep]]'s library, who gave the realm forty years of peace and plenty. Read your history, Lord Davos, and you will see that your doubts are groundless.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] and [[Pylos]]}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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House Blackfyre

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'''House Blackfyre''' is an extinct noble house from the [[Crownlands]]. A cadet branch of [[House Targaryen]], House Blackfyre was founded by [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], a legitimized [[Great Bastard]] of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]. House Blackfyre is named for the [[Valyrian steel]] sword of the [[Blackfyre|same name]].

Their sigil was a black three-headed dragon, breathing black fire on red, the Targaryen sigil with the colours reversed. Their motto is unknown. Among the traits passed on to the Blackfyres by the Targaryens were platinum blond hair, [[violet eyes]] and the premonition-like [[dragon dream]] ability.{{ref|tmk}}

==History==
House Blackfyre was founded by [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], a bastard son of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], after he was legitimized by his dying father in {{Date|184}}. Daemon inverted the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen arms]] for his coat of arms and named the house after the sword [[Blackfyre]] that his father gave him when he was twelve.{{ref|tss}} The sword had been the personal weapon of the first Targaryen king, [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], and all his successors. Daemon was granted a tract of land along the Blackwater Rush and the right to build a keep there by his half-brother [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

===First Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{Main|First Blackfyre Rebellion}}
In {{date|196}} Daemon and his friends and allies revolted against [[Daeron II Targaryen]], his half-brother, using the old rumor that Daeron was the son of [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]] instead of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and that the gift of the ancestral weapon [[Blackfyre]] proved that Aegon wanted Daemon to succeed him. Ultimately the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|Blackfyre Rebellion]] failed in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. Daemon broke Lord [[House Arryn|Arryn]]'s van in the battle, slaying [[Wyl Waynwood]] and the Knight of [[Ninestars]] and severely injuring Ser [[Gwayne Corbray]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. While protecting his fallen foes, Daemon and his two eldest sons, [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]] and [[Aegon Blackfyre]], were slain by his Great Bastard half-brother [[Brynden Rivers]], known as Bloodraven, and the [[Raven's Teeth]].

Daemon's remaining sons fled to the [[Free Cities]] of [[Essos]] with his principal supporter, [[Aegor Rivers]], known as Bittersteel, another Great Bastard of King Aegon IV. When Aegor saw all the exiled lords and knights signing on with other sellsword companies, and saw the support of House Blackfyre ebbing away, he created his own sellsword company, the [[Golden Company]].

===Second Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{Main|Second Blackfyre Rebellion}}
[[Daemon II Blackfyre]], who had [[dragon dreams]], defeated Ser [[Franklyn Frey]] and Ser [[Galtry the Green]] in the [[Whitewalls Tourney]], which was where the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]] began in {{date|211}}. However, the rebellion was snuffed out quickly by Bloodraven before it could spread beyond [[Whitewalls]] and several key Blackfyre supporters were killed.{{ref|tmk}} The remaining sons and their descendants attacked the [[Seven Kingdoms]] three more times.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

===Third Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{Main|Third Blackfyre Rebellion}}

In {{Date|219}}, Bittersteel launched a new invasion after crowning [[Haegon Blackfyre]]. It was late in the reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen]], who was not very involved in ruling, but his younger brother [[Maekar Targaryen|Maekar]]'s leadership during the conflict was commendable, as was the courage of his youngest son [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon "Egg" Targaryen]]. Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]] was also active in its events. The war featured the second duel between Bittersteel and Bloodraven. At the end of the final battle Haegon I was dishonorably killed after he surrendered and had given up his sword. Bittersteel was taken captive and in chains to the Red Keep, yet while Brightflame and Bloodraven both urged that he be executed, Aerys I foolishly offered him mercy, sending him north to join the [[Night's Watch]]. The [[Golden Company]] learned of this through their informants and attacked the prisoner transport as it sailed to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]]. Before the year was over, Bittersteel had returned to [[Tyrosh]] and crowned Haegon's eldest son as [[Daemon III Blackfyre]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

===Great Council of 233AC===
:{{Main|Great Council of 233 AC}}

After the death of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] in {{date|233}}, there was no definitive heir to ascend the throne, so the [[Hand of the King]]: Lord Bloodraven, called a [[Great Council]]. [[Aenys Blackfyre]], writing from exile, put forth his claim to the [[Iron Throne]]. Lord Brynden offered him safe conduct to [[King's Landing]] so Aenys could present his claim in person, and as soon as Aenys entered King's Landing he was seized by the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] and dragged to the [[Red Keep]] where he was executed. His head was presented to the lords of the Great Council, as a warning to any who might still have Blackfyre sympathies.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}

===Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{Main|Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion}}
In {{date|236}}, [[Daemon III Blackfyre]] led the [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]], landing at [[Massey's Hook]]. The rebellion had little support, however, as people thought the Blackfyres to be done, as tattered as their banners. At the [[Battle of Wendwater Bridge]], Ser Duncan the Tall slew Daemon III Blackfyre. Bittersteel retreated across the narrow sea again, and the war was quickly over.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

===War of the Ninepenny Kings===
:{{Main|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}
The last attack of the Blackfyres occured when [[Maelys I Blackfyre|Maelys "the Monstrous" Blackfyre]], head of the Golden Company, joined forces with a number of ambitious men and eventually invaded the [[Stepstones]] in {{Date|260}} as a base for a future invasion of the Seven Kingdoms. King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] sent an army that defeated the rebels.{{ref|AWOIAF}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}} Maelys I was killed in single combat by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], who cut a bloody path though the Golden Company's ranks to get to Maelys.{{Ref|aDwD|55}}

According to [[Illyrio Mopatis]] the Blackfyres were extinguished in the male line when [[Maelys Blackfyre]] was slain.{{Ref|aDwD|5}} What happened to the female line is currently not known.

==Historical Members==
* [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], born as Daemon Waters, founder of House Blackfyre. Started the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
** [[Aegon Blackfyre]], his first born son. His fathers heir and squire. Twin to Aemon.
** [[Aemon Blackfyre]], his second son. A squire to his father and twin to Aegon.
** [[Daemon II Blackfyre]], his third son. He led the brief [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]].
** [[Haegon I Blackfyre]], his fourth son. Heir to his older brother Daemon II. Led the [[Third Blackfyre Rebellion]]
*** [[Daemon III Blackfyre]], Haegon's eldest son, who led the [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]].
** [[Aenys Blackfyre]], his fifth son.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}
** [[Calla Blackfyre]], his daughter, married to Ser [[Aegor Rivers]] before the First Blackfyre Rebellion.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
** Two other sons and at least one daughter.
* [[Daemon Blackfyre (cousin of Maelys I)|Daemon Blackfyre]], a cousin to Maelys I, of unknown exact descent.
* [[Maelys I Blackfyre]], Captain-General of the Golden Company, last of the Blackfyre's. Of unknown exact descent. Fought in the Fifh Blackfyre Rebellion, the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].

===Family===
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==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Fourth]] legitimized all his bastards on his deathbed. And how much pain, grief, war and murder grew from that? … The Blackfyre pretenders troubled the [[Targaryen]]s for five generations, until Barristan the Bold slew the last of them on the [[Stepstones]]. {{Ref|aSoS|45}}}} – [[Catelyn Stark]], to [[Robb Stark]]

{{Quote|When [[Maelys I Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]] died upon the [[Stepstones]], it was the end of the male line of House Blackfyre. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}}} – [[Illyrio Mopatis]], to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

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Aegon III Targaryen

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| name = [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]] '''Aegon III''' [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:AEGON III.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Aegon III by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| reign = {{Date|131}} - {{Date|157}}
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| othertitles = King of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] [[Protector of the Realm]]
| alias = Aegon the Younger Aegon the Dragonbane Aegon the Unlucky{{ref|thk}} The Broken King{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}
| fullname = Aegon Targaryen the Third of His Name
| predecessor = [[Aegon II Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
| heir = [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
| queen = 1st: [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] 2nd: [[Daenaera Velaryon]]{{ref|awoiaf| Daeron I Targaryen}}
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| father = [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| mother = [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|120}}{{Ref|TRP}}
| placeofbirth = [[Dragonstone]]{{ref|awoiaf| Aegon III Targaryen}}
| dateofdeath = {{Date|157}}
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'''Aegon III Targaryen''', also known as '''Aegon the Younger''', and later '''Aegon the Dragonbane''', was the seventh king of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] line to sit the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|agot|appendix}} He succeeded his uncle, [[Aegon II Targaryen]], at the conclusion of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], which saw the victorious supporters of his late mother [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] install him on the throne. When he was a child, his [[dragon]] was [[Stormcloud]].{{ref|tpatq}} Aegon kept the kingdom united following the divisions of the civil war with the aid of his brother, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], whom he named [[Hand of the King]] when he came of age.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Appearance==
Aegon had dark [[purple eyes]] and pale silvery hair.{{ref|trp}} Aegon later in life 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 [[Sunfyre|dragon]]. He wore a short beard but no mustache. His crown was a slender gold band.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_Kings Targaryen Kings (November 1, 2005)]</ref>

After the Dance of the Dragons, Aegon became brooding, cold, and melancholy.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Biography==
===Youth===
Born in the last days of {{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 Conqueror]].{{Ref|tpatq}} [[Alicent Hightower]], the second wife of his grandfather King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], took offence to Aegon's name, since she had a son named [[Aegon II Targaryen|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 this time, and the same for Aegon the Elder.

Aegon had three older half-brothers, [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]], [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]], and [[Joffrey Velaryon]], from his mother's first marriage, and two older half-sisters, [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], from his father's second marriage. Two years after his own birth, his mother gave birth to another boy: [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], named after their grandfather.{{Ref|tpatq}}

Aegon lived with his mother, father, brothers, and half-sisters 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 {{Date|129}}, Aegon and his family were away from the capitol, as Rhaenyra was pregnant for the sixth time. This pregnancy led to the birth of Aegon's sister, [[Visenya Targaryen (daughter of Rhaenyra)|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, 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 first flight was so frightening that Aegon returned to Dragonstone pale, shaking, and having lost control of his bladder. Stormcloud shortly died from the wounds he had received during the flight, and Aegon never rode a dragon again.{{ref|tpatq}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

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 [[Battle of the Gullet|battle]] that ensued.{{Ref|tpatq}}

When Aegon's mother Queen 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, and following Lord [[Kermit Tully]]'s victory over the [[greens|Green]] army of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]] half a year later, Aegon II was murdered by his own men.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} Aegon inherited the throne as Aegon III in {{date|131}}.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

===Reign===
:{{See also|Regency of Aegon III}}

Since Aegon came to the [[Iron Throne]] aged eleven, several [[regent]]s and [[Hand of the King|Hands]] ruled in his name for the first five years of his reign. Numerous political schemes, plots, and assassinations happened in [[Regency of Aegon III|those five years]] as the regents fought one another for political power. Aegon's only companion in these first years was [[Gaemon Palehair]], a former pretender to the throne, and now Aegon's servant, friend, whipping boy, and eventual food taster.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Aegon was married to his cousin Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] in {{date|131}}. As Jaehaera was the only surviving child of the late [[Aegon II Targaryen]], the match was a political one, so both bloodlines could be seen to hold the throne in the hope of uniting the realm and the factions who fought for each side. Since Jaehaera was eight years old at the time of the marriage, and Aegon was eleven, it was not consummated. Two years later, the marriage would end childless when Queen Jaehaera died, of suicide or perhaps murder.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Aegon would later be married to Lady [[Daenaera Velaryon]]. She was only six years old when Aegon's half-sisters Rhaena and Baela presented her to him, the last of a thousand maids at the great ball of {{date|133}}. This ball had been declared by the Hand, Lord [[Unwin Peake]], after the regents stopped his efforts to betroth his own daughter to the king. However, Lord Peake did not give up his attempts, and was greatly frustrated by Aegon's choice of Daenaera. His efforts to have the marriage put aside were opposed by both Aegon and the other regents, and resulted in his resignation as Hand.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Aegon had only one true joy during the years of his regency: the return of his younger brother, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]]. It was thought that Viserys had been killed at the [[Battle of the Gullet]], and Aegon had never forgiven himself for abandoning his brother when he fled on [[Stormcloud]]. But Viserys was eventually recovered from [[Lys]] by Admiral [[Alyn Velaryon]], where he had been held in secret by merchant princes. The ransom was enormous, but Viserys's release was a joy regardless, and for the rest of his days he was the only person Aegon ever fully trusted.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

After he came of age in {{date|136}}, Aegon dismissed the [[Regent]]s and his [[Hand of the King]], and named Prince Viserys as his Hand. Viserys would serve as Hand during the remaining years of Aegon's reign, and during the reigns of both of Aegon's sons. The crown dealt with several pretenders claiming to be [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], who had perished during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]], but whose body had never been found or identified.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

As king, Aegon III strove to give the [[Seven Kingdoms|realm]] peace and plenty, but his coldness kept him from courting his lords and people. Aegon is often blamed for the death of the [[last dragon]], having had a great distaste for dragons after the tragic death of [[Stormcloud]] and because he witnessed [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|his mother]] being devoured by [[Aegon II Targaryen|his uncle's]] dragon.{{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". At the urging of his brother, Prince Viserys, Aegon brought nine mages from [[Essos]] to attempt to hatch a clutch of [[dragon eggs]] with [[magic]], but this ended in failure.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|aSoS|54}}

Aegon was regarded as a broken king who ruled over a broken reign. His brother Viserys did the majority of the ruling as his Hand. Aegon was melancholy to the end of his days, found pleasure in almost nothing, and locked himself in his room to brood for days on end. He likewise came to dislike being touched, even by his beautiful wife and queen Daenaera. Though their marriage was eventually fruitful, it was said Aegon took a long time to come to her bed, even after she flowered. His marriage to Queen Daenaera gave him two sons, [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron]] (born {{date|143}}) and [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor]] (born {{date|144}}), and three daughters, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] (born {{date|145}}), [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]] (born {{date|147}}), and [[Elaena Targaryen|Elaena]] (born {{date|150}}).{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

The reign of the Broken King ended with the King's death at thirty-six years of age, from [[w:consumption|consumption]], in {{Date|157}}. Many of his subjects thought him far older, for his boyhood had been cut short, and the melancholy king is not remembered fondly.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Legacy==
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 Daeron and Baelor died childless, Aegon's brother [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] was crowned king. Viserys would be followed by his own son, [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].

Aegon's line did not discontinue altogether. Aegon's daughter [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], called "the Defiant", would have a bastard child with her cousin, Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]], whom she named [[Daemon I 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, and gave birth to seven children. Her first two children were illegitimate, fathered by Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]: [[Jon Waters|Jon]] and [[Jeyne Waters]]. Descendants of Jon live until this day, under the name [[House Longwaters|Longwaters]]. Subsequently she married Lord [[Ossifer Plumm]], by whom she had one child, [[Viserys Plumm]] (though he is rumoured to have actually been fathered by King Aegon IV); and Lord [[Ronnel Penrose]], by whom she had four children ([[Robin Penrose]], [[Laena Penrose]], [[Jocelyn Penrose]], and [[Joy Penrose]]). Her third and final marriage, to Ser [[Michael Manwoody]], was childless.

==Small Council under Aegon III==
During the reign of King Aegon his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Cregan Stark]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Marston Waters]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Grand Maester [[Munkun]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Munkun]]

===Council of Regents===
The regency council of Aegon III, as originally constituted, consisted of:{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

* Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]], Lady of the Eyrie (131-134 AC).
* Lord [[Royce Caron]], Lord of the Marches (131-132 AC).
* Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]] (131-133 AC).
* Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]], Lord of Maidenpool (131-134 AC).
* Grand Maester [[Munkun]] (131-136 AC).
* Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], Master of Driftmark and Lord of the Tides (131-132 AC).
* Lord [[Roland Westerling]], Lord of the Crag (131-133 AC).

Subsequent replacements:

* Lord [[Unwin Peake]], Lord of Starpike; replaced Lord Corlys (132-134 AC).
* Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]], Lord of Goldengrove; replaced Lord Roland (133-136 AC).
* Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]; replaced Lord Manfryd (134 AC).

Regents chosen by lot at the Great Council of 136:

* [[Willam Stackspear]]
* [[Marq Merryweather]]
* [[Lorent Grandison]]

==References in the Books==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On the [[Dothraki Sea]], [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is thinking about [[dragons]] and what her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] told her of the [[last dragon]]s. He had said that they died during the reign of Aegon III, the Dragonbane, no more than a century and a half ago, which does not seem so long ago to Dany.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Quotes by Aegon==
{{Quote|I mean to give the [[smallfolk]] peace and food and justice. If that will not suffice to win their love, let [[Mushroom]] make a progress. Or perhaps we might send a dancing bear. Someone once told me that the commons love nothing half so much as dancing bears. You may call a halt to this feast tonight as well. Send the lords home to their own keeps and give the food to the hungry. Full bellies and dancing bears shall be my policy.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}}} - From the account of Grand Maester [[Munkun]] of the king's words to Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]] when he ended the regency.

==Family==
===Ancestors===
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===Descendants===
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==References and Notes==
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Jonnel Stark

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Lord '''Jonnel Stark''', known as '''One-Eye''' was a Lord of [[Winterfell]] and head of [[House Stark]] in the latter half of the second century after [[Aegon's Conquest]]. He was the second son of Lord [[Cregan Stark]], and the first by his third and final wife, [[Lynara Stark]]. Jonnel married twice, to [[Robyn Ryswell]] and his niece [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa Stark]], but neither marriage had issue. As such, his brother [[Barthogan Stark|Barth Blacksword]] followed him as Lord of [[Winterfell]].{{ref|twoiaf| Appendix:Stark Lineage}}

He was interred in the [[crypts of Winterfell]] after his death.{{ref|acok|69}}

==Family==
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House Hornwood

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'''House Hornwood of Hornwood''' is a noble house whose seat is [[Hornwood]] in the [[north]]. They are among the principal bannermen of [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}} Their sigil is a bull moose, brown on a field of dark orange.{{ref|AGOT|53}}{{ref|AGOT|55}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words are "Righteous in Wrath".<ref>The Citadel: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>

The lands of the house, which include the [[Hornwood (forest)|forest of the Hornwood]] and other castles beside Hornwood,{{ref|ADWD|19}} border those of [[House Bolton]] and [[House Manderly]].{{ref|ACOK|16}}{{ref|ADWD|19}} The Hornwoods' lands extend west to the [[White Knife]].{{ref|AGOT|53}} Their ruler is known as the [[Lord of the Hornwood]].{{ref|ADWD|37}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Bran Stark]] sees the Hornwoods at [[Winterfell]] after [[Robb Stark]] calls the northern banners. Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] requests the return of a holdfast taken from his grandfather, hunting rights near a ridge, and permission to dam the [[White Knife]].{{ref|AGOT|53}}

When the northern army splits at the [[Twins]], Lord Halys goes with Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army and his heir, [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]], accompanies Robb to free [[Riverrun]]. The banners of House Hornwood are spotted by [[Tyrion Lannister]] at the [[battle on the Green Fork]], at which Halys is killed.{{ref|AGOT|62}} Daryn is one of [[Robb's personal guard]] at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], where he is killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|63}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Halys's widow, [[Donella Hornwood|Donella]], is now [[Lady of the Hornwood]], but a matter of succession arises. House Hornwood is connected by the female line with [[House Karstark]], [[House Flint]], and [[House Tallhart]], while Halys's [[bastard]], [[Larence Snow]], is fostered at [[Deepwood Motte]] by [[House Glover]]. Donella arrives at Winterfell for the [[harvest feast]] and meets with Bran and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]]. She warns them that [[Ramsay Snow]], Lord Bolton's bastard, is gathering soldiers at the [[Dreadfort]]. Maester [[Luwin]] advises her to increase her harvest storage from a fifth to a quarter. [[Mors Umber]] and Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] advance themselves as possible suitors to Lady Donella. It is suggested that [[Beren Tallhart]], a son of Halys's sister [[Berena Tallhart|Berena]], could take the Hornwood lands and name to prevent the House from dying out.{{ref|ACOK|16}}

Lady Hornwood is captured by and forced to marry Ramsay, the Bastard of Bolton. Her cousin, Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], has forces from [[House Manderly]] take the [[Hornwood]] castle from Ramsay.{{ref|ACOK|28}} Rodrik tries to rescue Donella, but discovers that Ramsay locked her in a tower and allowed her to starve to death. Rodrik tells Luwin that Ramsay and Donella's wedding appears to have been lawful and that she designated Ramsay as her heir before her death.{{ref|ACOK|35}}

When Rodrik aims to retake [[Winterfell]] from its [[capture of Winterfell|ironborn captors]], [[Theon Greyjoy]] spies some Hornwood banners among his host. Ramsay kills Rodrik in the [[battle at Winterfell]], abducts Theon, and [[Sack of Winterfell|sacks Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After the [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]], Lord [[Roose Bolton]] leaves, among others, a hundred Hornwood bowmen to guard the [[Trident]].{{Ref|aSoS|49}} Larence Snow is held as a captive by [[Asha Greyjoy]] at [[taking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Brienne Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]] spots the badge of House Hornwood among those collected from the dead after the [[battle at Duskendale]].{{Ref|aFfC|9}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] requires that Lord Wyman Manderly abandon his claim to Hornwood lands as a condition for peace with the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|ADWD|19}}

[[Davos Seaworth]] learns that [[smallfolk]] from along the [[White Knife]] and [[Hornwood]] have been seeking protection at [[White Harbor]] with [[House Manderly]]. Some Hornwood men are also reported to have joined [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]]'s force marching on [[Siege of Moat Cailin|Moat Cailin]].{{ref|ADWD|15}} [[Theon Greyjoy]] sees the moose of the Hornwoods among the banners flying above [[Barrow Hall]].{{ref|ADWD|32}}

[[Stannis Baratheon]] writes to [[Jon Snow]] that his growing army contains some Hornwood men who survived [[battle at Winterfell|Ramsay's betrayal]] of Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] at Winterfell.{{ref|ADWD|35}}

During the wedding of "[[Arya Stark]]", actually [[Jeyne Poole]], to Ramsay in [[Winterfell]], Ramsay is introduced as [[Lord of the Hornwood]].{{ref|ADWD|37}} As the Manderlys are ostensibly supportive of [[House Bolton]], Lord Manderly has presumably relinquished Hornwood to Ramsay. Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]] tells Theon that the Hornwood men who are at Winterfell for Ramsay's wedding and its [[Siege of Winterfell|upcoming siege]] have not forgotten how Ramsay treated Lady Donella.{{ref|ADWD|41}}

Larence Snow, the late Lord Halys Hornwood's [[bastard]], is presumably freed from captivity when Stannis [[fight by Deepwood Motte|recovers Deepwood Motte]] from Asha Greyjoy.{{ref|ADWD|42}}

==House Hornwood at the end of the third century==
The known Hornwoods during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* Lord {[[Halys Hornwood]]}, slain at the [[battle on the Green Fork]].
** Lady {[[Donella Hornwood]]}, his wife, the cousin of Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], imprisoned and starved to death by [[Ramsay Snow]].
*** {[[Daryn Hornwood]]}, his son and heir, slain at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]].
*** [[Larence Snow]], the [[Bastardy|natural son]] of Lord Halys. Over 13 years old; fostered at [[Deepwood Motte]].
* [[Berena Hornwood]], his sister, wife of [[Leobald Tallhart]].

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Jaehaerys I Targaryen

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{{See homonyms |Jaehaerys Targaryen}}
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'''Jaehaerys I Targaryen''', known as '''the Conciliator''', '''the Wise''' or '''the Old King''', was the fourth [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], ruling from {{Date|48–103}}. He was a dragonrider whose mount was [[Vermithor]]. He was the grandson of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]].

==Appearance and character==
According to a semi-canon source, Jaehaerys looked wise and dignified even into his later years, with a long white, flowing beard. Not a warrior, his crown was a simple gold band with seven different colored stones inset.<ref>Targaryen Kings. November 1, 2005 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

Jaehaerys was a gifted horse rider, a decent warrior and above all else wise beyond his years. He was decisive both in thought and deed, always seeking the most peaceable ends.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

==Early life==
Jaehaerys was the third son of [[Aenys I Targaryen|King Aenys]] and [[Alyssa Velaryon]]. During the [[Faith Militant uprising]], when [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] thought [[King's Landing]] too unsafe, he fled to [[Dragonstone]] with his [[Alyssa Velaryon|wife]] and all his children except for his eldest two, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], who were in the [[Westerlands]] at this time.

[[Dragonstone]] was held by [[Visenya Targaryen]], whose counsel was for [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] to bring "fire and blood" to the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Aenys, never the most robust, fell seriously ill. The Dowager Queen Visenya took over his care and Aenys briefly improved. Aenys then suffered a collapse when he learned his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|son]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|daughter]] were besieged at [[Crakehall]], and died later. Upon his death Visenya mounted her [[Vhagar|dragon]] and flew to [[Pentos]] to retrieve her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]].

Due to the plotting of Visenya, Maegor took the [[Iron Throne]] before Jaehaerys' eldest brother Aegon. Visenya kept Jaehaerys, his mother and sister hostage on [[Dragonstone]] for two years while her son fought the [[Faith Militant]]. Maegor took Jaehaerys' older brother [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]] with him as a squire and hostage to ensure Alyssa's good behavior.

Prince Aegon fought Maegor I to reclaim his father's throne, but was slain by Maegor at the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]].

In {{date|44}}, Visenya passed away. The chaos of her death gave Alyssa an opportunity to escape with Jaehaerys and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. She also took the Valyrian sword [[Dark Sister]]. They eventually found sanctuary at [[Storm's End]]. Maegor, as punishment, had her son Prince Viserys tortured to death, leaving his mutilated body in the courtyard of [[King's Landing]] to rot.

By {{date|48}} the realm had had enough of Maegor's tyrannical rule. Jaehaerys, the last surviving son of King Aenys, put forth a new claim for the [[Iron Throne]] and was supported by [[Robar Baratheon]], the Lord of [[Storm's End]] whom Jaehaerys named Protector of the Realm and [[Hand of the King]].

After Maegor's mysterious death on the Iron Throne, Jaehaerys was crowned at the age of fourteen and wed to his sister Alysanne. {{ref|trp}}

==Reign==
Jaehaerys inherited from his uncle's reign a war with the [[Faith Militant]], known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Maegor had used brutal methods to eradicate the rebellion, such as placing bounties on the heads of all members of the Faith Militant, but the rebellion had continued. Jaehaerys instead pacified the rebellion with the offer of amnesty for all participants and the disbanding of the Faith Militant.{{ref|AFFC|33}} The offer was accepted and the orders disbanded on the condition that the [[Iron Throne]] would always defend the [[Faith of the Seven]]. This act earned him the name "the Conciliator." Jaehaerys later in his reign also took away the right of the Faith to conduct criminal trials. This pleased many as there had often been complaints of unscrupulous septries and septons making free with the wealth and property of their neighbors and those they preached to.{{ref|affc|43}}

Jaehaerys ruled for 55 years, becoming the longest-ruling of the Targaryen kings, which led to him also being referred to as the "Old King". Jaehaerys brought to the realm a time of great peace and prosperity, aided by his beloved sister-wife, Good Queen Alysanne. Alysanne convinced him to abolish the lord's right to the [[first night]].{{ref|tss}} Alysanne was Jaehaerys' great love, while his greatest friend was [[Barth|Septon Barth]]. Barth worked in the [[Red Keep]]'s library due to his keen intelligence. The young Jaehaerys, who loved to read became acquainted with Barth, who attended the King's books and records.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Jaehaerys eventually raised him to be his [[Hand of the King]], an office no commoner had ever held before, nor would hold after. Barth proved more than capable and served as Hand for 40 years.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

With Barth's aid, Jaehaerys reformed the realm more than any king who lived before. Jaehaerys created a unified legal code, so that from [[the North]] to the [[Dornish Marches]] the realm would share common law. Great works were implemented to improve [[King's Landing]], such as sewers, drains and wells. Barth believed the fresh water and the flushing away of offal and waste was essential to a cities health. A vast network of roads was built and became known as the [[Kingsroad]], and the king and queen were known to stay at the [[inn at the crossroads]] during their journeys, so much so that afterwards it was called the Two Crowns.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{ref|aFfC|37}}

Such was Jaehaerys' wisdom and skill at diplomacy that he even managed to negotiate a truce and bring fifty years of peace between Houses [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]], two houses whose animosity has lasted for well over two thousand years.{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

Jaehaerys was known for his love of travel, and once visited [[the North]] with Queen Alysanne, six dragons and half his court.{{Ref|ASOS|41}} His grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]] told his own grandchildren a tale of Jaehaerys flying north to defeat a vast host of [[wildling]]s, [[giant]]s, and [[warg]]s at the [[Wall]].{{ref|trp}}

It was during Jaehaerys' reign that the [[Night's Watch]] castle [[Deep Lake]] was built, which was paid for by his wife's jewels and built by men Jaehaerys sent north.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

Jaehaerys and Alysanne had thirteen children, though only nine lived to adulthood.{{ref|awoiaf}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} The eldest son of these nine was [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]] and the second son was [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. After Aemon died in {{date|92}} Jaehaerys chose [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] as his heir, rather than Aemons daughter [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]. This decision by Jaehaerys caused the Second Quarrel between the king and his wife, which would only be resolved by their daughter, septa Maegelle, in {{date|94}}.

After his old friend Septon Barth passed away, Jaehaerys chose for his Hand the legendary [[knight]] Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Ser Ryam, while a great knight, proved unsuited to the office, and was soon replaced by the king's son and heir, Prince Baelon.

Baelon died suddenly in {{date|101}} and Ser [[Otto Hightower]] took the office of [[Hand of the King]] for Jaehaerys' final years. Baelon's death meant the calling of the first Great Council. The [[Great Council|Great Council of 101]] chose [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], Jaehaerys' grandson as his new heir.{{ref|tpatq}}

After the deaths of both his beloved wife and his son Baelon, Jaehaerys' grief was great. The Old King's mind began to wander in the last two years of his reign and his time was usually spent bedridden. His new Hand, Otto Hightower, effectively ruled the realm while his daughter [[Alicent Hightower|Alicent]] looked after the ailing King, reading to him, washing him and helping to feed him.{{ref|trp}}

Jaehaerys passed away in {{date|103}}. He was 69 when he died. His body was burned in the [[Dragonpit]] and his ashes interred with Good Queen Alysanne's beneath the Red Keep. All of [[Westeros]] mourned, even [[Dorne]].{{ref|trp}}

==Legacy==
Jaehaerys' entire reign is remembered as the most prosperous period in the history of the Targaryen monarchy. His reign brought peace, stability and justice to the Seven Kingdoms. Jaehaerys is possibly the best king that [[Westeros]] ever saw and is regarded as such by many historians and laymen.

==Small Council under Jaehaerys I==
During the reign of King Jaehaerys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Regent]] - Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Septon [[Barth]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}

==References in the Books==
==='' The Princess and the Queen ''===
When Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]] of the [[Kingsguard]] and his retainers defected to [[the blacks]] they brought with them to [[Dragonstone]] a stolen crown: a band of yellow gold ornamented with seven gems of different colors. This was the crown King Viserys had worn, and his grandfather the Old King Jaehaerys before him.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
On Dragonstone [[Pylos|Maester Pylos]] mentions to [[Davos Seaworth]] that dragonkings oft chose [[Hand of the King|Hands]] from [[House Targaryen|their own blood]], with results as various as [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]]. In comparison there is Jaehaerys I Targaryen's choice of Septon [[Barth]], a common born blacksmith's son Jaehaerys plucked from the [[Red Keep]]'s library, who gave the realm forty years of peace and plenty.{{ref|asos|54}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
At the [[Wall]] Sam recalls that there were dragons there two hundred years ago, Queen Alysanne had visited Castle Black on [[Silverwing|her dragon]], and Jaehaerys, her king, had come after her on [[Vermithor|his own]].

When talking to [[Cersei Lannister]] about having King [[Tommen]] rearm [[the Faith]] the new [[High Sparrow|High Septon]] asks her did not Jaehaerys the Conciliator once swear upon the Iron Throne itself that the crown would always protect and defend [[the Faith]]? Cersei thinks to herself that she has no idea what Jaehaerys the Conciliator might have sworn.

Outside [[Riverrun]] Lady [[Genna Lannister]] makes it known to [[Jaime]] how she feels about Queen Cersei rearming the Faith, she reminds Jaime that King Jaehaerys agreed to pardon all those who would set aside their swords.

During their travels in the [[riverlands]] Septon Meribald tells [[Brienne]] and her companions some of the history of the [[inn at the crossroads]]. He tells them the inn was raised during the reign of the first Jaehaerys, and that Jaehaerys and his queen slept there during their journeys, and for a time, the inn was known as the Two Crowns in their honor.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While taking to [[Reek|Theon Greyjoy]] [[Roose Bolton]] tells him that the maesters will tell him that King Jaehaerys abolished the lord’s right to the [[first night]] to appease his shrewish queen, but where the [[old gods]] rule, old customs linger.

==Family==
===Ancestors===
{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon}}

===Children===
{{Targaryen tree Jaehaerys I}}

===Descendants===
{{Targaryen_tree_Viserys}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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{{Monarch
| name = [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]] '''Jaehaerys I''' [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:JAEHAERYS I.jpg|325px]]
| image_caption = Jaehaerys I by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| reign = {{Date|48}} - {{Date|103}}
| coronation =
| othertitles = King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men Lord of the Seven Kingdoms Protector of the Realm
| fullname = Jaehaerys Targaryen First of His Name
|alias = The Conciliator The Old King The Wise
| predecessor = [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
| suc-type=
| heir= 1st: [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]] (?-{{Date|92}}) 2nd: [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]] ({{Date|92}}-{{Date|101}}) 3rd: [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] ({{Date|101}}-{{Date|103}})
| queen= [[Alysanne Targaryen]]
| consort=
| spouse1=
| issue= [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] [[Alyssa Targaryen]] [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]] [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]] [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Jaehaerys I)|Daella Targaryen]] [[Aeryn Targaryen]] [[Vaegon Targaryen]] [[Maegelle Targaryen]] [[Valerion Targaryen]] [[Viserra Targaryen]] [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Gaemon Targaryen]] [[Saera Targaryen]] [[Gael Targaryen]]
| royalhouse= [[House Targaryen]]
| dynasty=
| royalanthem=
| father= [[Aenys I Targaryen]]
| mother= [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|awoiaf}}
| dateofbirth = {{Date|34}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| placeofbirth = [[King's Landing]]
| dateofdeath = {{Date|103}}
| placeofdeath = [[King's Landing]]
| dateofburial =
| placeofburial=
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
}}
'''Jaehaerys I Targaryen''', known as '''the Conciliator''', '''the Wise''' or '''the Old King''', was the fourth [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], ruling from {{Date|48–103}}. He was a dragonrider whose mount was [[Vermithor]]. He was the grandson of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]].

==Appearance and character==
According to a semi-canon source, Jaehaerys looked wise and dignified even into his later years, with a long white, flowing beard. Not a warrior, his crown was a simple gold band with seven different colored stones inset.<ref>Targaryen Kings. November 1, 2005 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

Jaehaerys was a gifted horse rider, a decent warrior and above all else wise beyond his years. He was decisive both in thought and deed, always seeking the most peaceable ends.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

==Early life==
Jaehaerys was the third son of [[Aenys I Targaryen|King Aenys]] and [[Alyssa Velaryon]]. During the [[Faith Militant uprising]], when [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] thought [[King's Landing]] too unsafe, he fled to [[Dragonstone]] with his [[Alyssa Velaryon|wife]] and all his children except for his eldest two, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], who were in the [[Westerlands]] at this time.

[[Dragonstone]] was held by [[Visenya Targaryen]], whose counsel was for [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] to bring "fire and blood" to the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Aenys, never the most robust, fell seriously ill. The Dowager Queen Visenya took over his care and Aenys briefly improved. Aenys then suffered a collapse when he learned his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|son]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|daughter]] were besieged at [[Crakehall]], and died later. Upon his death Visenya mounted her [[Vhagar|dragon]] and flew to [[Pentos]] to retrieve her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]].

Due to the plotting of Visenya, Maegor took the [[Iron Throne]] before Jaehaerys' eldest brother Aegon. Visenya kept Jaehaerys, his mother and sister hostage on [[Dragonstone]] for two years while her son fought the [[Faith Militant]]. Maegor took Jaehaerys' older brother [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]] with him as a squire and hostage to ensure Alyssa's good behavior.

Prince Aegon fought Maegor I to reclaim his father's throne, but was slain by Maegor at the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]].

In {{date|44}}, Visenya passed away. The chaos of her death gave Alyssa an opportunity to escape with Jaehaerys and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. She also took the Valyrian sword [[Dark Sister]]. They eventually found sanctuary at [[Storm's End]]. Maegor, as punishment, had her son Prince Viserys tortured to death, leaving his mutilated body in the courtyard of [[King's Landing]] to rot.

By {{date|48}} the realm had had enough of Maegor's tyrannical rule. Jaehaerys, the last surviving son of King Aenys, put forth a new claim for the [[Iron Throne]] and was supported by [[Robar Baratheon]], the Lord of [[Storm's End]] whom Jaehaerys named Protector of the Realm and [[Hand of the King]].

After Maegor's mysterious death on the Iron Throne, Jaehaerys was crowned at the age of fourteen and wed to his sister Alysanne. {{ref|trp}}

==Reign==
Jaehaerys inherited from his uncle's reign a war with the [[Faith Militant]], known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Maegor had used brutal methods to eradicate the rebellion, such as placing bounties on the heads of all members of the Faith Militant, but the rebellion had continued. Jaehaerys instead pacified the rebellion with the offer of amnesty for all participants and the disbanding of the Faith Militant.{{ref|AFFC|33}} The offer was accepted and the orders disbanded on the condition that the [[Iron Throne]] would always defend the [[Faith of the Seven]]. This act earned him the name "the Conciliator." Jaehaerys later in his reign also took away the right of the Faith to conduct criminal trials. This pleased many Lords as they often complained of unscrupulous septries and septons making free with the wealth and property of their neighbors and those they preached to.{{ref|affc|43}}

Jaehaerys ruled for over five decades, becoming the longest ruling of the Targaryen kings, which led to him also being referred to as the "Old King". Jaehaerys brought to the realm a time of great peace and prosperity, aided by his beloved sister-wife, Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. Alysanne convinced him to abolish the lord's right to the [[first night]].{{ref|tss}} Alysanne was Jaehaerys great love, his greatest friend was [[Barth|Septon Barth]]. No man of humble birth ever rose so high as the plain spoken but brilliant Septon. Barth worked in the [[Red Keep]]'s library due to his keen intelligence. The young Jaehaerys who loved to read became acquainted with Barth who attended the King's books and records.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Jaehaerys eventually raised him to be his [[Hand of the King]], many Lord's of long and noble lineage were aghast at the appointment of a smith's son to this prestigious office. Barth however proved more than capable of the post and served as Hand for forty years.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

With Barth's aid Jaehaerys reformed the realm more than any king who lived before. Jaehaerys created a unified code, so that from [[the North]] to the [[Dornish Marches]] the realm would share common law. Great works were implemented to improve [[King's Landing]] such as sewers, drains and wells. Barth believed the fresh water and the flushing away of offal and waste was essential to a cities health. A vast network of roads were built and became known as the [[kingsroad]], and the king and queen were known to stay at the [[inn at the crossroads]] during their journeys, so much so that afterwards it was called the Two Crowns.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{ref|aFfC|37}}

Such was Jaehaerys's wisdom and skill at diplomacy that he even managed to negotiate a truce and bring fifty years of peace between Houses [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]], two houses whose animosity has lasted for well over two thousand years.{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

Jaehaerys was known for his love of travel, and once visited [[the North]] with Queen Alysanne, six dragons and half his court.{{Ref|ASOS|41}} His grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]] told his own grandchildren a tale of Jaehaerys flying north to defeat a vast host of [[wildling]]s, [[giant]]s, and [[warg]]s at the [[Wall]].{{ref|trp}}

It was during Jaehaerys' reign that the [[Night's Watch]] castle [[Deep Lake]] was built, which was paid for by his wife's jewels and built by men Jaehaerys sent north.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

Jaehaerys and Alysanne had thirteen children, though only nine lived to adulthood.{{ref|awoiaf}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} The eldest son of these nine was [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]] and the second son was [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. After Aemon died in {{date|92}} Jaehaerys chose [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] as his heir, rather than Aemons daughter [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]. This decision by Jaehaerys caused the Second Quarrel between the king and his wife, which would only be resolved by their daughter, septa Maegelle, in {{date|94}}.

After his old friend [[Barth|Septon Barth]] passed away, Jaehaerys chose for his Hand the legendary [[knight]] Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Ser Ryam while a great knight proved a terrible Hand, and was replaced in that office by the king's son and heir [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Prince Baelon]].

Baelon died suddenly in {{date|101}} and Ser [[Otto Hightower]] took the office of [[Hand of the King]] for Jaehaerys's final years. Baelons death meant the calling of the first Great Council. The [[Great Council|Great Council of 101]] choose [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], Jaehaerys grandson as his new heir.{{ref|tpatq}}

After the deaths of both his beloved wife and son Baelon, Jaehaerys's grief was great. The Old King's mind began to wander in the last two years of his reign and his time was usually spent bed ridden. His new Hand Otto Hightower effectively ruled the realm while his daughter [[Alicent Hightower|Alicent]] looked after the ailing King, reading to him, washing him and helping to feed him.{{ref|trp}}

Jaehaerys passed away in {{date|103}}. He was sixty nine when he died. His body was burned in the [[Dragonpit]] and his ashes interred with Good Queen Alysanne's beneath the Red Keep. All of [[Westeros]] mourned, even [[Dorne]]. The Old King was well loved and brought the realm a time of great peace and prosperity.{{ref|trp}}

==Legacy==
Jaehaerys' entire reign is remembered as the most prosperous period in the history of the Targaryen monarchy. His reign brought peace, stability and justice to the Seven Kingdoms. Jaehaerys is possibly the best king that [[Westeros]] ever saw and is regarded as such by many historians and laymen.

==Small Council under Jaehaerys I==
During the reign of King Jaehaerys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Regent]] - Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Septon [[Barth]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}

==References in the Books==
==='' The Princess and the Queen ''===
When Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]] of the [[Kingsguard]] and his retainers defected to [[the blacks]] they brought with them to [[Dragonstone]] a stolen crown: a band of yellow gold ornamented with seven gems of different colors. This was the crown King Viserys had worn, and his grandfather the Old King Jaehaerys before him.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
On Dragonstone [[Pylos|Maester Pylos]] mentions to [[Davos Seaworth]] that dragonkings oft chose [[Hand of the King|Hands]] from [[House Targaryen|their own blood]], with results as various as [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]]. In comparison there is Jaehaerys I Targaryen's choice of Septon [[Barth]], a common born blacksmith's son Jaehaerys plucked from the [[Red Keep]]'s library, who gave the realm forty years of peace and plenty.{{ref|asos|54}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
At the [[Wall]] Sam recalls that there were dragons there two hundred years ago, Queen Alysanne had visited Castle Black on [[Silverwing|her dragon]], and Jaehaerys, her king, had come after her on [[Vermithor|his own]].

When talking to [[Cersei Lannister]] about having King [[Tommen]] rearm [[the Faith]] the new [[High Sparrow|High Septon]] asks her did not Jaehaerys the Conciliator once swear upon the Iron Throne itself that the crown would always protect and defend [[the Faith]]? Cersei thinks to herself that she has no idea what Jaehaerys the Conciliator might have sworn.

Outside [[Riverrun]] Lady [[Genna Lannister]] makes it known to [[Jaime]] how she feels about Queen Cersei rearming the Faith, she reminds Jaime that King Jaehaerys agreed to pardon all those who would set aside their swords.

During their travels in the [[riverlands]] Septon Meribald tells [[Brienne]] and her companions some of the history of the [[inn at the crossroads]]. He tells them the inn was raised during the reign of the first Jaehaerys, and that Jaehaerys and his queen slept there during their journeys, and for a time, the inn was known as the Two Crowns in their honor.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While taking to [[Reek|Theon Greyjoy]] [[Roose Bolton]] tells him that the maesters will tell him that King Jaehaerys abolished the lord’s right to the [[first night]] to appease his shrewish queen, but where the [[old gods]] rule, old customs linger.

==Family==
===Ancestors===
{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon}}

===Children===
{{Targaryen tree Jaehaerys I}}

===Descendants===
{{Targaryen_tree_Viserys}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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{{See homonyms |Jaehaerys Targaryen}}
{{Monarch
| name = [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]] '''Jaehaerys I''' [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:JAEHAERYS I.jpg|325px]]
| image_caption = Jaehaerys I by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| reign = {{Date|48}} - {{Date|103}}
| coronation =
| othertitles = King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men Lord of the Seven Kingdoms Protector of the Realm
| fullname = Jaehaerys Targaryen First of His Name
|alias = The Conciliator The Old King The Wise
| predecessor = [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
| suc-type=
| heir= 1st: [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]] (?-{{Date|92}}) 2nd: [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]] ({{Date|92}}-{{Date|101}}) 3rd: [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] ({{Date|101}}-{{Date|103}})
| queen= [[Alysanne Targaryen]]
| consort=
| spouse1=
| issue= [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] [[Alyssa Targaryen]] [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]] [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]] [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Jaehaerys I)|Daella Targaryen]] [[Aeryn Targaryen]] [[Vaegon Targaryen]] [[Maegelle Targaryen]] [[Valerion Targaryen]] [[Viserra Targaryen]] [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Gaemon Targaryen]] [[Saera Targaryen]] [[Gael Targaryen]]
| royalhouse= [[House Targaryen]]
| dynasty=
| royalanthem=
| father= [[Aenys I Targaryen]]
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'''Jaehaerys I Targaryen''', known as '''the Conciliator''', '''the Wise''' or '''the Old King''', was the fourth [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], ruling from {{Date|48–103}}. He was a dragonrider whose mount was [[Vermithor]]. He was the grandson of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]].

==Appearance and character==
According to a semi-canon source, Jaehaerys looked wise and dignified even into his later years, with a long white, flowing beard. Not a warrior, his crown was a simple gold band with seven different colored stones inset.<ref>Targaryen Kings. November 1, 2005 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

Jaehaerys was a gifted horse rider, a decent warrior and above all else wise beyond his years. He was decisive both in thought and deed, always seeking the most peaceable ends.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

==Early life==
Jaehaerys was the third son of [[Aenys I Targaryen|King Aenys]] and [[Alyssa Velaryon]]. During the [[Faith Militant uprising]], when [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] thought [[King's Landing]] too unsafe, he fled to [[Dragonstone]] with his [[Alyssa Velaryon|wife]] and all his children except for his eldest two, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], who were in the [[Westerlands]] at this time.

[[Dragonstone]] was held by [[Visenya Targaryen]], whose counsel was for [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] to bring "fire and blood" to the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Aenys, never the most robust, fell seriously ill. The Dowager Queen Visenya took over his care and Aenys briefly improved. Aenys then suffered a collapse when he learned his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|son]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|daughter]] were besieged at [[Crakehall]], and died later. Upon his death Visenya mounted her [[Vhagar|dragon]] and flew to [[Pentos]] to retrieve her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]].

Due to the plotting of Visenya, Maegor took the [[Iron Throne]] before Jaehaerys' eldest brother Aegon. Visenya kept Jaehaerys, his mother and sister hostage on [[Dragonstone]] for two years while her son fought the [[Faith Militant]]. Maegor took Jaehaerys' older brother [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]] with him as a squire and hostage to ensure Alyssa's good behavior.

Prince Aegon fought Maegor I to reclaim his father's throne, but was slain by Maegor at the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]].

In {{date|44}}, Visenya passed away. The chaos of her death gave Alyssa an opportunity to escape with Jaehaerys and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. She also took the Valyrian sword [[Dark Sister]]. They eventually found sanctuary at [[Storm's End]]. Maegor, as punishment, had her son Prince Viserys tortured to death, leaving his mutilated body in the courtyard of [[King's Landing]] to rot.

By {{date|48}} the realm had had enough of Maegor's tyrannical rule. Jaehaerys, the last surviving son of King Aenys, put forth a new claim for the [[Iron Throne]] and was supported by [[Robar Baratheon]], the Lord of [[Storm's End]] whom Jaehaerys named Protector of the Realm and [[Hand of the King]].

After Maegor's death on the [[Iron Throne]], Jaehaerys was crowned at the age of fourteen and wed to his sister [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. {{ref|trp}}

==Reign==
Jaehaerys inherited from his uncle's reign a war with the [[Faith Militant]], known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Maegor had used brutal methods to eradicate the rebellion, such as placing bounties on the heads of all members of the Faith Militant, but the rebellion had continued. Jaehaerys instead pacified the rebellion with the offer of amnesty for all participants and the disbanding of the Faith Militant.{{ref|AFFC|33}} The offer was accepted and the orders disbanded on the condition that the [[Iron Throne]] would always defend the [[Faith of the Seven]]. This act earned him the name "the Conciliator." Jaehaerys later in his reign also took away the right of the Faith to conduct criminal trials. This pleased many Lords as they often complained of unscrupulous septries and septons making free with the wealth and property of their neighbors and those they preached to.{{ref|affc|43}}

Jaehaerys ruled for over five decades, becoming the longest ruling of the Targaryen kings, which led to him also being referred to as the "Old King". Jaehaerys brought to the realm a time of great peace and prosperity, aided by his beloved sister-wife, Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. Alysanne convinced him to abolish the lord's right to the [[first night]].{{ref|tss}} Alysanne was Jaehaerys great love, his greatest friend was [[Barth|Septon Barth]]. No man of humble birth ever rose so high as the plain spoken but brilliant Septon. Barth worked in the [[Red Keep]]'s library due to his keen intelligence. The young Jaehaerys who loved to read became acquainted with Barth who attended the King's books and records.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Jaehaerys eventually raised him to be his [[Hand of the King]], many Lord's of long and noble lineage were aghast at the appointment of a smith's son to this prestigious office. Barth however proved more than capable of the post and served as Hand for forty years.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

With Barth's aid Jaehaerys reformed the realm more than any king who lived before. Jaehaerys created a unified code, so that from [[the North]] to the [[Dornish Marches]] the realm would share common law. Great works were implemented to improve [[King's Landing]] such as sewers, drains and wells. Barth believed the fresh water and the flushing away of offal and waste was essential to a cities health. A vast network of roads were built and became known as the [[kingsroad]], and the king and queen were known to stay at the [[inn at the crossroads]] during their journeys, so much so that afterwards it was called the Two Crowns.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{ref|aFfC|37}}

Such was Jaehaerys's wisdom and skill at diplomacy that he even managed to negotiate a truce and bring fifty years of peace between Houses [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]], two houses whose animosity has lasted for well over two thousand years.{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

Jaehaerys was known for his love of travel, and once visited [[the North]] with Queen Alysanne, six dragons and half his court.{{Ref|ASOS|41}} His grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]] told his own grandchildren a tale of Jaehaerys flying north to defeat a vast host of [[wildling]]s, [[giant]]s, and [[warg]]s at the [[Wall]].{{ref|trp}}

It was during Jaehaerys' reign that the [[Night's Watch]] castle [[Deep Lake]] was built, which was paid for by his wife's jewels and built by men Jaehaerys sent north.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

Jaehaerys and Alysanne had thirteen children, though only nine lived to adulthood.{{ref|awoiaf}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} The eldest son of these nine was [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]] and the second son was [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. After Aemon died in {{date|92}} Jaehaerys chose [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] as his heir, rather than Aemons daughter [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]. This decision by Jaehaerys caused the Second Quarrel between the king and his wife, which would only be resolved by their daughter, septa Maegelle, in {{date|94}}.

After his old friend [[Barth|Septon Barth]] passed away, Jaehaerys chose for his Hand the legendary [[knight]] Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Ser Ryam while a great knight proved a terrible Hand, and was replaced in that office by the king's son and heir [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Prince Baelon]].

Baelon died suddenly in {{date|101}} and Ser [[Otto Hightower]] took the office of [[Hand of the King]] for Jaehaerys's final years. Baelons death meant the calling of the first Great Council. The [[Great Council|Great Council of 101]] choose [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], Jaehaerys grandson as his new heir.{{ref|tpatq}}

After the deaths of both his beloved wife and son Baelon, Jaehaerys's grief was great. The Old King's mind began to wander in the last two years of his reign and his time was usually spent bed ridden. His new Hand Otto Hightower effectively ruled the realm while his daughter [[Alicent Hightower|Alicent]] looked after the ailing King, reading to him, washing him and helping to feed him.{{ref|trp}}

Jaehaerys passed away in {{date|103}}. He was sixty nine when he died. His body was burned in the [[Dragonpit]] and his ashes interred with Good Queen Alysanne's beneath the Red Keep. All of [[Westeros]] mourned, even [[Dorne]]. The Old King was well loved and brought the realm a time of great peace and prosperity.{{ref|trp}}

==Legacy==
Jaehaerys' entire reign is remembered as the most prosperous period in the history of the Targaryen monarchy. His reign brought peace, stability and justice to the Seven Kingdoms. Jaehaerys is possibly the best king that [[Westeros]] ever saw and is regarded as such by many historians and laymen.

==Small Council under Jaehaerys I==
During the reign of King Jaehaerys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Regent]] - Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Septon [[Barth]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}

==References in the Books==
==='' The Princess and the Queen ''===
When Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]] of the [[Kingsguard]] and his retainers defected to [[the blacks]] they brought with them to [[Dragonstone]] a stolen crown: a band of yellow gold ornamented with seven gems of different colors. This was the crown King Viserys had worn, and his grandfather the Old King Jaehaerys before him.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
On Dragonstone [[Pylos|Maester Pylos]] mentions to [[Davos Seaworth]] that dragonkings oft chose [[Hand of the King|Hands]] from [[House Targaryen|their own blood]], with results as various as [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]]. In comparison there is Jaehaerys I Targaryen's choice of Septon [[Barth]], a common born blacksmith's son Jaehaerys plucked from the [[Red Keep]]'s library, who gave the realm forty years of peace and plenty.{{ref|asos|54}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
At the [[Wall]] Sam recalls that there were dragons there two hundred years ago, Queen Alysanne had visited Castle Black on [[Silverwing|her dragon]], and Jaehaerys, her king, had come after her on [[Vermithor|his own]].

When talking to [[Cersei Lannister]] about having King [[Tommen]] rearm [[the Faith]] the new [[High Sparrow|High Septon]] asks her did not Jaehaerys the Conciliator once swear upon the Iron Throne itself that the crown would always protect and defend [[the Faith]]? Cersei thinks to herself that she has no idea what Jaehaerys the Conciliator might have sworn.

Outside [[Riverrun]] Lady [[Genna Lannister]] makes it known to [[Jaime]] how she feels about Queen Cersei rearming the Faith, she reminds Jaime that King Jaehaerys agreed to pardon all those who would set aside their swords.

During their travels in the [[riverlands]] Septon Meribald tells [[Brienne]] and her companions some of the history of the [[inn at the crossroads]]. He tells them the inn was raised during the reign of the first Jaehaerys, and that Jaehaerys and his queen slept there during their journeys, and for a time, the inn was known as the Two Crowns in their honor.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While taking to [[Reek|Theon Greyjoy]] [[Roose Bolton]] tells him that the maesters will tell him that King Jaehaerys abolished the lord’s right to the [[first night]] to appease his shrewish queen, but where the [[old gods]] rule, old customs linger.

==Family==
===Ancestors===
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===Children===
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===Descendants===
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==References and Notes==
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'''Jaehaerys I Targaryen''', known as '''the Conciliator''', '''the Wise''' or '''the Old King''', was the fourth [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], ruling from {{Date|48–103}}. He was a dragonrider whose mount was [[Vermithor]]. He was the grandson of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]].

==Appearance and character==
According to a semi-canon source, Jaehaerys looked wise and dignified even into his later years, with a long white, flowing beard. Not a warrior, his crown was a simple gold band with seven different colored stones inset.<ref>Targaryen Kings. November 1, 2005 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

Jaehaerys was a gifted horse rider, a decent warrior and above all else wise beyond his years. He was decisive both in thought and deed, always seeking the most peaceable ends.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

==Early life==
Jaehaerys was the third son of [[Aenys I Targaryen|King Aenys]] and [[Alyssa Velaryon]]. During the [[Faith Militant uprising]], when [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] thought [[King's Landing]] too unsafe, he fled to [[Dragonstone]] with his [[Alyssa Velaryon|wife]] and all his children except for his eldest two, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], who were in the [[Westerlands]] at this time.

[[Dragonstone]] was held by [[Visenya Targaryen]], whose counsel was for [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] to bring ''fire and blood" to the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Aenys, never the most robust, fell seriously ill. The Dowager Queen Visenya took over his care and Aenys briefly improved. Aenys then suffered a collapse when he learned his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|son]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|daughter]] were besieged at [[Crakehall]], and died later. Upon his death Visenya mounted her [[Vhagar|dragon]] and flew to [[Pentos]] to retrieve her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]].

Due to the plotting of Visenya, Maegor took the [[Iron Throne]] before Jaehaerys' eldest brother Aegon. Visenya kept Jaehaerys, his mother and sister hostage on [[Dragonstone]] for two years while her son fought the [[Faith Militant]]. Maegor took Jaehaerys' older brother [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]] with him as a squire and hostage to ensure Alyssa's good behavior.

Prince Aegon fought Maegor I to reclaim his father's throne, but was slain by Maegor at the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]].

In {{date|44}}, Visenya passed away. The chaos of her death gave Alyssa an opportunity to escape with Jaehaerys and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. She also took the Valyrian sword [[Dark Sister]]. They eventually found sanctuary at [[Storm's End]]. Maegor, as punishment, had her son Prince Viserys tortured to death, leaving his mutilated body in the courtyard of [[King's Landing]] to rot.

By {{date|48}} the realm had had enough of Maegor's tyrannical rule. Jaehaerys, the last surviving son of King Aenys, put forth a new claim for the [[Iron Throne]] and was supported by [[Robar Baratheon]], the Lord of [[Storm's End]] whom Jaehaerys named Protector of the Realm and [[Hand of the King]].

After Maegor's death on the [[Iron Throne]], Jaehaerys was crowned at the age of fourteen and wed to his sister [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. {{ref|trp}}

==Reign==
Jaehaerys inherited from his uncle's reign a war with the [[Faith Militant]], known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Maegor had used brutal methods to eradicate the rebellion, such as placing bounties on the heads of all members of the Faith Militant, but the rebellion had continued. Jaehaerys instead pacified the rebellion with the offer of amnesty for all participants and the disbanding of the Faith Militant.{{ref|AFFC|33}} The offer was accepted and the orders disbanded on the condition that the [[Iron Throne]] would always defend the [[Faith of the Seven]]. This act earned him the name "the Conciliator." Jaehaerys later in his reign also took away the right of the Faith to conduct criminal trials. This pleased many Lords as they often complained of unscrupulous septries and septons making free with the wealth and property of their neighbors and those they preached to.{{ref|affc|43}}

Jaehaerys ruled for over five decades, becoming the longest ruling of the Targaryen kings, which led to him also being referred to as the "Old King". Jaehaerys brought to the realm a time of great peace and prosperity, aided by his beloved sister-wife, Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]]. Alysanne convinced him to abolish the lord's right to the [[first night]].{{ref|tss}} Alysanne was Jaehaerys great love, his greatest friend was [[Barth|Septon Barth]]. No man of humble birth ever rose so high as the plain spoken but brilliant Septon. Barth worked in the [[Red Keep]]'s library due to his keen intelligence. The young Jaehaerys who loved to read became acquainted with Barth who attended the King's books and records.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Jaehaerys eventually raised him to be his [[Hand of the King]], many Lord's of long and noble lineage were aghast at the appointment of a smith's son to this prestigious office. Barth however proved more than capable of the post and served as Hand for forty years.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

With Barth's aid Jaehaerys reformed the realm more than any king who lived before. Jaehaerys created a unified code, so that from [[the North]] to the [[Dornish Marches]] the realm would share common law. Great works were implemented to improve [[King's Landing]] such as sewers, drains and wells. Barth believed the fresh water and the flushing away of offal and waste was essential to a cities health. A vast network of roads were built and became known as the [[kingsroad]], and the king and queen were known to stay at the [[inn at the crossroads]] during their journeys, so much so that afterwards it was called the Two Crowns.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{ref|aFfC|37}}

Such was Jaehaerys's wisdom and skill at diplomacy that he even managed to negotiate a truce and bring fifty years of peace between Houses [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]], two houses whose animosity has lasted for well over two thousand years.{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

Jaehaerys was known for his love of travel, and once visited [[the North]] with Queen Alysanne, six dragons and half his court.{{Ref|ASOS|41}} His grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]] told his own grandchildren a tale of Jaehaerys flying north to defeat a vast host of [[wildling]]s, [[giant]]s, and [[warg]]s at the [[Wall]].{{ref|trp}}

It was during Jaehaerys' reign that the [[Night's Watch]] castle [[Deep Lake]] was built, which was paid for by his wife's jewels and built by men Jaehaerys sent north.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

Jaehaerys and Alysanne had thirteen children, though only nine lived to adulthood.{{ref|awoiaf}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} The eldest son of these nine was [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]] and the second son was [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. After Aemon died in {{date|92}} Jaehaerys chose [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] as his heir, rather than Aemons daughter [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]. This decision by Jaehaerys caused the Second Quarrel between the king and his wife, which would only be resolved by their daughter, septa Maegelle, in {{date|94}}.

After his old friend [[Barth|Septon Barth]] passed away, Jaehaerys chose for his Hand the legendary [[knight]] Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Ser Ryam while a great knight proved a terrible Hand, and was replaced in that office by the king's son and heir [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Prince Baelon]].

Baelon died suddenly in {{date|101}} and Ser [[Otto Hightower]] took the office of [[Hand of the King]] for Jaehaerys's final years. Baelons death meant the calling of the first Great Council. The [[Great Council|Great Council of 101]] choose [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], Jaehaerys grandson as his new heir.{{ref|tpatq}}

After the deaths of both his beloved wife and son Baelon, Jaehaerys's grief was great. The Old King's mind began to wander in the last two years of his reign and his time was usually spent bed ridden. His new Hand Otto Hightower effectively ruled the realm while his daughter [[Alicent Hightower|Alicent]] looked after the ailing King, reading to him, washing him and helping to feed him.{{ref|trp}}

Jaehaerys passed away in {{date|103}}. He was sixty nine when he died. His body was burned in the [[Dragonpit]] and his ashes interred with Good Queen Alysanne's beneath the Red Keep. All of [[Westeros]] mourned, even [[Dorne]]. The Old King was well loved and brought the realm a time of great peace and prosperity.{{ref|trp}}

==Legacy==
Jaehaerys' entire reign is remembered as the most prosperous period in the history of the Targaryen monarchy. His reign brought peace, stability and justice to the Seven Kingdoms. Jaehaerys is possibly the best king that [[Westeros]] ever saw and is regarded as such by many historians and laymen.

==Small Council under Jaehaerys I==
During the reign of King Jaehaerys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Regent]] - Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Septon [[Barth]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}

==References in the Books==
==='' The Princess and the Queen ''===
When Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]] of the [[Kingsguard]] and his retainers defected to [[the blacks]] they brought with them to [[Dragonstone]] a stolen crown: a band of yellow gold ornamented with seven gems of different colors. This was the crown King Viserys had worn, and his grandfather the Old King Jaehaerys before him.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
On Dragonstone [[Pylos|Maester Pylos]] mentions to [[Davos Seaworth]] that dragonkings oft chose [[Hand of the King|Hands]] from [[House Targaryen|their own blood]], with results as various as [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]] and [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]]. In comparison there is Jaehaerys I Targaryen's choice of Septon [[Barth]], a common born blacksmith's son Jaehaerys plucked from the [[Red Keep]]'s library, who gave the realm forty years of peace and plenty.{{ref|asos|54}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
At the [[Wall]] Sam recalls that there were dragons there two hundred years ago, Queen Alysanne had visited Castle Black on [[Silverwing|her dragon]], and Jaehaerys, her king, had come after her on [[Vermithor|his own]].

When talking to [[Cersei Lannister]] about having King [[Tommen]] rearm [[the Faith]] the new [[High Sparrow|High Septon]] asks her did not Jaehaerys the Conciliator once swear upon the Iron Throne itself that the crown would always protect and defend [[the Faith]]? Cersei thinks to herself that she has no idea what Jaehaerys the Conciliator might have sworn.

Outside [[Riverrun]] Lady [[Genna Lannister]] makes it known to [[Jaime]] how she feels about Queen Cersei rearming the Faith, she reminds Jaime that King Jaehaerys agreed to pardon all those who would set aside their swords.

During their travels in the [[riverlands]] Septon Meribald tells [[Brienne]] and her companions some of the history of the [[inn at the crossroads]]. He tells them the inn was raised during the reign of the first Jaehaerys, and that Jaehaerys and his queen slept there during their journeys, and for a time, the inn was known as the Two Crowns in their honor.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While taking to [[Reek|Theon Greyjoy]] [[Roose Bolton]] tells him that the maesters will tell him that King Jaehaerys abolished the lord’s right to the [[first night]] to appease his shrewish queen, but where the [[old gods]] rule, old customs linger.

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===Descendants===
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==References and Notes==
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Roland Waynwood

2015-04-13T18:37:20Z

Colonel Green:

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Ser '''Roland Waynwood''' is a [[knight]] of [[House Waynwood]]. He is a grandson of Lady [[Anya Waynwood]], Lady of [[Ironoaks]]. He appears to be the son of Lady Anya's heir, Ser [[Morton Waynwood]].<ref>Lady Anya had three sons: Morton, Donnel and Wallace. Roland is older than Wallace. Since Donnel was born in either 278 or 277 AC, and Roland between 274 AC and 281 AC, is would be impossible for him to have been Donnel's son, leaving only Morton.</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''The Winds of Winter''===
Ser Roland accompanies his grandmother Lady Anya, his younger uncle Ser [[Wallace Waynwood]] and his cousin Ser [[Harrold Hardyng]] to the [[Gates of the Moon]] to participate in the tourney there.

==Family==
{{Waynwood tree}}

==References and Notes==
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Lyonel Corbray

2015-04-08T23:45:33Z

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Lord '''Lyonel Corbray''' is Lord of [[Heart's Home]] and head of [[House Corbray]]. He has two brothers of Ser [[Lyn Corbray|Lyn]] and Ser [[Lucas Corbray|Lucas]].{{Ref|AFFC|23}} He is over forty years old.{{Ref|AFFC|41}}

==History==
During the [[Battle of the Trident]], Lord Corbray was wounded. Lyonel carried his father back to the maesters in the rear, while his younger brother, Ser Lyn Corbray, grabbed their father's sword [[Lady Forlorn]] and led a charge against the [[Dornishmen]]. When Lord Corbray died, Lyonel inherited the titles and lands while Ser Lyn received the sword Lady Forlorn. Lyonel felt he was cheated of his birthright.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}

Lyonel's first wife bore a single sickly child who died in infancy. As result, for all the years of their marriage his heir remained his younger brother Lyn.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' excerpt: Alayne</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lord Lyonel does not join with the [[Lords Declarant]] who try to depose Littlefinger, [[Petyr Baelish]], the Lord Protector of the Vale.{{Ref|AFFC|10}} Lyonel marries the sixteen-year-old daughter of a rich [[Gulltown]] merchant, the marriage brokered by Petyr. Lyonel receives a significant dowry for marrying a commoner. It is a well-attended wedding, with a surprise attendee in Lord [[Benedar Belmore]], who had recently reconciled with Littlefinger.{{Ref|AFFC|41}} The Lords Declarant were expected to shun Lyonel's wedding. In the end, Lord [[Benedar Belmore|Belmore]], Lady [[Anya Waynwood|Waynwood]] and the [[Symond Templeton|Knight of Ninestars]] attend, as well as the Lords [[House Waxley|Waxley]], [[House Grafton|Grafton]] and [[House Lynderly|Lynderly]].

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Lord Lyonel does not attend the Tourney of the Gates of the Moon, remaining at Heart's Home with his new wife, who is now pregnant with his long-desired heir.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' excerpt: Alayne</ref>

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Jon Arryn

2015-04-02T23:52:54Z

Colonel Green:

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[[File:King Robert Baratheon Hand Jon Arryn.jpg|thumb|250px|Jon Arryn as [[Hand of the King]], for King [[Robert Baratheon]]]]

Lord '''Jon Arryn''' was the head of [[House Arryn]], whose titles included Lord of the [[Eyrie]], Defender of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], and [[Warden of the East]]. He served as [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert Baratheon]] from {{date|283}} until his unexpected death in {{date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}}

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Jon Arryn|Images of Jon Arryn]]''
Jon had broad shoulders.{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Half of his teeth had fallen out by the time he married Lady [[Lysa Tully]].{{Ref|aSoS|68}} As a younger man he resembled [[Harrold Hardyng]], who has blue eyes, blonde hair, and an aquiline nose.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' excerpt: Alayne</ref>

==History==
===Youth===
Jon was born as the eldest son of Lord [[Jasper Arryn]]. Not much is known about his youth or his parents. He had a younger brother, [[Ronnel Arryn (son of Jasper)|Ronnel]], and a sister, [[Alys Arryn|Alys]], who married [[Elys Waynwood]]. Jon was Keeper of the [[Gates of the Moon]] while his father lived, and after his father's death he named his brother Ronnel and later his cousin [[Denys Arryn|Denys]] to that position.{{Ref|aFfC|10}}

Jon was married three times. His first marriage was to [[Jeyne Royce]], she died in childbed, their daughter stillborn. His second marriage was to [[Rowena Arryn]], a cousin, who died of a winter chill, it was a childless marriage. Because he had no children, he had appointed a number of heirs who died one after another. The first was his nephew [[Elbert Arryn]], the son of his younger brother [[Ronnel Arryn (son of Jasper)|Ronnel]]. After Elbert was executed by King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], [[Denys Arryn]] became heir. He was of a lower branch of House Arryn, and had married Jon's niece. He was killed in the [[Battle of the Bells]].

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Jon married a third time, this time to [[Lysa Tully]], the daughter of Lord [[Hoster Tully]] to gain his support and to secure an heir for the failing Arryn line. Their marriage was loveless. Lysa found Jon to be too old and hated his bad breath. After several miscarriages Lysa gave Jon a sickly son and heir, [[Robert Arryn]].

===Robert's Rebellion===
:{{main|Robert's Rebellion}}

Jon fostered [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robert Baratheon]] as his wards in the [[Vale of Arryn]]. As they grew, the two boys became close companions and regarded Jon as a second father. After King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] demanded that Jon turn them over for a likely execution, Jon refused and raised his banners in revolt. After the [[Battle of Gulltown (Robert's Rebellion)|Battle of Gulltown]], where he confronted several lords who resisted the rebellion, Jon fought in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and the [[Battle of the Trident]]. During the war, in the same ceremony in which Eddard Stark and [[Catelyn Tully]] were wed, Jon married Lysa.

During the [[Sack of King's Landing]], not only King Aerys but also the wife and children of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] were killed. Eddard was appalled by the brutality of the acts but Robert's hatred for the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] made him consider the murders necessary, creating a temporary rift between the two that even Jon Arryn was unable to breach.{{Ref|aGoT|12}} When Robert Baratheon ascended to the [[Iron Throne]], he appointed Jon as his [[Hand of the King|Hand]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

===Hand of the King===
The first task Jon undertook was making peace with [[Dorne]]. Dorne was incensed by the deaths of Prince [[Lewyn Martell|Lewyn]] and [[Elia Martell]] during the war, and [[Oberyn Martell]] tried to raise the kingdom to support [[Viserys Targaryen]], the surviving son of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]]. In response, Jon travelled to [[Sunspear]] the year after Robert took the throne ({{date|284}}) to return the bones of Prince Lewyn and was able to broker a peace with [[Doran Martell]].{{Ref|aSoS|38}} However, the knights [[Gregor Clegane]] and [[Amory Lorch]], who had killed Elia and her children, went unpunished, creating a persistent bone of contention between the Iron Throne and Dorne.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}

[[File:Jon Arryn TheMico.jpg|thumb|200px|Jon Arryn by TheMico]]

To strengthen King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert's]] hold on the throne, Jon negotiated Robert's marriage with [[Cersei Lannister]] and advised that he retain her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], on the [[Kingsguard]], thereby opposing Lord [[Eddard Stark]], who proposed sending Jaime to the [[Wall]] for his killing of King Aerys. Robert also considered the assassination of Viserys and [[Daenerys Targaryen]], believed to be the last two [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] and thus a possible threat, but Lord Jon dissuaded him from the idea.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

Robert left Jon with much of the responsibility of running the [[Seven Kingdoms]], but Jon could not stop Robert from spending huge amounts of money on tournaments and excess, putting the nation in serious debt.{{Ref|aGoT|20}} While he was at court, [[Nestor Royce]] ruled as High Steward of the Vale. Lysa organized for her friend [[Petyr Baelish]] to get his first position and later convinced her husband to bring him to the court in [[King's Landing]]. Petyr was made [[Master of Coin]] under Jon as Hand.{{Ref|aSoS|80}}

===Death===
Jon was considered very robust for his age, but became ill the night after he had borrowed [[Malleon]]'s [[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms|book]], and quickly wasted away. Jon's own maester, [[Colemon]], tried treating an assumed stomach illness by purging the body. The moribund Jon kept mentioning the name Robert, and his final words to his wife [[Lysa Tully]] and King [[Robert Baratheon]] were "The seed is strong."{{Ref|aGoT|25}}{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Lysa believes this to be a reference to their own son,{{Ref|aCoK|25}} [[Robert Arryn]], but it is more likely that Jon Arryn was referring to what he had learned about the Baratheon lineage while studying Maester Malleon's book.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Afterwards his speech became too slurred to comprehend and he died the following morning.{{Ref|aGoT|25}}

After Jon Arryn's death, King Robert suggested to Lysa that her son Robert should become a ward of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and be sent to [[Casterly Rock]], as he feared that being raised by his mother would make his namesake weak. Lysa refused the suggestion brusquely and, against the wishes of the king, one night fled from [[King's Landing]] with her son and returned to the [[Vale of Arryn]].{{Ref|aGoT|4}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
King [[Robert Baratheon]] decides that Lord [[Eddard Stark]] should succeed Jon as [[Hand of the King]], which angers both Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], who had hoped her brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] would assume the position and fears that Eddard would move to curb [[House Lannister|Lannister]] influence,{{Ref|aGoT|8}} and [[Stannis Baratheon]], who thinks he is owed the position through his fifteen years of service on the [[small council]].{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} Shortly after Robert and his entourage leave for [[Winterfell]] to ask Eddard to become his Hand, Stannis goes to [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|aGoT|20}}

Lysa writes a coded letter to her sister [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], in which she claims that Jon Arryn was murdered by Queen Cersei. This convinces Catelyn and eventually Eddard, who had been inclined to refuse King Robert's offer, that he must assume the position of Hand, so that he can find out the truth about Jon Arryn's death and expose those responsible.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}{{Ref|aSoS|80}}

However, when Eddard arrives at the [[Red Keep]], he realizes that Lysa's return to the Eyrie with most of the Arryn household and Stannis's departure to Dragonstone prevent him from questioning crucial witnesses about the circumstances and background of Jon Arryn's death. Left without other options, he begins to rely on information provided by [[Petyr Baelish|Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]] and [[Varys]]. Littlefinger feeds Eddard largely useless information, while Varys suggests Jon might have been poisoned by his squire, [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]], who is killed in the [[Tourney of the Hand]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}}{{Ref|aGoT|27}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

Eddard learns that Stannis began to suspect Queen Cersei's children had been fathered not by King Robert but by her brother Jaime, the Kingslayer—which would make them illegitimate and Stannis therefore Robert's rightful heir. Concerned that such a suggestion coming from him would be seen as motivated by his own ambitions, Stannis did not confide in the king but rather raised the issue with Jon Arryn, whom Robert would be more inclined to believe.{{Ref|aCoK|31}}

Jon and Stannis began to investigate the matter secretly by seeking out bastards Robert had begotten. Together they visited the armory of [[Tobho Mott]] where [[Gendry]] was employed, one of Robert's offspring who bore a striking resemblance to his father. They also visited the brothel of [[Chataya]], where Robert had fathered a girl, [[Barra]], who also clearly had the king's features.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}} The increased contact with Stannis apparently also contributed to Jon Arryn's planning to send his [[Robert Arryn|own son]] to be fostered by Stannis at [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|aGoT|40}}

Jon was seeking further proof that Cersei's children could not be Robert's in Grand Maester [[Malleon]]'s book ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms]]'', a ponderous tome lent to him by Grand Maester [[Pycelle]]. The book would have informed him, as it later informs Lord [[Eddard Stark]], that whenever members of houses [[House Lannister|Lannister]] and [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] wed, their offspring always bore clear Baratheon features{{Ref|aGoT|25}}{{Ref|aGoT|45}} (unlike Cersei's children [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], who more closely resemble the Lannisters). Jon's investigation became known to a number of people at the court, including Pycelle, Varys, Cersei, and Littlefinger. Varys saw Jon's life in danger and begged him to employ a taster, but Jon dismissed the suggestion that anyone would try to poison him.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

By the time Eddard finds out what Jon Arryn had been investigating and what had provided the likely cause for his death, it is too late to inform King Robert, as he has already gone on the hunting trip on which he is fatally wounded, and, following Catelyn taking [[Tyrion Lannister]] captive for his assumed role in plotting her son [[Bran Stark|Bran's]] death, fighting has already broken out in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|39}}{{Ref|aGoT|43}}{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Stannis has remained at Dragonstone, which keeps him from sharing his suspicions about Cersei's children with Lord Eddard and from directly challenging the legitimacy of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] when he assumes the throne after King Robert dies.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] forces Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], a staunch Lannister ally, to confess he believed that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] wanted Jon dead. Cersei considered Jon a threat to her plan of putting her son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] on the [[Iron Throne]] after her husband, King [[Robert Baratheon]], had been disposed of.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Pycelle believed that Jon was about to act on his knowledge by making preparations to send his wife, [[Lysa Tully]], to the [[Eyrie]] and his son, [[Robert Arryn]], to Dragonstone.{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Although Cersei had not given him explicit orders in this regard and was not even in [[King's Landing]] at the time, Pycelle assumed responsibility for the treatment and thereby assured that Jon Arryn died, despite the efforts by Maester [[Colemon]] to save him.{{ref|ACOK|25}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Sansa Stark]] learns that unbeknownst to Jon, [[Lysa Tully]] and [[Petyr Baelish]] had maintained a relationship since their youth. She had convinced Jon to bring Petyr to court in [[King's Landing]] so that they could be close together.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} Littlefinger had persuaded [[Lysa Arryn]] to poison Jon's wine with [[Tears of Lys]], suggesting to her that this would both remove the obstacle to their marriage and prevent Jon from sending [[Robert Arryn]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]]. Lysa did as she was bidden.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} Petyr also encouraged the widowed Lysa to write the letter to her sister [[Catelyn Tully]] claiming the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were behind Jon's death, which contributed to the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]]. Littlefinger's motivations are not clear, but he evidently saw the chance of exploiting the death of Jon Arryn to increase the animosity between the Lannisters and the [[House Stark|Starks]] for his own ends.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} It is also possible that he saw Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and her tendency to act hastily and irrationally as crucial to his own strategy in the "game of thrones" and wanted to prevent her untimely removal from the game.{{Ref|aFfC|23}}

==Family Tree==
{{Arryn tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3}}

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Roland Waynwood

2015-04-02T19:43:12Z

Colonel Green: /* The Winds of Winter */

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Ser '''Roland Waynwood''' is a [[knight]] of [[House Waynwood]]. He is a grandson of Lady [[Anya Waynwood]], Lady of [[Ironoaks]]. He is at most 25 years old, and most likely the son of Lady Anya's heir, Ser [[Morton Waynwood]].

==Recent Events==
===The Winds of Winter===
Ser Roland accompanies his grandmother Lady Anya, his younger uncle Ser [[Wallace Waynwood]] and his cousin Ser [[Harrold Hardyng]] to the [[Gates of the Moon]] to participate in the tourney there.

==Family==
{{Waynwood tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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Roland Waynwood

2015-04-02T19:39:21Z

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Ser '''Roland Waynwood''' is a [[knight]] of [[House Waynwood]]. He is a grandson of Lady [[Anya Waynwood]], Lady of [[Ironoaks]]. He is at most 25 years old, and most likely the son of Lady Anya's heir, Ser [[Morton Waynwood]].

==Recent Events==
===The Winds of Winter===
Ser Roland accompanies his grandmother Lady Anya, his younger uncle Ser [[Wallace Waynwood]] and his cousin Ser [[Harry Hardyng]] to the [[Gates of the Moon]] to participate in the tourney there.

==Family==
{{Waynwood tree}}

==References and Notes==
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War of the Ninepenny Kings

2015-03-25T17:24:11Z

Colonel Green:

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| conflict_name = War of the Ninepenny Kings
| part_of = [[Blackfyre Pretenders]]
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| image2 = [[Barristan Selmy]] fights [[Maelys Blackfyre]] during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, as depicted by Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena in ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''.
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| date = {{Date|260}}
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| location = [[Stepstones]], [[Free Cities]]
| result = [[Band of Nine]] fall from power Ending of [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] line.

| combatant1 = Armies of [[Tyrosh]] [[Seven Kingdoms]]
| commander1 = King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]† Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] Lord [[Quellon Greyjoy]] Ser [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]]† Lord [[Roger Reyne]]
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| losses1 =Ser [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]] [[Ormund Baratheon]]

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| commander2 = [[Maelys I Blackfyre]]† [[Samarro Saan]] [[The Old Mother]] [[Xhobar Qhoqua]] [[Liomond Lashare]] [[Spotted Tom]] the Butcher Ser [[Derrick Fossoway]] [[Nine Eyes]] [[Alequo Adarys]]
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The '''War of the Ninepenny Kings''' (also known as the '''Fifth Blackfyre Rebellion''') was a conflict involving several of the [[Free Cities]], started by a group of ambitious men known as the [[Band of Nine]]. After the Band set their sights on Westeros, [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] dispatched an army to defeat them.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Jaehaerys II Targaryen}}

==Background==
Late during the reign of King [[Aegon V]], the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] re-emerged to trouble the Seven Kingdoms. In {{Date|258}} news reached King's Landing that the so-called [[Band of Nine]], a group of ambitious power-seekers in Essos, had come together under the [[Tree of Crowns]], where they vowed to aid one another in achieving their goals. Prominent among them was [[Maelys Blackfyre]], who was said to have consumed his twin in the womb, resulting in a second head growing out of his neck.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aegon V}} A few years before, Maelys had won the command of the [[Golden Company]] by killing his cousin [[Daemon Blackfyre (cousin of Maelys I)|Daemon]] and was determined to reclaim his rightful throne as last of the Blackfyre line.{{Ref|TWOIAF| ?}} When told of these events, Prince [[Duncan Targaryen]] famously quipped "''that crowns were being sold nine a penny''". Afterwards the Band of Nine became known in Westeros as the Ninepenny Kings.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aegon V}} However most men thought that the threat posed by these pretenders would be countered by the might of the Free Cities. Nonetheless preparations were made to make sure the Blackfyres could not land in Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aegon V}}

==War==
When [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] came onto his throne after the death of his father, King Aegon V, in the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]] in {{Date|259}}, he was immediately plunged into war. The Band of Nine had met their goals with initial success, conquering the [[Disputed Lands]] and securing the Free City of [[Tyrosh]], setting up [[Alequo Adarys]], the Silvertongue as its ruler. Second, they secured the [[Stepstones]] as a base for operations against [[Westeros]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys II}}

Jaehaerys II recognized the threat and sent a large force to the [[Stepstones]] to remove the danger before it grew any larger. Although he was willing to command his forces himself, the king was dissuaded from this by his Hand [[Ormund Baratheon]], who took the command upon himself.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys II}} When the Targaryen host, supported by a fleet of one hundred longships sent by Lord [[Quellon Greyjoy]] of the Iron Islands, landed upon the Stepstones in {{Date|260}}, the fighting began in earnest.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Old Way and the New}}

Lord Ormund was one of the first casualties of the war, dying in the arms of his young son, Ser Steffon.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys II}} Command then passed to [[Gerold Hightower]] of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys II}} This was the last time prior to the [[War of the Five Kings]] that the regional [[warden]] titles were activated. Several young Knights and lords distinguished themselves in the battle, including [[Brynden Tully]], [[Steffon Baratheon]], [[Tywin Lannister]] and [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}} But in the end it was the young [[Barristan Selmy]], who cut a bloody path though the [[Golden Company]]'s ranks to slay Maelys the Monstrous, the last of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]]in single combat, and ended the threat to the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|ADWD|55}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>

==Aftermath==
It took another six years before the Band of Nine's holdings in Essos were lost. Alequo Adarys was eventually poisoned by his queen and the Archon returned to power.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys II}}

[[Steffon Baratheon]] became Lord of Storm's End, after his father died in the war. He remained close friends with both the young Aerys Targaryen and Tywin Lannister. It was Tywin who, as a new-made knight himself, was given the honor to give Prince Aerys his spurs, after fighting gallantly in the war.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}} Tywin himself became bitter and hardened, particularly against his ineffectual father [[Tytos Lannister]], who had not taken part in the war, rather remaining at home with his mistress. These tensions would soon erupt in the [[Reyne-Tarbeck Rebellion|Reyne-Tarbeck Revolt]] of {{Date|261}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

[[Hoster Tully]] became acquainted with Lord Baelish during this event which subsequently led to Lord Tully taking his son, [[Petyr Baelish]], on as a ward.<ref>US Signing Tour (Half Moon Bay, CA) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Half_Moon_Bay_CA/]</ref>

The Blackfyres were extinguished in the male line thanks to [[Barristan Selmy]]. When the next opening presented itself, Selmy was named to the [[Kingsguard]],{{Ref|ASOS|67}}, an opening he accepted, despite being heir to [[Harvest Hall]] and being betrothed.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

==References==
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Alyn Velaryon

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| Alias = Alyn of Hull The Oakenfist Lord Oakenfist
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Lord '''Alyn Velaryon''', formerly known as '''Alyn of Hull''' and later known as '''Oakenfist''', was head of [[House Velaryon]] and [[Lord of the Tides]]. Alyn was a legitimised [[bastard]] of [[dragonseed]] descent from [[Hull]] on the island of [[Driftmark]]. His brother was Ser [[Addam Velaryon]], [[dragonrider]] and heir to Driftmark.{{ref|tpatq}} Alyn was an admiral during the reign of his cousin, King [[Daeron I Targaryen]].

==Appearance==
After his failed attempt to tame the dragon [[Sheepstealer]], Alyn carried scars from the dragon's flame on his back and legs for the rest of his life.{{ref|tpatq}}

==History==
===Early Life===
According to [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]], Alyn's origins remain a matter of dispute among historians to this day. His mother, [[Marilda]] of [[Hull]], claimed he and his brother [[Addam Velaryon|Addam]] were fathered by Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]. However, [[Mushroom]] claimed they were fathered by Laenor's father, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], but kept unacknowledged and far from court in order to not offend Corlys's fiery-tempered wife, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon II}}

===The Dance of the Dragons===
When it was decided by Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]] that [[the blacks]] needed more dragonriders, many men on [[Dragonstone]] came forward to answer the prince’s call. Along with his brother [[Addam Velaryon|Addam]], Alyn of Hull was one of them.{{ref|tpatq}}

Alyn tried to tame [[Sheepstealer]], entering his lair. The dragon set fire to his cloak. His brother Addam used his own cloak to beat out the flames while his dragon [[Seasmoke]] drove off Sheepstealer. Alyn counted himself fortunate to have lived as other seeds and seekers who aspired to ride that dragon ended being eaten by him instead.{{ref|tpatq}}

Not long after Addam had proven himself by flying Seasmoke, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] went so far as to petition Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] to remove the taint of [[bastardy]] from him and Alyn. The queen complied.{{ref|tpatq}}

With the [[Two Betrayers]] on their minds, many voices in the [[black council]] questioned his brother Addam’s loyalty. Only Lord Corlys spoke in defense of the [[dragonseed]], remarking that Addam and his brother Alyn were “true heirs” and worthy of [[Driftmark]].{{ref|tpatq}}

===Lord of the Tides===
Alyn became [[Lord of the Tides]] after the death of Corlys in {{date|132}}. Lord [[Unwin Peake]], the [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aegon III Targaryen]], refused to allow Alyn to become a regent. Instead, Alyn earned the name Oakenfist after a great victory in the [[Stepstones]]. Unwin then sent Alyn to deal with the Red Kraken, [[Dalton Greyjoy]], hoping he would be slain in the process. The expedition to the westerlands instead became the first of Alyn's six great voyages,{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon III}} and he gained the favor of [[Aliandra Martell]], [[Princess of Dorne]], when he stopped at [[Sunspear]] on both legs of the journey.{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne Against the Dragons}} According to a semi-canon source, his second voyage was to [[Volantis]].<ref>Blood of Dragons: [http://www.westeros.org/BoD/Transcripts/Entry/The_World_of_Ice_and_Fire_AMA The World of Ice and Fire “AMA”] November 09, 2014</ref>

Alyn negotiated the release of Aegon III's brother, [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], from captivity in [[Lys]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon III}} When [[Addam Velaryon|Addam]]'s bones were returned to Driftmark in {{date|138}}, Alyn used only a single word, "loyal", as the epitaph on his brother's new tomb.{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon II}}

Alyn later took a decisive part in King [[Daeron I Targaryen]]'s [[conquest of Dorne]] as [[master of ships]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Daeron I}} He commanded a fleet that broke the [[Planky Town]] and swept halfway up the [[Greenblood]] while the main Dornish strength was engaged with Daeron in the [[Prince's Pass]].{{ref|adwd|17}} Alyn returned to subdue the Planky Town and the Greenblood in {{Date|160}} after the [[Dornishmen]] rebelled, but the Young Dragon Daeron was slain the following year while under a peace banner. His successor, King [[Baelor I Targaryen]], made peace with the Dornish.{{ref|TWOIAF| Daeron I}}

Alyn would have two bastards by Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Sisters of Baelor I}} named [[Jon Waters|Jon]] and [[Jeyne Waters]], and an unknown number of children with his wife, Lady [[Baela Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}} He loved Elaena even though he was married to another.{{Ref|AFFC|8}}

The Oakenfist achieved great acclaim battling pirates from the [[Stepstones]] and the [[narrow sea]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Alyn disappeared at sea.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Sisters of Baelor I}}

==Family==
{{Velaryon tree Dance}}

==References and Notes==
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Daenaera Velaryon

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Lady '''Daenaera Velaryon''' was queen consort and wife of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] and a member of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|awoiaf}} Daenaera was the daughter of [[Daeron Velaryon]], who was a cousin of [[Alyn Velaryon]].

==History==
Daenaera was the second wife of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]], after his first marriage to Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] had ended childless. Daenaera had five children with her husband; [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron]], [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor]], [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]] and [[Elaena Targaryen|Elaena]]. It is unknown how she is related to the members of House Velaryon of that time.

==Legacy==
Daenaera's two sons would reign after her husbands death: Daeron would be crowned King [[Daeron I Targaryen]], and would become known as '''the Young Dragon''', famous for [[Conquest of Dorne|Conquering Dorne]], even though his conquest lasted only for four years. When Daeron died childless, his younger brother Baelor was crowned [[Baelor I Targaryen]] in {{Date|161}}. Baelor, who had been married to Daenaera's eldest daughter [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], had his marriage undone and locked his three sisters in what would become known as ''the Maidenvault''. Baelor was known for being pious, and fasted often, and long. One such fast eventually killed him.

Daenaera's daughter Daena, during her captivity in the Maidenvault, had an affair with her cousin Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]], which caused her to get pregnant. She gave birth to a bastard son, named [[Daemon Blackfyre|Daemon]], in the end of Baelor's reign. Years later, King [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] acknowledged Daemon, and gave him the Targaryen sword [[Blackfyre]]. Legitimized in {{Date|184}}, Daemon choose the name [[Daemon Blackfyre]] for himself, starting [[House Blackfyre]], which would cause several wars that threathened the Targaryen Dynasty.

Daenaera's second daughter, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]], joined the Faith and became a septa. The youngest girl, [[Elaena Targaryen|Elaena]], was married three times, and gave birth to seven children. Her first two children were illegitimate, fathered by Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]: [[Jon Waters|Jon]] and [[Jeyne Waters]]. Descendants of Jon live until this day, under the name [[Rennifer Longwaters|Longwaters]]. Subsequently she married Lord [[Ossifer Plumm]], by whom she had one child, [[Viserys Plumm]] (though he is rumoured to have actually been fathered by King Aegon IV); and Lord [[Ronnel Penrose]], by whom she had four children ([[Robin Penrose]], [[Laena Penrose]], [[Jocelyn Penrose]], and [[Joy Penrose]]). Her final marriage to Ser [[Michael Manwoody]] was childless.

==Family==
{{Velaryon tree Dance}}

==References and Notes==
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Aegon III Targaryen

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| successor = [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
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'''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]], which saw the victorious supporters of his late mother [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] install him on the throne. 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 the last days of {{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, and following Lord [[Kermit Tully]]'s victory over the Green army of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]] half a year later, Aegon II was murdered by his own men.{{ref|twoiaf|Aegon II}} Aegon inherited the throne as Aegon III in {{date|131}}.

===Reign===
Since he came to the [[Iron Throne|throne]] aged eleven, several [[Regent]]s and [[Hand of the King|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 Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|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 (daughter of Aegon III)|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, and gave birth to seven children. Her first two children were illegitimate, fathered by Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]: [[Jon Waters|Jon]] and [[Jeyne Waters]]. Descendants of Jon live until this day, under the name [[Rennifer Longwaters|Longwaters]]. Subsequently she married Lord [[Ossifer Plumm]], by whom she had one child, [[Viserys Plumm]] (though he is rumoured to have actually been fathered by King Aegon IV); and Lord [[Ronnel Penrose]], by whom she had four children ([[Robin Penrose]], [[Laena Penrose]], [[Jocelyn Penrose]], and [[Joy Penrose]]). Her final marriage to Ser [[Michael Manwoody]] was childless.

==Small Council under Aegon III==
During the reign of King Aegon his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Cregan Stark]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Marston Waters]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Grand Maester [[Munkun]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Munkun]]

===Council of Regents===
The regency council of Aegon III, as originally constituted, consisted of:{{ref|twoiaf| The Regents of King Aegon III}}

* Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]], Lady of the Eyrie (131-134 AC).
* Lord [[Royce Caron]], Lord of Nightsong (131-132 AC).
* Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]] (131-133 AC).
* Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]], Lord of Maidenpool (131-134 AC).
* Grand Maester [[Munkun]] (131-136 AC).
* Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], Master of Driftmark and Lord of the Tides (131-132 AC).
* Lord [[Roland Westerling]], Lord of the Crag (131-133 AC).

Subsequent replacements:

* Lord [[Unwin Peake]], replaced Lord Corlys (132-134 AC).
* Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]], replaced Lord Roland (133-136 AC).
* Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]], replaced Lord Manfryd (134 AC).

Regents chosen by lot at the Great Council of 136:

* [[Willam Stackspear]]
* [[Marq Merryweather]]
* [[Lorent Grandison]]

==Family==
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===During the [[Dance of the Dragons]]===
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==References and Notes==
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House Manderly

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Manderly of [[White Harbor]]
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| Coat_of_arms = A white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, on a blue-green field
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| Seat = [[New Castle]] in [[White Harbor]]
| Current_Lord = [[Wyman Manderly]]
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title = 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]] Knight of the [[Order of the Green Hand]] Lord of Dunstonbury (formerly)
| Heir = Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]
| Overlord = [[House Bolton]]
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'''House Manderly of White Harbor''' is a noble family in [[the North]] whose seat is the [[New Castle]] in the city of [[White Harbor]]. They are among the most powerful and loyal vassals of [[House Stark]] as well as the richest northern family due to their control of the only city in the region. Unlike most other northern houses,{{ref|AGOT|53}} the Manderlys follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]], as the family originated in [[the Reach]].

The Manderlys' blazon is a white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field.{{ref|AGOT|55}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words do not appear in the books, neither has [[George R. R. Martin]] submitted them in semi-canon material.

The Lord of White Harbor, [[Wyman Manderly]], influences all lands and houses east of the mouth of the [[White Knife]], including Houses [[House Locke|Locke]], [[House Woolfield|Woolfield]], and [[House Flint of Widow's Watch|Flint of Widow's Watch]].{{ref|ADWD|29}} The Manderlys' dominion includes the [[Sheepshead Hills]]{{ref|AWOIAF| Sheepshead Hills}} and the [[Broken Branch]],{{ref|AWOIAF| Broken Branch}} as well as the allegiance of [[Ramsgate]].{{ref|AWOIAF| Ramsgate}} Their bannermen includes a dozen petty lords and a hundred landed knights.{{Ref|ADWD|29}}

==History==
===Kingdom of the Reach===
The Manderlys are an ancient line who once lived along the banks of the mighty river [[Mander]] in the [[Kingdom of the Reach]], and some claim the river was named after them.{{ref|AWOIAF| Mander}} A noble house of great lords descended from the [[First Men]], they held the castle of [[Dunstonbury]] as their seat and had a fierce rivalry with [[House Peake]].{{ref|TWOIAF}}

During the reign of the [[House Gardener|Gardener kings]] in the Reach, King [[Gwayne III Gardener|Gwayne III]] the Fat managed to persuade Lords Manderly and Peake to accept his judgement on their quarrel, and do fealty for their lands, without any bloodshed. Near the end of the reign of King [[Garth X Gardener|Garth X]] Greybeard, a problem with the succession arose as Garth had fathered no sons and only sired two daughters, one of whom had been married to Lord Manderly, and the other to Lord Peake. Both lords were determined that their own wife should succeed the throne and the rivalry between them was marked by betrayal, conspiracy and murder, and soon escalated to open war with many lords joining the cause of both sides. The anarchy that followed lasted for almost two decades until Ser [[Osmund Tyrell]], the High Steward of [[Highgarden]], made common cause with the other lords of the Reach and defeated the Peakes and Manderlys. He placed a distant cousin of the previous king on the throne who ascended as King [[Mern VI Gardener]].{{ref|TWOIAF}}

===Exile and White Harbor===

According to Lady [[Rohanne Webber]], House Manderly left or were driven away from the Reach about a thousand years ago.{{ref|tss}} Lord [[Godric Borrell]] further refines the time period to "no more than nine hundred years ago", claiming the House had overreached itself and been repelled by the "green hands",{{Ref|ADWD|9}} a reference to the [[House Gardener|Gardener]] kings.{{ref|AWOIAF| White Harbor}} According to Maester [[Yandel]], the exile of House Manderly is credited to Lord [[Lorimar Peake]] upon the behest of King [[Perceon III Gardener]], who feared the Manderlys' growing influence and power in the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF}}

[[Wylla Manderly]] proclaims that the Manderlys, sore and friendless and in peril of their lives, fled north and were protected and welcomed by the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] as their own bannermen a thousand years before the [[War of Conquest]]. The Starks awarded the [[Wolf's Den]] to the Manderlys and tasked them with defending the White Knife in return for swearing an oath that they would always be loyal subjects of House Stark. This history instilled the Manderlys with great loyalty to their new liege lords.{{ref|ADWD|19}}

The city of White Harbor was built by the Manderlys with the wealth they had brought from the Reach and they developed it over the following centuries.{{ref|ADWD|19}} It is the smallest of the five cities of [[Westeros]], and is the main northern port for commerce and naval transport. The [[New Castle]], built to replace the aging Wolf's Den, resembles their previous castle [[Dunstonbury]] in the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF}} The Manderlys are one of the few great houses of the North to follow the [[Faith of the Seven]] instead of the [[old gods]] and thus have a strong tradition of [[knight]]hood.{{ref|AGOT|53}}

===Targaryen Era===

House Manderly enjoyed great relations to both their liege lords, the Starks, and their sovereigns, the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]]. Princess [[Viserra Targaryen]], the wild and high-spirited daughter of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], was betrothed to Lord Manderly, but she apparently died by falling from a horse while racing drunkenly through the streets of King's Landing. Lady [[Jeyne Manderly]] wed [[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]], eldest son and supposed heir to Lord [[Cregan Stark]] and gave him two daughters, [[Serena Stark|Serena]] and [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa]]. Lady [[Myriame Manderly]] married [[Rodwell Stark]] and became Lady of Winterfell upon her husband's accession.{{ref|TWOIAF}}

House Manderly supported [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] in the [[Great Council of 101]] at [[Harrenhal]]. During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] traveled to White Harbor and Winterfell and convinced the North to join [[the blacks]]. Lord Manderly sent warriors led by his sons, Ser [[Medrick Manderly|Medrick]] and Ser [[Torrhen Manderly|Torrhen]], to support [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|tpatq}} Torrhen served as one of the regents of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] after the war, resigning in {{Date|132}} after the deaths of his father and brother from [[Winter Fever]]. When Aegon came of age in {{Date|136}}, he ended the regency and dismissed the [[Hand of the King]], Lord Manderly.{{ref|TWOIAF}}

===Robert's Rebellion===

When Lord [[Eddard Stark]] called the northern banners to join [[Robert's Rebellion]] against King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] led the Manderlys south. Wyman fought at the [[Battle of the Trident]], rewarding his retainer Ser [[Bartimus]] for saving his life by making him castellan of the Wolf's Den, now White Harbor's prison.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After learning of the [[catspaw|assassination attempt]] on his son [[Bran Stark|Bran's]] life, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] instructs his wife [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] to have Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] strengthen [[White Harbor]].{{ref|AGOT|20}}

After leaving the [[Vale of Arryn]], Catelyn meets the Manderlys at White Harbor. Because of Eddard's arrest in [[King's Landing]], a Manderly army, led by Ser [[Wylis Manderly|Wylis]] and Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], joins [[Robb Stark]] at [[Moat Cailin]] when marching south against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Their force consists of near 1,500 men, including some 20 knights with their squires, 200 mounted lances, swordsmen and freeriders, and the remaining foot armed with spears, pikes and tridents. Wyman remains at White Harbor to watch over the city.{{ref|AGOT|55}} When the northern army splits at [[the Twins]], Wendel accompanies Robb to free [[Riverrun]], and although he is already a mature man, he is counted among the thirty young sons of lords that form [[Robb's personal guard]]. Meanwhile, Wylis leads the White Harbor infantry with Lord [[Roose Bolton]] on his march south, and is captured at the [[Battle of the Green Fork]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
While at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast]], Lord Wyman meets with [[Bran Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], and Maester [[Luwin]]. He offers to [[Old Mint|mint]] coins for Robb, informs them of White Harbor's defenses, and proposes to build the king a new warfleet of galleys, with Rodrik saying he will inform Robb of the proposal. Later during the feast, Rodrik commands [[Hother Umber|Hother]] and [[Mors Umber]] to work with Wyman in building longships to combat [[wildlings]].{{ref|ACOK|16}}

Lady [[Donella Hornwood]] (née Manderly) is widowed by the death of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] on the Green Fork. During the harvest feast, Lord Wyman advances his claim for the [[House Hornwood]] lands, going on to offer to wed his cousin. Ultimately this does not occur, as Donella is forcefully wed when she returns to her lands and is locked away to die by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of [[House Bolton|Bolton]]. In response, Wyman seizes [[Hornwood]] to prevent Ramsay from occupying it,{{ref|ACOK|28}} and Manderly knights attack Bolton men in the Hornwood forests. News reaches Winterfell via Ser Rodrik, but he does not have the manpower to stop them.{{ref|ACOK|35}}

In the south, Wendel accompanies Lady [[Catelyn Tully]] to negotiate with Kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]], bearing the Stark banner at the parley before [[Storm's End]]. Meanwhile, Wylis has been held prisoner at [[Harrenhal]], where he frequented the kitchens. Wylis is one of the northmen [[Tyrion Lannister]] is willing to trade for his cousins captured at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]].{{ref|ACOK|25}} Wylis is ultimately freed when Roose Bolton [[Sack of Harrenhal|captures Harrenhal]].

After [[Theon Greyjoy]] [[Capture of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]], he receives reports that Lord Wyman sent a dozen barges up the [[White Knife]] packed with knights and siege engines to help recapture the Starks' seat. During his parley with Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] outside the gates of Winterfell, Theon observes a line of mounted Manderly knights. Rodrik's forces are betrayed by [[House Bolton]] in the [[battle at Winterfell]], however.{{ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
As Robb marches to [[the Twins]] to attend the wedding of [[Edmure Tully]], Ser Wendel Manderly is placed in charge of protecting his baggage train. Ser Wylis commands Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s rearguard as they march to the same destination. Wylis is captured for a second time when [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men [[Battle of the Ruby Ford|attack]] the army as they cross the [[Ruby Ford]] of the [[Trident]], with Lord Bolton allowing the Mountain to destroy his rearguard. Wylis is returned to captivity at Harrenhal. At the Twins, Wendel dies at the [[Red Wedding]], with an arrow going into his open mouth. Maester [[Aemon]] sends a raven to White Harbor in a plea for help from the Manderlys to defend [[Castle Black]] from a [[Battle of Castle Black|wildling siege]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], the Manderlys are on the verge of allying themselves with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]], with Lord Wyman agreeing to marry both of his granddaughters to members of [[House Frey]] and open his port to Lannister ships. The [[Iron Throne]] receives reports that Lord Wyman executed Davos when he attempted to negotiate an alliance with Stannis; Cersei responds by allowing the release of Wyman's surviving son, Wylis Manderly. At Harrenhal, [[Jaime Lannister]] informs a grateful Wylis he will have an escort to [[Maidenpool]] and be put on a ship home to [[White Harbor]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When [[Davos Seaworth]] arrives in White Harbor hoping to ally Lord Wyman to King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], he sees that twenty-three war galleys have been built without the Lannisters' knowledge. White Harbor is awash with refugees, including those from the Hornwood lands.{{ref|ADWD|15}} Despite the objections of his granddaughter, [[Wylla Manderly]], Wyman denounces Davos in front of three Frey envoys, indicating he is ready to make peace with the Iron Throne and pay allegiance to [[Roose Bolton]], the new [[Warden of the North]], who requires that Wyman give up his claim to the Hornwood lands.{{ref|ADWD|19}} Wyman fakes Davos's death, however, killing a criminal in his place and altering the body so it resembles the Onion Knight. After Wylis returns safely to White Harbor, Wyman has [[Robett Glover]] free Davos from the [[Wolf's Den]]. Lord Manderly sends Davos on a mission to find [[Rickon Stark]], known to be alive thanks to [[Wex Pyke]], in a secret bid to unite the northern lords in resistance to Houses Bolton and Frey.{{ref|ADWD|29}}

Keeping up his ruse of loyalty, Lord Wyman arrives at Winterfell with near a thousand men to answer Roose Bolton's call to arms, and to attend [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]]'s wedding. At the wedding, he provides some of the food, including [[Frey Pies/Theories|three pies]] that are implied to be made from three missing Freys who had recently been in White Harbor. While quartered in Winterfell, there is tension within the garrison between the Manderlys and Freys. When Wyman japes about the death of [[Little Walder Frey]], it boils over into bloodshed, with Lord Wyman wounded and several men-at-arms dead on both sides. Lord Bolton, hoping to reduce tensions and hungry mouths within the castle, sends the White Harbor men to engage Stannis's army, which is slowly [[Siege of Winterfell|approaching Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|51}}

==House Manderly at the end of the third century==
The known Manderlys during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], Lord of White Harbor.
** Ser [[Wylis Manderly]], his firstborn son and heir to White Harbor. Married to [[Leona Woolfield]].
*** [[Wynafryd Manderly]], Wylis's young daughter.
*** [[Wylla Manderly]], Wylis's young daughter.
** Ser {[[Wendel Manderly]]}, his second son. Slain at the [[Red Wedding]].
** Ser [[Marlon Manderly]], his cousin and commander of the garrison at White Harbor.
** Lady {[[Donella Hornwood|Donella Manderly]]}, his cousin, married to Lord {[[Halys Hornwood]]}. Starved to death by [[Ramsay Snow]].

{{Template:Manderly_tree}}

===Household===
* Maester [[Theomore Lannister|Theomore]], counselor, tutor, healer. Born a [[House Lannister of Lannisport|Lannister of Lannisport]].
* Ser [[Bartimus]], an old knight, one-legged, one-eyed, and oft drunk, [[castellan]] of the [[Wolf's Den]].
* [[Garth (Wolf's Den)|Garth]], a gaoler and headsman.
* [[Therry]], a young turnkey.
* [[Wex Pyke]], once squire to [[Theon Greyjoy]], mute. Lord Wyman's captive/guest.

==Historical Members==
* Ser [[Medrick Manderly]], a [[knight]] and son of Lord Manderly who fought for [[the blacks]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}}
* Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]], a knight and son of Lord Manderly who fought for the blacks during the Dance of the Dragons. Torrhen also served as regent for the young King [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] and later gave up his position in {{Date|132}} following the death of his father and brother.{{ref|tpatq}} Later [[Hand of the King]] until Aegon III came of age.
* Lady [[Jeyne Manderly]], wife of [[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]], eldest son and heir of Lord [[Cregan Stark]] by his first marriage to [[Arra Norrey]]. Had two daughters, [[Serena Stark|Serena]] and [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa Stark]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix:Stark Lineage}}
* Lady [[Myriame Manderly]], wife of Lord [[Rodwell Stark]] and reigned as Lady of [[Winterfell]] upon her husband's accession. Without issue.{{ref|TWOIAF| Appendix:Stark Lineage}}

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House Westerling

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Westerling of [[the Crag]]
| image = [[File:House Westerling.PNG|250px]]
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| Coat_of_arms = Or, six escallops argent
| Words = ''Honor, Not Honors''
| Seat = [[the Crag]]
| Current_Lord = [[Gawen Westerling]]
| Region = [[the Westerlands]]
| Title =
| Heir = [[Rollam Westerling]]
| Overlord = [[House Lannister]]
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'''House Westerling of the Crag''' is a noble house from [[the Crag]] in the northwestern [[Westerlands]]. They are sworn to [[House Lannister]], and are considered among their principal bannermen.{{ref|agot|Appendix}} Their sigil is six white shells on a sand-colored field.{{ref|ASOS|14}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/6/ Houses in the Westerlands]</ref>

According to semi-canon sources, their words are "''Honor, not Honors''".<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>

==History==
The Westerlings are an ancient line, and proud house, that are descended from the [[First Men]]. They once intermarried with the [[King of the Rock|Kings of the Rock]], and a [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]] married King [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor I]] of [[House Targaryen]]. The Crag is located on the western coast and was once well-regarded.

So well regarded that Ser [[Harrold Westerling]] was asked to join the [[Kingsguard]] under [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] and rose to the position of [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]].{{ref|trp}} Lord [[Roland Westerling]] also became one of the original members of the council of seven [[Regent]]s during the childhood of King [[Aegon III]]. Many decades later Ser [[Ormond Westerling]] participated in the [[Ashford Tourney]]. Their arms were spotted by [[Dunk]] among the gathered heraldry.{{ref|thk}}

In more recent times, during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Ser [[Elys Westerling]] participated in the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{ref|ASOS|11}} The Westerling’s fortunes have faltered over the years, with lands and mines being sold until the Westerlings were reduced to little wealth and influence. They now scarcely have the funds to maintain their keep, which is more ruin than stronghold, and are regarded as having more pride than power.{{ref|ASOS|14}}

Lord [[Gawen Westerling]] offered his daughter [[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne]] as a possible match for [[Willem Lannister|Willem]] or [[Martyn Lannister]], but he was turned down by [[Kevan Lannister]], most likely because of her low standing, seeing as her maternal great-grandfather was a mere trader in saffron and pepper.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord [[Gawen Westerling]] is captured at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]]. He is held at [[Seagard]] during his imprisonment.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Around the time of the [[Battle of the Fords]], King [[Robb Stark]] and his forces in the [[Westerlands]] march on [[the Crag]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Jeyne Westerling]] comforts Robb after he took an arrow wound [[Battle of the Crag|storming the Crag]]. To save her from dishonor, Robb marries Jeyne afterwards. [[Rollam Westerling]] becomes Robb's squire and Ser [[Raynald Westerling]] joins his retinue. When House Westerling joins [[House Stark]] in the [[War of the Five Kings]], they bring fifty men, of whom only twelve are [[knight]]s.

Robb's marriage with Jeyne breaks his alliance with [[House Frey]], as he had promised to marry a daughter of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. Jeyne remains at [[Riverrun]] when Robb goes to [[the Twins]] for the wedding of Lord [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Roslin Frey]], but Robb is murdered in the [[Red Wedding]]. The wounded Raynald was last seen jumping into the [[Green Fork]] and is presumed dead.

Lord Gawen, his wife [[Sybell Spicer]], and Jeyne are welcomed back into the king's peace after the Red Wedding.{{ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] ends the [[Siege of Riverrun]], and Sybell and her surviving children are to return to Lord Gawen in the Westerlands.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

==House Westerling at the end of the third century==
The known Westerlings during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:

* [[Gawen Westerling]], Lord of the Crag.
** [[Sybell Spicer]], his wife.
*** Ser {[[Raynald Westerling]]}, his eldest son and heir. Last reported jumping into the Green Fork during the [[Red Wedding]].
*** [[Jeyne Westerling]], his eldest daughter, widow of [[Robb Stark]], the late [[King in the North]].
*** [[Eleyna Westerling]], his second daughter.
*** [[Rollam Westerling]], his second son.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:

* Ser [[Elys Westerling]], a knight who participated in the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{ref|ASOS|11}}

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===Household===
* Ser [[Rolph Spicer]], castellan of the Crag. Now Lord of [[Castamere]].

==Historical Members==
* Lady [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]], originally married to Lord [[Alyn Tarbeck]], forced to married King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] after birthing Alyn a posthumous son, thereby becoming one of Maegor's three '''[[Black Brides]]'''.
* Ser [[Harrold Westerling]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander of the]] [[Kingsguard]] under [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]].{{ref|trp}}
* Lady [[Johanna Westerling]], wife of Lord [[Jason Lannister]].{{ref|twoiaf|The Westerlands}}
* Lord [[Roland Westerling]], Lord of the Crag and member of the Council of Seven during the early reign of [[Aegon III]].{{ref|twoiaf|Aegon III}}
* Ser [[Ormond Westerling]] participated in the [[Ashford Tourney]] of {{date|209}}.{{ref|thk}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}
{{EnWP|Minor_houses_in_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire}}

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Warden of the East

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'''Warden of the East''' is the title given to the person responsible for the defense of the eastern coasts of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Traditionally the title is conferred upon [[House Arryn]], Lords of the [[Eyrie]].

==Known Wardens of the East==
*Lord [[Ronnel Arryn]]
*Lord [[Rodrik Arryn]]
*Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]
*Lord [[Donnel Arryn]]
*Lord [[Jasper Arryn]]
*Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
*Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
*Lord [[Robert Arryn]]

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After the death of Lord [[Jon Arryn]], King [[Robert Baratheon]] names Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] to the office.{{ref|AGOT|12}} This angers the lords of the Vale who take to calling [[Robert Arryn]] the True Warden of the East.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
To obtain the alliance of the Vale of Arryn and to make peace with Lady [[Lysa Tully]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] considers restoring the title to House Arryn.{{ref|acok|17}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] restores the title to [[House Arryn]].

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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Template:Stark tree

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House Royce of the Gates of the Moon

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'''House Royce of the Gates of the Moon''' is a noble house from the [[Gates of the Moon]] in the [[Vale of Arryn]]. They are a cadet branch of [[House Royce]] of [[Runestone]]. According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their arms with a black portcullis over a white crescent moon on purple bordered with runes on bronze.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/5/ Houses in the Vale]</ref> Their motto has not appeared yet.

==History==
House Royce of the Gates of the Moon is a cadet branch to the Royces of Runestone. They have intermarried with noble Vale houses as well as one of the Great Houses, [[House Stark]]. A younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]], [[Benedict Royce]], married [[Jocelyn Stark]], uniting both houses. They had three daughter who wed into Vale houses. One married a [[House Waynwood|Waynwood]], another a [[House Corbray|Corbray]] and according to [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Stark]], the third might have married a [[House Templeton|Templeton]].{{ref|asos|45}}{{ref|twoiaf| Appendix:Stark Lineage}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Nestor Royce]] has been Steward of the Vale in [[Jon Arryn]]'s absence as [[Hand of the King]] in [[King's Landing]]. Nestor welcomes Lady [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Stark]], Ser [[Brynden Tully]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Bronn]] to the Gates of the Moon. In [[Joffrey]]'s first session of court, both Lord Royces and their sons are among the nobles commanded to do him fealty or be labelled as traitors.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
A younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]], a previous lord, married [[Jocelyn Stark]], the sister of [[Eddard Stark]]'s grandfather, [[Edwyle Stark]]. [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Stark]] considers making one of their descendants heir apparent for her son, King [[Robb Stark]].{{ref|ASOS|45}} Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] counts Nestor Royce among those who want to wed her, but finds him dreadful.{{Ref|aSoS|68}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lord Nestor, his son Ser [[Albar Royce]], and Ser [[Marwyn Belmore]] return to the [[Eyrie]] to hear [[Marillion]] confess to the murder of Lysa.

The Keeper of the Gates of the Moon has not been a hereditary position. However, [[Petyr Baelish]], the Lord Protector of the Vale, grants the castle to the Royces in perpetuity, stating it was the wish of Lady Lysa before her death. In his words to Nestor, Lord Baelish grants them the lordship "for their loyal service", but privately to [[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]] he admits to "buying their support."{{ref|AFFC|10}}

Nestor closes his gates against his cousin [[Yohn Royce|Bronze Yohn]] and the rest of the [[Lords Declarant]]. His garrison is less than 300 men, and each of the six lords outside has 1,000. He accompanies them when they climb to the Eyrie to treat with Lord Baelish.{{ref|affc|23}}

Nestor's daughter [[Myranda Royce]] was once married, but her husband died on top of her while they were having sex. Nestor offers Myranda as a match for [[Harrold Hardyng]], but his offer is rejected by Lady [[Anya Waynwood]].

==House Royce at the end of the third century==
The known Royces during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* [[Nestor Royce]], High Steward of the Vale and Lord of the Gates of the Moon.
** Ser [[Albar Royce]], his son and heir.
** [[Myranda Royce]], his daughter and a widow.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
*{[[Perra Royce]]}, the first wife of Lord [[Walder Frey]].
*[[Ryella Royce]], the wife of Ser [[Arwood Frey]].
*{[[Kyle Royce]]}, a member of [[Brandon Stark]]'s party that went to [[King's Landing]]. Killed under orders of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].

==Family Tree==
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===Household===
* Ser [[Marwyn Belmore]], captain of guards.
* [[Mya Stone]], a guide and mule-handler of nine-and-ten. The eldest of [[Robert Baratheon]]'s bastard offspring.
* [[Ossy]] and [[Carrot]], mule handlers.

==Historical Members==
* Lord [[Raymar Royce]], Lord of the junior branch of House Royce in the middle of the third century AC.{{ref|asos|45}}
** [[Benedict Royce]], a younger son of Lord Raymar. He married [[Jocelyn Stark]] and had issue.{{ref|twoiaf| Appendix:Stark Lineage}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}
{{EnWP|Minor houses in A Song of Ice and Fire}}

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Benedict Royce

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'''Benedict Royce''' was a member of [[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon|the junior branch of House Royce]].

==History==
Benedict was a younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]]. He was married to [[Jocelyn Stark]] and had three daughters. One married a [[House Waynwood|Waynwood]], another a [[House Corbray|Corbray]] and according to [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Stark]], the third might have married a [[House Templeton|Templeton]].{{ref|asos|45}}{{ref|twoiaf| Appendix:Stark Lineage}}

==References and Notes==
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House Dayne

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{{Noble House
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| Current_Lord = [[Edric Dayne]]
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| Title = Lord of Starfall [[King of the Torrentine]] (historical)
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[[File:Fallen and reborn by jenzee.jpg|thumb|300px|Some sworn swords of House Dayne by Jen Zee ©]]

'''House Dayne of Starfall''' is a noble house from [[Starfall]] in [[Dorne]]. They are among the principal houses sworn to [[House Martell]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}} The [[Sword of the Morning]] is a title given to a Dayne [[knight]] who is considered worthy of wielding the greatsword [[Dawn]], a blade said to be created from the heart of falling star. Their sigil is a sword and a falling star on a lavender background.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/9/ Houses from Dorne]</ref>

A cadet branch of House Dayne are the [[House Dayne of High Hermitage|Daynes]] of [[High Hermitage]]. In appearance, members of the family are stony [[Dornishmen]] whose characteristics mostly resemble the rest of the Seven Kingdoms in look, customs and traditions. Unlike the rest of the more [[Rhoynar|Rhoynish]]-looking Dornishmen, they have pale skin with hair ranging from dark brown to pale blond and they often have [[violet eyes]].

==History==
House Dayne of Starfall are one of the most ancient houses in the Seven Kingdoms, claiming ancestry dating back ten thousand years to the [[Dawn Age|dawn of days]].{{ref|AFFC|21}} Though their fame largely rests on their ancestral sword, called [[Dawn]], and the men who wield it.{{ref|twoiaf| Sword of the Morning}} The first Dayne is said to have raised [[Starfall]] on an island at the mouth of the [[Torrentine]], having tracked a falling star there and found a stone of magical powers. His descendants, thereafter, became the [[First Men]] [[Kings of the Torrentine]] and Lords of Starfall.{{ref|twoiaf| Kingdoms of the First Men}}

The Daynes have taken part in many battles between [[Dorne]] and [[the Reach]]. In particular, they have been killing [[House Oakheart|Oakhearts]] for thousands of years and King [[Samwell Dayne]], called the ''Starfire'', once burned [[Oldtown]].{{ref|AFFC|21}}{{ref|twoiaf| Oldtown}} The last Dayne King, [[Vorian Dayne]], known as the ''Sword of the Evening'', was defeated in [[Nymeria's War]] and sent to the [[Wall]]. Afterwards the Daynes supported [[Nymeria]] against King [[Yorick V Yronwood]]. Nymeria's third husband was Ser [[Davos Dayne]], the ''[[Sword of the Morning]]''. Nymeria was later succeeded by her eldest daughter by her first husband, [[Mors Martell]], not her son by Davos.{{ref|twoiaf}}

When the Dornish fought against the [[Dragons|House Targaryen]], Ser Joffrey Dayne led an Dornish army and marched to the very walls of Oldtown, razing the fields and villages outside it.{{ref|twoiaf| Dorne against the Dragons}} Another ''Sword of the Morning'' of note was [[Ulrick Dayne]]. He was considered an exceptional knight by Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], comparable as a swordsman to Ser [[Daemon Blackfyre]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]].{{ref|tss}}

In more recent times, on the journey to [[Casterly Rock]] for the brokerage of their marriages, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] and Princess [[Elia Martell]] visited Starfall. Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the ''Sword of the Morning'' and the deadliest knight of [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s [[Kingsguard]], led the Kingsguard during their campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]. He won over the smallfolk of the forest, and rooted out the bandits. During the climactic skirmish, Arthur killed the psychotic [[Smiling Knight]] in a duel. Afterwards, he knighted [[Jaime Lannister]]. Arthur broke twelve lances against his good friend Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] in a tourney at [[Storm's End]].

Arthur's sister, Lady [[Ashara Dayne]], was one of Elia Martell's handmaidens, and came to the great [[tourney at Harrenhal]] with her. There she danced with a member of the Kingsguard, Lord [[Jon Connington]] and [[Eddard Stark]]. In the jousting, Arthur lost to Prince Rhaegar, the eventual champion. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] was also infatuated with Ashara, and planned to name her [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tourney.

House Dayne's loyalty to [[House Targaryen]] during the [[War of the Usurper]] led to the deaths of some of its most famed members. Arthur died at the [[Tower of Joy]], killed by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and Lord [[Howland Reed]]. Afterward, Eddard returned [[Dawn]] to Starfall.{{ref|TWOIAF}} Ashara had been a lady-in-waiting to Princess Elia for a few years when she went back to Starfall for unknown reasons. Given [[Dawn]] and the news of her brother’s death by Eddard, she threw herself into the [[Summer Sea]] from the Palestone Sword. Her body was never recovered. According to her sister, Lady [[Allyria Dayne|Allyria]], Ashara loved Eddard. Many believe her or the wet-nurse [[Wylla]] to be the mother of Eddard's bastard, [[Jon Snow]].

The current Lord of Starfall, [[Edric Dayne]], is the nephew of Ser Arthur Dayne. Edric was sent to squire for Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] after the Lord of [[Blackhaven]] espoused his aunt, Lady Allyria.{{ref|asos|43}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Bran Stark]] recalls that Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] was the finest knight ever seen by his father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{ref|ACOK|21}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] discusses Arthur with [[Arstan Whitebeard]]; [[Viserys Targaryen]] told her that Arthur was the only knight in the realm who was the peer of their brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]].{{ref|ASOS|8}}

Traveling through the [[Riverlands]], [[Arya Stark]] meets the [[brotherhood without banners]]. She learns that Lord [[Edric Dayne]] accompanied Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] in his mission to bring Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to justice. When their band was ambushed at the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|Mummer's Ford]], Beric was killed. Edric defended his body, however, allowing it to be recovered and later accidentally revived by [[Thoros of Myr]]. Edric has accompanied his fellow survivors, constituting the brotherhood without banners, an outlaw fellowship dedicated to guarding the [[smallfolk]] of the Riverlands from the cruelties of war.{{ref|ASOS|43}}

While reading the [[White Book]] in the [[Red Keep]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] recalls Arthur with great respect.{{ref|ASOS|67}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Princess [[Arianne Martell]] enlists Ser [[Gerold Dayne|Gerold]] from the [[House Dayne of High Hermitage|Daynes' cadet branch]] for her plot to crown [[Myrcella Baratheon]]. Gerold resents that he is not regard as highly as Arthur was. When Arianne's plan collapses at the [[Greenblood]], Gerold wounds Myrcella and flees.{{ref|affc|21}}

When [[Catelyn Tully|Lady Stoneheart]] takes command of the brotherhood without banners after Beric dies his final death, Edric and a group of others leave the brotherhood. Their whereabouts are unknown.{{ref|affc|42}}{{ref|affc|Appendix}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Prince [[Doran Martell]] tasks [[Obara Sand]] with leading Ser [[Balon Swann]] to [[High Hermitage]] to hunt Gerold Dayne, who is also accused of killing Ser [[Arys Oakheart]].{{ref|adwd|38}}

Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] counts his loss to Prince Rhaegar in the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], and [[Robert's Rebellion|the war]] that resulted from the prince's actions thereafter, to be his greatest failure. Barristan wanted to name Ashara [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tourney, but instead Rhaegar chose [[Lyanna Stark]].{{ref|adwd|67}}

==House Dayne at the end of the third century==
The known Daynes during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* The former Lord of Starfall and elder brother of Arthur, Ashara and Allyria.
** Lord [[Edric Dayne]], his son and current Lord of Starfall.
* Ser {[[Arthur Dayne]]}, the last Dayne to bear the title ''Sword of the Morning''. A [[Kingsguard]] of great renown. He died at the [[Tower of Joy]].{{ref|acok|21}}{{ref|asos|67}}
* {[[Ashara Dayne]]}, Edric's aunt. who died in mysterious ways.{{ref|asos|43}}
* [[Allyria Dayne]], Edric's aunt. She is betrothed to Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]].{{ref|asos|43}}

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==Historical Members==
* King [[Samwell Dayne]], called the ''Starfire'', who sacked [[Oldtown]].{{ref|twoiaf| Oldtown}}
* King [[Vorian Dayne]], called the ''Sword of the Evening'', who was the last king of House Dayne.{{ref|twoiaf| The Coming of the Rhoynar}}
* Ser [[Davos Dayne]], a ''Sword of the Morning'', and a husband of Princess [[Nymeria]].{{ref|twoiaf| Ten Thousand Ships}}
* Ser [[Joffrey Dayne]], a knight during the reign of [[Aegon I Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon I}}
* Ser [[Ulrick Dayne]], a previous ''Sword of the Morning''.{{ref|tss}}
* Lady [[Dyanna Dayne]], the wife of King [[Maekar I]].{{ref|twoiaf| Targaryen Lineage}}

==See also==
:*[[:Category:Images of Knights of House Dayne|Images of Knights of House Dayne]]
:*[[Jon Snow/Theories]]''

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}
{{EnWP|Minor houses in A Song of Ice and Fire|small=yes}}

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Aegon III Targaryen

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Aegon III Targaryen

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Aegon III Targaryen

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| image_caption = Aegon III by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
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| alias = Aegon the Younger Aegon the Dragonbane Aegon the Unlucky{{ref|thk}} The Broken King{{ref|TWOIAF}}
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| predecessor = [[Aegon II Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
| heir = [[Daeron I Targaryen]]
| queen = 1st: [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] 2nd: [[Daenaera Velaryon]]{{ref|awoiaf| "Daeron I Targaryen" entry}}
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| father = [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| mother = [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|120}}{{Ref|TRP}}
| placeofbirth = [[Dragonstone]]{{ref|awoiaf| "Aegon III Targaryen" entry}}
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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 the last days of {{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 [[Iron Throne|throne]] aged eleven, several [[Regent]]s and [[Hand of the King|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 Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|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 (daughter of Aegon III)|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.

==Small Council under Aegon III==
During the reign of King Aegon his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Cregan Stark]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Marston Waters]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Grand Maester [[Munkun]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Munkun]]

===Council of Regents===
The regency council of Aegon III, as originally constituted, consisted of:{[ref|twoiaf| The Regents of King Aegon III}}

* Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]], Lady of the Eyrie (131-134 AC).
* Lord [[Royce Caron]], Lord of Nightsong (131-132 AC).
* Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]] (131-133 AC).
* Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]], Lord of Maidenpool (131-134 AC).
* Grand Maester [[Munkun]] (131-136 AC).
* Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], Master of Driftmark and Lord of the Tides (131-132 AC).
* Lord [[Roland Westerling]], Lord of the Crag (131-133 AC).

Subsequent replacements:

* Lord [[Unwin Peake]], replaced Lord Corlys (132-134 AC).
* Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]], replaced Lord Roland (133-136 AC).
* Ser [[Corwyn Corbray (husband of Rhaena)Corwyn Corbray]], replaced Lord Manfryd (134 AC).

Regents chosen by lot at the Great Council of 136:

* [[Willam Stackspear]]
* [[Marq Merryweather]]
* [[Lorent Grandison]]

==Family==
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===During the [[Dance of the Dragons]]===
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==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}

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'''Aegon II''' was the sixth [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] monarch to sit the [[Iron Throne]], succeeding his father, [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. His ascent was disputed by his older half sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and both perished in the war between them, called by singers the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Aegon was married to his full sister [[Helaena Targaryen]]. His dragon was [[Sunfyre]] the Golden. His personal sigil was a golden dragon instead of a red one, indicating his mount. During the Dance, his faction used his personal heraldry as their battle-flag.{{ref|TWOIAF| Aegon II}}
==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Aegon II Targaryen|Images of Aegon II Targaryen]]''
Aegon II resembled his father in appearance, though not in personality. He had only a wispy mustache and a sullen look to his face. He wore the crown of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and carried [[Blackfyre]], the Conqueror's blade.{{ref|tpatq}} He was lazy, sulky, and gluttonous. He was also very promiscuous, and it was widely known that he fathered several bastards.{{ref|trp}} When news came that his father died, Aegon II was not found with his wife and children, but in the bed of his [[paramour]].{{ref|tpatq}}

==Dance of the Dragons==
Aegon's father, Viserys I, died in {{Date|129}}. Viserys had intended for his daughter and Aegon's older half sister, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], to sit the Iron Throne. However [[Criston Cole]], Lord Commander of the [[Kingsguard]], later known as the Kingmaker, defied the late king's wishes and backed Aegon instead, having Aegon crowned king. Rhaenyra refused to be denied her crown, disputing Aegon's ascension. The realm split into two factions known as [[the greens]] and [[the blacks]], dragon riders took to the skies, and a Targaryen civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]] began. As his Hand, Aegon retained his learned grandfather Ser [[Otto Hightower]], who had served his father Viserys and grandfather [[Jaehaerys I]]. Some time in this period, for unknown reasons Aegon II had Grand Maester [[Gerardys]] fed to his dragon.{{ref|ASOS|12}}

Early in the war, Aegon's heir [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Prince Jaehaerys]] was murdered in the [[Red Keep]] by [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] and [[Cheese (the rat-catcher)|Cheese]], agents of [[Prince Daemon's go-between]]. His sister-wife Helaena quickly began to sink into depression and madness.

Because of his grandfather's delays in waging war, Aegon stripped Ser Otto of the Handship and awarded it to Criston the Kingmaker. Ser Criston immediately took to the offensive. Aegon himself took the field in a trap set by Cole at [[Battle of Rook's Rest|Rook's Rest]], where he and his brother [[Aemond One-Eye]] fought and killed [[Rhaenys Targaryen (The Queen Who Never Was)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], the Queen Who Never Was. Aegon and his dragon [[Sunfyre]] were badly maimed, he suffering burns and broken bones. His armor melted into his left arm. It took him a year to recover, his mind clouded by [[milk of the poppy]], and sleeping nine hours out of every ten. Only his mother Queen Alicent and his Hand Ser Criston were allowed to disturb his rest. Prince Aemond ruled in his stead as [[Regent|Prince Regent]]. Aegon remained bent and twisted for the rest of his life, half his body covered in burn scars.

When his half sister Rhaenyra [[Fall of King's Landing|took King's Landing]] and the [[Iron Throne]] in {{Date|130}} [[Larys Strong]] secreted him away. Disguised as one of the [[dragonseed]] [[smallfolk]], Aegon hid on [[Dragonstone]] and convinced several blacks to defect and help him take the island. During the coup, he fought [[Baela Targaryen]], both mounted on dragons. He shattered his legs in a fall during the fight. He carried great pain with him for the rest of his life, but refused milk of the poppy because of his experience with it during the recovery from Rook's Rest. Meanwhile, his wife Queen Helaena had ended her grief by suicide in the capital.

In {{Date|130}}, Rhaenyra chose to flee to Dragonstone where she was captured, judged a traitor, and eaten by Aegon's dragon [[Sunfyre]] as he and Aegon III watched.{{ref|thk}} The war continued, however, as Rhaenyra's supporters chief among them [[Cregan Stark|Lord Stark]] continued her cause supporting her son, also named [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon]]. King Aegon II upon his return to [[King's Landing]] he had [[Corlys Velaryon|Lord Corlys]] released, pardoned and now serving Aegon on his [[small council]]. After the defeat of [[Borros Baratheon]] army and the approach of [[Cregan Stark|Lord Starks]] army towards the capital, Lord Corlys knew defeat was imminent and his counsel was that King Aegon offer to take the black, the king refused however and was mysteriously poisoned soon after. Thus died Aegon the second of his name in {{Date|131}}, dead by poison. {{ref|twoiaf| Aegon II}}

Aegon II had no male heirs left, which led to his nephew [[Aegon III Targaryen]] (Rhaenyra's son) ascending to the throne and marrying Aegon II's daughter, [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]].

==Small Council under Aegon II==
During the reign of King Aegon his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Regent]] - Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Criston Cole]]
* [[Master of Laws]] - Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
* [[Master of Whisperers]] - Lord [[Larys Strong]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Orwyle]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Criston Cole]]
* Position Unknown - Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]

==Quotes ==
{{Quote|'''Rhaenyra:''' Dear brother. I had hoped you were dead. '''Aegon II:''' After you. You are the elder. '''Rhaenyra:''' I am pleased to know that you remember that. It would seem we are your prisoners ... but do not think that you will hold us long. My leal lords will find me. '''Aegon II:''' If they search the seven hells, mayhaps.{{ref|tpatq}}}} – [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and Aegon II

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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{{See homonyms | Maegor Targaryen}}
King '''Maegor I Targaryen''', also known as '''Maegor the Cruel''', was the son of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]. He was the younger half-brother of [[Aenys I Targaryen]]. He was the third [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] king to sit the [[Iron Throne]].

==Appearance & Character==
According to a semi-canon source, Maegor was large, larger than his father, King [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon I]]. A warrior, he was bull-like with heavy shoulders, thick neck and huge arms. He kept his hair short and his beard trimmed to his jawline. He wore Aegon the Conqueror's crown.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_Kings/ So Spake Martin, Targaryen Kings. (November 1, 2005)]</ref>

Maegor was often seen as cruel, never treating animals well and keeping to himself.<ref>Bubonicon 2013 Report</ref>

==Early life==
===Youth===
Maegor was considered a skilled warrior, distinguishing himself well in tournaments and melees. At the age of thirteen he competed in a mêlée, where he defeated hardened knights. At the age of 16, in the royal tourney of {{Date|28}} at [[King's Landing]], he unhorsed three knights of the [[Kingsguard]] in successive matches in the joust, and later went on to win the mêlée. He was a better jouster than many grown men he met in the lists. He was knighted by his father when he was only sixteen years old - the youngest knight in the realm at that time.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Upon the death of their father, Maegor's older brother Aenys assumed the throne. Admitting to all assembled that he was not nearly the warrior his half-brother was, Aenys presented Maegor with Aegon's Valyrian blade, [[Blackfyre]].{{fact}} It was also after his fathers death, in {{Date|37}}, that Maegor became the rider of the dragon [[Balerion]]. Balerion was the dragon that Maegor always desired for himself, finding none other worthy enough.{{ref|twoiaf| Aenys I}}

In {{Date|23}},<ref>Clarification [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/119534-twoiaf-spoilers-inconsistency-or-intentional/?p=6434163]</ref> Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], the eldest child of King Aenys, was born. Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] suggested that Maegor be betrothed to her, but a vigorous protest from the [[High Septon (Hightower)|High Septon]] stopped that. Instead, Maegor was wed to the High Septon's own niece, Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]], in {{Date|25}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

In the first year of the reign of his half-brother, several rebellions broke out. One of these rebellions took place in [[the Vale]]. There, [[Jonos Arryn]] rose against his own brother, Lord [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]], and had imprisoned Ronnel and his family. Maegor personally crushed this rebellion himself, flying on [[Balerion]] to the [[Eyrie]] and hanging Jonos and his followers. To reward him for this act, Aenys named Maegor his new [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aenys I}}

Maegor was stripped of his office in {{Date|39}}, when he shocked the realm by taking a second wife, [[Alys Harroway]]. This marriage angered the [[Faith of the Seven]], so Aenys tried to placate the faith by stripping Maegor of his [[Hand of the King|office]] and sending him into exile to [[Pentos]]. A renowned Septon known as [[Murmison]] replaced Maegor as [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aenys I}}

In {{Date|41}}, however, the Faith rose in rebellion against Aenys, and the King was unable to handle the pressure. In {{Date|42}}, Aenys fell ill, and Dowager Queen Visenya took over his care. For a time, Aenys' health improved, but when the King learned that his eldest daughter and son, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] and [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], were being besieged at [[Crakehall]], he collapsed. Three days later he died.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aenys I}} After Aenys was burned and buried, Visenya flew to Pentos on the back of her dragon, [[Vhagar]], to bring Maegor back to [[Westeros]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

===Reign===
Ahead of his brother's [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|eldest son and heir]], Maegor ascended the [[Iron Throne]] in {{Date|42}}. He was crowned on [[Dragonstone]], using his fathers Valyrian steel crown, instead of Aenys' ornate one. Grandmaester [[Gawen]] protested Maegor's coronation, stating that by all the laws of inheritance, the crown should pass to Aenys son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]]. For that statement Maegor beheaded him with [[Blackfyre]]. There was no further protest against Maegor's ascension after that.{{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}

Maegor took [[Alyssa Velaryon]], the Dowager Queen of Aenys I, and the mother of Prince Aegon, as a hostage, as she had been residing on [[Dragonstone]]. Alyssa's younger children, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], were kept on [[Dragonstone]] with Alyssa, whilst her son Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], was made Maegor's squire, so he could be kept close as a hostage, ensuring Alyssa's good behavior.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Ravens flew, declaring a new King had been crowned and that those who defied him would suffer a traitors death. Chief among Maegor's foe were the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith Militant]]. Maegor mounted [[Balerion]] and set for [[King's Landing]], to crush the uprising. Landing on Visenya's hill he planted his standard, rallying his supporters to him. Visenya challenged those who questioned her sons right to rule to prove themselves. This challenge was accepted by the Captain of the [[Warrior's Sons]]. Ser [[Damon Morrigen]] challenged Maegor to a [[Trial of seven]], which Maegor accepted. Ser Damon and six Warrior Sons fought against the King and his six champions. In the end, only King Maegor was left alive. The other thirteen participants were dead. Maegor took a blow to the head, however, and collapsed just as the last Warrior's Son died. He went into a coma, which lasted a month. On the twenty-eighth day of Maegor's coma, Queen [[Alys Harroway]] returned from [[Pentos]], bringing with her [[Tyanna|Tyanna of the Tower]], who had become Maegor's lover during his exile.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Tyanna took over Maegor's care, and on the thirtieth day of his coma, he awoke. He mounted [[Balerion]] and without a warning flew over the [[Sept of Remembrance]] on [[Rhaenys's Hill]], where he unleashed the Black Dread's flames, which consumed the Sept and all within in dragon flame. Those who tried to flee were slain by archers Maegor had placed around the hill. The screams of burning and dying men were said to echo in the streets of King's Landing and for it was claimed for seven days a pall hung over the city. The [[High Septon]] remained staunchly opposed to Maegor.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

At the [[Battle of Stonebridge]], Maegor brutal methods against the Faith made the [[Mander]] run red with blood for twenty leagues. The bridge and castle that commanded it was forever known as [[Bitterbridge]] thereafter. Another fierce battle was fought at the Great fork of the Blackwater which was a decisive victory for King Maegor whose dragon left death in it's wake.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

The [[Faith Militant uprising]] was not crushed, and through out Maegor's reign they remained his most bitter foes. He crushed the rebellions with ruthless and brutal methods,and instituted a new set of laws that became known as [[King Maegor's laws|Maegor's law]], forbidding Holy men from carrying arms. He put bounties on any who refused to comply offering a gold dragon for the scalp of a [[Warrior's Sons|Warrior's Son]] and a silver stag for the scalp of a [[Poor Fellows|Poor Fellow]], earning him his nickname "The Cruel".{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

The Faith wasn't the only opposition Maegor faced during his reign. Aenys' eldest son, Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], launched a rebellion against Maegor, to try and win back the throne that by law should have been his. This ended in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]] in {{date|43}}, when Maegor, mounted on [[Balerion]], [[Kinslaying|killed]] Aegon, along with Aegon's dragon, [[Quicksilver]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Maegor's reign wasn't only filled with negativity. In {{Date|45}}, Maegor saw the completion of the [[Red Keep]], giving [[Red Keep#Maegor's Holdfast|Maegor's Holdfast]] its name. Lacking any heirs, Maegor had thrown himself on the project, personally overseeing everything. While he left the day to day task of running the kingdom to his [[Hand of the King]] and goodfather, Lord [[Lucas Harroway]], while he himself had a host of tunnels and secret passageways hidden under the castle build.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

But even the great accomplishment of completing the Red Keep was turned into horror by Maegor. Upon the completion of the Red Keep Maegor threw a huge riotous feast for the builders, masons, craftsmen and all those who took part in the construction. After three days of revelry at the Kings expense, Maegor had them all put to the sword, in order to protect the secrets of the [[Red Keep#Secret passages|hidden passages]] he had constructed.{{Ref|aGoT|58}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

After the completion of the Red Keep, Maegor planned to have the ruins of the Sept of Remembrance cleared away from [[Rhaenys's Hill]], and decreed that a large [[Dragonpit]] would be built on the hill for [[House Targaryen|House Targaryen]] to stable its royal [[dragons]]. After all that had happened to the builders of the Red Keep, it should be unsurprising that Maegor had trouble finding new builders and masons to undertake the construction. As many fled the city, Maegor was forced to use prisoners from the city's dungeon's as his work force supervised by builders brought in from [[Myr]] and [[Tyrosh]].{{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}

After Maegor wiped out [[House Harroway]] in {{date|44}} he decreed that only the strongest of his knights would have the castle though not all the lands. Twenty three knights fought in the blood-soaked streets of [[Lord Harroway's Town]] for the prize. Ser [[Walton Towers]] though gravely wounded in the melee was the victor and [[House Towers (Riverlands)|House Towers]] was granted [[Harrenhal]], though Ser Walton died soon after from the wounds he took in gaining his prize. {{ref|twoiaf| The Lords of Harrenhal}}

Maegor had three [[Grand Maester]]s executed during his reign,{{Ref|aSoS|12}} amongst them Grandmaester [[Gawen]] in {{Date|42}}{{Ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}} and Grandmaester [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]] in {{Date|44}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

In {{date|44}} Maegors mother, Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] passed away. Her death devastated Maegor, as she had been his strongest supporter. The chaos that her death left gave Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]] an opportunity to escape with her two youngest children, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], from [[Dragonstone]]. She took the Valyrian sword [[Dark Sister]] with her and fled. In response, Maegor had her eldest surviving son, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], tortured to death by Tyanna of the Tower in nine days. His mutilated body was left in the courtyard for a fortnight, in an attempt to force Dowager Queen Alyssa to return to claim her sons body. Alyssa did not retrurn.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Another important death occured in {{Date|44}}. The [[High Septon (Hightower)|High Septon]] died mysteriously and was replaced by a more passive one, yet not even this ended the uprising.{{Ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}} The Faith Militant refused to put down their swords, and thus in {{Date|45}} Maegor continued his war against the Faith. In {{Date|46}}, Maegor brought over two thousand skulls back with him to [[King's Landing]] during his campaign against the [[Faith]], claiming they were the heads of [[Warrior's Sons]] and [[Poor Fellows]]. Many suspected they were the skulls of smallfolk who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Day by day, the [[Seven Kingdoms]] turned against its King.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

By {{date|48}} Maegors tyranny could no longer be borne by the realm. In the [[Riverlands]] Septon [[Moon (septon)|Moon]] and Ser [[Joffrey Doggett]] led the [[Poor Fellows]] against Maegor and won [[Riverrun]] to their cause. Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]], the admiral of Maegor's fleet, turned against him and many great Houses joined him. A new claim for the [[Iron Throne]] was put forth by the [[Aenys I Targaryen|late king Aenys I's]] last surviving son, Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], who was supported by Lord [[Robar Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]], who Jaehaerys named Protector of the Realm and [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| House Baratheon}}

When [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] learned of her brothers claim she managed to escape her forced marriage to Maegor. Stealing away in the night while her husband slept, she mounted on her dragon [[Dreamfyre]] and managed to smuggle the blade [[Blackfyre]] with her. Two of Maegors [[Kingsguard]] also abandoned him. These series of betrayals and the loss of his [[Visenya Targaryen|mothers]] guidance left Maegor a broken man. He called his banners but few answered and those who did were not enough to defeat his many foes.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

During the hour of the wolf, those few who remained left the throne room leaving Maegor alone to brood. He was found dead seated on the Throne the next morning, his robes covered in blood, his wrists slashed. Some say he had been killed by a knight of his own [[Kingsguard]] who could no longer abide his tyranny, some say he had been killed by a builder that escaped the slaughter and desired revenge, and some whispered that Maegor had been killed by the throne itself.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}. Perhaps the most likely explaination however is that Maegor killed himself by opening his wrists on the blades of the Iron Throne. He died with no issue.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

The war with the militant orders was only ended under the reign of his successor, his nephew, King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|aFfC|33}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys I}}

==The Brides of Maegor==
Maegor had been engaged in [[polygamy|polygamous]] marriages, and had up to six wives. His first wife was Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]], who he married at the age of thirteen in {{Date|25}}. Maegor claimed to have consummated his marriage to Ceryse a dozen times during their wedding night, but the marriage itself proved barren. When Ceryse continued to fail to birth him an heir, Maegor started talking about other brides.{{Ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}

The first of those other brides married Maegor in {{Date|39}}: Lady [[Alys Harroway]], daughter of [[Lucas Harroway]], the new Lord of Harrenhal. The marriage had been a secret one, and the ceremony had been led by Queen Visenya. When Maegor choose exile, Alys accompanied him.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

During his three years in exile, Maegor met [[Tyanna]], who would become the most feared of all his wives. She married Maegor in {{Date|42}}, but this marriage was just as barren as the previous two marriages were. She served her husband as [[Master of Whisperers]]. {{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

In {{Date|44}}, Alys was the first of Maegor's wives to give birth to a child. The child was a monstrosity, eyeless and twisted. In his fury, Maegor had the mid-wives, septas and Grand Maester Desmond executed. Tyanna, however, convinced Maegor that the child had come forth from a secret affair of Alys. Maegor, in response, had Alys, her father (and [[Hand of the King]]), and every other Harroway he could find executed.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

Ceryse was the next of Maegor's wives to die. In {{Date|45}}, Ceryse suddenly fell ill and died. Rumours state that she had been killed at Maegor's own command. Tyanna would die in {{Date|48}}, killed by Maegor himself, after she had admitted that the stillbirths had been her doing, claiming she had had the other brides poisoned. Maegor cut out her heart with Blackfyre, and fed it to his dogs.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

===The Black Brides===
In {{Date|47}}, Maegor wed three women in one ceremony. All three women had been proven to be fertile, as all had been widows of men who had died in Maegor's wars, or at his command.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

* Lady [[Elinor Costayne]] was the youngest of the three Black Brides, who had been married to Ser [[Theo Bolling]], and had birthed him three children. Ser Theo had been arrested by the [[Kingsguard]], accused of conspiring with Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]], and executed - all on the same day. Elinor, now nineteen years of age, as summoned to marry Maegor two weeks later. Elinor became pregnant with Maegor's child, and she birthed an eyeless child with small wings. Elinor would survive Maegor's reign.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}
* Lady [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]], the widow of Lord [[Alyn Tarbeck]], had given her first husband a son posthumous. She became pregnant of Maegor in {{Date|47}}, but the child came three months too soon. Another stillborn monster came forth from her womb, and Jeyne would not long survive.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}{{Ref|aSoS|14}}
* Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]. When Tyanna found Rhaena's twin daughters by Prince Aegon, [[Aerea Targaryen|Aerea]] and [[Rhalla Targaryen|Rhalla]], Rhaena was forced to marry Maegor. Maegor named Aerea as his heir (disinheriting Prince Jaehaerys). Rhaena, upon learning that her brother had made his claim, fled King's Landing on the back of [[Dreamfyre]], stealing [[Blackfyre]] on the way. She was the second wife to outlive Maegor.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

==Small Council under Maegor I==
During the reign of King Maegor his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]
* [[Master of Whisperers]] - Queen [[Tyanna|Tyanna of Pentos]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Gawen]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]

==Quotes ==
{{Quote|Maegor, the First of His Name, came to the throne after the sudden death of his brother, King [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]], in the year 42 AC. He is better remembered as Maegor the Cruel, and it was a well-earned sobriquet, for no crueller king ever sat the [[Iron Throne]]. His reign began with blood and ended in blood as well. {{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}}} - [[Yandel|Maester Yandel]] written in the ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''

==Family==
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'''Aenys I''' was a member of [[House Targaryen]] and was the second king to rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]] from the [[Iron Throne]]. He was the eldest son of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] by his sister-wife Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]].

==Character and Appearance==
Aenys was tall like his father, but softer, slender, weedy and dreamy. He was pale with lilac eyes. His hair was perfumed, shoulder-length in ringlet curls. He wore a silky pointed mustache and beard in the style of ''[[:w:The Three Musketeers|The Three Musketeers]]''. He dressed in velvet robes the same [[purple eyes|lilac colour]] as his eyes with gold lining. His [[crown]] was of gold, elaborate and much larger than his father's.<ref>Targaryen Kings. November 1, 2005 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref> He was considered weakly at birth and early childhood, but once he bonded with his dragon, [[Quicksilver]], he rapidly became stronger and more confident.<ref name=forum>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/83614-bubonicon-45/?p=4879997/ Westeros Forum]. Bubonicon 45, Mar 28 2013</ref>

==History==

Aenys was born on [[Dragonstone]] as the son of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conquerer]] and Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Aenys loved court life just as Rhaenys had, and he was a great patron of the arts.{{ref|awoiaf| Aenys I Targaryen}}

Aenys was married to [[Alyssa Velaryon]] in {{Date|22}}. Their marriage was a political match,{{ref|awoiaf| Aenys I Targaryen}} and together they had six children. Three sons: [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and three daughters: [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], [[Vaella Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Vaella]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]].

==Reign==
Aenys was regarded as a weakling. His ascension to the throne, upon the death of his father Aegon, led to the many uprisings by lords who considered him weak. The first of these challenges was by a bandit outlaw known as [[Harren the Red|Red Harren]] who claimed to be a grandson of [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]]. Eventually caught & cornered by Aenys [[Hand of the King]], [[Alyn Stokeworth]]. Harren killed Alyn who in turn was then slain by Alyn's Squire.

On the [[Iron Islands]] a man who claimed to be King [[Lodos (II)|Lodos]] reborn was dispatched by [[Goren Greyjoy]]. Goren sent the pickled head of the would be king in a jar to King Aenys who in gratitude granted Goren a boon. A decision that Aenys would later regret, as Lord Goren used the boon to oust the [[Faith of the Seven]] from the Iron island's to the despair of the rest of the realm and to the anger of the Faith of the Seven.

The [[Vulture King]] rose in the Dornish marshes and in [[the Vale]], [[Jonos Arryn]] rose against his own brother [[Ronnel Arryn (King)|Ronnel Arryn]]. Aenys proved to be weak and indecisive during these crisis's and was unable to effectively take action against them. Much of the responsibility fell to others among them his half-brother Maegor who upon the death of their father, Aenys gifted Maegor with the sword [[Blackfyre]], traditionally held by kings. Aenys admitted to all those assembled that he was not nearly the warrior his brother was.<ref name=forum></ref>

Maegor crushed the rebellion at [[the Vale]] flying [[Balerion]] to the [[Eyrie]] and hanging Jonos and his followers, for this Aenys named him his new [[Hand of the King]].
Lord [[Orys Baratheon]] and Lord [[Samwell Tarly (Savage)|Sam Tarly]] known as Savage Sam crushed the Vulture King and his army in what became known as the Vulture Hunt.

A new crisis arose in {{Date|39}} when Maegor took a second [[Alys Harroway|wife]] while his [[Ceryse Hightower|first wife]] was still alive which angered the [[Faith of the Seven]] and the [[High Septon (Hightower)|High Septon]] (the High Septon's niece was Maegors first wife). Aenys tried to placate the faith by stripping Maegor of his [[Hand of the King|office]] and sending him into exile to [[Pentos]]. A renowned Septon known as [[Murmison]] was appointed new [[Hand of the King]] by Aenys as a way to try and appease the [[Faith of the Seven]].

Aenys however further enraged the faith in {{Date|41}} when he wed his daughter [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] to his son and heir [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] receiving a denunciation from the faith "King Abomination", Pious Lords and even smallfolk who once loved Aenys turned against him. Aegon and Rhaena were sent to the [[Westerlands]] during this time. Murmison was expelled from the faith for performing the wedding of Aegon to Rhaena and was later torn apart by smallfolk in a litter two weeks after he performed the ceremony. The [[Faith Militant uprising]] had begun.

The [[Warrior's Sons]] fortified the [[Sept of Remembrance]] on Rhaeny's Hill. Some [[Poor Fellows]] attempted to murder the King and his family, scaling the walls of Aegons Fort and slipping to the royal apartments, it was only thanks to Ser [[Raymont Baratheon]], a knight of the [[Kingsguard]] that the royal family survived. {{ref|twoiaf| The Men of the Stormlands}} In the face of this, Aenys abandoned the city with his family and fled to the safety of [[Dragonstone]], where [[Visenya Targaryen]] counseled him to bring ''"Fire and Blood"'' to the [[Starry Sept]] and Sept of Remembrance. Aenys though incapable of making a firm decision instead fell ill. By {{Date|41}}, most of the realm had turned against him. Thousands of poor fellows prowled the roads threatening and slaying any of the King's supporters and dozens of Lords took up arms against the [[Iron Throne]].

According to [[Gawen|Grandmaestar Gawen]], Aenys despite being only thirty-five looked like a man of sixty. The dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] took over his care and Aenys briefly improved. Aenys suffered a collapse later when he learned his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|son]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|daughter]] were besieged at [[Crakehall]].

He died in {{Date|42}} after only ruling for five years, at the age of thirty-five.{{ref|awoiaf| Aenys I Targaryen}} Despite having sons of his own, among them [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], he was succeeded by his notoriously brutal half-brother, [[Maegor I]], who had served as the [[Hand of the King|Hand]] for part of his reign.

The circumstances of Aenys's death are under much speculation, some say he died from stress, others that he was killed by [[Visenya Targaryen]] so she could place her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] on the [[Iron Throne]]. Visenya was known as many things but a woman of pity is not one of them, so many asked why she tended to the care of her nephew who is despised. It is a question that cannot be dismissed or readily answered.

The [[Iron Throne]] due to Visenya's actions passed to her own son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] instead of Aenys son. In the turmoil that followed Aenys death and his half brothers coronation two of Aenys sons ([[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]]) would later on be murdered by their own uncle during his brutal reign.

==Small Council under Aenys I==
During the reign of King Aenys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Septon [[Murmison]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Gawen]]

==Family==
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Aegon I Targaryen

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'''Aegon I Targaryen''', also known as '''Aegon the Conqueror''' and '''Aegon the Dragon''', was the first King on the [[Iron Throne]], having conquered six of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] in his [[War of Conquest]]. He was the founder of the ruling [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty of [[Westeros]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Aegon I Targaryen|Images of Aegon I Targaryen]]''
Aegon was tall, broad shouldered and powerful in appearance, with [[purple eyes]] and short-cut silver-gold hair. He was very charismatic and commanding. During the [[War of Conquest|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]]. 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 [[dragonrider]]s before they were wed.

In the aftermath of [[Volantis]]'s expansion and attack on [[Tyrosh]], Aegon, the Lord of Dragonsone, supported [[Pentos]] and Tyrosh. Atop his [[dragon]], [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]], Aegon burned a Volantene fleet before it could attack [[Lys]]. After the defeat of Volantis, Aegon returned to Dragonstone.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Doom of Valyria}}

===The Conquest===
: {{Main|War of Conquest}}
[[File:Aegon And His Sisters by Amok..png|thumb|right|350px|King Aegon I with his sister Queens - By Amok ©]]
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 Aegon 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]], where he constructed the wooden [[Aegonfort]]. 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 Westeros and reestablishing 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}} Rather than ruling from Oldtown or Dragonstone, Aegon chose to make his seat [[King's Landing]], the new settlement growing around the Aegonfort. He also took the swords of his defeated enemies, forging them into the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Conquest}}

===First Dornish War===
Knowing that [[Dorne]] was the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens']] only defeat, Aegon launched another invasion hoping to complete the conquest in {{date|4}}. The [[First Dornish War]] resulted in the death of [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] when a lucky shot from a scorpion took her dragon [[Meraxes]] in the eye, and the dragon crashed from the sky dead taking her rider with her. Aegon's wroth after Rhaenys's death knew no bonds.

Aegon and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] placed bounties on the heads of Dornish lords and in turn the Dornish put bounties on the price of the Targaryens. Aegon and Visenya were assaulted on the streets of King's Landing and if not for Visenya and [[Dark Sister]] they would have been killed. This attack led to the forming of the elite royal bodyguard known as the [[Kingsguard]] in {{Date|10}}. Visenya personally chose the men herself. The attempted conquest of Dorne was called to an end in {{date|13}} after Aegon, atop the Iron Throne, read a message delivered from a Prince of Dorne. {{ref|twoiaf| Dorne against the Dragons}}

===Later life===
Aegon spent much of his reign consolidating his power by traveling throughout the Seven Kingdoms and building his capital at King's Landing. During his rule he tread carefully with the [[Faith of the Seven]], so they would not oppose him.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} Aegon built a grand sept on [[Visenya's Hill]] and agreed to the construction of an even grander one known as the [[Sept of Remembrance]] on [[Rhaenys's Hill]]. {{ref|twoiaf| Aegon I}} He created the office of [[Hand of the King]] and [[Orys Baratheon]] was made the first Hand.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Conquest}}

King's Landing initially lacked walls as Aegon felt no one would assault a city protected by dragons. Realizing that he and Visenya were not always in the city, however, he ordered massive walls to be made to surround the city, with construction of the city walls and its gates completed in {{date|26}}.

Aegon found the Aegonfort was not suitable for a king, and it was torn to the ground in {{date|35}}. Aegon moved his family and court back to Dragonstone, while he commanded the construction of what would later be called the [[Red Keep]]. It was rumored that Aegon placed Visenya in charge of the building of the Red Keep so that he would not have to suffer her presence on Dragonstone. The Iron Throne remained at the build site instead of Dragonstone, since it was too heavy to be moved.{{fact}}

While at Dragonstone's [[Painted Table]] in {{date|37}}, Aegon died from a stroke while telling a tale of his conquest to two of his grandsons. Upon his death and the ascension of his sons, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] and then [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor I]], several rebellions broke through out the Seven Kingdoms that eventually evolved into the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. War, death and chaos gripped the Seven Kingdoms that did not end until the reign of Aegon's grandson, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]].

==Small Council under Aegon I==
During the reign of King Aegon his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Osmund Strong]]
* [[Master of Laws]] - Lord [[Triston Massey]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]
* [[Master of Ships]] - Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Addison Hill]]

==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>}} – Aegon, to [[Harren Hoare]]

==Quotes about Aegon==
{{Quote|Aegon the Conqueror brought fire and blood to Westeros, but afterward he gave them peace, prosperity, and justice.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|Aegon once stood here as I do, looking down on [[Painted Table|this table]]. Do you think we would name him Aegon the Conqueror today if he had not had '''dragons'''?{{Ref|ASOS|54|p 601}}}} – [[Stannis Baratheon]], to [[Davos Seaworth]]

==Family==
{{Targaryen tree Aegon}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3}}

==External Links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Aegon_I_Targaryen Aegon I Targaryen] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].

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| coronation = {{Date|1}}
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| alias = Aegon the Conqueror Aegon the Dragon Aegon the Dragonlord
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| successor = [[Aenys I Targaryen]]
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| heir = [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys Targaryen]]
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| father = [[Aerion Targaryen (son of Daemion)|Aerion Targaryen]]
| mother = [[Valaena Velaryon]]
| dateofbirth = [[Years before Aegon's Landing|27 BC]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Conquest}}
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (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 I Targaryen''', also known as '''Aegon the Conqueror''' and '''Aegon the Dragon''', was the first King on the [[Iron Throne]], having conquered six of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] in his [[War of Conquest]]. He was the founder of the ruling [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty of [[Westeros]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Aegon I Targaryen|Images of Aegon I Targaryen]]''
Aegon was tall, broad shouldered and powerful in appearance, with [[purple eyes]] and short-cut silver-gold hair. He was very charismatic and commanding. During the [[War of Conquest|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]]. 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 [[dragonrider]]s before they were wed.

In the aftermath of [[Volantis]]'s expansion and attack on [[Tyrosh]], Aegon, the Lord of Dragonsone, supported [[Pentos]] and Tyrosh. Atop his [[dragon]], [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]], Aegon burned a Volantene fleet before it could attack [[Lys]]. After the defeat of Volantis, Aegon returned to Dragonstone.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Doom of Valyria}}

===The Conquest===
: {{Main|War of Conquest}}
[[File:Aegon And His Sisters by Amok..png|thumb|right|350px|King Aegon I with his sister Queens - By Amok ©]]
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 Aegon 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]], where he constructed the wooden [[Aegonfort]]. 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 Westeros and reestablishing 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}} Rather than ruling from Oldtown or Dragonstone, Aegon chose to make his seat [[King's Landing]], the new settlement growing around the Aegonfort. He also took the swords of his defeated enemies, forging them into the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Conquest}}

===First Dornish War===
Knowing that [[Dorne]] was the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens']] only defeat, Aegon launched another invasion hoping to complete the conquest in {{date|4}}. The [[First Dornish War]] resulted in the death of [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] when a lucky shot from a scorpion took her dragon [[Meraxes]] in the eye, and the dragon crashed from the sky dead taking her rider with her. Aegon's wroth after Rhaenys's death knew no bonds.

Aegon and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] placed bounties on the heads of Dornish lords and in turn the Dornish put bounties on the price of the Targaryens. Aegon and Visenya were assaulted on the streets of King's Landing and if not for Visenya and [[Dark Sister]] they would have been killed. This attack led to the forming of the elite royal bodyguard known as the [[Kingsguard]] in {{Date|10}}. Visenya personally chose the men herself. The attempted conquest of Dorne was called to an end in {{date|13}} after Aegon, atop the Iron Throne, read a message delivered from a Prince of Dorne. {{ref|twoiaf| Dorne against the Dragons}}

===Later life===
Aegon spent much of his reign consolidating his power by traveling throughout the Seven Kingdoms and building his capital at King's Landing. During his rule he tread carefully with the [[Faith of the Seven]], so they would not oppose him.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} Aegon built a grand sept on [[Visenya's Hill]] and agreed to the construction of an even grander one known as the [[Sept of Remembrance]] on [[Rhaenys's Hill]]. {{ref|twoiaf| Aegon I}} He created the office of [[Hand of the King]] and [[Orys Baratheon]] was made the first Hand.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Conquest}}

King's Landing initially lacked walls as Aegon felt no one would assault a city protected by dragons. Realizing that he and Visenya were not always in the city, however, he ordered massive walls to be made to surround the city, with construction of the city walls and its gates completed in {{date|26}}.

Aegon found the Aegonfort was not suitable for a king, and it was torn to the ground in {{date|35}}. Aegon moved his family and court back to Dragonstone, while he commanded the construction of what would later be called the [[Red Keep]]. It was rumored that Aegon placed Visenya in charge of the building of the Red Keep so that he would not have to suffer her presence on Dragonstone. The Iron Throne remained at the build site instead of Dragonstone, since it was too heavy to be moved.{{fact}}

While at Dragonstone's [[Painted Table]] in {{date|37}}, Aegon died from a stroke while telling a tale of his conquest to two of his grandsons. Upon his death and the ascension of his sons, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] and then [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor I]], several rebellions broke through out the Seven Kingdoms that eventually evolved into the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. War, death and chaos gripped the Seven Kingdoms that did not end until the reign of Aegon's grandson, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]].

==Small Council under Aegon I==
During the reign of King Aerys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Osmund Strong]]
* [[Master of Laws]] - Lord [[Triston Massey]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]
* [[Master of Ships]] - Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Addison Hill]]

==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>}} – Aegon, to [[Harren Hoare]]

==Quotes about Aegon==
{{Quote|Aegon the Conqueror brought fire and blood to Westeros, but afterward he gave them peace, prosperity, and justice.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|Aegon once stood here as I do, looking down on [[Painted Table|this table]]. Do you think we would name him Aegon the Conqueror today if he had not had '''dragons'''?{{Ref|ASOS|54|p 601}}}} – [[Stannis Baratheon]], to [[Davos Seaworth]]

==Family==
{{Targaryen tree Aegon}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3}}

==External Links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Aegon_I_Targaryen Aegon I Targaryen] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].

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Aerys II Targaryen

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| successor = [[Robert Baratheon|Robert I Baratheon]]
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| heir = [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
| queen = [[Rhaella Targaryen]]
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'''Aerys II Targaryen''', also called '''Aerys the Mad''', '''the Mad King''', and '''King Scab''', was the seventeenth and last member of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty to sit the [[Iron Throne]], ruling from {{Date|262}} to {{Date|283}}.{{ref|agot|appendix}} His children that lived to adulthood, by his sister-wife, [[Rhaella Targaryen]], were [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], and [[Daenerys Targaryen]].

Aerys showed great promise at the start of his reign, bringing peace and prosperity to the [[Seven Kingdoms]], but later descended into insanity, caused by, amongst other factors, multiple miscarriages and stillbirths, the deaths of three sons, and a brief uprising known as the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], in which he was held prisoner for half a year by a rebellious lord. His paranoia and cruelty grew out of control. He was eventually killed by the [[Kingslayer]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], during [[Robert's Rebellion]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Aerys II Targaryen|Images of Aerys II Targaryen]]''
In his youth, Aerys II while not being the most intelligent, nor the most diligent of Princes he was described as a youth as having an undeniable charm, he was generous, handsome and resolute, although somewhat quick to anger. He was also vain, proud, and changeable, traits that made him easy prey for lickspittles and flatterers. As he grew older, Aerys became increasingly jealous, suspicious and cruel, prone to furious outbursts.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

After the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], these characteristics became more pronounced. He began to see every unexplained event or act of minor defiance as evidence of fearful conspiracies against him, and devised sadistic punishments for those he imagined to be his enemies. He developed a fascination with fire, which eventually grew so consuming that he could only become sexually aroused by watching someone burn to death. His marriage to his sister-wife [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], while never happy, became sexually abusive late in his reign.

By the end of his life, Aerys's madness had taken a serious toll on his appearance, so that although only forty years old at the time of his death, he looked much older. He ate little and became gaunt as a result of his fear of [[poison]].

After repeatedly cutting himself on the [[Iron Throne]] Aerys developed a phobia of blades, and forbade any sharp implements in his presence other than the swords of his [[Kingsguard]], refusing even to trim his nails or hair. His fingernails grew to cracked yellow claws nine inches long; His beard was matted and unwashed, and his silver-gold hair hung down to his waist in wild tangles. His arms and legs were always covered with scabs and half-healed cuts from the [[Iron Throne]]. He wore the elaborate dragon-emblazoned [[crown]] of [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]].{{Ref|aFfC|16}} <ref> Targaryen Kings. (November 1, 2005) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Aerys_wedding.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Aerys and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella's]] unhappy wedding]]
Aerys was born to Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], the second son of King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], and his sister-wife, Princess [[Shaera Targaryen|Shaera]]. While still a teenager, Aerys was married to his sister [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], in accordance with the family tradition of dynastic incest. While Aerys' grandfather, King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] was against this incestous marriage (as he had been against incestous marriages for his own children), Jaehaerys was allowed to arrange it. Jaehaerys' motivation for the marriage was a prophecy, made by a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]], which had been interpreted to mean that the [[prince that was promised]] would be born of the line of Aerys and Rhaella.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}} According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], who was present at the wedding, there was no fondness between the two siblings.{{ref|ADWD|23}}

During his youth, Aerys befriended the young heir to [[Casterly Rock]], [[Tywin Lannister]], who served as a page at the royal court. Aerys also befriended the heir to [[Storm's End]], his cousin, [[Steffon Baratheon]]. The three became inseparable.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

In {{Date|259}}, Rhaella gave birth to their firstborn son and heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. He was "born in blood and grief" during the disaster known as the [[tragedy of Summerhall]], which killed King Aegon V, his eldest son Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan]], and many others.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}} Aerys's father, Jaehaerys, ascended the [[Iron Throne]] after the tragedy. It would later be rumoured that, on the night of Jaehaerys' coronation, Aerys took the maidenhead of Lady [[Joanna Lannister]], who had come to court for the celebrations.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

Aerys was as a squire during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and fought in the [[Stepstones]]. There, at the age of sixteen, he received his knighthood. Aerys choose to be dubbed a knight by his friend, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. When King Jaehaerys II passed away from illness in {{Date|262}}, after having ruled for only three years, Prince Aerys was crowned as King Aerys II Targaryen.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

===Early reign===
Aerys's reign began in {{Date|262}} with great promise. Over the peaceful first dozen years, the realm recovered from the tragic events at Summerhall and the War of the Ninepenny Kings, growing strong and prosperous. However, this would not remain.

Under his father and grandfather, the royal court at [[King's Landing]] had grown stuffy and conservative, filled with hidebound old men. Aerys brought sweeping changes, replacing many prominent officials with younger faces. Impressed by the ruthlessness of the young [[Tywin Lannister]] in dealing with [[Reyne-Tarbeck Rebellion|rebellion]] against [[Casterly Rock]], he named Tywin as the [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

Aerys was very active in the early years of his reign and held a splendid court. He loved music, dancing and masked balls, and was exceedingly fond of young beautiful women, filling the court with fair maidens from across the kingdoms. Some say he had as many mistresses as [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]], though most historians highly doubt that. Whatever the case, Aerys always lost interests in his lovers fairly quickly.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

King Aerys was full of schemes, boosting about his grand plans, then quickly forgetting about them in less than a moon's turn. Aerys boasted upon his coronation about invading the [[Stepstones]] and adding them to the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. When Lord [[Rickard Stark]] of [[Winterfell]] visited [[King's Landing]] in {{date|264}}, the King hatched a plan to build a new [[Wall]] hundreds of miles North of the current one and claim all the lands in between. After complaining about the stink of [[King's Landing]] in {{date|265}}, Aerys wanted to build a new city of white Marble on the south bank of the Blackwater. In {{Date|267}}, after a dispute with the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]], Aerys claimed he would build a war fleet and bring the [[Titan of Braavos]] to its knees. When he visited [[Dorne]] in {{Date|270}}, he told the Princess of Dorne that he would build an underwater canal and make the deserts bloom. Nothing ever came from any of these grandiose schemes, as Aerys was changeable and grew as bored with his ideas as quickly as they came to him.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

Still, the Seven Kingdoms prospered during Aerys' reign, due to his [[Hand of the King]], for [[Tywin Lannister]] was everything Aerys wasn't. Lord Tywin was diligent, decisive, tireless, fiercely intelligent, just and stern. Eventually, Aerys came to regret his choice for Hand – not because of any lack of competence on Tywin's part, but rather the opposite.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}} He proved to be a brilliant administrator, and as Hand his reputation for brutal effectiveness became so well-known and so widely respected that popular rumor held it was Tywin, not Aerys, who truly ruled the realm.{{Ref|ASOS|38}}{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}
[[File:Tywin and Aerys.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Tywin Lannister]] Aerys [[King's Hand|Hand]]]]

It was Tywin who settled the dispute with the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] in {{date|267}}, as Tywin was shrewd enough not to make an enemy of the Iron Bank. He secretly paid the Bank back the loans owed to them by the [[Iron Throne]] with the gold of [[Casterly Rock]]. Tywin also appeased the High Lords by repelling all the laws, rights and protections that were granted to the smallfolk by King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

Tywin won the support of the wealthy merchants by reducing tariffs on shipping to [[Oldtown]], [[Lannisport]] and [[King's Landing]], which increased trade. He sternly punished any baker caught mixing sawdust with bread, built new roads and repaired old ones, held splendid tournaments about the realm to the delight of knights and commons both. Despite these accomplishments, Tywin was little loved for he was also humorless, unforgiving, unbending, proud and insensitive. Traits that earned him many rivals, even his bannermen while greatly respecting him and loyally following him to war, bore him little love.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

The relationship between Aerys and Tywin was always complicated. When he was still a prince, Aerys had developed a crush on [[Joanna Lannister]], who was to marry her cousin Tywin. Aerys was present at the wedding in {{date|263}} and drank too much during the feast, leading to him joking that it was a great pity that the lord's right to the first night had been abolished and to taking certain liberties during the [[bedding]]. It is said that Tywin did not forget Aerys's behavior.{{Ref|aDwD|43}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

Aerys' own marriage, to his younger sister [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], was less happy than Tywin's. Aerys was known to keep many mistresses, and whilst Rhaella turned a blind eye to her husbands infidelities, she objected heavily against "turning my ladies into whores". In {{Date|263}}, Lady Joanna Lannister was dismissed by Rhaella, shortly after having married Lord Tywin. Whilst no official reason was given for Joanna's abrupt dismissal, she was not the first of Rhaella's ladies to be dismissed in this fashion, nor was she the last.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

Aerys' many relationships were not the only string on his marriage. Rhaella's difficulties with childbirth played their part as well. In {{Date|263}} and {{Date|264}}, Rhaella had a miscarriage. In {{Date|267}}, whilst Aerys was away in the [[Westerlands]], Rhaella gave birth to the stillborn Princess [[Shaena Targaryen|Shaena]]. Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Daeron]], born in {{Date|279}}, survived for only half a year. After Daeron, a second stillbirth followed in {{Date|270}}, and a miscarriage in {{Date|271}}. In {{Date|272}}, Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Aegon]] was born two months premature. He would die in {{Date|273}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

While Aerys was compassionate at first, comforting Rhaella in her grief, he turned suspicious in time. By {{Date|270}}, he had decided that Rhaella had been unfaithful to him, and that none of the stillbirths, miscarriages and dead princes had been his, as the gods would not want a bastard to sit the Iron Throne. He soon confined Rhaella to Maegor's Holdfast, and ordered that two septa's would sleep in her bed from that moment forth, to ensure she would remain faithful.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

Meanwhile, Aerys' relationship with his Hand was breaking down as well, the pairs friendship fraying. Where previously Aerys had headed Tywin's counsel, he now often disagreed with his Hand and did the opposite of what Tywin suggested. When [[Myr]] and [[Tyrosh]] became involved in a trade war against [[Volantis]], Lord Tywin suggested that Westeros remained neutral. King Aerys, in response, provided gold and arms to the Volantenese. When [[House Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood]] had a border dispute, Lord Tywin wanted to act in favor for House Blackwood, leading to Aerys siding with House Bracken. Over Tywin's objections, Aerys doubled the port fees for [[Oldtown]] and [[King's Landing]] and tripled them at [[Lannisport]] and other ports in Westeros. Trade suffered and a delegation of merchants arrived before the Iron Throne to protest. Aerys lied to them and blamed the matter on his Hand of the King stating...

{{Quote|Lord Tywin shits gold, but of late he has been constipated and had to find some other ways to fill our coffers{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}}}

Aerys restored the port fees to the previous levels, which won him much popularity and acclaim for himself, whilst the King's lies and actions left Tywin with nothing but scorn. Aerys objected to many of Tywin's appointments and filled the offices with men of his own choosing. When Tywin suggested his own brother, Ser [[Tygett Lannister]], as master-at-arms for the [[Red Keep]], Aerys appointed Ser [[Willem Darry]] instead.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

By now, Aerys had become aware of the tales being told in his Kingdoms; that it was Lord Tywin who truly ruled the Seven Kingdoms and that Aerys was but a hollow figurehead. These statements greatly angered the King. When Lord Tywin's captain of guard, Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], had been overheard to repeat this statement, Aerys had the man's tongue torn out with hot pincers.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|aFfC|27}} The angered King became determined to disprove the tales, and to humble Tywin, his "overmighty servant", putting him back into his place.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}
[[File:Ilyn Payne loosing his tongue.jpg|thumb|350px|Aerys deals with disturbing rumours by taking Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]'s tongue with hot pincers]]

In {{Date|272}}, to celebrate his tenth year on the [[Iron Throne]], Aerys held his Anniversary Tourney. Lady [[Joanna Lannister]] returned to [[King's Landing]] for this event, bringing with her her six-year old twins, [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. Drunkenly, Aerys asked Joanna if giving suck had ruined her breasts. Whilst the question was a great amusement for Lord Tywin's rivals, it humiliated Lady Joanna. Lord Tywin attempted to resign the next morning, but Aerys refused to accept. And thus, Tywin Lannister remained Hand of the King.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

Courtiers at the court who wished to win the kings favor and gain advancement soon learned the best way to gain the Kings eye was to mock and make japes about Lord Tywin. King Aerys continued to undermine and slight his Hand, which amused many Lords who were rivals of Lord Tywin or who simply disliked the humorless man. Tywin Lannister suffered all these slights in silence, never showing any public display of weakness. When Joanna Lannister died in childbirth in {{Date|273}}, the King had been heard to remark that Joanna had died, and Tywin had begotten his dwarf son instead from the gods, "to teach him some humility at last". These reports would reach [[Casterly Rock]], where Lord Tywin was in mourning. From that moment on, all the old affection between the old childhood friends was gone. Yet still, Lord Tywin continued to serve the realm as Hand of the King, whilst King Aerys grew increasingly violent, suspicious and erratic.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

The Kings madness abated slightly with the birth of another son, who he named [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Jaehaerys]], in {{date|274}}. In fact, Jaehaerys' birth which almost restored the King to his old self. This changed when Jaehaerys died later that same year. In a black rage, Aerys had the boys wet nurse beheaded, convinced it had been her fault. He soon had a change of heart, and declared that his mistress was to blame, having poisoned the young babe. Aerys had her and her entire family tortured and eventually executed. Under torture, all confessed to murdering Prince Jaehaerys, though their accounts on Jaehaerys' death greatly differed from one another.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

After this deed, however, Aerys changed his mind yet again. He fasted for a fortnight, and made a walk of repentance across the city, to the [[Great Sept of Baelor|Great Sept]] of Baelor. There, he prayed with the [[High Septon]]. When he returned, he announced that he would remain true to his wife and marital vows from that moment forth. From that day on in {{Date|275}}, King Aerys II Targaryen lost interest in all other women.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

In {{Date|276}}, Rhaella gave birth to a son named [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. While the boy was healthy enough, Aerys was paranoid about the boys safety. [[Kingsguard]] knights were ordered to stand over the babe, day and night. No one, not even Queen Rhaella, was allowed to be alone with Viserys. Gifts that came from all over the realm for the new Prince were piled up in the yard and burned on Aerys' orders, as the King feared they might be cursed or ensorcelled. When Rhaella's milk dried up, Aerys made his own food taster suckle on the nipples of the wet nurse, to ensure there was no poison on them.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

Later that year, Lord Tywin Lannister staged a [[tourney for King Aerys II|tourney at Lannisport]] in the honor of Viserys' birth. It has been suggested by history that this tourney was arranged as a gesture for reconciliation.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}} At this tourney, Lord Tywin proposed a marriage between his daughter [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and Prince Rhaegar to King Aerys. However, Aerys's fear of Tywin's power and ambition led him to reject the offer rudely, saying that Tywin was a mere servant of the crown, and no servant's daughter was fit to marry a prince of royal blood. The tourney ended without a final feast and Aerys departed in a chilly atmosphere. Tywin would not forget the insult.{{Ref|aFfC|24}}

===The Defiance of Duskendale===
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[[File:Marc Simonetti King Aerys II Targaryen.jpg|King Aerys II Targaryen after the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] - by Marc Simonetti © |thumb|300px|right]]

Lord [[Denys Darklyn]] of [[Duskendale]] had desired to win a charter for Duskendale, which would give him more autonomy from the crown. He made his proposal to the crown in {{Date|277}}, but Lord Tywin Lannister, however, refused the proposal, but Lord Denys would not give up so easily. Having noticed the detoriated relationship between Aerys and Tywin, Lord Denys decided to withhold his payments to the crown, and instead invited the King to Duskendale to hear his petition for a new charter. While Aerys had planned to refuse the invitation, the King changed his mind when Lord Tywin suggested Aerys refuse the invitation. Eager to demonstrate his ability to handle the situation without the help of his Hand, Aerys decided to settle the issue personally. Taking a small force that included only one [[Kingsguard]] [[knight]], Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]], Aerys personally marched to Duskendale to end the defiance of Lord Denys. The invitation proved to be a trap, however, and Aerys walked right into it. His escort killed trying to defend their king, Aerys was taken prisoner.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}

Outrage was the response to this news from [[Duskendale]]. As [[Hand of the King]], it fell to Lord Tywin Lannister to resolve the crisis. He massed an army and laid siege to the town in what became known as the [[Defiance of Duskendale]]. The situation remained in a stalemate for six months, with Lord Denys threatening to execute the king at the first sign that Tywin intended to storm the town. In the end, it was Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] of the Kingsguard who staged a daring infiltration and managed to rescue the king.

Lord Denys immediately surrendered and begged for mercy, but in his fury Aerys immediately had him immediately beheaded. His rage still not sated, the king next ordered [[House Darklyn]] utterly destroyed, along with [[House Hollard]], which had sided with them. Every last member of both families was tortured at excruciating length before being burned alive, with the sole exception of the child [[Dontos Hollard]], who was spared only at Ser Barristan's pleading. Ser Barristan later developed doubts about his actions at Duskendale, wondering whether Aerys's death in Lord Denys' dungeon and Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] ascent to the throne would not have spared the [[Seven Kingdoms]] much grief.{{Ref|aDwD|55}}{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

===Following the Defiance===
The Defiance of Duskendale plunged Aerys deeper into his descent into madness. Deeply shaken by his imprisonment, he refused to leave the [[Red Keep]] for the next four years. His jealous and suspicious nature deepened into paranoia and eventually outright delusions, seeing evidence of treachery everywhere.

Aerys's relations with Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] deteriorated even more rapidly. The King felt his Hand had wanted him to perish in the dungeons of Duskendale. Aerys also no longer trusted his wife or his heir. In his paranoia, Aerys believed that Tywin and Rhaegar had conspired to have him killed by storming Duskendale, so Rhaegar would ascend the Throne and marry Tywin's daughter.

To prevent such conspiracies between Rhaegar and Tywin, Aerys summoned his old childhood friend, Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]], to court, making him a member of the [[small council]]. Aerys publically announced Steffon would go to [[Volantis]], to find a bride for Rhaegar of ''"proud Valyrian blood"''. The fact that Aerys entrusted this task to Steffon instead of Tywin or Rhaegar caused many to whisper that Aerys intended to make Steffon his new Hand of the King, upon the successful completion of this mission, and that Aerys planned to have Lord Tywin arrested and executed for high treason. Many lords took delight in the prospect.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

Fate had other plans. Lord Steffon's mission turned out to be a failure and on the return voyage his ship was caught in a storm and sank, just off the coast of [[Storm's End]], in sight of his two eldest children, [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. Aerys got the notion in his head that Tywin had somehow assassinated Lord Steffon. He even stated to [[Pycelle]] that he couldn't dismiss Tywin as Hand, as Tywin would have him killed then as well. In the final years of his reign where Tywin was still Hand, Aerys never met with Lord Tywin unless all seven of the Kingsguard knights were present.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

His paranoia and hysterical madness ever deepening, Aerys heard word of the talents of a certain eunuch named [[Varys]]. The eunuch was brought to court, and appointed as Aerys' [[master of whisperers]] on the small council. The king reasoned that only a foreigner with no competing loyalties in [[Westeros]] could be trusted to alert him of potential threats. The Spider, as Varys became known to the smallfolk, used the crowns gold to form a vast web of informers. Varys was always seen crouching at the king's side whispering in his ear.{{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

Aerys also resolved the matter of Rhaegar's marriage. In early {{Date|279}}, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] was betrothed to Princess [[Elia Martell]]. In early {{Date|280}}, the two were wed in a lavish ceremony at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Fearing to be assasinated, Aerys refused to attend. Neither did he allow Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] to attend. Rhaegar and his new bride decided to take up residence on [[Dragonstone]], instead of remaining in [[King's Landing]], which led some to whisper that Rhaegar planned on disposing his father and seizing the Throne. Others claimed that Aerys II meant to disinherit Rhaegar and name his younger son, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], the new heir. The birth of Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], Aerys first grandchild, did not unite the estranged father and son. When Rhaegar presented the girl to court, Queen Rhaella embraced her grandchild warmly, but Aerys refused to touch her, stating that ''"she smelled Dornish"''. {{ref|twoiaf| Aerys II}}

Aerys grew brutal, capricious and increasingly fascinated with fire, especially the highly flammable substance known as [[wildfire]] which was said to be a cousin to dragonflame. By {{Date|280}}, Aerys had taken to using wildfire for executing alleged traitors, rather then hangings or beheadings. The pyromancers became a fixture at the King's court and Wisdom [[Rossart]], who carried out the executions, was eventually named to the [[small council]]. All the executions by fire aroused the King and, while he and his wife had slept in separate chambers for some years and avoided each other by day as well, Aerys would always claim his marriage rights after such an execution by fire, brutally abusing his wife in bed.{{Ref|aFfC|16}}

===Year of the False Spring===
In {{date|281}} Aerys announced he would appoint Tywin's eldest (and [[Tyrion Lannister|only able-bodied]]) son [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] as the youngest knight ever to join the [[Kingsguard]]. Tywin Lannsiter and later his son Jaime came to believe that Aerys had intended this not as an honor but a slight to [[House Lannister]], meant to deprive Tywin of his heir and allow Aerys to hold Jaime hostage for his father's loyalty. Furious, Tywin found a thin pretext to resign his position and returned to [[Casterly Rock]] though publicly he thanked the king for the honor bestowed upon his House. Aerys this time accepted Tywins resignation and appointed as his replacement Lord [[Owen Merryweather]], an amiable but not especially competent old man whose main qualifications as [[Hand of the King|Hand]] were his willingness to throw lavish feasts and offer the king constant flattery. The young knight Jaime would offically join the kingsguard in a ceremony at a later date.

With Lord Tywin now gone from court, the new focus of Aerys mistrust was his own son and heir Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who had become wary of his father's behavior.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} At court their was growing tension between the factions loyal to the King and those loyal to his heir Prince Rhaegar. Aerys may have been mad and cruel to those he deemed his enemies, but he was lavish with wealth and titles to those who enjoyed his trust.

Those loyal to the King were [[Qarlton Chelsted]] the [[Master of Coin]], [[Lucerys Velaryon]] the [[Master of Ships]], [[Symond Staunton]] the [[Master of Laws]], [[Varys]] the [[Master of Whisperers]] and Wisdom [[Rossart]]. All enjoyed the King's trust and at court held great power and they had learned how to twist the kings madness to their own benefit, they had good reason to oppose Aerys removal from the [[Iron Throne]].

Rhaegars supporters were young Lord [[Jon Connington]], Ser [[Myles Mooton]], Ser [[Richard Lonmouth]], the Dornish who accompanied him at court including [[Elia Martell|Elia's]] uncle [[Lewyn Martell|Prince Lewyn]] of the [[Kingsguard]], but Rhaegars dearest friend was Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the Sword of the Morning.

It fell to Grandmaester [[Pycelle]] and the [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Owen Merryweather]] the unenviable task of trying to keep the peace between the factions, Pycelle even dispatched a letter to the [[Citadel]] writing that tensions and division at court strongly resembled those before the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Pycelle was fearful of a civil war between those loyal to the King and those who supported Rhaegar would break out unless some accord could be reached that would satisfy both factions.{{ref|twoiaf| The Year of the False Spring}}

Lord [[Walter Whent|Whents]] announced a [[Tourney at Harrenhal|tourney]] would be held at [[Harrenhal]] in {{date|280}} to rival any previous tournament, it was to be held a year later in {{date|281}}. According to [[Varys]] the tournament was secretly arranged and financed by [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar]] as a pretext so Rhaegar could met up with the Great Lords of the realm to discuss arranging a [[Great Council]] and the removal of his father. The tournament was shortly announced by Lord Whent after his brother [[Oswell Whent]] of the [[Kingsguard]] visited his older brother. {{Ref|aDwD|67}} {{ref|twoiaf| The Year of the False Spring}}

Aerys at first was counseled by Lord Chelsted to forbid it, while Lord Staunton went as far to suggest the king should outlaw all tournaments. Lord Merryweather intervened by pointing out such events were extremely popular with the highborn and lowborn and that attempting to ban or outlaw tourneys would make King Aerys unpopular and strengthen Rhaegar. Aerys decided to attend the tournament, the first time he left the [[Red Keep]] since the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], he also decided that the tournament would be the perfect place to initiate [[Jaime Lannister]] to the [[Kingsguard]].

Aerys also hoped his presence at the tourney would win back the love of his people. If that was his intention it backfired horrifically, Aerys since the defiance had left his appearance go to rot, his fear of blades mean't he would not permit even his hair to be cut or his nails groomed. His hair and beard was unwashed, matted and tangled, his nails were yellow and grew nine inches in length. His fear and paranoia of poison made him thin and gaunt. The Lords and knights were appalled at what their monarch had become. Nor was his behavior that of a sane man, going from mirth to melancholy at a snap of the fingers. His bouts of hysterical laughter, long silences, sudden rages and constant weeping made all present weary.

In contrast, Prince Rhaegar looked every inch a leader and warrior. Tall, clean, handsome, well groomed and at the tourney he was unstoppable in the lists, winning bout after bout. The young Jaime Lannister said his vows before the King with the realm looking on, a cheer went up as the young handsome knight joined the [[Kingsguard]], a cheer that Aerys thought was for him.

A [[mystery knight]], the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]], competed in the tournament. Certain the knight had concealed his identity because he was an enemy of the crown, Aerys ordered Rhaegar to discover his identity, but no evidence was found. Rhaegar went on to win the tournament and shocked all present by crowning [[Lyanna Stark]], rather than [[Elia Martell|Princess Elia]], his [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. {{ref|twoiaf| The Year of the False Spring}}

Some time afterward, Prince Rhaegar disappeared with Lyanna, apparently having kidnapped her. Her eldest brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] rode to King's Landing with several friends when word of his sister's disappearance reached him and upon arriving at the Red Keep, Brandon roared for Rhaegar to "come out and die." As it turned out, Rhaegar was not present – but Aerys was. The king had Brandon and his companions arrested on charges of conspiring against the life of the crown prince, demanding that their fathers present themselves at court to answer for their sons' crimes. When they did so, Aerys had them all executed without trial. Aerys chose fire as his champion for a [[trial by combat]]. Lord [[Rickard Stark]] was burned alive by wildfire as Brandon watched, strapped into a torture device that caused him to strangle himself in his struggles to save his father. His paranoia still unsatisfied, the king ordered Lord [[Jon Arryn]] to send him the heads of his two wards at the [[Eyrie]], [[Eddard Stark]] and Lyanna's fiance [[Robert Baratheon]], both of whom he believed to be guilty of participating in the "conspiracy" on account of their ties with [[House Stark]]. Arryn refused, and the king's brutal acts triggered a chain of events that would become known as the [[War of the Usurper]] to Targaryen loyalists and [[Robert's Rebellion]] to those who fought on the rebel side. [[House Arryn]], House Stark, [[House Baratheon]] and [[House Tully]] all rebelled against the [[Iron Throne]], uniting behind the claim of Robert Baratheon, who was descended from royal blood through his grandmother [[Rhaelle Targaryen]], the king's aunt.

===Robert's Rebellion===
[[File:Mad King AerysJake Murray.png|King Aerys has a man burned to death. © FFG|thumb|300px]]
[[File:GoranGligovic mad king aerys.jpg|The Mad King enjoying a [[wildfire]] display. © Goran Gligovic|thumb|300px]]
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Aerys's [[Hand of the King|Hand]] at the start of the rebellion was still [[Owen Merryweather]], but he was quickly replaced for his failure to act to contain the unrest in its early stages. Aerys next turned to Lord [[Jon Connington]], a close friend of Rhaegar's, who promised him to deliver Robert's head. However, Connington lost to rebel forces at [[Stoney Sept]] in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and was exiled by Aerys because of it. As his new Hand, Aerys chose Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}} By this point, the king was becoming fearful of a rebel victory, and hatched the [[wildfire plot]], a plan to gain a final revenge against his enemies in the event that they took the capital. He ordered pyromancers to create a massive reserve of wildfire and secrete it around [[King's Landing]], plotting to burn down the entire city and kill all its half a million inhabitants rather than allow Robert to have it intact. Upon discovering the plot, Lord Chelsted confronted Aerys and, when he realized the king could not be dissuaded, resigned his position in disgust, flinging his chain of office at the king's feet. Aerys had him burned alive. The [[Alchemists' Guild]] had enjoyed royal favor ever since the Defiance of Duskendale owing to the king's obsession with wildfire, and Aerys appointed the head of the guild, [[Rossart]], his final Hand.

After the [[Battle of the Trident]], in which Prince Rhaegar was slain and the royal army defeated, a rebel victory was all but certain. Aerys sent Queen Rhaella (then newly pregnant with Princess Daenerys) and Prince Viserys to [[Dragonstone]] to escape the coming [[Sack of King's Landing]]. However, he kept Princess Elia and her young children [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] with him at the Red Keep, believing they were necessary as hostages to ensure the loyalty of [[House Martell]] and [[Dorne]]. This decision would ultimately lead to their brutal deaths at the hands of Ser [[Amory Lorch]] and Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].

===Death===
Hours before the vanguard of [[Eddard Stark]]'s rebel host would arrive, 12,000 [[The Westerlands|Westerland]] troops under Tywin Lannister reached King's Landing and pledged their loyalty to King Aerys. [[Varys]] advised the king not to admit them to the city, but [[Maester|Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] argued that the Lannisters should be trusted. Aerys made the fateful choice to listen to Pycelle, and opened the city gates. The Lannister forces promptly began [[Sack of King's Landing|sacking the city]] in the name of King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]].

Realizing this was the end, Aerys summoned Lord Rossart and Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], the last remaining Kingsguard knight. Aerys had retained Jaime throughout the war to ensure Tywin's loyalty, though up until that point [[House Lannister]] had been neutral in the rebellion. Jaime would later remark upon the irony of the Mad King's belief that he could not be harmed if he kept Jaime close. Aerys commanded Jaime to kill his father, then gave Rossart the long-awaited order to ignite the wildfire caches and burn the city to the ground.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

Jaime later suggested that much like his mad great-uncle [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion the Monstrous]] before him, Aerys held the delusional belief that he would not die in the inferno, but rather would be transformed by the flames into a [[dragon]], giving him the power to crush his enemies. However, before the plot could be carried out, Jaime slew Lord Rossart and then King Aerys, preventing the orders from reaching anyone else and thus saving the entire population of King's Landing, while earning himself the epithet [[Kingslayer]]. Robert Baratheon claimed the Iron Throne, and the reign of the Targaryen dynasty was ended.{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

==Small Council under Aerys II==
During the reign of King Aerys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Jon Connington]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Wisdom [[Rossart]]
* [[Master of Laws]] - [[Symond Staunton]]
* [[Master of Coin]] - Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
* [[Master of Ships]] - [[Lucerys Velaryon (Master of Ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]
* [[Master of Whisperers]] - [[Varys]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Pycelle]]
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]

==Quotes by Aerys==
{{Quote|The traitors want [[King's Landing|my city]] ... but I’ll give them naught but ashes. Let [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] be king over charred bones and cooked meat.{{ref|ASOS|37}}}}

{{Quote|I want [[Tywin Lannister|him]] dead, the traitor. I want his head, you’ll bring me his head, or you’ll burn with all the rest. All the traitors.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}}} – Aerys, to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|You are my most able servant, Tywin, but a man does not marry [[Rhaegar Targaryen|his heir]] to [[Cersei Lannister|his servant's daughter]].{{Ref|AFFC|24}}}} – Aerys, to [[Tywin Lannister]]

==Quotes about Aerys==
{{Quote|Aerys was dead on the floor, drowned in his own blood. His dragon skulls stared down from the walls. [[Tywin Lannister|Lannister’s]] men were everywhere. [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] wore the white cloak of the [[Kingsguard]] over his golden armor. I can see him still. Even his sword was gilded. He was seated on the [[Iron Throne]], high above his knights, wearing a helm fashioned in the shape of a lion’s head. How he glittered!{{Ref|agot|12}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]], to [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|Aerys was mad, the whole realm knew it.{{Ref|aCoK|55}}}} – [[Catelyn Stark]], to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Aerys was mad and cruel, no one has ever denied that.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}}} – [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]], to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|A crowned beast.{{ref|AFFC|16}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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==External Links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Aerys_II_Targaryen Aerys II Targaryen] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].

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House Hightower

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| Coat_of_arms = Cendrée, a tower argent with a beacon on fire gules
| Words = ''We Light the Way''
| Seat = The [[Hightower]], [[Oldtown]]
| Current_Lord = [[Leyton Hightower]]
| Region = [[The Reach]]
| Title = Voice of Oldtown Lord of the Port Lord of the Hightower Defender of the Citadel Beacon of the South King of the High Tower
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| Overlord = [[House Tyrell]]
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'''House Hightower of the Hightower''' is one of the most important and powerful vassals of [[House Tyrell]] (and before them of [[House Gardener]]). Their seat is the [[Hightower]] in the city of [[Oldtown]] within [[the Reach]]. The sigil of House Hightower is a stone white watchtower, with a fire on the top.{{ref|thk}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/7/ Houses in the Reach]</ref> Their words are ''"We Light the Way"''.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} They possess a [[Valyrian steel]] sword called [[Vigilance]].{{ref|tpatq}}

Members of the house are considered loyal and stalwart.
The Hightowers can be legitimately referred to as being either "''of Hightower''" or "''of Oldtown''." <ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P225/ The Arryns and the Hightower], May 1999</ref>

==History==
===Hightower Kings===

The family is very old, existing since the dawn of days when they were petty-kings. While most scholars believe they descend from the [[First Men]], Maester [[Yandel]] posits the question if perhaps they actually descend from the seafarers and traders that settled at the top of the [[Whispering Sound]] in an earlier time, the men who came to [[Westeros]] before the First Men and seem to have founded the original incarnation of [[Oldtown]]. Whatever the truth, the Hightowers resided in the ancient [[black stone]] fortress of [[Battle Isle]] at the mouth of the [[Honeywine]] before the "Hightower" of stone was built.{{ref|TWOIAF| Oldtown}}

The ancient Hightowers built four successive wooden beacon towers atop the fortress. The legendary King [[Uthor of the High Tower]] is said to have commissioned [[Bran the Builder]] or his son [[Brandon Stark (son of Bran the Builder)|Brandon]] to design the fifth tower, one built entirely of stone. Uthor's sons, King [[Urrigon Hightower|Urrigon]] and Prince [[Peremore Hightower|Peremore the Twisted]], were integral in the foundation of the [[Citadel]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Oldtown}}{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

During these early days Oldtown was threatened and sacked for many times, by various opponents, such as [[ironborn]] raiders, [[Dornishmen|Dornish]] invaders and the armies of the [[Kings of the Reach]], [[House Gardener]] of [[Highgarden]]. The Kings of the High Tower raised strong walls and higher towers to keep any further invaders out. Oldtown was not brought into the realm of the Gardeners by conquest, but by marriage, during the reigns of King [[Lymond Hightower]] and [[Garland II Gardener]]. Lymond the Sea Lion wed the daughter of King Garland, while Garland put aside his own wives to marry Lymond's daughter.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Gardener Kings}}

During the [[Andal invasion]], the Hightowers and the Gardeners allied with the [[Andals|newcomers]]. Thus they were able to keep their wealth, lands and privileges. Protected by the might of Highgarden, the lords of Oldtown turned their eyes to trade and commerce and grew with every generation to become one of the richest and most powerful noble families in Westeros. The Hightowers were also one of the first great lords to accept the [[Faith of the Seven]] and thus gave their patronage to the establishment of the office of [[High Septon]] and the building of the [[Starry Sept]] as the center of the Faith.

===Targaryen Era===

During the [[War of Conquest#Conquest of Oldtown|Wars of Conquest]] by the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]], Lord [[Manfred Hightower]] heeded the [[High Septon (War of Conquest)|High Septon]] and did not join his liege lord, [[Mern Gardener|King Mern IX]], on the march to the [[Field of Fire]]. Soon, Mern was dead and [[Highgarden]] surrendered, with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] replacing the Gardeners. When [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] arrived at Oldtown on [[dragon]]back, [[Manfred Hightower]] opened his gates. Aegon spared the city, and the High Septon anointed him and acknowledged Aegon's right to rule all Seven Kingdoms.

The Hightowers were strong supporters of [[the greens]] against [[the blacks]] during the civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] was supported by his mother, the Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]], and his grandfather, the [[Hand of the King]] Ser [[Otto Hightower]]. Ser [[Gwayne Hightower]] served as second-in-command of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]]. Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] commanded the greens' army from the Reach, which also included the knights [[Bryndon Hightower|Bryndon]] and [[Hobert Hightower]]. Three of the Hightowers' bannerhouses (the [[House Costayne|Costaynes]], [[House Mullendore|Mullendores]] and [[House Beesbury|Beesburys]]) fought for the blacks, however.{{ref|tpatq}}

Perhaps because of their heavy losses during the Dance of the Dragons, House Hightower gave strong support to neither side during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], keeping a foot in both Targaryen and [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] camps.

Ser [[Abelar Hightower]] challenged Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]] in the first tilt of the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] and was defeated.{{ref|thk}} House Hightower is among the houses that Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] mentioned as part of his litany of great houses that [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]] maids once married into.{{ref|tss}}

Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] and Princess [[Elia Martell]] visited [[Oldtown]] on their way to [[Casterly Rock]] where their mother was to broker their marriage to the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] twins, [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. While in Oldtown they met [[Baelor Hightower]], whom Elia fancied but Oberyn mocked after he farted in their presence. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] later offered his youngest son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], as a match for a Hightower daughter, but Lord [[Leyton Hightower]] declined.

===Baratheon Era===
During [[Robert's Rebellion]], the Hightowers remained loyal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] and the Targaryen dynasty.{{ref|ACOK|12}} Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]], was [[Showdown at the Tower of Joy|killed]] at the [[Tower of Joy]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} The Hightowers knelt to the new king, [[Robert Baratheon]], after the defeat of the Targaryens.

Lord Leyton attended the [[Tourney at Lannisport]] to watch his sons joust. [[Lynesse Hightower|Lynesse]] accompanied her father, meeting and marrying Lord [[Jorah Mormont]]. Mormont's hall on [[Bear Island]] proved underwhelming, and she eventually became the chief concubine of [[Tregar Ormollen]] in [[Lys]].

House Hightower continues to be patrons of both the Citadel and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} They are as rich as [[House Lannister]] and can field three times as many swords as other Tyrell bannermen, as well as the manpower of Oldtown.{{ref|AFFC|45}} The four-decked ''[[Honor of Oldtown]]'' is the flagship of the Hightower fleet.

The current head of the house, Lord [[Leyton Hightower|Leyton]], has not descended from the High Tower in over a decade. His fourth and current wife is [[Rhea Florent]]. Besides her family, the Hightowers are connected to several prominent Reach houses; Leyton's second daughter, [[Alerie Hightower|Alerie]], is wed to their liege, [[Mace Tyrell]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
At the start of the [[War of the Five Kings]], the Hightowers follow the Tyrell lead, declaring for [[Renly Baratheon]] on the outbreak of the conflict. [[Alerie Hightower]]'s daughter, [[Margaery Tyrell]], marries Renly. The Hightowers do not change to [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s side after Renly's assassination.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Once the Tyrells ally with [[House Lannister]], Alerie travels to [[King's Landing]], where she attends [[Purple Wedding|the wedding]] of Margaery to King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and the funeral of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Alerie attends the funeral of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and Margaery's wedding to King [[Tommen Baratheon]]. For much of the war, despite Lord [[Leyton Hightower]]'s granddaughter Margaery being married to three kings, Hightower support for causes is largely nominal, as the House continues its cautious approach.

House Hightower’s caution changes in response to the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] [[Battle of the Shield Islands|attacks on the Reach]]. Old Lord Leyton stays in his tower with [[Malora Hightower|Malora]] the Mad Maid, supposedly researching books of spells, and sends forth his sons with varying tasks. [[Baelor Hightower|Baelor]] is building ships, [[Gunthor Hightower|Gunthor]] is building up the harbor's defenses, [[Garth Hightower|Garth Greysteel]] is training men, and [[Humfrey Hightower|Humfrey]] is traveling to his sister [[Lynesse Hightower|Lynesse]] in [[Lys]], where he hopes to hire [[sellsail]]s. The ironborn have conquered parts of the [[Arbor]] and are attempting to blockade the [[Honeywine]]. One attack on the harbor has already been repulsed by the defenders, but [[Oldtown]] remains under serious threat.

==House Hightower at the end of the third century==

The known Hightowers during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* Lord [[Leyton Hightower]], called the Old Man of Oldtown.
** Lady [[Rhea Florent]], his fourth wife.
*** Ser [[Baelor Hightower]], his eldest son and heir. Called Baelor Brightsmile. Married to [[Rhonda Rowan]].
*** [[Malora Hightower]], his eldest daughter. Called the Mad Maid.
*** [[Alerie Hightower]], his second daughter. Married to Lord [[Mace Tyrell]].
*** Ser [[Garth Hightower]], his second son. Called Greysteel.
*** [[Denyse Hightower]], his third daughter. Married to Ser [[Desmond Redwyne]].
*** [[Leyla Hightower]], his fourth daughter. Married to Ser [[Jon Cupps]]
*** [[Alysanne Hightower]], his fifth daughter. Married to Lord [[Arthur Ambrose]].
*** [[Lynesse Hightower]], his sixth daughter. Married to Lord [[Jorah Mormont]]; now concubine to [[Tregar Ormollen]] in [[Lys]].
*** Ser [[Gunthor Hightower]], his third son. Married to [[Jeyne Fossoway]].
*** Ser [[Humfrey Hightower]], his fourth son.
* Ser {[[Gerold Hightower]]}, the White Bull. [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]] under [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]]. His uncle. [[Showdown at the Tower of Joy|Slain]] at the [[Tower of Joy]].

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch:
* {[[Walys Flowers]]}, son of a Hightower girl and an archmaester of the Citadel. Maester to the late Lord [[Rickard Stark]].

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==Historical Members==
* King [[Uthor of the High Tower]], a legendary figure of the Dawn Age, credited with the building of the first stone [[Hightower]].
** King [[Urrigon Hightower]], his eldest son and successor, who bequeathed lands for the foundation of the [[Citadel]].
** Prince [[Peremore Hightower]], called "''the Twisted''", who brought a group of scholars together, who, in the end, would go on to found the [[Citadel]].
* King [[Otho II Hightower]], who strengthened the defenses of Oldtown to prevent further sacking by foreign forces.
* King [[Lymond Hightower]], called "''the Sea Lion''", who defeated a invasion of ironborn raiders and married the daughter of [[Garland II Gardener]], thus bringing Oldtown under the power of [[Highgarden]]. Afterwards he ruled as the first Lord of Oldtown.
* Lord [[Jeremy Hightower]], who fostered trade and doubled his house's wealth.
** Lord [[Jason Hightower]], his son and heir, who rebuild the Hightower a hundred feet higher.
* Lord [[Dorian Hightower]], who set aside his wife for an Andal princess and the stability of trade.
** Lord [[Damon Hightower]], called "''the Devout''", his grandson, who was the first to accept the [[Faith of the Seven]].
*** Lord [[Triston Hightower]], his son, who was fostered by the Faith and raised the [[Starry Sept]].
**** Lord [[Barris Hightower]], his son, who gave the [[High Septon]] his first crystal crown.
* [[Runcel Hightower]]. He was [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] and tried to bequeath the Watch to his bastard son.
* Lord [[Manfred Hightower]], was the head of House Hightower during the War of Conquest.<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>
** Lord [[Martyn Hightower]] eldest son and heir of Manfred.
*** Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]], daughter of Martyn, first wife of [[Maegor I Targaryen]]. Died in 45 AC, possibly killed under Maegor's command.
** Ser [[Morgan Hightower]]. Had recently joined the [[Warrior's Sons]] during the [[War of Conquest|Conquest]], and later became their Commander. He was the sole Warrior's Son pardoned by Maegor I following the Faith Militant Uprising. Possibly killed his brother, the High Septon.
** [[High Septon (Hightower)|High Septon]]. Had recently taken the vows of a Faith during the Conquest, and later became High Septon. Condemned Maegor's later marriages, and was killed in 44 AC, after a threat that Maegor was going to burn down the Starry Sept.
** Unknown number of daughters. Manfred offered his youngest to Aegon I upon opening the gates of Oldtown to him, which Aegon declined so as not to offend his Queens.
* [[Patrice Hightower]], maiden sister of Manfred and aunt of Martyn. Suspected by some to have murdered her nephew, the High Septon, in 44 AC.
* Ser [[Otto Hightower]]. He was the [[Hand of the King]] during the reigns of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]], [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] and [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]]. He was the uncle of Lord Ormund Hightower.{{ref|tpatq}}<ref>Ran's comment [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113133-rogue-prince-or-kings-brother-part-ii/?p=5970769]</ref>
** [[Alicent Hightower]], daughter of Ser Otto and Queen of King [[Viserys I]], who gave him three sons and a daughter, including [[Aegon II]], who was one of the claimants in the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}}
** At least one other son.
** Ser [[Gwayne Hightower]], the youngest brother of Queen Alicent.{{ref|tpatq}}
* Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]. Lord of the Hightower during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. He [[knight|knighted]] Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]], using the Valyrian longsword [[Vigilance]], dubbing the prince Ser Daeron the Daring. He was killed by Lord [[Roderick Dustin]] at the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]]{{ref|tpatq}}
** An unnamed number of sons.{{ref|tpatq}}
* Ser [[Bryndon Hightower]], the foremost knight of Oldtown, cousin to Lord Ormund. Killed alongside Ormund by Lord [[Roderick Dustin]] at the [[Battle of Tumbleton]].{{ref|tpatq}}
* Ser [[Hobert Hightower]], cousin to Lord Ormund. Sixty years old in {{date|130}}.{{ref|tpatq}}
* [[Garmund Hightower]], married to [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] and had six daughters.{{ref|twoiaf| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}
* Lord [[Jon Hightower]], Lord of the Hightower, and Hand of the King in the final years of the reign of King [[Aegon IV]].{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon IV}}
* Ser [[Abelar Hightower]]. He was a participant of the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] and heir of Hightower.{{ref|thk}}
* Lord [[Quenton Hightower]]. He ordered [[Oldtown]] closed and ordered anyone trying to leave to be killed to prevent the spread of the [[grey plague]] as it took half the city. Survivors of the plague killed him and his young son in the streets the day he had those orders rescinded.

==Sworn Houses==
* {{COA|beesbury|small}}[[House Beesbury|'''Beesbury''']] of [[Honeyholt]].
* {{COA|bulwer|small}}[[House Bulwer|'''Bulwer''']] of [[Blackcrown]].
* {{COA|costayne|small}}[[House Costayne|'''Costayne''']] of the [[Three Towers]].
* {{COA|cuy|small}}[[House Cuy|'''Cuy''']] of [[Sunhouse]].
* {{COA|mullendore|small}}[[House Mullendore|'''Mullendore''']] of [[Uplands]].

==References and Notes==
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Duncan the Tall

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| Alias = Dunk Duncan the Tall Dunk the Lunk Ser Giant The Gallows Knight (Mystery Knight)
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| Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|191}}, {{Date|192}} or {{Date|193}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Duncan the Tall|Duncan the Tall]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Tragedy at Summerhall|Summerhall]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|259}}
| Books = ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' (POV) ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' (POV) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (POV) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (Mentioned)
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'''Dunk''', later in life known as Ser '''Duncan the Tall''', was a large man who grew up in [[Flea Bottom]], became the squire of a [[hedge knight]], and later became the companion of [[Aegon V Targaryen]], and served as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] during the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]]. Nearly seven feet tall, Dunk had a humble personality and thought of himself as thick-headed. His early exploits are chronicled in the "Dunk and Egg" stories of ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'', ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'', and ''[[The Mystery Knight]]''. His personal arms were a green shooting star above an elm tree proper on sunset.{{ref|thk}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Other/1/ Houseless Hedge Knights]</ref>

==History==
===Early life===
Dunk's earliest memories were of living as a street urchin in the [[Flea Bottom]] slums of [[King's Landing]], without any word or sight of either of his parents.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}} His closest friends went by the names of [[Ferret]], [[Rafe]] and [[Pudding]]. By his own admission, they were "little monsters" with Dunk himself worst of all.{{Ref|TMK}} Sometimes they would sell{{Ref|TSS}} or even dump{{Ref|TMK}} pieces of meat of dubious origin to the local pot shops that made the [[bowl of brown|bowls of brown]]. Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree]] took Dunk as a squire and raised him from a youth. Arlan's humble optimism made a positive impression on Dunk. The two of them would ride together until the death of Ser Arlan, travelling and selling their services as hedge knights usually do, without ever passing through Pennytree.{{Ref|TMK}} Dunk never knew either of his parents, though he believes that he is probably a bastard with a thief for a father. He had hoped to someday go to [[the North]] and eventually the [[Wall]] and perhaps meet some tall stranger that might turn out to be his father.{{Ref|TSS}}

===''The Hedge Knight''===
When Dunk was around the age of 16, Arlan died suddenly on the way to Ashford. Dunk buried Arlan and decided to compete in the [[Ashford Tourney]] himself. On the way, he met a bald-headed boy named Egg, who begged to become his squire. Dunk eventually agreed. They camped just outside of Ashford under an elm tree and watched a shooting star fall from the evening sky. To Dunk, the moment symbolized the humble pleasures of the hedge knight lifestyle. In the morning, Dunk sold Arlan's equipment and purchased armor to his size. Needing a coat of arms, Dunk commissioned [[Tanselle]], an attractive [[Dorne|Dornish]] puppeteer, to paint a shooting star above an elm tree over a sunset field on his shield.

Dunk claimed to the tourney organizers that Arlan knighted him before his death. His thoughts of seeking another knight to squire for after Ser Arlan's death strongly suggest that this was not the case.<ref> Author [[George R. R. Martin]] has confirmed that Dunk's story of his knighting is a lie.</ref> No one remembered Arlan, and Dunk eventually sought out [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]], who had tilted against Arlan on one notable occasion. Baelor allowed Dunk to enter the tourney. That evening, [[Aerion Targaryen]] attacked the puppeteer and Dunk rushed to her aide. After breaking several of Aerion's teeth, Dunk was subdued by Aerion's guards, but Egg, revealing his identity as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], protected him from further harm.

Vengeful, yet wary of Dunk's size and strength, Aerion demanded a [[trial of seven]], a trial by combat involving seven combatants on each side. Egg helped Dunk find allies, which ultimately included Baelor himself. Dunk learned that the people were with him for being a knight who remembered his vows to protect the helpless. During the combat, Dunk faced off against Aerion, and his inexperience with lance and sword nearly got him killed. Using his superior strength and the brawling skills he learned in Flea Bottom, Dunk bested Aerion and forced him to yield. The victory rang hollow, however, as two of the men who had taken Dunk's side had been killed, and shortly after the trial Baelor died of a head wound taken from his own brother. Dunk was beset by guilt for his part in the deaths of such good men, especially the Crown Prince. Egg's father, [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], asked Dunk to take Egg as his squire officially, to serve as a positive influence on him. Dunk agreed, but preferred to do this while remaining a hedge knight. Thus Egg would be taught the humility that his elder brother Aerion had never learned.

===Between ''The Hedge Knight'' and ''The Sworn Sword''===
At some point between the ending of ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' and the start of ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'', Dunk and [[Aegon V Targaryen|Egg]] reached the [[Prince's Pass]] in Dorne, probably seeking [[Tanselle|Tanselle Too-Tall]] as hinted by the last few words of ''The Hedge Knight''.

They left for [[Vaith]] and while on the crossing Dunk's horse, [[Chestnut]], died.{{Ref|TSS}} He and Egg rode double on [[Thunder (horse)|Thunder]] for an unspecified period of time until one of Egg's brothers (either [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] or [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]]) gave them [[Maester (mule)|Maester]].<ref>The donkey was almost certainly given by Aemon, as it was said he received the donkey in Oldtown, where Aemon was already there forging his chain to become a maester. Also, the name of the donkey is ''Maester''. If Aemon gave Dunk the donkey, the animal was received in Oldtown, a while after visiting Vaith.</ref> Once in Vaith, Dunk met the aged Lady [[House Vaith|Vaith]], the first highborn lady that he ever met in person and spoke to her with such lack of grace as to put his own life and Egg's in danger.{{Ref|TSS}} According to Egg, however, Lady Vaith was mad.{{Ref|TSS}}

Dunk eventually returned from Dorne with Egg aboard a ship called ''[[White Lady]]'' that brought them to [[Oldtown]].{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}} Aboard the ship Dunk had his first experience of combat at sea when he helped repel some raiders.{{Ref|TMK}}

By that time Dunk had given up on trying to find Tanselle or even talking about her.{{Ref|TSS}} It is not stated inequivocally whether or not they found her, but Dunk states that he should be dreaming of her and that they never actually touched each other, even in a chaste way.{{Ref|TSS}}

===''The Sworn Sword''===
Dunk and Egg eventually travelled from Oldtown to [[Standfast]], still on the [[Reach]], and entered the service of Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], a poor and broken landed knight who also employed an old acquaintance of Dunk, Ser [[Bennis|Bennis the Brown]]. Dunk and Bennis discover that peasants of Lady [[Rohanne Webber]] of [[Coldmoat]] have dammed the local stream. Bennis provoked Rohanne by cutting one of her peasants, and Dunk eventually went to Coldmoat to try to reason with her. Though sexual tension charged their meeting, Rohanne refused Dunk and told him about Eustace's support of [[Daemon Blackfyre]] during the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]].

Shocked by the revelation, Dunk attempted to leave Eustace's service, but a fire in the nearby woods caused Dunk to suspect that Rohanne had already started her campaign against Eustace. After Bennis fled, leaving only Eustace's feeble peasant levies, Dunk knew that war was a lost cause. He disbanded Eustace's levies, but promised to face Rohanne with him. Meeting with Rohanne's forces, Dunk offered to settle the matter with a trial by combat. Rohanne agreed, and sent her overbearing steward Ser [[Lucas Inchfield|Lucas Longinch]] to fight Dunk in the stream. Again, Dunk's wrestling ability compensated for his lack of swordsmanship. He killed Lucas, but received major wounds and almost drowned in the stream.

After recuperating, Dunk discovered that Eustace and Rohanne had settled their differences and decided to marry. Feeling rejected, Dunk took one last kiss from Rohanne and cut off a length of her signature braid as a keepsake. Afterwards, Dunk and Egg took their leave.

===Between ''The Sworn Sword'' and ''The Mystery Knight''===

===''The Mystery Knight''===
The story begins with Dunk and [[Aegon V Targaryen|Egg]] leaving [[Stoney Sept]]. They are moving north to try and take up service with Lord [[Beron Stark]] who has sent a call for men to help fend off [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] raids on the northern coast. On the way they encounter a [[Faith of the Seven#septon|septon]] who was beheaded for preaching treason; Dunk remembers that Lord [[Bloodraven]] has spies everywhere. On route Egg and Dunk encounter a lord's train led by Lord [[Gormon Peake]] of [[Starpike]], whose arms are three black castles on a field of orange. Also in the party are a lord named [[Alyn Cockshaw]] and a well dressed and richly garbed man who claims to be a hedge knight named Ser [[Daemon II Blackfyre|John the Fiddler]]. Dunk is challenged and insulted by Peake and Cockshaw but the Fiddler treats him courteously. Before they ride off, Ser John invites Dunk to attend the wedding of Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]. There is to be a joust to celebrate the wedding of Butterwell to a [[House Frey|Frey of the Crossing]]; the victor's prize is to be a dragon egg.

Dunk takes a dislike to Gormon Peake; Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan]], to whom Dunk was squired, claimed his previous squire, [[Roger of Pennytree]], was slain by Gormon in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. Egg tells Dunk that Gormon's arms of three castles on an orange field is because the [[House Peake|Peake]] family used to own three castles, but two were forfeited to the Crown when Peake sided with [[House Blackfyre]].

Dunk decides to go to the wedding. During the journey Dunk befriends three fellow hedge knights.
The wedding is set at [[Whitewalls]] and after noticing the guest list, Egg informs Dunk of his suspicions that this was a traitor's wedding and the majority of the nobles attending had fought for the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]]. Dunk tells him to keep his suspicions quiet and keep his head down. During the bedding Dunk is drafted by John the Fiddler to carry the bride to the bedchamber. Dunk does so and later when he goes for a breath of air, John the Fiddler talks to him saying that he recognized Dunk on the road. Dunk appeared to him in a dream in which Duncan wore the all white armor of the [[Kingsguard]]. The Fiddler says his dreams always come true, as he dreamt his brothers dead once and also a dragon hatching from an egg at Whitewalls.

Dunk decides to enter the first match of the joust as a [[mystery knight]] known as the Gallows Knight (due to a new shield that once belonged to a knight of [[House Trant]] that Dunk had to buy as his old shield was damaged in his duel with [[Lucas Inchfield|Lucas Longinch]]) in case anyone heard of a knight named Ser Duncan the Tall from [[Ashford]], but Dunk is defeated in his first tilt by Ser [[Uthor Underleaf]] known as the the Snail Knight due to his sigil. Underleaf's lance hits Duncan upon the helm, knocking him out and nearly killing him. Dunk recovers later and goes to give the Underleaf his armor and horse as forfeit. Since Dunk can't ransom it back he is in a glum mood. Dunk talks to Underleaf and Underleaf informs Dunk that someone bribed him to try and kill Dunk in the final tilt, Underleaf states that if they paid more he might have completed the task, but tells Dunk he has an enemy. Before the jousting continues word spreads through the castle that the dragon egg is missing and the blame is placed on Ser Glendon Ball, who is imprisoned by Peake.

Dunk notices that Egg is missing and sets out to find his squire. Whilst searching he is almost killed by Alyn Cockshaw who tells Dunk he bribed Underleaf to kill Dunk because he was jealous of John the Fiddler's obsession with Dunk and that dream Dunk manages to defeat him by throwing him down a well, though he takes a wound in return from Cockshaw's knife. Maynard Plumm comes to Duncan's aid and tells him where to find his squire.

Dunk finds Egg in the [[Faith of the Seven#sept|sept]] with the cowering Lord Butterwell, who on discovering Egg's true identity is terrified for his life. Egg falsely told Ambrose that he and Dunk were spies sent to investigate the tournament and that his father, Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], is on the way with an army. Lord Ambrose's step-son, [[Tommard Heddle|Black Tom Heddle]], shows up and tries to harm Egg but is slain by Dunk. Dunk tells Egg to flee with Ambrose. To buy time for Egg's escape Dunk confronts Daemon II Blackfyre, accusing Gormon Peake of falsely charging Ball with the theft of the dragon egg.

Dunk meets Bloodraven inside his pavilion outside of which the head of Gormon Peake along with Black Tom Heddle are displayed on spears. Bloodraven, in gratitude to Dunk, gives him the gold to ransom his armor back. Dunk then asks Bloodraven what became of the dragon egg. Bloodraven tells Dunk it was taken by an agent of his who crawled up the privy shaft of the castle to take the egg from its guarded chamber, and is now safe. Dunk remarks that a man wouldn't have fit in those shafts. Bloodraven replies a child would have. Or a dwarf, Dunk thinks as he remembers the performing dwarfs at the wedding.

===Later===
After Egg took the [[Iron Throne]] as King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], he asked Dunk to join the Kingsguard and he eventually became the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Aegon named his first son and heir Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan]], who was called Duncan the Small in contrast to his namesake. Ser Duncan escorted [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Maester Aemon]] and [[Brynden Rivers]] to the [[Wall]] on Aegon's command.{{ref|AFFC|15}}

Dunk perished along with King Aegon and Prince Duncan in the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]].{{ref|AWOIAF|"Duncan" entry}}<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/What_happened_at_Summerhall The Citadel: FAQ: What happened at Summerhall]</ref>

For unknown reasons, a shield with Dunk's original arms came to reside in the armory of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]]. Selwyn's daughter [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]] wore a copied version of the arms while traveling the [[Riverlands]] incognito.

==Steeds==
As ''The Hedge Knight'' begins, Dunk has three horses, inherited from Ser Arlan.

*[[Thunder (horse)|Thunder]], a destrier
*[[Chestnut]], a stot that died between [[The Hedge Knight]] and [[The Sworn Sword]]{{Ref|TSS}}
*[[Sweetfoot]], a female palfrey that he sells early on so that he may buy armor and greathelm{{Ref|THK}}

As his adventures progressed, he would acquire other animals.
*[[Maester (mule)|Maester]], a mule, a gift from one of Egg's brothers{{Ref|TSS}}
*[[Rain (horse)|Rain]],{{Ref|TMK}} another palfrey, also a gift{{Ref|TSS}}

==Progeny==
George R. R. Martin announced that a descendant of Dunk would be revealed in ''[[A Feast for Crows]]''. Given that [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]] explains how she found his shield in the armories of [[Tarth]], it is widely speculated she is descended from Duncan the Tall.<ref>http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Dayton_OH/</ref><ref>http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Mysterious_Galaxy_Signing_San_Diego/</ref>

==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of Dunk|Images of Dunk]]

==References and Notes==
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'''Murmison''' was a [[septon]] who became a renowned member of the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]] and a [[Hand of the King]] from {{Date|39}} - {{Date|41}} under [[Aenys I Targaryen]]. {{Ref|twoiaf}}

==History==
Murmison was appointed [[Hand of the King]] by [[Aenys I Targaryen]] as a way to try and appease the [[Faith of the Seven]] and the [[High Septon (Hightower)|High septon]]. The Faith was furious when Aenys brother [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] took a second [[Alys Harroway|wife]]. Aenys tried to placate the faith by stripping Maegor of his [[Hand of the King|office]] and sending him into exile to [[Pentos]].

Aenys however enraged the faith in {{Date|41}} when he wed his daughter [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] to his heir and son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] receiving a denunciation from the faith "King Abomination", Pious Lords and even smallfolk who once loved Aenys turned against him.
Murmison was expelled from the faith for performing the marriage of incest of Aegon to Rhaena and was later torn apart by smallfolk in a litter two weeks after he performed the ceremony. The [[Faith Militant uprising|faith militant uprising]] had begun.

Septon Murmison's prayers reportedly worked miracles. He was made Hand of the King and was a horrible choice. He is now used as a warning about the makings of a good Hand.{{ref|asos|54}}

==Quotes about Murmison==
{{Quote|Septon Murmison's prayers worked miracles, but as [[Hand of the King|Hand]] he soon had the whole realm praying for his death.{{ref|asos|54}}}} - [[Pylos|Maester Pylos]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]

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Alyssa Velaryon

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'''Alyssa Velaryon''' was a member of [[House Velaryon]] who was married to King [[Aenys I Targaryen]].{{ref|awoiaf}} The marriage was a political match.

==History==
Alyssa was married to her cousin, Prince [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys Targaryen]], in {{Date|22}}. She gave birth to six children during this marriage: [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] and [[Vaella Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Vaella Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aenys I}}

Alyssa outlived her husband, and became a hostage to her good-brother, King [[Maegor I Targaryen]], when he took the throne, thereby passing over Aenys' heir, and Alyssa's eldest son, Prince Aegon. Alyssa remained a captive on [[Dragonstone]] until the death of Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]], the chaos of which gave her an oppertunity to escape with Jaehaerys and Alysanne, her two youngest still living children. She took the Valyrian sword [[Dark Sister]] with her.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Alyssa's escape caused the death of her eldest still living son, Viserys, who was tortured for nine days until he died. His body was was left in the courtyard of the [[Red Keep]], as Maegor hoped Alyssa would come to claim his body. She didn't.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Alyssa rallied lords to the claim of her now only living son, Jaehaerys. Upon Jaehaerys' coronation in {{Date|48}}, Alyssa became Regent.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys I}} She kept this position until Jaehaerys reached majority two years later. Half a year after stepping down as regent, she married the [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Robar Baratheon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| House Baratheon}} With him, she had two more children: [[Boremund Baratheon|Boremund]] and [[Jocelyn Baratheon|Jocelyn]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| House Baratheon}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix:Targaryen Lineage}}

It is unknown how she is related to [[House Velaryon]] and its members of that time, [[Daemon Velaryon]] and [[Corlys Velaryon]].

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Rogar Baratheon

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'''Robar Baratheon''' was Lord of [[Storm's End]] and head of [[House Baratheon]]. He was Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]’s grandson.

==History==
Lord Robar was the first great lord to openly proclaim for Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] against his uncle, [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]]. For his loyalty and courage, he was named Protector of the Realm and [[Hand of the King]] following Maegor’s strange death upon the Iron Throne.

During the remainder of King Jaehaerys’s minority, Lord Robar shared the rule of the realm with the king’s mother, the Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon|Alyssa]]. Half a year after Jaehaerys came to rule on his own, Robar and Alyssa were wed. Their marriage would yield two children: [[Boremund Baratheon|Boremund]] and [[Jocelyn Baratheon|Jocelyn]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| House Baratheon}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaren Lineage}}

==Family==
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Tyanna of the Tower

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'''Tyanna''', also known as '''Tyanna of Pentos''' and '''Tyanna of the Tower''', was a [[Pentos|Pentoshi]] woman who became a wife of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf}}

==History==
The beautiful Tyanna became Maegor's lover during his exile in Pentos; she was rumored to be Queen [[Alys Harroway]]'s paramour as well.

After Maegor was crowned king, his rule was challenged by the [[Faith of the Seven]] with a [[trial of seven]]. Maegor won but was grievously wounded. Twenty-eight days later Alys arrived from [[Pentos]] with Tyanna. The Dowager Queen, [[Visenya Targaryen]], after meeting with Tyanna, gave the king over to her care alone—a fact that troubled Maegor's supporters.{{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}} Tyanna married Maegor in {{date|42}}.{{ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

The Dowager Queen died in {{date|44}}. In the confusion after her death, [[Aenys I Targaryen]]'s widow, Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon|Alyssa Velaryon]], slipped away from Dragonstone with her children, as well as with the sword [[Dark Sister]]. Alyssa and Aenys's second son, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], had been kept at the Red Keep as the king's squire, however, and he suffered for her flight. He died after nine days of questioning at the hands of Tyanna of the Tower.{{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}

Tyanna served as [[mistress of whisperers]] on her husband's [[small council]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}} When Queen Alys gave birth to a monstrosity in {{date|48}}, Queen Tyanna convinced Maegor that it was due to Alys having secret affairs. This led to the extinction of [[House Harroway]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

Tyanna eventually confessed her responsibility for the abominations that were born of Maegor's seed, claiming she had poisoned his other brides. She was killed by Maegor's own hand in {{date|48}}, her heart cut out with the sword [[Blackfyre]] and thrown to his dogs.{{ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

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Maegor I Targaryen

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King '''Maegor I Targaryen''', also known as '''Maegor the Cruel''', was the son of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]. He was the younger half-brother of [[Aenys I Targaryen]]. He was the third [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] king to sit the [[Iron Throne]].

==Appearance & Character==
According to a semi-canon source, Maegor was large, larger than his father, King [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon I]]. A warrior, he was bull-like with heavy shoulders, thick neck and huge arms. He kept his hair short and his beard trimmed to his jawline. He wore Aegon the Conqueror's crown.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_Kings/ So Spake Martin, Targaryen Kings. (November 1, 2005)]</ref>

Maegor was often seen as cruel, never treating animals well and keeping to himself.<ref>Bubonicon 2013 Report</ref>

==Early life==
===Youth===
Maegor was considered a skilled warrior, distinguishing himself well in tournaments and melees. At the age of thirteen he competed in a mêlée, where he defeated hardened knights. At the age of 16, in the royal tourney of {{Date|28}} at [[King's Landing]], he unhorsed three knights of the [[Kingsguard]] in successive matches in the joust, and later went on to win the mêlée. He was a better jouster than many grown men he met in the lists. He was knighted by his father when he was only sixteen years old - the youngest knight in the realm at that time.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Upon the death of their father, Maegor's older brother Aenys assumed the throne. Admitting to all assembled that he was not nearly the warrior his half-brother was, Aenys presented Maegor with Aegon's Valyrian blade, [[Blackfyre]].{{fact}} It was also after his fathers death, in {{Date|37}}, that Maegor became the rider of the dragon [[Balerion]]. Balerion was the dragon that Maegor always desired for himself, finding none other worthy enough.{{ref|twoiaf| Aenys I}}

In {{Date|23}},<ref>Clarification [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/119534-twoiaf-spoilers-inconsistency-or-intentional/?p=6434163]</ref> Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], the eldest child of King Aenys, was born. Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] suggested that Maegor be betrothed to her, but a vigorous protest from the [[High Septon (Hightower)|High Septon]] stopped that. Instead, Maegor was wed to the High Septon's own niece, Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]], in {{Date|25}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

In the first year of the reign of his half-brother, several rebellions broke out. One of these rebellions took place in [[the Vale]]. There, [[Jonos Arryn]] rose against his own brother, Lord [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]], and had imprisoned Ronnel and his family. Maegor personally crushed this rebellion himself, flying on [[Balerion]] to the [[Eyrie]] and hanging Jonos and his followers. To reward him for this act, Aenys named Maegor his new [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aenys I}}

Maegor was stripped of his office in {{Date|39}}, when he shocked the realm by taking a second wife, [[Alys Harroway]]. This marriage angered the [[Faith of the Seven]], so Aenys tried to placate the faith by stripping Maegor of his [[Hand of the King|office]] and sending him into exile to [[Pentos]]. A renowned Septon known as [[Murmison]] replaced Maegor as [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aenys I}}

In {{Date|41}}, however, the Faith rose in rebellion against Aenys, and the King was unable to handle the pressure. In {{Date|42}}, Aenys fell ill, and Dowager Queen Visenya took over his care. For a time, Aenys' health improved, but when the King learned that his eldest daughter and son, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] and [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], were being besieged at [[Crakehall]], he collapsed. Three days later he died.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aenys I}} After Aenys was burned and buried, Visenya flew to Pentos on the back of her dragon, [[Vhagar]], to bring Maegor back to [[Westeros]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

===Reign===
Ahead of his brother's [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|eldest son and heir]], Maegor ascended the [[Iron Throne]] in {{Date|42}}. He was crowned on [[Dragonstone]], using his fathers Valyrian steel crown, instead of Aenys' ornate one. Grandmaester [[Gawen]] protested Maegor's coronation, stating that by all the laws of inheritance, the crown should pass to Aenys son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]]. For that statement Maegor beheaded him with [[Blackfyre]]. There was no further protest against Maegor's ascension after that.{{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}

Maegor took [[Alyssa Velaryon]], the Dowager Queen of Aenys I, and the mother of Prince Aegon, as a hostage, as she had been residing on [[Dragonstone]]. Alyssa's younger children, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], were kept on [[Dragonstone]] with Alyssa, whilst her son Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], was made Maegor's squire, so he could be kept close as a hostage, ensuring Alyssa's good behavior.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Ravens flew, declaring a new King had been crowned and that those who defied him would suffer a traitors death. Chief among Maegor's foe were the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith Militant]]. Maegor mounted [[Balerion]] and set for [[King's Landing]], to crush the uprising. Landing on Visenya's hill he planted his standard, rallying his supporters to him. Visenya challenged those who questioned her sons right to rule to prove themselves. This challenge was accepted by the Captain of the [[Warrior's Sons]]. Ser [[Damon Morrigen]] challenged Maegor to a [[Trial of seven]], which Maegor accepted. Ser Damon and six Warrior Sons fought against the King and his six champions. In the end, only King Maegor was left alive. The other thirteen participants were dead. Maegor took a blow to the head, however, and collapsed just as the last Warrior's Son died. He went into a coma, which lasted a month. On the twenty-eighth day of Maegor's coma, Queen [[Alys Harroway]] returned from [[Pentos]], bringing with her [[Tyanna|Tyanna of the Tower]], who had become Maegor's lover during his exile.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Tyanna took over Maegor's care, and on the thirtieth day of his coma, he awoke. He mounted [[Balerion]] and without a warning flew over the [[Sept of Remembrance]] on [[Rhaenys's Hill]], where he unleashed the Black Dread's flames, which consumed the Sept and all within in dragon flame. Those who tried to flee were slain by archers Maegor had placed around the hill. The screams of burning and dying men were said to echo in the streets of King's Landing and for it was claimed for seven days a pall hung over the city. The [[High Septon]] remained staunchly opposed to Maegor.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

At the [[Battle of Stonebridge]], Maegor brutal methods against the Faith made the [[Mander]] run red with blood for twenty leagues. The bridge and castle that commanded it was forever known as [[Bitterbridge]] thereafter. Another fierce battle was fought at the Great fork of the Blackwater which was a decisive victory for King Maegor whose dragon left death in it's wake.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

The [[Faith Militant uprising]] was not crushed, and through out Maegor's reign they remained his most bitter foes. He crushed the rebellions with ruthless and brutal methods,and instituted a new set of laws that became known as [[King Maegor's laws|Maegor's law]], forbidding Holy men from carrying arms. He put bounties on any who refused to comply offering a gold dragon for the scalp of a [[Warrior's Sons|Warrior's Son]] and a silver stag for the scalp of a [[Poor Fellows|Poor Fellow]], earning him his nickname "The Cruel".{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

The Faith wasn't the only opposition Maegor faced during his reign. Aenys' eldest son, Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], launched a rebellion against Maegor, to try and win back the throne that by law should have been his. This ended in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]] in {{date|43}}, when Maegor, mounted on [[Balerion]], [[Kinslaying|killed]] Aegon, along with Aegon's dragon, [[Quicksilver]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Maegor's reign wasn't only filled with negativity. In {{Date|45}}, Maegor saw the completion of the [[Red Keep]], giving [[Red Keep#Maegor's Holdfast|Maegor's Holdfast]] its name. Lacking any heirs, Maegor had thrown himself on the project, personally overseeing everything. While he left the day to day task of running the kingdom to his [[Hand of the King]] and goodfather, Lord [[Lucas Harroway]], while he himself had a host of tunnels and secret passageways hidden under the castle build.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

But even the great accomplishment of completing the Red Keep was turned into horror by Maegor. Upon the completion of the Red Keep Maegor threw a huge riotous feast for the builders, masons, craftsmen and all those who took part in the construction. After three days of revelry at the Kings expense, Maegor had them all put to the sword, in order to protect the secrets of the [[Red Keep#Secret passages|hidden passages]] he had constructed.{{Ref|aGoT|58}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

After the completion of the Red Keep, Maegor planned to have the ruins of the Sept of Remembrance cleared away from [[Rhaenys's Hill]], and decreed that a large [[Dragonpit]] would be built on the hill for [[House Targaryen|House Targaryen]] to stable its royal [[dragons]]. After all that had happened to the builders of the Red Keep, it should be unsurprising that Maegor had trouble finding new builders and masons to undertake the construction. As many fled the city, Maegor was forced to use prisoners from the city's dungeon's as his work force supervised by builders brought in from [[Myr]] and [[Tyrosh]].{{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}

After Maegor wiped out [[House Harroway]] in {{date|44}} he decreed that only the strongest of his knights would have the castle though not all the lands. Twenty three knights fought in the blood-soaked streets of [[Lord Harroway's Town]] for the prize. Ser [[Walton Towers]] though gravely wounded in the melee was the victor and [[House Towers (Riverlands)|House Towers]] was granted [[Harrenhal]], though Ser Walton died soon after from the wounds he took in gaining his prize. {{ref|twoiaf| The Lords of Harrenhal}}

Maegor had three [[Grand Maester]]s executed during his reign,{{Ref|aSoS|12}} amongst them Grandmaester [[Gawen]] in {{Date|42}}{{Ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}} and Grandmaester [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]] in {{Date|44}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

In {{date|44}} Maegors mother, Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] passed away. Her death devastated Maegor, as she had been his strongest supporter. The chaos that her death left gave Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]] an opportunity to escape with her two youngest children, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], from [[Dragonstone]]. She took the Valyrian sword [[Dark Sister]] with her and fled. In response, Maegor had her eldest surviving son, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], tortured to death by Tyanna of the Tower in nine days. His mutilated body was left in the courtyard for a fortnight, in an attempt to force Dowager Queen Alyssa to return to claim her sons body. Alyssa did not retrurn.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

Another important death occured in {{Date|44}}. The [[High Septon (Hightower)|High Septon]] died mysteriously and was replaced by a more passive one, yet not even this ended the uprising.{{Ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}} The Faith Militant refused to put down their swords, and thus in {{Date|45}} Maegor continued his war against the Faith. In {{Date|46}}, Maegor brought over two thousand skulls back with him to [[King's Landing]] during his campaign against the [[Faith]], claiming they were the heads of [[Warrior's Sons]] and [[Poor Fellows]]. Many suspected they were the skulls of smallfolk who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Day by day, the [[Seven Kingdoms]] turned against its King.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

By {{date|48}} Maegors tyranny could no longer be borne by the realm. In the [[Riverlands]] Septon [[Moon (septon)|Moon]] and Ser [[Joffrey Doggett]] led the [[Poor Fellows]] against Maegor and won [[Riverrun]] to their cause. Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]], the admiral of Maegor's fleet, turned against him and many great Houses joined him. A new claim for the [[Iron Throne]] was put forth by the [[Aenys I Targaryen|late king Aenys I's]] last surviving son, Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], who was supported by Lord [[Robar Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]], who Jaehaerys named Protector of the Realm and [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| House Baratheon}}

When [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] learned of her brothers claim she managed to escape her forced marriage to Maegor. Stealing away in the night while her husband slept, she mounted on her dragon [[Dreamfyre]] and managed to smuggle the blade [[Blackfyre]] with her. Two of Maegors [[Kingsguard]] also abandoned him. These series of betrayals and the loss of his [[Visenya Targaryen|mothers]] guidance left Maegor a broken man. He called his banners but few answered and those who did were not enough to defeat his many foes.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

During the hour of the wolf, those few who remained left the throne room leaving Maegor alone to brood. He was found dead seated on the Throne the next morning, his robes covered in blood, his wrists slashed. Some say he had been killed by a knight of his own [[Kingsguard]] who could no longer abide his tyranny, some say he had been killed by a builder that escaped the slaughter and desired revenge, and some whispered that Maegor had been killed by the throne itself.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}. Perhaps the most likely explaination however is that Maegor killed himself by opening his wrists on the blades of the Iron Throne. He died with no issue.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Maegor I}}

The war with the militant orders was only ended under the reign of his successor, his nephew, King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|aFfC|33}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Jaehaerys I}}

==The Brides of Maegor==
Maegor had been engaged in [[polygamy|polygamous]] marriages, and had up to six wives. His first wife was Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]], who he married at the age of thirteen in {{Date|25}}. Maegor claimed to have consummated his marriage to Ceryse a dozen times during their wedding night, but the marriage itself proved barren. When Ceryse continued to fail to birth him an heir, Maegor started talking about other brides.{{Ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}

The first of those other brides married Maegor in {{Date|39}}: Lady [[Alys Harroway]], daughter of [[Lucas Harroway]], the new Lord of Harrenhal. The marriage had been a secret one, and the ceremony had been led by Queen Visenya. When Maegor choose exile, Alys accompanied him.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

During his three years in exile, Maegor met [[Tyanna]], who would become the most feared of all his wives. She married Maegor in {{Date|42}}, but this marriage was just as barren as the previous two marriages were. She served her husband as [[Master of Whisperers]]. {{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

In {{Date|44}}, Alys was the first of Maegor's wives to give birth to a child. The child was a monstrosity, eyeless and twisted. In his fury, Maegor had the mid-wives, septas and Grand Maester Desmond executed. Tyanna, however, convinced Maegor that the child had come forth from a secret affair of Alys. Maegor, in response, had Alys, her father (and [[Hand of the King]]), and every other Harroway he could find executed.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

Ceryse was the next of Maegor's wives to die. In {{Date|45}}, Ceryse suddenly fell ill and died. Rumours state that she had been killed at Maegor's own command. Tyanna would die in {{Date|48}}, killed by Maegor himself, after she had admitted that the stillbirths had been her doing, claiming she had had the other brides poisoned. Maegor cut out her heart with Blackfyre, and fed it to his dogs.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

===The Black Brides===
In {{Date|47}}, Maegor wed three women in one ceremony. All three women had been proven to be fertile, as all had been widows of men who had died in Maegor's wars, or at his command.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

* Lady [[Elinor Costayne]] was the youngest of the three Black Brides, who had been married to Ser [[Theo Bolling]], and had birthed him three children. Ser Theo had been arrested by the [[Kingsguard]], accused of conspiring with Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]], and executed - all on the same day. Elinor, now nineteen years of age, as summoned to marry Maegor two weeks later. Elinor became pregnant with Maegor's child, and she birthed an eyeless child with small wings. Elinor would survive Maegor's reign.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}
* Lady [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]], the widow of Lord [[Alyn Tarbeck]], had given her first husband a son posthumous. She became pregnant of Maegor in {{Date|47}}, but the child came three months too soon. Another stillborn monster came forth from her womb, and Jeyne would not long survive.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}{{Ref|aSoS|14}}
* Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]. When Tyanna found Rhaena's twin daughters by Prince Aegon, [[Aerea Targaryen|Aerea]] and [[Rhalla Targaryen|Rhalla]], Rhaena was forced to marry Maegor. Maegor named Aerea as his heir (disinheriting Prince Jaehaerys). Rhaena, upon learning that her brother had made his claim, fled King's Landing on the back of [[Dreamfyre]], stealing [[Blackfyre]] on the way. She was the second wife to outlive Maegor.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Brides of Maegor the Cruel}}

==Quotes ==
{{Quote|Maegor, the First of His Name, came to the throne after the sudden death of his brother, King [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]], in the year 42 AC. He is better remembered as Maegor the Cruel, and it was a well-earned sobriquet, for no crueller king ever sat the [[Iron Throne]]. His reign began with blood and ended in blood as well. {{ref|twoiaf| Maegor I}}}} - [[Yandel|Maester Yandel]] written in the ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''

==Family==
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Alyn Stokeworth

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Lord '''Alyn Stokeworth''' was Lord of [[House Stokeworth]] during the reign of [[Aenys I Targaryen]].

==History==
Alyn served as [[Hand of the King]] during the reign of [[Aenys I Targaryen]]. Upon Aenys coronation, rebellions rose throughout the realm, the first of these challenges was by a bandit outlaw known as [[Harren the Red|Red Harren]] who claimed to be a grandson of King [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]]. Alyn personally led the campaign against Red Harren and successfully caught and cornered the Outlaw King. Harren killed Alyn but was then slain by Alyn's Squire.{{ref|twoiaf}}

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Corlys Velaryon (son of Daemon)

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Ser '''Corlys Velaryon ''' was a [[knight]] of [[House Velaryon]]. He became one of the first Knights of the [[Kingsguard]] when the order was founded in {{Date|10}} and was the first ever [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. He died during the reign of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], and was succeeded as Lord Commander by Ser [[Addison Hill]].{{ref|twoiaf}}

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Edmyn Tully

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'''Edmyn Tully''' was Lord of [[Riverrun]] during the [[War of Conquest]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}}

==History==
Lord Edmyn was the first riverlord to join [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]]'s side to fight against King [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]]. After Harren burned at [[Harrenhal]] and his line perished with him, Aegon granted Edmyn dominion over the Riverlands as [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]] and required the other riverlords to swear him fealty. Aegon granted Harrenhal to [[Quenton Qoherys|Quenton]] of [[House Qoherys]] who took Edmyn's daughter to wife.{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{ref|AWOIAF|The Conquest}}

Edmyn served as Aegon I's [[Hand of the King]] between the years {{Date|7}} - {{Date|9}}.

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[[Category:House Tully]]
[[Category:Nobles|Tully, Edmyn]]
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Osmund Strong

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Ser '''Osmund Strong''' was a [[knight]] of [[House Strong]]. He was King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]'s [[Hand of the King|Hand]] and oversaw the construction of the wall around [[King's Landing]].{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon I}}

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