Coronation of Robert I Baratheon

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Robert's Honor Guard, by Henning Ludvigsen © Fantasy Flight Games

The coronation of Robert I Baratheon occurred in 283 AC after Robert's Rebellion.[1]

History

Robert's Rebellion

Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark during Robert's Rebellion, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

In 282 AC, Rhaegar Targaryen, Prince of Dragonstone, abducted Lyanna Stark, who was betrothed to Robert Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End.[2] Lyanna's brother, Brandon Stark, was imprisoned by King Aerys II Targaryen when he rode to the Red Keep to confront Rhaegar, and the Mad King then executed Brandon and his father, Lord Rickard Stark.[3] Aerys next sent an order to Jon Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie, to behead Robert and Eddard Stark, now Lord of Winterfell after the death of his father Rickard. Jon refused to kill his former wards, however, and the Seven Kingdoms plunged into civil war with Robert's Rebellion.[4]

Robert announced his intention to claim the Iron Throne,[5][6] and he slew Rhaegar in the Battle of the Trident.[7] Lord Tywin Lannister led a host to King's Landing to ostensibly aid King Aerys, but he had his men attack the Targaryen loyalists after being admitted to the capital. Tywin's eldest son, Ser Jaime Lannister of the Kingsguard, killed Aerys, the king he was sworn to protect, during the Sack of King's Landing[8] in 283 AC.[9]

Tywin presented the bodies of Rhaegar's wife, Elia Martell, and children, Princess Rhaenys and Prince Aegon Targaryen, to Robert as tokens of fealty by House Lannister. While Robert accepted their deaths as consequences of war, the murders outraged Lord Stark,[8] and Eddard departed King's Landing to lift the siege of Storm's End to the south.[10] Their shared grief at Lyanna's passing later reconciled Robert and Eddard.[8]

Coronation

Robert Baratheon in his prime, by Smirtouille © Fantasy Flight Games

Ser Jaime Lannister, Lord Varys, and Grand Maester Pycelle knelt at King Robert I Baratheon's feet during his coronation so they could be pardoned for having served the Mad King Aerys II Targaryen and return to royal service.[3]

During his coronation feast, Robert spoke to Jaime about his being known as "Kingslayer" for having killed Aerys, joking it should not become a habit.[11]

Robert's first act as king was to take as his queen Cersei Lannister, Jaime's twin and the daughter of Lord Tywin Lannister,[12] and he had the skulls of the Targaryen dragons removed from the throne room before the wedding.[13][14]

Quotes

Robert: Damn you, Ned Stark. You and Jon Arryn, I loved you both. What have you done to me? You were the one should have been king, you or Jon.
Eddard: You had the better claim, Your Grace.[15]

—Robert I Baratheon and Eddard Stark

I remember Robert as he was the day he took the throne, every inch a king.[16]

—Eddard Stark to Cersei Lannister

I tell you this—Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.[17]

—Donal Noye to Jon Snow

At Robert's coronation, I was made to kneel at the royal feet beside Grand Maester Pycelle and Varys the eunuch, so that he might forgive us our crimes before he took us into his service.[3]

—Jaime Lannister to Catelyn Stark

References

  1. ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Appendix: Reign of the Kings.
  2. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 66, Bran VII.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 55, Catelyn VII.
  4. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
  5. ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Robert Baratheon.
  6. ↑ So Spake Martin: US Signing Tour (Huntingdon Beach, CA), November 19, 2005
  7. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 4, Eddard I.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 12, Eddard II.
  9. ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
  10. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
  11. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 37, Jaime V.
  12. ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Glorious Reign.
  13. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 13, Tyrion II.
  14. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
  15. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard VII.
  16. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 45, Eddard XII.
  17. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 6, Jon I.
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  • 1The siege started in 282 AC and ended in 283 AC.
  • 2Even though this event is associated with the rebellion, it technically occurred after Robert's Rebellion.
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