| House Beesbury of Honeyholt | |
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 Beware our Sting
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| Coat of arms |
Three yellow beehives on a black pale on a field paly black and yellow (Paly or and sable, on a pale of the last three beehives of the first) |
| Seat | Honeyholt |
| Head | Lord Warryn Beesbury[1] |
| Region | Reach |
| Title | Lord of Honeyholt[1] |
| Overlord | House Hightower |
| Founder | Ellyn Ever Sweet[2] |
| Founded | Age of Heroes |
House Beesbury of Honeyholt is a minor[3] noble house from the Reach, sworn to the Hightowers.[1] Honeyholt is located next to the Honeywine river, which flows towards Oldtown and the Whispering Sound.
Their arms are three yellow beehives on a black pale over a paly black and yellow field.[4][5][6] Their words do not appear in the books, but according to semi-canon sources it is "Beware our Sting".[7]
History
The Beesburys descend from the First Men. They claim to have been founded by Ellyn Ever Sweet, a daughter of the legendary Garth Greenhand. According to the legend, Ellyn loved honey so much that she sought out the King of the Bees in his vast mountain hive and made a pact with him, to care for his children and his children's children for all time, becoming the first beekeeper.[8]
In 42 AC, Ser Dickon Flowers, the Bastard of Beesbury, was one of the seven Warrior's Sons to face King Maegor I Targaryen and his six champions in a trial of seven.[9]
Ser Braxton Beesbury was a favorite of Princess Saera Targaryen. After he was embroiled in a scandal with the princess in 84 AC, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen sentenced Braxton to mutilation. However, as a knight, Braxton was allowed to choose a trial by combat. Though he expected to face a member of the Kingsguard, Braxton was slain in a duel with Jaehaerys.[10]
Lord Lyman Beesbury was the master of coin and a member of the small council during the reigns of Jaehaerys and King Viserys I Targaryen. In 129 AC, he was slain at the start of the Dance of the Dragons by the greens.[11] His grandson, Ser Alan Beesbury, thus supported Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and the blacks, but he was captured in the Battle on the Honeywine.[12]
Lords Beesbury, Costayne, and Redwyne escorted the High Septon to King's Landing for the wedding of King Aegon III Targaryen and Queen Jaehaera Targaryen in 131 AC.[13] After the queen's death in 133 AC, Lady Samantha Tarly included a Beesbury among the maidens of the Reach whom Aegon could marry.[14]
During the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC, Ser Humfrey Beesbury splintered twelve lances against Ser Humfrey Hardyng, his brother-in-law, in a match the smallfolk called "the Battle of the Humfreys". Humfrey Beesbury took part in the trial of seven on behalf of Ser Duncan the Tall, and was slain in the first charge by Ser Donnel of Duskendale from the Kingsguard.[4]
Blind Ben Beesbury was one of the candidates offered by Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, to his daughter Arianne for marriage.[3]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Renly Baratheon names the Beesburys as one of the houses supporting him during the parley with his brother, Stannis Baratheon, at Storm's End.[15]
A Storm of Swords
Ser Bertram Beesbury meets Ser Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth at Brindlewood on their way to King's Landing and gives them the news of the Red Wedding.[5]
A Feast for Crows
Brienne recalls that Ser Hugh Beesbury took part in the wager on her maidenhood, offering her as a present a pot of honey "as sweet as the maids of Tarth".[16]
House Beesbury at the end of the third century
The known Beesburys during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Warryn Beesbury, Lord of Honeyholt.[1] According to semi-canon sources, Warryn is Ben Beesbury's nephew and successor.[17]
With unspecified familiar relationship with the lord of the house there are also:
- Ser Bertram Beesbury, a red-faced knight.[5]
- Ser Hugh Beesbury, a young knight.[16]
- {Jeyne Beesbury}, married to Rhaegar Frey. Mother to three Freys (Robert, Walda, and Jonos). Died of a wasting illness.[1]
- Beony Beesbury, married to Ser Raymund Frey. Mother to seven Freys (Robert, Malwyn, Sarra, Serra, Cersei, Jaime, and Tywin).[1]
- Alys Beesbury, married to Leo Tyrell, from a secondary branch of the Tyrells. Mother to five Tyrells (Alla, Leona, Lyonel, Lucas, and Lorent).[1]
Historical Members
- Ellyn Ever Sweet, founder of the House.[8]
- Ser Dickon Flowers, called the "Bastard of Beesbury", a knight of the Warrior's Sons.[9]
- Lord Beesbury, father of Braxton Beesbury.[10]
- Ser Braxton Beesbury, called "Stinger", the heir to Honeyholt, a male favorite of Princess Saera Targaryen.[10]
- Two bastard children.[10]
- Younger brothers of Braxton Beesbury.[10]
- Ser Braxton Beesbury, called "Stinger", the heir to Honeyholt, a male favorite of Princess Saera Targaryen.[10]
- Lord Lyman Beesbury, master of coin, during the reigns of Jaehaerys I and Viserys I Targaryen.[11]
- Lord Alan Beesbury, Lyman's grandson,[12] who fought on the side of the blacks during the Dance of the Dragons.[11]
- Unnamed Beesbury, one of the thirty-three maidens from the Reach proposed by Samantha Tarly as a suitable wife for Aegon III Targaryen.[14]
- Ser Humfrey Beesbury, a participant at the Ashford tourney in 209 AC.[4]
- Lord Ben Beesbury, an old, blind and toothless man who died during the later years of King Robert I Baratheon's reign.[3][18]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 40, Princess In The Tower.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 62, Jaime VII.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
- ↑ The Citadel. House Mottoes
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragons.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 The Princess and the Queen.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 asoiaf.westeros.org: The ASOIAF wiki thread – Comment by Ran (May 9, 2024)
- ↑ See the Ben Beesbury calculation.
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