Martyn Tyrell
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 Martyn Tyrell and his wife, Florence Fossoway, by Jaydeewis | ||||
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| Title | Master of coin | |||
| Allegiance | House Tyrell | |||
| Predecessor | Rego Draz | |||
| Culture | Reach | |||
| Born | In or before 43 AC[1] | |||
| Father | Bertrand Tyrell | |||
| Spouse | Florence Fossoway | |||
| Book | Fire & Blood (mentioned) | |||
Martyn Tyrell was a younger son of House Tyrell during the early reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[2] He was married to the clever Florence Fossoway.[3]
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Character
Martyn was a young man when his lord father passed away. Lord Manfryd Redwyne believed Martyn to be a dolt, though Septon Barth favored him as young and eager, but could not vouch for his wits.[3]
History
After the murder of Lord Rego Draz, a new master of coin was needed. Septon Barth put forward Martyn who he knew from his time serving at Highgarden;[4] while not praising his wits, he mentioned that Martyn's wife, the Lady Florence Fossoway, had been handling the Reach's accounts for years and had increased the incomes of Highgarden by a third. King Jaehaerys I Targaryen agreed with the septon and summoned Martyn and his wife to court, believing that Queen Alysanne Targaryen would be fond of the intelligent Lady Florence.[3]
Martyn—aided and abetted by his clever wife—proved almost as able as Rego, the so-called Lord of Air, had been as master of coin. This made the Seven Kingdoms prosperous and allowed King Jaehaerys I Targaryen to expand his project of roads, creating the roseroad, the ocean road, the river road, and the goldroad once the kingsroad was completed.[3]
Family
Martyn Tyrell was the younger son of Lord Bertrand Tyrell. Through his father, he also had several unruly bastard half-brothers.[3]
| Unknown woman | Bertrand | Unknown wife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bastard sons | Elder son | Martyn | Florence Fossoway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ See the Martyn Tyrell calculation.
- ↑ The Rise of the Dragon, The Reign of Jaehaerys I.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade.
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