Mern IX Gardener

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Mern IX Gardener
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Mern IX Gardener as depicted in Game of Thrones: Histories & Lore.
Monarch
Reign Century of Blood
Full name Mern of House Gardener, the Ninth of His Name
Title King of the Reach
Heir Prince Edmund Gardener
Successor None
Personal Information
Died 2 BC[1]
the Field of Fire[1]
Family
Dynasty House Gardener
Issue Prince Edmund Gardener
Prince Gawen Gardener
Two unnamed sons
References
Books

Mern IX Gardener was the last King of the Reach from House Gardener.[2][1] He and King Loren I Lannister are remembered collectively as the Two Kings.[3]

History

Mern, by Peteryeeter

After Aegon the Conqueror landed in Westeros, set on conquering the Seven Kingdoms. King Mern IX of the Reach and King Loren I Lannister of the Rock agreed to join forces and throw the invaders back into the sea. The two armies gathered near Goldengrove in the Reach. Since he had brought half as many more men, Mern had the honor of commanding the center of the combined army from the Reach and the westerlands. Edmund, Mern's son and heir, was to lead the vanguard, while another son, Gawen, accompanied the king with the banner.[1]

Mern led the charge against Aegon's army alongside his kin. The combined might of the Reach and the Rock began to break the Targaryen host, but Aegon and his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys, took to the sky with their dragons. The beasts killed 4,000 men of the combined army at the Field of Fire, among them Mern and his sons, grandsons, brothers, cousins, and other kin.[4] Another thousand men perished from sword and spears and arrows. One nephew of King Mern survived, but he died of his burns three days later, ending House Gardener.[1]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Garse VII
 
Unknown
Gardener
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
Sibling(s)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mern IX
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
Brothers
 
Cousins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edmund
 
Gawen
 
 
Two sons
 
Son(s)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Two
grandsons
 
 
 
 


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
  2. A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  3. Fire & Blood, Aegon's Conquest.
  4. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 13, Tyrion II.
Unknown
Last known title holder:
Garse VII
King of the Reach
?–c. 2 BC
Succeeded byas Lord of Highgarden