Peake Uprising

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Peake Uprising
Date 233 AC
Place Starpike
Combatants
House Targaryen.svg Iron Throne/House Targaryen House Peake.svg House Peake
Commanders
King Maekar I Targaryen Lord Peake
Strength
Forces of the Iron Throne unknown
Casualties
King Maekar I Targaryen
Lord Robert Reyne
Tywald Lannister
unknown

The Peake Uprising was a rebellion by House Peake against House Targaryen in 233 AC. It is notable for the death in battle of King Maekar I Targaryen.[1]

History

House Peake were loyal supporters of House Blackfyre, but they lost Dunstonbury and Whitegrove in the aftermath of the First Blackfyre Rebellion and Lord Gormon Peake was executed in the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.[2] The Peakes rose against the Iron Throne during the reign of King Maekar I Targaryen, leading the king to suppress the rebellion in the Dornish Marches himself.[3]

Maekar, Robert Reyne of Castamere, and Tywald Lannister, the young heir of Casterly Rock, died during the conclusive battle, the Storming of Starpike.[1][4]

Aftermath

Roger Reyne, the new Lord of Castamere, slaughtered seven Peakes after Starpike, while Maekar's death led to political chaos.[4] His fourth son was eventually crowned Aegon V Targaryen after a Great Council.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons.
  2. The Mystery Knight.
  3. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire: The Westerlands (unabridged). georgerrmartin.com