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===Later Kings=== Following the death of [[Daeron II Targaryen]]'s eldest son, [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], and Baelor's two sons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]], Daeron was succeeded by his second son, [[Aerys I Targaryen]]. The new king's first heir was his brother, [[Rhaegel Targaryen|Rhaegel]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}} After Rhaegel's death, Aerys acknowledged Rhaegel's only son [[Aelor Targaryen|Aelor]] as his heir, but Aelor died in {{Date|217}} during a mishap caused by his twin sister and wife, [[Aelora Targaryen|Aelora]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}} Aerys's third heir was Aelora.<ref>asoiaf.westeros.org: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/146027-rlj-v164/&do=findComment&comment=8092607 R+L=J v. 164 – Comment by Ran (December 12, 2017)]</ref> However, she was mad with grief and committed suicide sometime later, leaving Aerys to recognize his fourth and last heir to the throne, his youngest brother [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]]. When Aerys died in {{Date|221}}, Maekar succeeded him.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}} Maekar I's reign lasted until {{Date|233}}, when the king fell in battle fighting a rebellious lord on the [[Dornish Marches]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}} during the [[Peake Uprising]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} A [[Great Council]] was convened after Maekar's death, and his fourth son was chosen as King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}} Aegon the Unlikely perished in {{Date|259}} in the [[tragedy of Summerhall]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} however, and was succeeded by his second son, [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], who died three years later of illness.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys V}}
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