Editing Iron Throne (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:MagaliVilleneuve_JoffIronThrone.jpg|thumb|300px|King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] upon the Iron Throne - by Magali Villeneuve © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]], sits the Iron Throne while the king is hunting in the [[kingswood]].{{Ref|AGOT|43}} Robert's reign comes to end after his wife, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], arranges his death. Her eldest son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], takes the throne.{{Ref|AGOT|51}} Robert had acknowledged Joffrey as a trueborn son, but the father of Cersei's children is actually her twin, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}} The hunting tapestries which had replaced the dragon skulls are taken down from the throne room's walls.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

During Joffrey's first court session in the throne room, the young king has Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] read his royal decrees. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], is dismissed from his duties.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

Robert's youngest brother, [[Renly Baratheon]], puts forward his own claim to the Iron Throne.{{Ref|AGOT|69}} After Joffrey capriciously orders the beheading of Lord Stark outside the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], the [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Tully|Tully]] bannermen gathered at [[Riverrun]] declare Ned's heir, [[Robb Stark]], as [[King in the North]]. The [[north]] and the [[riverlands]] secede from the Iron Throne.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Renly's older brother, [[Stannis Baratheon]], announces his own claim to the Iron Throne,{{Ref|ACOK|10}} and the [[Seven Kingdoms]] are thrown into greater turmoil.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}{{Ref|ACOK|20}} [[Tyrion Lannister]], the acting King's Hand to Joffrey, holds audience from the throne.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}

In [[Essos]], the exiled [[Daenerys Targaryen]] intends to claim the Iron Throne and [[Westeros]].{{Ref|ACOK|40}}

Renly is [[shadow assassin|assassinated]] during the [[siege of Storm's End (299)|siege of Storm's End]],{{Ref|ACOK|33}} and [[Balon Greyjoy]] enters the [[War of the Five Kings]] out of opportunism to re-establish independence for the [[Iron Islands]].{{Ref|ACOK|37}} Following Stannis's defeat in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]],{{Ref|ACOK|62}} Joffrey hosts a great audience in the [[Great Hall (Red Keep)|Great Hall]] but cuts his arm on the Iron Throne.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
At [[Dragonstone]], Ser [[Axell Florent]] claims to have seen a vision in flames of Stannis sitting on the Iron Throne.{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

[[Balon Greyjoy]] dies at [[Pyke]]{{Ref|ASOS|45}} and [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident]], is slain at the [[Twins]] in the [[Red Wedding]].{{Ref|ASOS|51}}

The [[War of the Five Kings]] is believed to have largely ended, and the Iron Throne is draped in long silk streamers for the royal wedding of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. The young king is poisoned at [[Purple Wedding|his own wedding feast]] in the throne room,{{Ref|ASOS|60}} however, and his younger brother [[Tommen Baratheon]] is crowned in his place. Tommen I is controlled by his advisors: his mother, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]], and his grandfather, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], who serves as  [[Hand of the King]]. The trial of [[Tyrion Lannister]], who is accused of having murdered Joffrey, is held before the Iron Throne.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Tommen_iron_throne.jpg|thumb|thumb|300px|King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] and his kittens by the Iron Throne - by Magali Villeneuve ©]]
Following the murder of Tywin by Tyrion, Cersei holds the Iron Throne as [[regent]] on behalf of her son, the young Tommen. Cersei has a dream of herself sitting the Iron Throne which turns into a nightmare.{{Ref|AFFC|3}} Cersei refuses to allow Tommen to sit on the sharp throne.{{Ref|AFFC|25}} As she is not the monarch or the [[Hand of the King]], Cersei rules from a gold-and-crimson high seat beneath the Iron Throne.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}

Princess [[Arianne Martell]] plots to crown Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]], Tommen's older sister, on the Iron Throne as queen. The plot falters at the [[Greenblood]], however.{{Ref|AFFC|21}} [[Euron Greyjoy]], chosen as Balon's successor as [[King of the Isles and the North]] at the [[kingsmoot]], plans to conquer all of Westeros and claim the Iron Throne.{{Ref|AFFC|29}}

After Cersei re-establishes the [[Faith Militant]], she is arrested by the [[Faith of the Seven]] for various crimes. Her uncle [[Kevan Lannister]] becomes regent in her place.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Tommen continues to hold the Iron Throne under the regency of his grand-uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]],{{Ref|ADWD|54}} but Stannis still maintains his claim even while in the north.{{Ref|ADWD|17}}

The exiled Lord [[Jon Connington]] leads the [[landing of the Golden Company]] in the [[stormlands]]. The [[sellswords]] plot to place [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon VI Targaryen]] on the throne.{{Ref|ADWD|61}} Kevan and Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] are murdered by [[Varys]], a supporter of Aegon, at the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}

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