Editing Thaddeus Rowan (section)

==History==
Lord Thaddeus supported Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. He led one of the armies that marched against Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]'s host in the [[Reach]] in {{Date|129}}. The armies fought one another during the [[Battle of the Honeywine]], during which Thaddeus and the other [[blacks]] seemed to be victorious, until the arrival of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] on his [[dragon]] [[Tessarion]] turned the battle for the Hightowers and the other [[greens]]. Thaddeus retreated north with the remnants of his host.{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

Thaddeus had two sons by his first wife, and five by his second. His second wife died in {{Date|131}}. In {{Date|132}}, King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]'s [[small council]] and [[regent]]s agreed to marry him to Lady [[Baela Targaryen]]. However, Baela was not satisfied with the proposed [[marriage]], and fled to her cousin, Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]], who she married a fortnight later. Thaddeus's wounded pride was appeased by the council by a [[betrothal]] to the fourteen-year-old Lady [[Floris Baratheon]]. She died in childbirth two years later.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

In {{Date|133}}, after the death of Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]], King Aegon summoned Thaddeus to King's Landing to serve as his Hand. King Aegon's summons was overruled by two of his remaining regents, Lord [[Unwin Peake]] and [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]. To prevent offending Thaddeus, he was offered a place on the [[small council]] as [[lord justiciar]] and [[master of laws]], and replaced Lord [[Roland Westerling]] as one of the king's regents.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

After Unwin resigned as Hand in {{Date|134}}, Thaddeus was named to the position.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}} However, Thaddeus, though well-liked, was not feared by the realm, and it was soon rumored that Lady [[Larra Rogare]], the wife of Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], and her three brothers were in charge of the kingdom during the [[Lysene Spring]]. In {{Date|135}} Lord Thaddeus, accused of treason and being involved in a plot with [[House Rogare]], was tortured for information and stripped of his position of Hand. On day twelve of the [[secret siege]], Lord Thaddeus was brought before the king and prince. Thaddeus face was so bruised and swollen he was near unrecognizable, his speech so slurred he was thought drunk but it was because all his teeth had been knocked out of his mouth. He falsely confessed to King Aegon and Prince Viserys in his involvement in the plot. It was soon clear to Viserys though that Lord Thaddeus had been broken by his experience and simply responded affirmatively when accused of anything, a point that was exemplified when the [[court fool]] [[Mushroom]] asked him if he [[poison]]ed King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], to which Thaddeus said he had.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

After the siege ended and the real conspirators were caught, Thaddeus was reinstated in his post as a regent and King's Hand. It soon became clear he was no longer suited to his office, as one moment he seemed his old self, only to burst into tears the next. Mushroom mocked him at times, and once got him to confess to causing the [[Doom of Valyria]]. King Aegon politely dismissed him from the office and Munkun took the position of Hand of the King for the remainder of that year. Lord Thaddeus vowed he would return once his health had improved, only to die on his return journey back to [[Goldengrove]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}