Editing Fosterage (section)

===Targaryen Era===
During the [[War of Conquest]], the lords of the [[Three Sisters]] [[Sistermen's Rebellion|declared their independence]] from the [[Eyrie]], and installed [[Marla Sunderland]] as their queen. After the conquest, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] sent an army under the command of Ser [[Warrick Manderly]] and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] to put the rebellion down, and the frightened lords deposed Queen Marla in favor of her brother [[Steffon Sunderland]]. Lord Steffon renewed his fealty to [[House Arryn]], and gave his sons as hostages, one to be fostered with the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], the other with the Arryns.{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

When a [[House Rowan|Rowan]] girl in Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]'s service became pregnant by a scullion, Rhaenys found a [[knight]] in [[White Harbor]] to marry her, and another in [[Lannisport]] to foster her [[bastard]].{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}

After King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] died in {{Date|42}} and his brother [[Maegor Targaryen|Maegor]] seized the [[Iron Throne]], Aenys's children Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and Prince [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] were made wards of Maegor's mother, Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]], their great-aunt. Hostages in all but name, they spent their uncle's reign being transferred between [[Driftmark]], [[Dragonstone]], and [[King's Landing]], until Visenya's death in {{Date|44}} gave their mother Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]] the chance to escape from Dragonstone with them.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

In {{Date|44}}, after Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]'s husband Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] died fighting his uncle Maegor in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]], she took her twin infant daughters [[Aerea Targaryen|Aerea]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen (daughter of Aegon)|Rhaella]], dyed their hair, changed their names, and sent them away to allies who would see them fostered in good homes by people who would be unaware of their true identities, where not even Rhaena would know where they had gone. However, Maegor's wife and [[spymaster]], [[Tyanna of the Tower]], was able to discover the girls' locations.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{Date|47}}, King Maegor Targaryen married his [[Black Brides]], while holding their children as hostages to force the women to comply with his demands. Afterwards, he sent many of those children away to be fostered. Rhaena Targaryen's daughter Rhaella was sent to [[Oldtown]] to be raised as a [[septa]]. [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]]'s son, the [[Lord Tarbeck (son of Alyn)|infant Lord Tarbeck]], was sent to [[Casterly Rock]] to be raised as a ward of [[Lyman Lannister]]. [[Elinor Costayne]]'s two elder boys were sent away, one to the [[Eyrie]] to be a ward of Lord Arryn, and the other to [[Highgarden]] as a ward of Lord Tyrell.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{Date|48}}, [[Coryanne Wylde]]'s [[bastard]] son by a stableboy was sent to [[Storm's End]] to be fostered by one of the castle stewards and his barren wife.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

A [[wildling]] girl, captured by [[Night's Watch]] [[rangers]] [[beyond the Wall]] and given to one of Lord [[Theomore Manderly]]'s household knights to foster, dueled with [[Jonquil Darke]] at a [[tourney]] in Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]'s honor in {{Date|58}}.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

In {{Date|61}}, [[Rogar Baratheon]] brought his daughter [[Jocelyn Baratheon|Jocelyn]] to King's Landing, along with the two orphaned daughters of his late brother [[Ronnal Baratheon|Ronnal]]. Jocelyn's mother [[Alyssa Velaryon]] had died in childbirth, and the aunts who helped raise her had recently died of the [[Shivers]]. Rogar requested that Jocelyn and her cousins be made wards of the court of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]], Jocelyn's half-siblings, and Alysanne was pleased to agree.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|73}}, Ser [[Lucamore Strong]] of the [[Kingsguard]] was discovered to have broken his vows and married three wives. Lucamore was [[Eunuch|gelded]], and King Jaehaerys sent him to the [[Wall]]. Queen Alysanne judged each of the families: the first wife and her children were sent to be wards of Lord [[Bywin Strong]] of [[Harrenhal]]; the second and her children were sent to be wards of Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]] of [[Driftmark]], and the third wife and children were sent to be wards of Ser [[Garon Baratheon|Garon]] and Lord [[Boremund Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

When Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] was twelve in {{Date|126}}, he was sent to [[Oldtown]] to serve as a [[cupbearer]] and [[squire]] to Lord [[Ormund Hightower]], the cousin of his mother Queen [[Alicent Hightower]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} He remained Ormund's ward throughout the [[Dance of the Dragons]], until Ormund's death in {{Date|130}}.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

In {{Date|129}}, at the start of the Dance of the Dragons, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s heir Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] made the [[Pact of Ice and Fire]] with Lord [[Cregan Stark]]. They agreed that Jacaerys's firstborn daughter would be sent north at age seven to be fostered at [[Winterfell]], until she was old enough to marry Cregan's heir.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} (However, Jacaerys died before he ever had children.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}})

Late in {{Date|129}}, Prince Jacaerys made arrangements for the safety of his step-sisters and half-brothers. [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] was sent to be the ward of Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]], taking with her three [[dragon egg]]s.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Jacaerys also arranged for the [[Prince of Pentos]] to foster his half-brothers, Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]] and Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], until Rhaenyra had secured the [[Iron Throne]]. However, their ship, the ''[[Gay Abandon]]'', was attacked by the [[Triarchy]] on route to [[Pentos]]. Aegon escaped back to [[Dragonstone]] with his [[dragon]] [[Stormcloud]], but Viserys was taken captive and assumed dead.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

In {{Date|130}}, during the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|Riot of King's Landing]], the [[whore]]s at the [[House of Kisses]] raised up the young [[Gaemon Palehair]] as king, claiming he was the bastard son of [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and the prostitute [[Essie]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} After the return of Aegon to the city, Essie was executed, but Gaemon was spared on account of his youth and made a ward of the Crown.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} Gaemon later became young King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]'s companion, [[whipping boy]], and [[food taster]], until his death in {{Date|135}}.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

During the Dance of the Dragons, [[Garmund Hightower]] fostered at [[Highgarden]], as a companion of young Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] and a [[cupbearer]] to his mother. In {{Date|131}}, Garmund's brother Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]] accepted the peace terms for the end of the war, despite initially resisting them. According to [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]'s ''[[True Telling]]'', this is because the Tyrells forbade him to raise a host or go to war without their leave, with the implicit threat that Garmund would pay for Lyonel's disobedience with his life.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Lord [[Unwin Peake]]'s second son fostered at the [[Arbor]], serving Lord [[House Redwyne|Redwyne]] as a page and squire, but at age twelve he drowned in a sailing accident.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

[[Daenaera Velaryon]] became a ward of Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] and his wife Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], after she was orphaned when [[Hazel Harte|her mother]] died of the [[Winter Fever]] and [[Daeron Velaryon|her father]] died in the [[Daughters' War]]. In {{Date|133}}, her guardians presented her at the [[Maiden's Day Ball]], and she was selected by King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] to be his new queen.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

The [[Princess of Dorne (mother of Doran)|Princess of Dorne]] fostered her two sons; [[Doran Martell|Doran]] at [[Salt Shore]]{{Ref|AFFC|2}} and [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] at [[Sandstone]].{{Ref|AFFC|21}}