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===Under Aegon I Targaryen=== Although the small council became more formal during the reign of his grandson [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]],{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] established his councillors early on.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} During his [[royal progress]]es, Aegon the Conqueror also traveled with six [[maesters]] who educated him on each region's local [[customs]] and [[Timeline of major events|history]].{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} The following men are known to have filled the various offices: {| class=wikitable width=100% ! scope="col" width="100" | Office ! scope="col" width="50" | Duration ! scope="col" width="150" | Name ! scope="col" width="400" | Notes |- | rowspan="5" | [[Hand of the King]] | {{Date|1|7}} | {{coa|Baratheon}} Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}} | Orys resigned the office after losing his sword hand to [[Wyl of Wyl]] in the [[First Dornish War]]. |- | {{Date|7|9}} | {{coa|Tully}} Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} | Edmyn resigned the office when his wife died in childbirth, stating his children needed him more than the realm. |- | {{Date|9|17}} | {{coa|Celtigar}} Lord [[Alton Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}} | Alton served ably in the office until his death of old age. |- | {{Date|17|34}} | {{coa|Strong}} Ser [[Osmund Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} | Osmund was charged with the overseeing and raising of the walls around [[King's Landing]]. Later he led campaigns in the [[Stepstones]] to root out [[Sargoso Saan]], a [[pirate]] king from [[Lys]]. |- | {{Date|34|37}} | {{coa|Stokeworth}} Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} | When Aegon ordered the [[Aegonfort]] torn down for [[Red Keep|a stone castle]] to be built in its place, he assigned the task to Alyn and his sister-wife, Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]. |- | rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]] | {{Date|5}} | {{coa|Grand Maester}} [[Ollidar]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}} | The title of Grand Maester was founded in {{Date|5}}. Ollidar held office for less than a year. |- | {{Date|5|12}} | {{coa|Grand Maester}} [[Lyonce]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}} | Lyonce proved more robust than his predecessor, serving the realm ably for seven years until he slipped, breaking his hip and passing away soon after. |- | {{Date|12|37}} | {{coa|Grand Maester}} [[Gawen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} | |- | rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] | {{Date|1}}–Unknown | {{coa|Celtigar}} [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} | |- | Unknown–Unknown | Unknown | Aegon is known to have had at least two different masters of coin.{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}} |- | [[Master of laws]] | {{Date|1}}–Unknown | {{coa|Massey}} Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} | |- | rowspan="2"| [[Master of ships]] and [[lord admiral]] | [[Aegon's Conquest]] | {{coa|Velaryon}} Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} | |- | Unknown–Unknown | {{coa|Velaryon}} Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} | Although it is unknown when exactly Lord Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon's master of ship in {{Date|22}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}, {{Date|29}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} and {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} It is also known that up until Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]] became master of ships for King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|50}}, the office was held hereditary by the heads of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Therefore it is likely Aethan served as master of ships during Aegon's entire reign. |- | [[Master of whisperers]] | | | |- | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] | {{Date|10}}–Unknown | {{coa|Velaryon}} Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (son of Daemon)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} | Two of Aegon's Kingsguard died protecting him,{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} and it is unknown if Corlys was one of them. If so, he was likely succeeded by Ser [[Addison Hill]], who eventually rose to become Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} |}
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