Editing Viserys II Targaryen (section)

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[[File:Daemon and Rhaenyra with their sons by Jota Saraiva.jpg|thumb|left|350px|[[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] and [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] with their sons: [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon]] and Viserys, by [https://www.instagram.com/jota.saraiva.art/ Jota Saraiva] ]]
Born in {{Date|122}}, Viserys was the second born son of his father, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], and the fifth born son of his mother, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. As per Targaryen tradition, a [[dragon egg]] was placed in his cradle.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Viserys was [[named after]] his grandfather, King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Viserys had four older brothers; three half-brothers from his mother's first marriage, [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]], [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]] and [[Joffrey Velaryon]], and one full-blood brother, [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon]]. He also had two older half-sisers, [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], from his father's second marriage.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

Viserys lived with his mother, father, brothers, and sisters on [[Dragonstone]], his mother's seat as the [[Prince of Dragonstone|Princess of Dragonstone]]. When his grandfather died in early {{Date|129}}, Viserys and his family were thus away from the capital, since Rhaenyra was pregnant for the sixth time. This pregnancy led to the birth of Viserys's stillborn younger sister, [[Visenya Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Visenya]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

The death of his grandfather sparked a war of succession between Viserys's mother, Rhaenyra, and his half-uncle, Prince Aegon, who was crowned King [[Aegon II Targaryen]], despite Rhaenyra having been the heir to the throne.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}