Editing Catelyn Stark (section)

===Betrothal to Brandon Stark===
In {{Date|276}} or {{Date|277}}, when she was twelve years old, Catelyn was betrothed to [[Brandon Stark]], the heir to [[Winterfell]],{{Ref|AGOT|6}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Catelyn Tully}} and thanked her father for making such a splendid match for her.{{Ref|ACOK|45}} Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s ward, [[Petyr Baelish]], was less pleased, however. While Catelyn had come to regard Petyr as a brother,{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|ACOK|55}} Petyr had fallen in love with Catelyn.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} 

When Lords [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]] and [[House Bracken|Bracken]] were at Riverrun to settle a feud with Hoster's help, Catelyn and Petyr danced six dances. However, when he tried to kiss her, she pushed him away and laughed at him. Petyr, wounded by the rejection, became drunk and had to be brought to bed by Catelyn's uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]]. Catelyn's younger sister, Lysa, who had fallen in love with Petyr, snuck into Petyr's chambers and had sex with him that night. However, the drunken Petyr believed he was having sex with Catelyn, and he called Lysa "Cat" before falling asleep again.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}}{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

When the date of Catelyn's wedding was announced in {{Date|282}},<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Riverlands|Petyr Baelish's duel against Brandon Stark]]''</ref> Petyr challenged Brandon to [[duel between Brandon Stark and Petyr Baelish|a duel for her hand]].{{ref|AGOT|18}} Catelyn refused to give Petyr her favor when he asked, giving it to Brandon instead.{{Ref|ACOK|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|80}} She begged Brandon not to kill Petyr, and he agreed. Petyr was severely injured during the duel, and the final cut Brandon gave him was so brutal that Catelyn was convinced the younger boy would die from it.{{ref|AGOT|40}} Petyr did not die, however, but was given a fortnight to recover at Riverrun before being sent away.{{ref|AGOT|40}}{{Ref|ACOK|45}} Catelyn did not go see him during this time, nor did she say her farewells to him when he left Riverrun.{{ref|ACOK|45}} After the duel, Brandon left Riverrun as well, promising Catelyn to return soon for their wedding.{{Ref|AGOT|63}}

When Brandon was on his way back to Riverrun{{ref|ACOK|55}} a few days before the wedding,{{ref|AGOT|4}} he learned about the disappearance of his sister, [[Lyanna Stark]], and the involvement of [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]]. Furious, Brandon rode to the [[Red Keep]], where he was arrested by Rhaegar's father, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. When Brandon's father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], went to [[King's Landing ]]to champion Brandon in his [[trial by battle]], both men were executed in the [[throne room]].{{ref|AGOT|53}}{{Ref|ACOK|55}} Shortly thereafter, [[Robert's Rebellion]] began. After Brandon had died, Petyr sent Catelyn a letter, which she burned without reading it. By then, her father had promised her hand to Brandon's younger brother, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], now the [[Lord of Winterfell]].{{ref|AGOT|18}}