Editing House Baratheon (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Chris Dien Renly Baratheon.jpg|thumb|[[Renly Baratheon]] by Chris Dien © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lord [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]], dies suddenly in [[King's Landing]]. King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and his retinue travel to [[Winterfell]] to offer the position to Lord [[Eddard Stark]], Robert's friend from his youth. Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] rides north to meet King Robert on his return trip after Eddard accepts the position, while Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] returns to his seat at [[Dragonstone]]. Renly participates in [[the Hand's tourney]], riding well before losing to [[Sandor Clegane]]. 

Later, as Robert lies dying from a [[kingswood]] [[boar]]'s tusk, Renly asks Eddard to support him in a bid for the throne. Lord Stark has discovered that Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]'s children, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon]], are not Robert's legitimate children, but they are instead bastards born of incest with Cersei's brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. Eddard insists that it is Lord Stannis who should be Robert's successor as king. After Eddard refuses to support Renly's bid for power, Renly, his thirty men-at-arms, and his former squire Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] ride south out of the capital. King Joffrey I names Lord Renly and Ser Loras among the nobles who must do him homage or be declared traitors, and soon thereafter has Eddard executed for treason.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Despite Stannis's better claim to the [[Iron Throne]], Renly is able to rally the [[stormlands]] to his cause, as well as [[House Tyrell]] and much of the [[Reach]]. Stannis has a significantly smaller force drawn mostly from the [[crownlands]] and the [[royal fleet]]. When Renly is [[shadow assassin|assassinated]] beneath the walls of Storm's End as the brothers' hosts [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|prepare to clash]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]], he leaves no heirs. Most of the houses sworn to Storm's End, as well as some from the Reach, join Stannis, who unsuccessfully attacks King's Landing in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Following their defeat, most houses sworn to Stannis kneel to King Joffrey and the [[Iron Throne]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Joshua Cairos tommenbaratheon.jpg|thumb|[[Tommen Baratheon]] by Joshua Cairós © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Stannis's garrison at Storm's End commanded by Ser [[Gilbert Farring]] remains loyal to his cause.

[[Edric Storm]] is smuggled out of [[Dragonstone]] by Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] to prevent him from being burned alive by Stannis's advisor, [[Melisandre]].

Renly's widow, [[Margaery Tyrell]], marries King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. After [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]], the current head of the house is the young king [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] - a title disputed by King Stannis.

Aside from a few garrisons, Stannis leads his remaining forces north to the [[Wall]] and saves the [[Night's Watch]] from [[wildlings]] in the [[battle beneath the Wall]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] serves as [[regent]] for her son, King Tommen I. She sends Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] to [[Siege of Storm's End (300)|take Storm's End]] from Stannis's garrison, although when Mace hears his daughter [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] has been arrested he returns to the capital with most of his army,{{Ref|AFFC|44}} leaving Lord [[Mathis Rowan]] to continue the siege with a token force.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Mathis Rowan}} Cersei is replaced as Tommen's regent by Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} after she is also arrested by the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] is said to have taken [[Dragonstone]] from Stannis's garrison in a [[Siege of Dragonstone|bloody assault]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After leaving [[Castle Black]], Stannis remains in the [[north]], [[fight by Deepwood Motte|liberates Deepwood Motte]],{{Ref|ADWD|26}} and [[march on Winterfell|marches on Winterfell]].{{Ref|ADWD|37}}{{Ref|ADWD|42}} His wife, Queen [[Selyse Florent]], and heir, Princess [[Shireen Baratheon]], travel to Castle Black from [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]].{{Ref|ADWD|44}}

The garrison at Storm's End is Stannis's last force in the south, but it is threatened by Mathis Rowan as well as [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] and the [[Golden Company]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}}{{Ref|AWOIAF| Mathis Rowan}}{{Ref|ADWD|61}}

The regent of King Tommen I Baratheon, Ser Kevan Lannister, is murdered in [[King's Landing]] by [[Varys]].{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}