Editing Bastardy (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File: Anders Finer Joffrey lannisterr.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Joffrey Baratheon]] by Anders Finer © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] is believed by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] to be his trueborn son, and is therefore the heir to [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]], and heir to the [[Iron Throne]]. However, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] discovers that Joffrey, as well as his siblings [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], are actually the bastards of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] and her twin brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}} After Robert's death, King Joffrey has Lord Stark executed after he admits to treason.{{ref|AGOT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
The revelation of Joffrey's bastardy, as the product of adultery on the part of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], causes Joffrey's claim to the Iron Throne to be disputed after Robert's death by Robert's eldest brother, [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Ramsay Snow]]'s official bastard status is removed by a royal decree, as a reward for the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] betraying the [[House Stark|Starks]] in the [[Red Wedding]] and bowing to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], and he becomes the heir of House Bolton.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

[[Robb Stark]], as [[King in the North]], planned to legitimize his bastard half-brother [[Jon Snow]] and proclaim him as his heir.{{Ref|ASOS|45}} Following Robb's death in the Red Wedding, Stannis, having proclaimed himself [[King of Westeros]], also proposes to legitimize Jon and make him [[Lord of Winterfell]].{{Ref|ASOS|76}} Jon declines Stannis's offer, however, agreeing to instead serve as [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] after being elected by his Sworn Brothers.{{Ref|ASOS|79}}

Having fled [[King's Landing]] with the aid of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], [[Sansa Stark]] poses as his supposed natural daughter, "Alayne Stone".{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Sansa continues posing as Alayne Stone, the bastard-born daughter of Littlefinger, while in the [[Vale of Arryn]].{{Ref|AFFC|10}}{{ref|AFFC|41}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] uses the name Hugor Hill while traveling through [[Essos]], pretending to be a bastard from [[Lannisport]].{{Ref|ADWD|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|14}}

The legitimized Ramsay becomes enraged whenever he is called Snow instead of Bolton.{{ref|ADWD|12}}