Editing Cregan Stark (section)

===Legacy===
Cregan outlived his eldest son and heir, [[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon]], who died at [[Sunspear]] during the [[conquest of Dorne]] by King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] in {{Date|157}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Lords of Winterfell}} Rickon was survived by two daughters, [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)|Sansa]] and [[Serena Stark|Serena]], and by the known [[Laws and justice of the Seven Kingdoms|laws]] of succession they should have been ahead of Rickon's younger brothers in line of succession. However, northern succession laws may simply be different<ref name=HW>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P210/ The Hornwood Inheritance and the Whents (November 02, 1999)]</ref>; there has never been a ruling Queen of Winter or ruling Lady of Winterfell, for example,<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2763/ ruling Lady of Winterfell or Queen of Winter]</ref> and primogeniture is not necessarily binding elsewhere in the Seven Kingdoms either.<ref>Ran at [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/120966-errors-in-the-woiaf/&page=4#comment-6801531 A Forum of Ice and Fire]: "Primogeniture is customary, but not binding... especially not to a king. We have other examples of people being passed over, or potentially passed over, for others."</ref> Whatever the case was, Cregan's second son [[Jonnel Stark]] succeeded Cregan upon his death, marrying his own half-niece Sansa.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}} Cregan's third son [[Edric Stark (son of Cregan)|Edric stark]] married Rickon's other daughter Serena.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}} Jonnel's marriage to Sansa was childless, but upon his death rule passed not to Cregan's third son Edric, but to his fourth son [[Barthogan Stark]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos}} While it is possible that Edric predeceased his younger brother, Edric did have two sons and two daughters with Serena, and the daughters had children of their own,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}} and all of these should have been ahead in the line of succession to Barthogan. The exact reasons and circumstances under which Barthogan became Lord of Winterfell are as yet unknown.

Barthogan himself later died childless, when he was slain in the [[Skagos]]i rebellion during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The North: The Stoneborn of Skagos}} and he was succeeded by Cregan's fifth and final son, [[Brandon Stark (son of Cregan)|Brandon]], from whom the later generations of House Stark descend. Convoluted succession challenges remained for decades, possibly through Serena and Edric's children - and between Brandon's own rival grandchildren. Brandon was succeeded by his eldest son [[Rodwell Stark]], who died without issue, after which rule passed to his younger brother [[Beron Stark]]. The grandson of Cregan, Beron, was mortally wounded fighting off an incursion by [[Dagon Greyjoy]]'s [[ironborn]], and as he lay dying in Winterfell [[The She-Wolves of Winterfell|multiple Stark widows]] pushed their children's rival succession claims against the others - only for the unlikely traveling duo [[Dunk and Egg]] to become embroiled in the ensuing events.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1408/ Boskone (February 17, 2006)], report 1</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1409/ Boskone (February 17, 2006)], report 2</ref>