Editing Fosterage

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'''Fosterage''' is the practice of a [[Nobility|noble]] raising the child of another noble. The fostered child is called a '''ward'''.

==Background==
The [[custom]] of fosterage is common among the nobility of [[Westeros]]. It is seen as a way of establishing friendships and alliances.<ref name=ssm>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref> For example, Lord [[Jon Arryn]] became a second father to his two wards, [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], during the years they were fostered by Arryn at the [[Eyrie]].{{Ref|agot|2}} Additionally, fosterage is seen as a means of education.<ref name=ssm/> For example, boys can be fostered out as [[squire]]s, training for [[knight]]hood.{{Ref|acok|8}} Most commonly the fostered child is male,<ref name=ssm/> although it is not unheard of for females to be fostered. The fostered child can be trueborn or [[bastard]] born.{{Ref|AGOT|6}} Children taken as [[hostage]]s may be called wards; for example, [[Theon Greyjoy]].{{ref|agot|1}}{{ref|adwd|37}} In the [[Free City]] of [[Norvos]], children are usually not fostered out.{{Ref|affc|21}}{{Ref|aFfC|40}}

According to [[George R. R. Martin]], a child who is fostered by a lord or lady can make visits home during the years of his fosterage, although these visits would be minimal while the child is still young. After reaching the [[age of majority]], the fostered child is free to come and go as he or she likes.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Some_Questions Some Questions (March 16, 2000)]</ref>

==History==
In his youth, King [[Harmund II Hoare]] was brought up at [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}

The [[King of the Rock|kings of the Rock]], [[Tyrion III Lannister|Tyrion III]] and [[Gerold II Lannister]], took the sons and daughters of newly ennobled [[Andal]] lords as wards and fosterlings.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands}}

The fourth [[King of Mountain and Vale]] from [[House Arryn]], [[Roland I Arryn]], was fostered as a boy by an Andal king in the [[riverlands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: The Eyrie}}

===Targaryen Era===
During the [[War of Conquest]], the lords of the [[Three Sisters]] [[Sistermen's Rebellion|declared their independence]] from the [[Eyrie]], and installed [[Marla Sunderland]] as their queen. After the conquest, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] sent an army under the command of Ser [[Warrick Manderly]] and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] to put the rebellion down, and the frightened lords deposed Queen Marla in favor of her brother [[Steffon Sunderland]]. Lord Steffon renewed his fealty to [[House Arryn]], and gave his sons as hostages, one to be fostered with the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], the other with the Arryns.{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

When a [[House Rowan|Rowan]] girl in Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]'s service became pregnant by a scullion, Rhaenys found a [[knight]] in [[White Harbor]] to marry her, and another in [[Lannisport]] to foster her [[bastard]].{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}

After King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] died in {{Date|42}} and his brother [[Maegor Targaryen|Maegor]] seized the [[Iron Throne]], Aenys's children Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and Prince [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] were made wards of Maegor's mother, Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]], their great-aunt. Hostages in all but name, they spent their uncle's reign being transferred between [[Driftmark]], [[Dragonstone]], and [[King's Landing]], until Visenya's death in {{Date|44}} gave their mother Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]] the chance to escape from Dragonstone with them.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

In {{Date|44}}, after Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]'s husband Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] died fighting his uncle Maegor in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]], she took her twin infant daughters [[Aerea Targaryen|Aerea]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen (daughter of Aegon)|Rhaella]], dyed their hair, changed their names, and sent them away to allies who would see them fostered in good homes by people who would be unaware of their true identities, where not even Rhaena would know where they had gone. However, Maegor's wife and [[spymaster]], [[Tyanna of the Tower]], was able to discover the girls' locations.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{Date|47}}, King Maegor Targaryen married his [[Black Brides]], while holding their children as hostages to force the women to comply with his demands. Afterwards, he sent many of those children away to be fostered. Rhaena Targaryen's daughter Rhaella was sent to [[Oldtown]] to be raised as a [[septa]]. [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]]'s son, the [[Lord Tarbeck (son of Alyn)|infant Lord Tarbeck]], was sent to [[Casterly Rock]] to be raised as a ward of [[Lyman Lannister]]. [[Elinor Costayne]]'s two elder boys were sent away, one to the [[Eyrie]] to be a ward of Lord Arryn, and the other to [[Highgarden]] as a ward of Lord Tyrell.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{Date|48}}, [[Coryanne Wylde]]'s [[bastard]] son by a stableboy was sent to [[Storm's End]] to be fostered by one of the castle stewards and his barren wife.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

A [[wildling]] girl, captured by [[Night's Watch]] [[rangers]] [[beyond the Wall]] and given to one of Lord [[Theomore Manderly]]'s household knights to foster, dueled with [[Jonquil Darke]] at a [[tourney]] in Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]'s honor in {{Date|58}}.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

In {{Date|61}}, [[Rogar Baratheon]] brought his daughter [[Jocelyn Baratheon|Jocelyn]] to King's Landing, along with the two orphaned daughters of his late brother [[Ronnal Baratheon|Ronnal]]. Jocelyn's mother [[Alyssa Velaryon]] had died in childbirth, and the aunts who helped raise her had recently died of the [[Shivers]]. Rogar requested that Jocelyn and her cousins be made wards of the court of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]], Jocelyn's half-siblings, and Alysanne was pleased to agree.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|73}}, Ser [[Lucamore Strong]] of the [[Kingsguard]] was discovered to have broken his vows and married three wives. Lucamore was [[Eunuch|gelded]], and King Jaehaerys sent him to the [[Wall]]. Queen Alysanne judged each of the families: the first wife and her children were sent to be wards of Lord [[Bywin Strong]] of [[Harrenhal]]; the second and her children were sent to be wards of Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]] of [[Driftmark]], and the third wife and children were sent to be wards of Ser [[Garon Baratheon|Garon]] and Lord [[Boremund Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

When Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] was twelve in {{Date|126}}, he was sent to [[Oldtown]] to serve as a [[cupbearer]] and [[squire]] to Lord [[Ormund Hightower]], the cousin of his mother Queen [[Alicent Hightower]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} He remained Ormund's ward throughout the [[Dance of the Dragons]], until Ormund's death in {{Date|130}}.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

In {{Date|129}}, at the start of the Dance of the Dragons, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s heir Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] made the [[Pact of Ice and Fire]] with Lord [[Cregan Stark]]. They agreed that Jacaerys's firstborn daughter would be sent north at age seven to be fostered at [[Winterfell]], until she was old enough to marry Cregan's heir.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} (However, Jacaerys died before he ever had children.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}})

Late in {{Date|129}}, Prince Jacaerys made arrangements for the safety of his step-sisters and half-brothers. [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] was sent to be the ward of Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]], taking with her three [[dragon egg]]s.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Jacaerys also arranged for the [[Prince of Pentos]] to foster his half-brothers, Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]] and Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], until Rhaenyra had secured the [[Iron Throne]]. However, their ship, the ''[[Gay Abandon]]'', was attacked by the [[Triarchy]] on route to [[Pentos]]. Aegon escaped back to [[Dragonstone]] with his [[dragon]] [[Stormcloud]], but Viserys was taken captive and assumed dead.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

In {{Date|130}}, during the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|Riot of King's Landing]], the [[whore]]s at the [[House of Kisses]] raised up the young [[Gaemon Palehair]] as king, claiming he was the bastard son of [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and the prostitute [[Essie]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} After the return of Aegon to the city, Essie was executed, but Gaemon was spared on account of his youth and made a ward of the Crown.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} Gaemon later became young King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]'s companion, [[whipping boy]], and [[food taster]], until his death in {{Date|135}}.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

During the Dance of the Dragons, [[Garmund Hightower]] fostered at [[Highgarden]], as a companion of young Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] and a [[cupbearer]] to his mother. In {{Date|131}}, Garmund's brother Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]] accepted the peace terms for the end of the war, despite initially resisting them. According to [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]'s ''[[True Telling]]'', this is because the Tyrells forbade him to raise a host or go to war without their leave, with the implicit threat that Garmund would pay for Lyonel's disobedience with his life.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Lord [[Unwin Peake]]'s second son fostered at the [[Arbor]], serving Lord [[House Redwyne|Redwyne]] as a page and squire, but at age twelve he drowned in a sailing accident.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

[[Daenaera Velaryon]] became a ward of Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] and his wife Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], after she was orphaned when [[Hazel Harte|her mother]] died of the [[Winter Fever]] and [[Daeron Velaryon|her father]] died in the [[Daughters' War]]. In {{Date|133}}, her guardians presented her at the [[Maiden's Day Ball]], and she was selected by King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] to be his new queen.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

The [[Princess of Dorne (mother of Doran)|Princess of Dorne]] fostered her two sons; [[Doran Martell|Doran]] at [[Salt Shore]]{{Ref|AFFC|2}} and [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] at [[Sandstone]].{{Ref|AFFC|21}}

===Baratheon Era===
Doran Martell, the [[Prince of Dorne]], fostered out his eldest son [[Quentyn Martell|Quentyn]] with the [[House Yronwood|Yronwoods]] to create a peace between House Yronwood and [[House Martell]],{{Ref|affc|13}}{{Ref|affc|21}} as enmity between the two houses had arisen after the death of Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]] following a duel against Doran's younger brother, [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]].{{ref|ASOS|38}} When Doran decided to foster out his son [[Quentyn Martell|Quentyn]], this caused a severe strain on his relationship with his Norvoshi wife, Lady [[Mellario]].{{Ref|affc|21}}{{Ref|aFfC|40}} Doran later plotted to send his daughter, [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]], to serve as [[cupbearer]] of the [[Archon of Tyrosh]] so she could meet her betrothed [[Viserys Targaryen]] as part of the [[secret marriage pact]], but decided not to do so after his wife threatened to harm herself if their daughter was sent away.{{Ref|AFFC|40}}

After Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]]'s [[Greyjoy's Rebellion|rebellion]] was put down in {{Date|289}}, his only surviving son, [[Theon Greyjoy]], was brought to [[Winterfell]] as a hostage and ward of Lord [[Eddard Stark]], to ensure Balon's loyalty to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Afterwards, Balon's wife, Lady [[Alannys Harlaw]], brought five [[ironborn]] boys to [[Pyke]] to foster, including [[Tristifer Botley]].{{Ref|AFFC|11}}

In {{Date|293}}, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] wished to have his eldest son and heir, [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]], be fostered by Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]] at the [[Arbor]]. Randyll brought Samwell with him on a trip to the Arbor, but after Paxter's twins [[Horas Redwyne|Horas]] and [[Hobber Redwyne|Hobber]], bullied him, Lord Randyll brought him back home. Samwell's mother later revealed to him Samwell had supposed to remain at the Arbor to serve as Paxter's page and squire and, if he had pleased Paxter, would have been betrothed to his daughter, [[Desmera Redwyne|Desmera]].{{Ref|affc|15}}

Shortly before his death in early {{Date|298}}, Lord [[Jon Arryn]] planned to have his young son [[Robert Arryn|Robert]] foster with Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|acok|0}}{{Ref|AGOT|40}} Following Jon's death, King [[Robert I Baratheon]] planned to foster Robert with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Robert's mother, Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], took her son back to the [[Eyrie]], preventing both plans from coming to fruition.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

==Recent events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
As part of the terms allowing [[Robb Stark]] to cross at the [[Twins]], [[Catelyn Stark]] agrees to foster [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]] at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|ACOK|4}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Edric Storm]], [[bastard]] son of the late King [[Robert Baratheon]], is a ward of [[Renly Baratheon]] at [[Storm's End]].{{Ref|ACOK|10}} After the death of Renly, [[Stannis Baratheon]] [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|besieges Storm's End]], but offers to let the garrison go free if Edric is surrendered. However, Renly's castellan, Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], resists in fear of what Stannis would do to Edric.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} After Cortnay falls to his death,{{Ref|ACOK|44}} Stannis takes the castle and ships Edric to [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|ACOK|58}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The [[Lords Declarant]] demand that young Lord [[Robert Arryn]] be removed from the Eyrie and the care of [[Lord Protector]] [[Petyr Baelish]], and to be made a ward of Lord [[Yohn Royce]]. As part of the negotiations, Petyr offers to foster [[Harrold Hardyng]], Robert's heir, but Harrold's foster-mother, Lady [[Anya Waynwood]], rejects the offer.{{Ref|AFFC|23}} Petyr convinces his rivals to grant him a year before any decision is made, and later fosters [[Gyles Grafton]] and [[Terrance Lynderly]] as companions for Robert.{{ref|AFFC|23}}{{ref|AFFC|41}}

==Known fosterages==
{| class=wikitable sortable plainrowheaders width=100%
! width=150px|Wards
! width=300px|Fostered by
! Notes
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|{{coa|Arryn|inline}} [[Roland I Arryn]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: The Eyrie}}
|Unnamed Andal king from the [[riverlands]]
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|{{coa|Baelish|inline}} [[Petyr Baelish]]
|{{coa|Tully|inline}} Lord [[Hoster Tully]] at [[Riverrun]]{{Ref|AGOT|18}}
|Petyr's [[Baelish (lord)|father]] befriended Hoster Tully during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], which led to Petyr being fostered at Riverrun.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Half_Moon_Bay_CA/ US Signing Tour (Half Moon Bay, CA) (November 18, 2005)]</ref>
|-
|{{coa|Baratheon|inline}} [[Jocelyn Baratheon]]
|{{coa|Targaryen|inline}} King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] at the [[Red Keep]]
|Jocelyn's mother [[Alyssa Velaryon]] died in childbirth, and her aunts died from the [[Shivers]]. Her father [[Rogar Baratheon]] requested that Jocelyn's half-siblings foster her, along with her two orphaned cousins.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|-
|{{coa|Baratheon of King's Landing|inline}} Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]]
|{{coa|Martell|inline}} Prince [[Doran Martell]] at [[Sunspear]]{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|AFFC|40}}
|Myrcella left for Dorne as part of a betrothal to Doran's youngest son [[Trystane Martell]].
|-
|{{coa|Baratheon|inline}} [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]]
|{{coa|Arryn|inline}} Lord [[Jon Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]]{{Ref|AGOT|2}}
|Fostered alongside [[Eddard Stark]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{coa|Botley|inline}} [[Tristifer Botley]]
|{{coa|Greyjoy|inline}} Lady [[Alannys Harlaw]] at [[Pyke]]
|rowspan="2"|One of five boys brought to Pyke after the [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], to comfort Lady Alannys as her elder sons had died and her youngest son, Theon, was taken away as a hostage. Sent away to [[Blacktyde]] after being discovered sexually experimenting with [[Asha Greyjoy]], the daughter of Lady Alannys and Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]].
|-
|{{coa|Blacktyde|inline}} Lord [[Baelor Blacktyde]] at [[Blacktyde]]{{Ref|AFFC|11}}
|-
|Four [[ironborn]] boys
|{{coa|Greyjoy|inline}} Lady [[Alannys Harlaw]] at [[Pyke]]{{Ref|AFFC|11}}
|Fostered alongside [[Tristifer Botley]].
|-
|{{coa|Frey|inline}} [[Bradamar Frey]]
|{{coa|Braavos|inline}} [[Oro Tendyris]] at [[Braavos]]{{Ref|acok|appendix}}
|Bradamar's mother is [[Betharios of Braavos]].
|-
|{{coa|Frey|inline}} [[Cynthea Frey]]
|{{coa|Waynwood|inline}} Lady [[Anya Waynwood]] at [[Ironoaks]]{{Ref|asos|appendix}}
|Cynthea's mother is [[Carolei Waynwood]].
|-
|{{coa|Frey|inline}} [[Merrett Frey]]
|{{coa|Crakehall|inline}} Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] at [[Crakehall]]{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}{{Ref|affc|30}}
|Merrett's mother was [[Amarei Crakehall]]. He was fostered at Crakehall at the same time as [[Jaime Lannister]].
|-
|{{coa|Frey|inline}} [[Sandor Frey]]
|{{coa|Waynwood|inline}} Lady [[Anya Waynwood]] at [[Ironoaks]]{{Ref|asos|appendix}}
|Sandor's mother is [[Carolei Waynwood]]. He serves as squire to Anya's son, Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{coa|Big Walder Frey|inline}} [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|"Big" Walder Frey]]<br>{{coa|Little Walder Frey|inline}} [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|"Little" Walder Frey]]
|{{coa|Stark|inline}} Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] at [[Winterfell]]{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|ACOK|4}}
|"Big" Walder and "Little" Walder are sent to Winterfell as part of the alliance pact between Lord [[Walder Frey]] and [[Robb Stark]].
|-
|{{coa|Bolton|inline}} [[Ramsay Bolton]] at the [[Dreadfort]] and [[Winterfell]]
|Ramsay [[Sack of Winterfell|burns Winterfell]], but spares Big and Little Walder{{ref|ACOK|66}} and makes them his squires.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
|-
|{{coa|Grafton|inline}} [[Gyles Grafton]]
|{{coa|Petyr Baelish|inline}} Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] at the [[Eyrie]]{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
|Gyles is a companion to young Lord [[Robert Arryn]].
|-
|{{coa|Greyjoy|inline}} [[Theon Greyjoy]]
|{{coa|Stark|inline}} Lord [[Eddard Stark]] at [[Winterfell]]
|Theon was brought to Winterfell following the conclusion of [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]] in {{Date|289}} as a hostage, to ensure his father's loyalty to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Theon returned home to Pyke after an absence of ten years.{{Ref|Acok|11}}
|-
|{{coa|Harrold Hardyng|inline}} [[Harrold Hardyng]]
|{{coa|Waynwood|inline}} Lady [[Anya Waynwood]] at [[Ironoaks]]{{Ref|AFFC|41}}
|Harrold's mother was a Waynwood, and his father was a [[landed knight]] sworn to [[House Waynwood]].
|-
|{{coa|Hightower|inline}} [[Garmund Hightower]]
|{{coa|Tyrell|inline}} [[House Tyrell]] at [[Highgarden]]{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{coa|Hoare|inline}} King [[Harmund II Hoare]]
|{{coa|Lannister|inline}} [[House Lannister]] at [[Casterly Rock]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{coa|Lannister|inline}} [[Jaime Lannister]]
|{{coa|Crakehall|inline}} Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] at [[Crakehall]]{{Ref|ASOS|67}}
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{coa|Lynderly|inline}} [[Terrance Lynderly]]
|{{coa|Petyr Baelish|inline}} Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] at the Eyrie{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
|Terrance is a companion to young Lord [[Robert Arryn]].
|-
|{{coa|Martell|inline}} Prince [[Doran Martell]]
|{{coa|Gargalen|inline}} Lord [[House Gargalen|Gargalen]] at [[Salt Shore]]{{Ref|Affc|2}}
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{coa|Martell|inline}} Prince [[Oberyn Martell]]
|{{coa|Qorgyle|inline}} Lord [[House Qorgyle|Qorgyle]] at [[Sandstone]]{{Ref|affc|21}}
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{coa|Martell|inline}} Prince [[Quentyn Martell]]
|{{coa|Yronwood|inline}} Lord [[Anders Yronwood]] at [[Yronwood]]
|Quentyn served Lord Anders as a page and squire,{{Ref|AFFC|13}}{{Ref|AFFC|21}} until receiving knighthood by his hand at the age of eighteen.{{ref|awoiaf| Quentyn Martell}}
|-
|[[Larence Snow]]
|{{coa|Glover|inline}} [[Galbart Glover]] at [[Deepwood Motte]]
|After the death of Larence's father, Lord [[Halys Hornwood]], and his only trueborn brother, [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]], Larence is suggested as a possible heir to the Hornwood lands, which Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] suspects will please [[House Glover]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
|-
|{{coa|Stark|inline}} [[Brandon Stark]]
|{{coa|Dustin|inline}} Lord [[House Dustin|Dustin]] at [[Barrowton]]{{Ref|ADWD|41}}
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{coa|Stark|inline}} [[Eddard Stark]]
|{{coa|Arryn|inline}} Lord [[Jon Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]]{{Ref|AGOT|2}}
|Eddard was fostered by Jon Arryn at the same time as [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]].{{Ref|agot|2}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Edric Storm]]
|{{coa|Baratheon|inline}} Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] at [[Storm's End]]{{Ref|AGOT|30}}
|While Renly is at King's Landing serving in the king's [[small council]], Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]] takes care of Edric.
|-
|{{coa|Baratheon of Dragonstone|inline}} Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]]{{ref|asos|10}}
|After [[siege of Storm's End|the fall of Storm's End]], Stannis takes custody of Edric and brings him to Dragonstone.
|-
|{{coa|Targaryen|inline}} Princess [[Alysanne Targaryen]]<br>{{coa|Targaryen|inline}} Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys Targaryen]]
|{{coa|Targaryen|inline}} Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] at [[Driftmark]], [[Dragonstone]], and [[King's Landing]]
|Made wards of their great-aunt in {{Date|42}}. They were truly hostages of their uncle, King [[Maegor I Targaryen]], in all but name, until Visenya's death in {{Date|44}} gave their mother [[Alyssa Velaryon]] the chance to escape with them.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
|-
|{{coa|Targaryen|inline}} Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]]
|{{coa|Hightower|inline}} Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] at the [[Hightower]]
|Sent at age 12 to be a cupbearer and squire for the cousin of his mother Queen [[Alicent Hightower]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|-
|{{coa|Targaryen|inline}} [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]
|{{coa|Arryn|inline}} Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]] at [[the Eyrie]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
|&nbsp;
|-
|}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Every ward is also a hostage, as a wise man once said.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}|the writings of [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|In his youth, [[Eddard Stark|Ned]] had fostered at the [[Eyrie]], and the childless [[Jon Arryn|Lord Arryn]] had become a second father to him and his fellow ward, [[Robert Baratheon]]. When the Mad King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] had demanded their heads, the [[Lord of the Eyrie]] had raised his [[House Arryn|moon-and-falcon]] banners in [[Robert's Rebellion|revolt]] rather than give up those he had pledged to protect.{{Ref|AGOT|2}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

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