Kingship

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Kingship is the position and power of a king. There have been many kings in the Known World. In Westeros Kings inherit the title when they are the next male in line. Each of the Seven Kingdoms had a king once, though Dorne started using the title "Prince" after King Mors Martell married Queen Nymeria, and the new rulers chose to abandon the Andal customs in favor of those of the Rhoynar. It is stated that Ghiscar had a king once, but the custom was not renewed until Daenerys Targaryen conquered Slaver's Bay. It is not known if the cities of the east have kings or not. In the Free Cities the ruler is elected in democracy, in Braavos there are Sealords.

Recently, a new Corsair King has risen in the Basilisk Isles, and a new Pirate King has risen on The Stepstones.

Westeros

King of Westeros

The first King of Westeros was Aegon I Targaryen, who conquered six out of seven kingdoms and was annointed in Oldtown. For almost 300 years House Targaryen reigned over Westeros until they were brought down in the War of The Usurper, starting the Baratheon Dynasty.

King in The North

Main article, King in the North

In 299 AC, for the first time in almost 300 years, The North declared independence and named a King in the North, Robb Stark. He ruled close to a year, until his death at his uncle's wedding

Iron King

Main article, King of the Iron Islands

The Iron King, also known as the High King, King of the Iron Islands and King of the Isles, is the historic title given to the ruler of the Iron Islands. Using the Old Way the king is selected in a Kingsmoot, at the height of the Iron Kings rule they held the Riverlands, the Arbor, Bear Island and much of the western shore. Traditionally the King is crowned upon Nagga's Hill on Old Wyk, by the High Preist of the Drowned God with a driftwood crown. Recently King Euron Greyjoy took up the crown in a kingsmoot, declared after the death of Balon Greyjoy.

King of the Mountain and Vale

Main article, King of Mountain and Vale

The King of the Mountain and Vale was the title held by the rulers of the Vale, until the Targaryens arrived. The King of the Mountain and Vale is crowned with the Falcon Crown, held by the first men ruler the Griffin King, until it was taken by the Andal invaders and passed down from Arryn to Arryn.

Prince of Dorne

Dorne was devided in several smaller kingdoms, all ruled by a King, with the example of King Mors Martell, the Lord of Sunspear about 700 years before the War of Conquest, and King Yronwood, whose domains stretched out over half of Dorne. When the warrior Queen of the Rhoynar, Nymeria, landed in Dorne, she took Mors Martell as her husband. With Nymeria's host under his command, Mors Martell managed to unite the entire peninsula of Dorne under his rule, in a war called Nymeria's War. The Yronwoods, who were kings in their own rights, and whose domains had dwarfed those of the Martells, had to be forced into submission. Six self-styled rivla Dornish kings were captured and send to the Night's Watch in golden fetters, uniting all of Dorne under the rule of House Martell.

Queen Nymeria had her fleet burned on the day she wed Lord Mors, to affirm she could not turn back. Ever since, after the Rhoynish fashion, the Dornish ruler has held the title of Prince, rather than King.