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After Aegon came of age in {{date|136}}, he dismissed the [[regent]]s and his [[Hand of the King]], and named Prince Viserys as his Hand. Viserys served as Hand during the remaining years of Aegon's reign, and during the reigns of both of Aegon's sons. The crown dealt with several pretenders claiming to be [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], who perished during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] but whose body had never been found or identified.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}  
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After Aegon came of age in {{date|136}}, he dismissed the [[regent]]s and his [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]] and cancelled the plans they had been making for a royal progress for the king. Lord Torrhen was greatly affronted by the brusque manner of his dismissal. {{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} Aegon would eventually name Prince Viserys as his Hand. Viserys would serve as Hand during the remaining years of Aegon's reign, and during the reigns of both of Aegon's sons. The crown dealt with several pretenders claiming to be [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], who perished during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] but whose body had never been found or identified.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}  
  
 
As king, Aegon III strove to give the realm peace and plenty, but his coldness kept him from courting his lords and people. Aegon is often blamed for the death of the [[last dragon]], having had a great distaste for dragons after the tragic death of [[Stormcloud]] and because he witnessed [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|his mother]] being devoured by [[Sunfyre]].{{Ref|aGoT|23}} Although the [[maesters]] may have played a part in the death of the last dragons,{{ref|affc|45}} Aegon III became known as "Aegon the Dragonbane". At the urging of his brother, Prince Viserys, Aegon brought nine mages from [[Essos]] to attempt to hatch a clutch of [[dragon eggs]] with [[magic]], but this ended in failure.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|aSoS|54}}
 
As king, Aegon III strove to give the realm peace and plenty, but his coldness kept him from courting his lords and people. Aegon is often blamed for the death of the [[last dragon]], having had a great distaste for dragons after the tragic death of [[Stormcloud]] and because he witnessed [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|his mother]] being devoured by [[Sunfyre]].{{Ref|aGoT|23}} Although the [[maesters]] may have played a part in the death of the last dragons,{{ref|affc|45}} Aegon III became known as "Aegon the Dragonbane". At the urging of his brother, Prince Viserys, Aegon brought nine mages from [[Essos]] to attempt to hatch a clutch of [[dragon eggs]] with [[magic]], but this ended in failure.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|aSoS|54}}

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Aegon III by Amok©
Monarch
Reign 131 AC - 157 AC
Full name Aegon Targaryen the Third of His Name
Titles
Predecessor Aegon II Targaryen
Heir Daeron Targaryen
Successor Daeron I Targaryen
Personal Information
Aliases
  • Aegon the Younger
  • Aegon the Dragonbane
  • Aegon the Unlucky[1]
  • The Broken King[2][3][4]
Born 120 AC[5]
Dragonstone[6]
Died 157 AC
King's Landing[6]
Family
Dynasty House Targaryen
Queens
Issue Daeron I Targaryen
Baelor I Targaryen
Daena Targaryen
Rhaena Targaryen
Elaena Targaryen
Father Daemon Targaryen
Mother Rhaenyra Targaryen
References
Books

Aegon III Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Younger, and later Aegon the Dragonbane, was the seventh Targaryen king to sit the Iron Throne.[8] He succeeded his uncle, Aegon II Targaryen, at the conclusion of the Dance of the Dragons, which saw the victorious supporters of his late mother Rhaenyra Targaryen install him on the throne. When he was a child, his dragon was Stormcloud.[9] Aegon kept the kingdoms united following the divisions of the civil war with the aid of his brother, Prince Viserys, whom he named Hand of the King when he came of age.[3]

Appearance and Character

Aegon had dark purple eyes and pale silvery hair.[5] He was pale, lean, and never smiled, because of the grief he carried from seeing his mother Rhaenyra devoured by Sunfyre, the dragon of his uncle, Aegon the Elder. Aegon the Younger wore a short beard but no mustache. His crown was a slender gold band.[10]

After the Dance of the Dragons, Aegon became brooding, cold, and melancholy. He always dressed in black.[3]

Biography

Youth

Born in the last days of 120 AC, Aegon was the first-born son of his father, Prince Daemon Targaryen, and the fourth-born son of his mother, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. As per Targaryen tradition, a dragon's egg was placed in his cradle, and Stormcloud eventually hatched from this egg.

Aegon was named after Aegon the Conqueror.[9] Queen Alicent Hightower, the second wife of his grandfather King Viserys I Targaryen, took offense to Aegon's name, since she had a son named Aegon herself, and felt that Rhaenyra and Daemon were trying to use the name as a slight against her. Due to the fact that the royal family now contained two young Targaryens named Aegon, Alicent's son came to be known as Aegon the Elder, whereas Rhaenyra's son was called Aegon the Younger.[5][9]

Aegon the Younger had three older half-brothers, Princes Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey Velaryon, from his mother's first marriage, to Ser Laenor Velaryon, and two older half-sisters, Princesses Baela and Rhaena Targaryen, from his mother's second marriage, to Prince Daemon. Two years after Aegon's birth, Rhaenyra gave birth to another boy, Viserys, named after the boys' grandfather.[9]

Aegon lived with his mother, father, brothers, and half-sisters on Dragonstone, the ancestral seat of House Targaryen and his mother's seat as the Princess of Dragonstone. When his grandfather died in early 129 AC, Aegon and his family were away from the capital, as Rhaenyra was pregnant for the sixth time. This led to the birth of Aegon's sister, Visenya, but the girl was stillborn.[9]

The Dance of the Dragons

A war of succession began with the death of Aegon's grandfather, King Viserys I Targaryen. Though Aegon's mother, Rhaenyra Targaryen, had been named heir to the Iron Throne by Viserys, Aegon the Younger's half-uncle, Aegon the Elder, was crowned King Aegon II in King's Landing. This resulted in the Dance of the Dragons.[9]

In 129 AC, at the behest of their half-brother Jacaerys Velaryon, Aegon and his younger brother Viserys were sent to Essos while their mother Rhaenyra secured the Iron Throne.[9] During the journey their ship, the Gay Abandon, was captured by ships of the Triarchy. Aegon escaped by flying on his dragon Stormcloud for the first time, but Viserys was captured by Sharako Lohar. Aegon clung to Stormcloud's neck to reach Dragonstone, where he shared the news of what had befallen the fleet. The experience of his first flight was so frightening that Aegon returned to Dragonstone pale, shaking, and having lost control of his bladder. Stormcloud shortly died from the wounds he had received during the flight, and Aegon never rode a dragon again.[9][3]

Upon learning what had happened, fearing for the life of their brother Viserys, Prince Jacaerys flew to the fleet on his dragon, Vermax, but both died in the Battle of the Gullet that ensued.[9]

When Queen Rhaenyra took King's Landing in 130 AC, she named Aegon the Younger her cupbearer after he joined her from Dragonstone. Aegon hardly spoke a word during this time. After the Storming of the Dragonpit, he and Rhaenyra were forced to flee the capital. Rhaenyra, nearly mad with grief from losing her dragon Syrax and all her children except Aegon, refused to be parted from him at any time, and he became a "small pale shadow" to his mother.[9]

Unaware of the fall of Dragonstone, mother and son returned to see the charred corpses of the castellan, Ser Robert Quince, and some others who had been loyal to Rhaenyra hanging from the gates. Aegon was the first to realize what it meant and cried "Mother, flee!" but it was too late. They were brought into the courtyard, where Aegon II was waiting. Young Aegon watched in horror as his uncle's dragon, Sunfyre, devoured his mother.[9] Aegon was forever mentally scarred, and this event cemented his later fierce hatred for and terror of dragons. After Rhaenyra's execution, Ser Alfred Broome advised King Aegon II to kill the young Aegon, but the king decided to keep his nephew captive in the dungeon of Dragonstone.

The death of Rhaenyra did not end the war. Following the victory of Lord Kermit Tully and the Lads over the greens of Lord Borros Baratheon at the Battle of the Kingsroad half a year later, Aegon II was murdered by his own men.[2] Aegon the Younger inherited the throne as Aegon III in 131 AC.[3]

Regency

Since Aegon came to the Iron Throne aged eleven, several regents and Hands ruled in his name at the beginning of his reign. Numerous political schemes, plots, and assassinations happened in those five years as the regents fought one another for political power. Aegon's only companion in these first years was Gaemon Palehair, a former pretender to the throne, and now Aegon's servant, friend and eventual food taster.[3]

Aegon was married to his cousin, Princess Jaehaera Targaryen, on the seventh day of the seven moon in 131 AC, the ceremony was performed before the doors of the ruined Dragonpit as lords looked on. As Jaehaera was the only surviving child of the late Aegon II Targaryen, the match was a political one, so both bloodlines could be seen to hold the throne in the hope of uniting the Seven Kingdoms and the factions who fought for each side. Since Jaehaera was eight years old at the time of the marriage, and Aegon was eleven, it was not consummated due to her being too young. [11]

Winter descended on Westeros soon after the wedding that would last four years, during this time the realm was still in ruins and attempting to rebuild, food grew scarce and in the West the ironborn under the command of Lord Dalton Greyjoy continued to raid, ignoring the edicts of the Iron Throne. On the third day of the first moon of 133 AC, the deadly Winter Fever fell on on the Seven Kingdoms. King Aegon distinguished himself well during the plague, visiting the stricken to comfort them much to the dismay of the Kingsguard. The king spent hours in the company of the sick and dying. Though he seldom spoke, his presence and actions was a great comfort to the afflicted. Aegon was present when the Hand of the King, Lord Tyland Lannister fell ill and Aegon held his hand as Lord Tyland passed away.[11]

A few days following Lord Tyland's death, Aegon named Robert Darklyn and Ser Robin Massey to the Kingsguard. Since Grand Maester Munkun was tending to victims in another part of the city, King Aegon commanded the disgraced Orwyle to send forth ravens to summon Lord Thaddeus Rowan, Alyn Velaryon and his cousin Baela Targaryen to court. Orwyle hoping for a royal pardon was quick to obey, only to be confined back to the black cells before he could carry out the kings orders. Lord Unwin Peake, with the support of Grand Maester Munkun (who had quickly returned to the Red Keep) had named himself Hand of the King.[12]

Lord Unwin stating that the king was too young to make such important decisions, undid the appointments of Ser Robert Darklyn and Ser Robin Massey to the Kingsguard and instead gave white cloaks to his own kin. When Aegon objected and pointed out that Kingsguard serve for life, Lord Unwin replied that they do, but only when officially appointed. Lord Unwin also made Ser Gareth Long the new master-at-arms of the Red Keep and had him attempt to train Aegon in arms. King Aegon grew to despise Ser Gareth and was a sullen student who often just ignored his instructions, refused to cooperate or simply walked away. Since Gareth was not allowed to harm the king, he advised Lord Peake to make Aegon's friend, Gaemon Palehair the king's whipping boy. The sight of Gaemons tears and blood motivated Aegon and his skill at arms improved dramatically for the sake of his friend. [12]

On the Feast Day of Our Father Above in 133 AC, King Aegon was made to watch as Lord Peake had the crowded dungeons of the Red Keep emptied and had all the offenders punished publicly depending on their crimes. Thieves lost a hand, rapists were gelded, murderers hanged. Some of the condemned beseeched the king for mercy, Aegon though just stood still as stone, seemingly not hearing any of the plea's. [12]

Later the same year, the kings marriage to his wife ended childless and unconsumated when Jaehaera died suspiciously, of suicide or perhaps murder.[3] The Hand of the King, Lord Unwin Peake attempted to betroth the king to his own daughter, Myrielle Peake. Many lords disapproved of Peake trying to forward the match so soon after the suspicious death of the queen. Lord Cregan Stark suggested the north would look on the match with disfavor, Lord Kermit Tully called it presumptuous, and Grand Maester Munkun's support began to waver, acknowledging that the match would be seen as advancing Peake interests rather than being for the good of the realm. Noble ladies wrote to the crown, proposing their own relatives as Aegon's bride (or themselves, in some cases). Due to pressure from the lords and ladies of the realm, Peake instead announced a ball in King's Landing where the king himself would be able to choose his own bride. [12]

Many of the most promising matches were either injured or scandalized before the ball even began, and lords spoke of the "Maiden's Day curse". Many of these events were likely engineered by Lord Peake, who hoped to have his daughter be queen.[12]

The maidens expected to flirt and dance with King Aegon, but the event was not a true ball. They appeared before the king in the Red Keep's throne room in what Mushroom nicknamed the "Maiden's Day Cattle Show". One by one, women approached Aegon who was seated upon the Iron Throne. Aegon only nodded to each before the Kingsguard led her away. His growing disinterest as hours passed benefited Lord Peake, as Myrielle had spent much time with the king before the ball.[12]

When only a few maidens remained, Lady Baela Targaryen and Lady Rhaena Targaryen suddenly arrived with their kinswoman Daenaera Velaryon, six years old. The whole galley was said to have rejoiced when she smiled, and the king called her very pretty. The last few women were brought forward hurriedly, and the king's desire to end the parade was so palpable that the final maiden, sobbed as she curtsied. Afterwards, the king summoned his cupbearer, Gaemon Palehair, who announced that the king would marry Lady Daenaera.[12]

Lord Peake tried to have the marriage put aside, but his efforts were opposed by both Aegon and the other regents, and resulted in his resignation as Hand in 134 AC. Later, an attempted poisoning was made on Aegon and Daenaera, which resulted in the death of Aegon's friend and food taster Gaemon Palehair.[3]

Aegon had only one true joy during the years of his regency: the return of his younger brother, Prince Viserys, in 134 AC or 135 AC. It was thought that Viserys had been killed at the Battle of the Gullet, and Aegon had never forgiven himself for abandoning his brother when he fled on Stormcloud. Viserys was eventually recovered from Lys by Admiral Alyn Velaryon, where he had been held in secret by merchant princes. The ransom was enormous, but Viserys's release was a joy regardless, and for the rest of his days he was the only person Aegon ever fully trusted.[3]

Viserys came to King's Landing with his new wife Larra Rogare and several of her kin. The ambitious Rogare family soon became embroiled in the conflicts of Aegon's regency. Although the Rogares at the Red Keep were apparently guilty of some crimes, their rivals in King's Landing blamed them for many more. In 135 AC, Lord Thaddeus Rowan was tortured in an attempt to find evidence against the Rogares, and Ser Marston Waters, the Hand of the King, sent men to capture Larra after arresting her brothers. Aegon and Viserys refused to surrender Larra, however, and defiantly protected them in the secret siege. Eventually the case against the Rogares collapsed. [13][3]

Coming of Age

After Aegon came of age in 136 AC, he dismissed the regents and his Hand of the King, Lord Torrhen Manderly and cancelled the plans they had been making for a royal progress for the king. Lord Torrhen was greatly affronted by the brusque manner of his dismissal. [13] Aegon would eventually name Prince Viserys as his Hand. Viserys would serve as Hand during the remaining years of Aegon's reign, and during the reigns of both of Aegon's sons. The crown dealt with several pretenders claiming to be Daeron the Daring, who perished during the Second Battle of Tumbleton but whose body had never been found or identified.[3]

As king, Aegon III strove to give the realm peace and plenty, but his coldness kept him from courting his lords and people. Aegon is often blamed for the death of the last dragon, having had a great distaste for dragons after the tragic death of Stormcloud and because he witnessed his mother being devoured by Sunfyre.[14] Although the maesters may have played a part in the death of the last dragons,[15] Aegon III became known as "Aegon the Dragonbane". At the urging of his brother, Prince Viserys, Aegon brought nine mages from Essos to attempt to hatch a clutch of dragon eggs with magic, but this ended in failure.[3][16]

Aegon was regarded as a broken king who ruled over a broken reign. His brother Viserys did the majority of the ruling as his Hand. Aegon was melancholy to the end of his days, found pleasure in almost nothing, and locked himself in his room to brood for days on end. He likewise came to dislike being touched, even by his beautiful wife and queen, Daenaera. Though their marriage was eventually fruitful, it was said Aegon took a long time to come to her bed, even after she flowered. His marriage to Daenaera gave him two sons, Daeron (born 143 AC) and Baelor (born 144 AC), and three daughters, Daena (born 145 AC), Rhaena (born 147 AC), and Elaena (born 150 AC).[3]

The reign of the Broken King ended with the Aegon the Younger's death at thirty-six years of age, from consumption, in 157 AC. Many of his subjects thought him far older, for his boyhood had been cut short, and the melancholy king is not remembered fondly.[3]

Legacy

Aegon III was succeeded by his fourteen-year-old son Daeron. Aegon was said to have always walked with a great grief, and the folly of his sons nearly tore the realm apart. After both Daeron and Baelor died childless, Aegon's brother Viserys II was crowned king. Viserys was followed by his own son, Aegon IV Targaryen.

Aegon's line did not discontinue altogether. Aegon's daughter, Daena the Defiant, had a bastard child, with her cousin, Prince Aegon. This bastard, eventually known as Daemon Blackfyre, became the first of the Blackfyre Pretenders, and contested his cousin Daeron II Targaryen, the legitimate son of Aegon IV Targaryen, for the Iron Throne. Daemon created his own House, House Blackfyre, and had seven sons and at least two daughters. The Blackfyre line continued for quite some time, until Maelys Blackfyre was slain during the War of the Ninepenny Kings in 260 AC.

Princess Elaena Targaryen also continued Aegon's line. She was married three times, and gave birth to seven children. Her first two children were illegitimate, fathered by Lord Alyn Velaryon: Jon and Jeyne Waters. Descendants of Jon live until this day, under the name Longwaters. Subsequently she married Lord Ossifer Plumm, by whom she had one child, Viserys Plumm (though he is rumored to have actually been fathered by King Aegon IV); and Lord Ronnel Penrose, by whom she had four children (Robin Penrose, Laena Penrose, Jocelyn Penrose, and Joy Penrose). Her third and final marriage, to Ser Michael Manwoody, was childless.

Small Council under Aegon III

During the reign of King Aegon his small council had the following known members:[3]

Office Duration Name Notes
Hand of the King 131131 AC Lord Cregan Stark[3][17] Lord Cregan held office for a day during a time known as the Hour of the Wolf. He presided over the trials and executions of those accused of poisoning King Aegon II Targaryen, before returning to the North.
131133 AC Ser Tyland Lannister[3][11] Ser Tyland was expected to be a weak Hand, but he defied expectations and held the office capably. He died in office of Winter Fever.
133134 AC Lord Unwin Peake[3][18] Lord Unwin resigned the office after the king turned down a marriage proposal with his daughter.
134135 AC Lord Thaddeus Rowan[3][18] Lord Thaddeus was imprisoned and tortured by plotters seeking to undermine the Rogare family's influence over the court.
135135 AC Ser Marston Waters[3][18] Ser Marston concurrently served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Participated in a plot to imprison Lord Thaddeus Rowan and members of the Rogare family present at court. He was then named Hand, however, he died trying to arrest his sworn brother, Ser Mervyn Flowers, a fortnight later.
135135 AC Lord Thaddeus Rowan[18] Lord Thaddeus was reinstalled to the office after the imprisonment of plotters and death of Ser Marston Waters. However, after a moon's turn, he was dismissed once again due to having a poor mental condition.
135136 AC Grand Maester Munkun[3][18] Munkun served as the King's Hand until the election of a new Hand in the Council of 136 AC.
136136 AC Lord Torrhen Manderly[3][18] Lord Torrhen was elected as the new Hand during the Council of 136 AC. Dismissed from office by the king when he came of age.
Unknown–157 AC Prince Viserys Targaryen[3][19]  
Grand Maester 131 AC–Unknown Munkun[3] Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until 136 AC. Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King Baelor I Targaryen as Grand Maester as well,[20] and only the Citadel can name a Grand Maester, in 153 AC Grand Maester Alford held the office,[21] suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point or had died.
Unknown–Unknown Alford[21] In 153 AC, Alford held the office of Grand Maester.
Master of coin 136 AC–Unknown Isembard Arryn[3][18]  
Master of laws 133 AC134 AC Thaddeus Rowan[12] Served as Master of Laws, until he was later named Hand of the King.
Master of whisperers      
Master of ships 135 AC–Unknown Ser Gedmund Peake[13] After the attempted coup during the regency of Aegon III against the Rogare family and the King's Hand, Lord Thaddeus Rowan, Ser Gedmund was named master of ships to appease the supporters of Lord Unwin Peake.
Lord Commander of the Kingsguard 131133 AC Ser Willis Fell[11] Ser Willis died of Winter Fever.
133135 AC Ser Marston Waters[3][12][13] Ser Marston was named Lord Commander by the King's Hand and regent, Lord Unwin Peake, after the king's appointment of Ser Robin Massey in the position was dismissed on the grounds that the king was too young and hadn't consulted his regents.
135 AC–Unknown Ser Raynard Ruskyn[13]  

In addition to his small council, King Aegon III had a council of regents during his minority, who ruled the Seven Kingdoms in his stead:

The Regents of Aegon III
Name Duration Notes
Lady Jeyne Arryn[3] 131134 AC Died of illness at Gulltown in 134 AC.
Lord Corlys Velaryon[3] 131132 AC Died of old age in 132 AC.
Lord Roland Westerling[3] 131133 AC Died of the Winter Fever in 133 AC.
Lord Royce Caron[3] 131132 AC Resigned in 132 AC.
Lord Manfryd Mooton[3] 131134 AC Died due to old age and illness in 134 AC.
Ser Torrhen Manderly[3] 131132 AC Resigned in 132 AC.
Grand Maester Munkun[3] 131136 AC  
Lord Unwin Peake[3] 132134 AC Resigned in 134 AC.
Ser Corwyn Corbray[3] 134134 AC Killed by a crossbowman at Runestone in 134 AC.
Lord Thaddeus Rowan[3] 133135 AC After being broken from torture, he was politely dismissed.
Willam Stackspear[3] 136136 AC Chosen by lot in the Great Council of 136 AC.
Marq Merryweather[3] 136136 AC Chosen by lot in the Great Council of 136 AC.
Lorent Grandison[3] 136136 AC Chosen by lot in the Great Council of 136 AC.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

On the Dothraki sea, Daenerys Targaryen thinks about dragons and what her brother Viserys told her of the last dragons. He had said that they died during the reign of Aegon III, the Dragonbane, no more than a century and a half ago, which does not seem so long ago to Daenerys.[14]

A Storm of Swords

After King Joffrey I Baratheon has ended his betrothal to Sansa Stark and has become engaged to Margaery Tyrell, he informs Sansa that he can still sleep with her, if he wants to. He tells her that "One of the Aegons" had a lot of whores, but fails to remember which Aegon it was, exactly, causing him to (incorrectly) list Aegon III as a possibility.[22]

A Feast for Crows

While discussing dragons, the acolyte Armen tells the novice Roone that the last dragon died during the reign of King Aegon III Targaryen. However, Mollander, another novice, insists it was only the last dragon in Westeros who had died during Aegon's reign, against which Armen argues that the last dragon in Westeros had been the last dragon anywhere.[23]

A Dance with Dragons

Daenerys Targaryen remembers the stories her brother Viserys had told her, including the story about how Aegon III had seen his own mother, Rhaenyra Targaryen, devoured by the dragon of King Aegon II Targaryen.[24]

Quotes by Aegon

I mean to give the smallfolk peace and food and justice. If that will not suffice to win their love, let Mushroom make a progress. Or perhaps we might send a dancing bear. Someone once told me that the commons love nothing half so much as dancing bears. You may call a halt to this feast tonight as well. Send the lords home to their own keeps and give the food to the hungry. Full bellies and dancing bears shall be my policy.[3]

—the account of Grand Maester Munkun on the king's words to Torrhen Manderly upon ending the regency

Family

Ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jocelyn
Baratheon
 
Aemon
 
Daella
 
Rodrik
Arryn
 
Baelon
 
Alyssa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corlys
Velaryon
 
Rhaenys
 
 
 
 
 
Aemma
Arryn
 
Viserys I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alicent
Hightower
 
Daemon
[Note 1]
 
Rhea
Royce
 
Aegon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laena
Velaryon
 
Daemon
[Note 1]
 
Laenor
Velaryon
 
Rhaenyra
 
Daemon
[Note 1]
 
Son
 
Baelon
 
Aegon II
 
Helaena
 
Aemond
 
Daeron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rhaena
 
Baela
 
Stillborn
son
 
Jacaerys
Velaryon
 
Lucerys
Velaryon
 
Joffrey
Velaryon
 
Viserys II
 
Visenya
 
Aegon III
 
Jaehaera
 
Jaehaerys
 
Maelor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Prince Daemon Targaryen was married to Lady Rhea Royce from 97 AC to 115 AC, to Lady Laena Velaryon from 115 AC to 120 AC, and to Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen from 120 AC to 130 AC.


Descendants

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aemma
Arryn
 
 
 
Viserys I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alicent
Hightower
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daemon
 
Rhaenyra
 
 
 
 
 
Aegon II
 
Helaena
 
Aemond
 
Daeron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Viserys II
 
Larra
Rogare
 
Daenaera
Velaryon
 
Aegon III
 
Jaehaera
 
Jaehaerys
 
Maelor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aemon
 
Naerys
 
Aegon IV
 
 
 
 
Daena
 
Baelor I
 
Daeron I
 
Rhaena
 
Elaena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daeron II
 
Myriah
Martell
 
Maron
Martell
 
Daenerys
 
Daemon
Blackfyre
 
Rohanne
of Tyrosh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References

  1. The Hedge Knight.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III.
  4. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Rogue Prince.
  6. 6.0 6.1 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Aegon III Targaryen.
  7. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Daeron I Targaryen.
  8. A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 The Princess and the Queen.
  10. So Spake Martin: Targaryen Kings (November 1, 2005)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
  14. 14.0 14.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.
  15. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
  16. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
  17. Fire & Blood, Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
  19. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 43, Cersei X.
  20. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I.
  21. 21.0 21.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV.
  22. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 28, Sansa III.
  23. A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
  24. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.