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{{Infobox character
| firstname = Aemon
| lastname = Targaryen
| arms =  Targaryen
| title = Prince
| image = Aemon son of Jaehaerys I by Riotarttherite.png
| image_caption = Aemon, by Riotarttherite ©
| Alias =
| Title = [[Prince]]<br>[[Prince of Dragonstone]]<br>[[Master of laws]]<br>[[Justiciar|Lord justiciar]]
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|55}}{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
| Place_of_Birth = [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|92}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} <small>(aged 37)</small>{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| Place_of_Death = [[Tarth]]
| Father = [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]
| Mother = [[Alysanne Targaryen]]
| Spouse = Lady [[Jocelyn Baratheon]]
| Issue = [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
}}

Prince '''Aemon Targaryen''' was a member of [[House Targaryen]]. He was the third born child of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]. Aemon was married to Lady [[Jocelyn Baratheon]]. Together, they had a daughter, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]. Aemon was a [[dragonrider]] whose mount was [[Caraxes]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|l1=Images of Aemon Targaryen}}
Aemon had eyes "as [[Purple eyes|pale as lilac]]". His hair was a rare color, rare even in [[Old Valyria]]: it was pale, and shone like white gold.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} Aemon was tall and handsome, even as a boy of seven. He was taller than his younger brother [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]], and stronger. By the time Aemon was fifteen years old, he was six feet and two inches tall.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

As a young child, Aemon was very serious, cautious, careful, and obedient. Before he was able to read, he loved being read to. His mother Alysanne would often say, while laughing, that Aemon's first word had been, "Why?".{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} Aemon was a modest child, and neither as quick nor as fierce as his brother Baelon was.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Aemon was fast friends with his brother Baelon, and would train with him in the yard. They were evenly matched against each other, and their contests were very spirited, always drawing crowds of onlookers.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

At first, Aemon was shy around [[dragon]]s,{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} although he would eventually claim [[Caraxes]] as his own mount.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Aemon and Baelon Targaryen by Paparinka Art.png|thumb|350px|Aemon and [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]], by [https://www.instagram.com/paparinka_art/ Paparinka Art] ©]]
Aemon was born in {{Date|55}} on [[Dragonstone]] to King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]. The night following his birth, at the suggestion of Queen Alysanne, King Jaehaerys I placed a [[dragon's egg]] in Aemon's cradle,{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} a practise that was started by Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] who put a dragon egg in Jaehaerys and Alysanne's own cradles.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

From the moment of his birth, King Jaehaerys I openly called Aemon his heir. Queen Alysanne, on the other hand, would reply that Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Jaehaerys I)|Daenerys]] was older than Aemon, and should therefore be queen, to which Jaehaerys would respond that, once Aemon and Daenerys married, they would rule together as king and queen. The answer never entirely pleased Queen Alysanne.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

The [[smallfolk]] of [[King's Landing]] lined the streets outside the [[Red Keep]] when Jaehaerys and Alysanne returned to the city a month after Aemon's birth, hoping to catch a glimpse of the baby. Jaehaerys eventually climbed the ramparts of the main gates of the castle, raising Aemon over his head so all could see him. It was said that in response, a roar went up that was so loud that it could be heard across the [[narrow sea]].{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

Aemon's brother Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] was born in {{Date|57}}. The two children became as close as could be. As soon as Baelon could walk, he began to follow Aemon around everywhere he went.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

In {{Date|58}}, Aemon attended a [[Tourney at King's Landing on the anniversary of the king's coronation|tourney at King's Landing on the anniversary of Jaehaerys's coronation]]. There, he shared the royal box with his parents, his sister Daenerys, and his brother Baelon.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

===Prince of Dragonstone===
[[File:Aemon-and-Jocelyn-by-chillyravenart.png|thumb|350px|Aemon and his wife [[Jocelyn Baratheon]], by chillyravenart ©]]
In {{Date|62}}, King Jaehaerys formally granted the seven-year-old Aemon the title of [[Prince of Dragonstone]] and heir to the throne.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} At the feast that followed Aemon's appointment, Queen Alysanne sat Aemon beside Lady [[Jocelyn Baratheon]]. The two children spent the entire evening talking and laughing together.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} King Jaehaerys had originally wished for Aemon to marry his older sister, Daenerys.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} After Daenerys's death in {{Date|60}}, Jaehaerys came to consider his second daughter, [[Alyssa Targaryen|Alyssa]], but that idea had been discouraged by Queen Alysanne, who had noted Alyssa's interest in Baelon. As such, in {{Date|68}}, Aemon's betrothal to Lady Jocelyn was announced. They were married two years later, in a ceremony as grand as the [[Golden Wedding]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|72}}, Aemon was the victor in the squires' melee during the [[tourney at Duskendale in honor of Lord Darklyn's wedding]]. He later distinguished himself in the lists, and was subsequently [[knight]]ed. Not long after his return to [[King's Landing]], Aemon claimed the [[dragon]] [[Caraxes]], the fiercest of the young dragons present in the [[Dragonpit]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|74}}, Aemon became a father when Jocelyn gave birth to their daughter, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]], on the seventh day of the seventh month of the year. Seven years later, upon reaching his twenty-sixth nameday, Aemon was appointed to the office of [[Justiciar|lord justiciar]] and [[master of laws]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|83}} Aemon, along with his brother [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] and their father Jaehaerys, ended the attempted [[Fourth Dornish War|invasion]] of the [[stormlands]] by Prince [[Morion Martell]] of [[Dorne]]. Mounted atop their [[dragon]]s, they destroyed the [[Dornish]] fleet before it could even make landfall. The war was fought and won in a day, and upon their return to [[King's Landing]], Aemon, Jaehaerys, and Baelon received a riotous welcome, as they had won a war without losing a single man, something not even [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] had been able to boast.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|88}}, Aemon joined King Jaehaerys at a number of the castles he visited in the [[westerlands]] during one of his [[royal progress]]es, but he failed to persuade Jaehaerys to return to the Red Keep.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|92}}, Aemon led the assault on the [[Myr]]ish [[pirates]] who had conquered the eastern half of [[Tarth]] during the struggle known as the [[Myrish Bloodbath]]. Aemon left for Tarth on the ninth day of the third month that year, shortly after learning that his daughter Rhaenys was pregnant with her first child. Aemon arrived before the fleet of his son-by-marriage, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]. On Tarth, Aemon met with Lord [[Cameron Tarth]] in the mountains located at the center of the island, where the Lord of Tarth had made camp. A pair of Myrish scouts eventually discovered the camp, and recognized Lord Cameron. One of them took a shot at Lord Cameron with his crossbow. Although he missed Lord Tarth, Aemon, who had been standing by Lord Cameron's side, was struck in his throat, and drowned in his own blood.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Aemon's death caused an issue with the succession, as Aemon's only child was a daughter, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]. King Jaehaerys chose Aemon's younger brother, Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]], as his new heir, passing over Rhaenys, and, as she was pregnant, her unborn child.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} For this, and the [[Great Council of 101 AC]], the dwarf [[Fool|court fool]] [[Mushroom]] would later name Rhaenys "The Queen Who Never Was".{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Family==
Aemon was married to his aunt, Lady [[Jocelyn Baratheon]], with whom he had one child: Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]. Rhaenys was married to Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in {{Date|90}}. This [[marriage]] led to two grandchildren for Aemon, though he did not live long enough to meet them: [[Laena Velaryon|Laena]] and [[Laenor Velaryon]]. Laena had two daughters, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]] and [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]], while Laenor had three sons, [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]], [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]], and [[Joffrey Velaryon|Joffrey]]. Though no one questioned the paternity of Laena's children, there were unproven rumors that Laenor's children had been fathered on Laenor's wife, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], by Ser [[Harwin Strong]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

===Siblings===
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===Descendants===
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==References==
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