Great Council

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The Great Council was a council formed in 233 AL to decide the succession to the Iron Throne.

Prelude to the Council

After the death of Aerys I without issue, his younger brother Maekar became king. He was the fourth son of Daeron II and he himself had four sons. During his reign, his eldest son, Daeron died of a pox he received from a whore. He had only a daughter as issue. Maekar's second son, Aerion, died in 232 AL after drinking a cup of wildfire, believing it would turn him into a dragon. He had one son as issue.

Aegon and Aemon were not expected to inherit the throne with two grown sons ahead of them. Aemon was already a chained maester serving at his brother Daeron's castle.[1]

Great Council

However, in 233 AL, Maekar died fighting a rebellious lord. A council was convened to decide who would inherit the Iron Throne since both of Maekar's eldest sons were dead and their inheritors were only children. The council decided to bypass Daeron's daughter and Aerion's son and first quietly offer the throne to Aemon, who declined the invitation. They then chose Aegon, who was crowned as Aegon V, the fourth son of the fourth son of Daeron II, earning him the name Aegon the Unlikely. Aemon joined the Night's Watch to prevent others from using him against his brother.[2]

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