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* As Reachmen, the Ambroses march with the Tyrell-Lannister army at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. The squire [[Alyn Ambrose]] slew a [[Myr]]ish crossbowman and a [[House Mullendore|Mullendore]] man-at-arms during the fighting.
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* House Ambrose follow their Tyrell overlords in declaring for [[Renly Baratheon]] on the outset of the [[War of the Five Kings]]. While on the march with Renly's army, Ser Edmund Ambrose was one of the knights who started the wager on the maidenhood of [[Brienne of Tarth]].
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* After Renly's death, the Ambroses again follow the Tyrells, marching with the Tyrell-Lannister army at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. The squire [[Alyn Ambrose]] slew a [[Myr]]ish crossbowman and a [[House Mullendore|Mullendore]] man-at-arms during the fighting.
 
* [[Elinor Tyrell]] was betrothed to Alyn Ambrose after the battle.
 
* [[Elinor Tyrell]] was betrothed to Alyn Ambrose after the battle.
* Ser Edmund Ambrose was one of [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]]'s camp followers that started the wager on her maidenhood.
 
 
* Ambrose men march with [[Randyll Tarly]] to pacify the [[Crownlands]] after the victory at the Blackwater.  
 
* Ambrose men march with [[Randyll Tarly]] to pacify the [[Crownlands]] after the victory at the Blackwater.  
 
* [[Brienne of Tarth]] spots horse trappings bearing the ants of Ambrose among the gear collected from the dead after the [[Battle of Duskendale]].{{Ref|aFfC|9}}
 
* [[Brienne of Tarth]] spots horse trappings bearing the ants of Ambrose among the gear collected from the dead after the [[Battle of Duskendale]].{{Ref|aFfC|9}}

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House Ambrose
Ambrose.png
Never Resting
Coat of arms Or, strewn with ants gules
Head Lord Arthur Ambrose
Region The Reach
Overlord House Tyrell

House Ambrose is a noble house from the Reach.

They blazon their arms as a yellow field strewn with red ants.[1][2] According to semi-canon sources their motto is «Never Resting».[3]

The Ambrose House at the end of the third century

The known Ambroses during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of the house there is also:


Arthur
 
Alysanne
Hightower
 
Edmund
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alyn
 


References in the books

Dunk and Egg

A Song of Ice and Fire

References and Notes

  1. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne
  2. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
  3. The Citadel. House Mottoes
  4. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.