Kingship
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Robert Baratheon's coronation | |
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Title | Your Grace, Your Radiance, Your Magnificence |
Culture | Westeros, Dorne, Ghiscar, Beyond the Wall, Basilisk Isles, The North, Iron Islands, Stormlands, Westerlands, The Reach, Riverlands |
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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 through male-preference primogeniture, save for the Kingdom of the Iron Islands which has revived the elective kingsmoot system. Each of the Seven Kingdoms had a king once, though Dorne started using the title "Prince of Dorne" after Lord 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, rulers are elected through democratic and oligarchic systems, while 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.
Contents
Westeros
- King of All Westeros, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men: House Targaryen, House Baratheon
The Wall And Beyond
The North
- King of Winter, King in the North: House Stark
- Barrow King, King of the First Men: said to be ancestors of House Dustin
- Red King of the Dreadfort: House Bolton
- Marsh King
The Vale
- Mountain King
- Bronze King of Runestone, High King of the Vale, the Fingers and the Mountains of the Moon: House Royce
- King of the Fingers: House Shell, House Brightstone, House Corbray
- King of the True Men: House Shett
- King of the Three Sisters: House Sunderland
- King of Mountain and Vale: House Arryn
The Riverlands
- King of the Trident, King of the Rivers and the Hills: House Fisher, House Bracken, House Blackwood, House Hook, House Mudd, House Justman, House Teague, House Nutt, House Vance, House Mallister, House Stark
- Storm King: House Durrandon
- King of the Isles and the Rivers: House Hoare
The Crownlands
- King of Duskendale: House Darklyn
- King of Massey's Hook: House Massey, House Bar Emmon
The Stormlands
- Storm King: House Durrandon
- King of Tarth: House Tarth
The Iron Islands
- Salt king and rock king
- High King of the Iron Islands: House Greyiron, House Drumm, House Hoare, House Greyjoy, House Harlaw, House Blacktyde, House Goodbrother
- King of the Iron Islands, King of the Isles, Iron King, Driftwood King: House Greyiron, House Hoare, House Crakehall
- King of the Isles and the Rivers: House Hoare
- King of the Isles and the North, King of Salt and Rock: House Greyjoy
The Westerlands
The Reach
- King of the Reach: House Gardener
- King of the High Tower: House Hightower
- King of the Arbor: House Redwyne
Dorne
- King of the Torrentine: House Dayne
- King of Stone and Sky: House Fowler
- King of Redmarch, King of the Greenbelt, King of the Dornish: House Yronwood
- High King of Dorne: House Yronwood, House Wade, House Shell, House Holt, House Brook, House Hull, House Lake, House Brownhill, and House Briar
- Prince of Dorne: House Martell
- King of the Tor: House Jordayne
- King of the Brimstone: House Dryland
- King: House Manwoody
- King: House Blackmont
- Vulture King
Essos
- King of the Narrow Sea, King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea: House Targaryen
- High King of Sarnor, King of Sarnor
- God-King of Ib
- King of the Ifequevron
- King of Astapor
- King of Meereen: House Targaryen, House of Loraq
Quotes
"One king," agreed Davos. "One king means peace."