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{{For|the master of ships during the reign of King Aerys II|Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)}}
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| Character_name = [[File:House Velaryon.PNG|50px|left]] Lucerys Velaryon [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
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| Character_name = [[File:House Velaryon.svg|50px|left]] Lucerys Velaryon [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image         = [[file:Lucerys Velaryon.jpg]]
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| image = [[File:Lucerys Velaryon.jpg]]
| image_caption = Lucerys, by Douglas Wheatley, as depicted in ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''
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| image_caption = Lucerys in childhood, by Douglas Wheatley, as depicted in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''
| Alias         = Little Luke Strong
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| Alias = Luke<br>Little Luke Strong
| Title         = Prince
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| Title = Prince
| Allegiance     = [[House Velaryon]]<br>[[House Targaryen]]<br>[[Blacks]]  
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| Allegiance = [[House Velaryon]]<br>[[House Targaryen]]<br>[[Blacks]]  
| Race           =  
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| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture       = [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]]
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| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Spouse        =  
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| Father = [[Laenor Velaryon]] <small>(officially)</small><br>[[Harwin Strong]] <small>(rumored)</small>
| father = [[Laenor Velaryon]]
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| Mother = [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
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| Spouse =
 
| Place_of_Birth =  
 
| Place_of_Birth =  
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|115}}
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|115}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Place_of_Death = [[Shipbreaker Bay]]
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| Place_of_Death = [[Shipbreaker Bay]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|129}}
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|129}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms   =
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| coat-of-arms =
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| Played_by = Elliot Grihault<br>Harvey Sadler <small>(young)</small>
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| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]]
 
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:''For the master of ships during the reign of King Aerys II, see [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)]].''
 
  
Prince '''Lucerys Velaryon''', also known as '''Luke''', was the second-born son of Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and her first husband, [[Laenor Velaryon]]. He was a [[dragonrider]] whose dragon was [[Arrax]].
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Prince '''Lucerys Velaryon''', also known as '''Luke''', was the secondborn son of Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and her first husband, Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]. He was a [[dragonrider]] whose [[dragon]] was [[Arrax]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
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In the television adaptation ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', Lucerys is portrayed by Elliot Grihault and Harvey Sadler (young).<ref>WarnerMedia Pressroom: [https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/na/bio/house-dragon-character-descriptions House of the Dragon | Character Descriptions]</ref>
  
 
==Appearance and Character==
 
==Appearance and Character==
Lucerys was a strong strapping lad, skilled in arms. Like his brothers [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]] and [[Joffrey Velaryon|Joffrey]], he had brown eyes and hair. This made many at court suspect that [[Harwin Strong]] was their true father.
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Luke was a strong strapping lad, skilled in arms. Like his brothers [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]] and [[Joffrey Velaryon|Joffrey]], he had brown eyes and hair, and a pug nose. This made many at court suspect that Ser [[Harwin Strong]] was their true father.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===Youth===
 
===Youth===
King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] was delighted with Luke when he was presented at court. In {{date|118}} [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] announced the betrothal of her eldest sons, [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]] and Lucerys, to [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]] and [[Baela Targaryen]], the daughters of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] and [[Laena Velaryon]].{{ref|TRP}}  
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King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] was delighted with Luke when he was presented at court. In {{Date|118}} [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] announced the betrothal of her eldest sons, [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]] and Lucerys, to [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]] and [[Baela Targaryen]], the daughters of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] and [[Laena Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
  
When Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] attempted to ride [[Vhagar]], one of [[House Targaryen]]'s [[dragon]]s, he was confronted by the Velaryon brothers. Aemond broke the nose of five-year-old Luke, who eventually took out Aemond's eye with his dagger.{{ref|TRP}}
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When Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] attempted to ride [[Vhagar]], one of [[House Targaryen]]'s [[dragon]]s, he was confronted by the [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] brothers. Aemond broke the nose of five-year-old Luke, who eventually took out Aemond's eye with his dagger.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
  
When Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] fell ill, Rhaenyra wanted him to name Luke as his heir to [[House Velaryon]], as his elder brother Jacaerys was in the line of succession to the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|TRP}}
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When Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] fell ill, Rhaenyra wanted him to name Luke as his heir to [[Driftmark]], as his elder brother Jacaerys was in the line of succession to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
  
 
===Dance of the Dragons===
 
===Dance of the Dragons===
[[File:Deaths of Lucerys and Arrax.jpg|thumb|left|Prince Lucerys and [[Arrax]] are killed by Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] and [[Vhagar]], as depicted by Chase Stone in ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''.]]
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[[File:Deaths of Lucerys and Arrax.jpg|thumb|left|Prince Lucerys and [[Arrax]] are killed by Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] and [[Vhagar]], as depicted by Chase Stone in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''.]]
Prior to the [[Dance of the Dragons]] Lucerys had long served as a squire. He was fourteen years old at the start of the civil war.
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Prior to the [[Dance of the Dragons]] Lucerys had long served as a [[Knight#Becoming a knight|squire]]. He was thirteen years old at the start of the civil war.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
  
Luke was sent on a mission that was considered shorter and safer than his brother Jacaerys's, flying on [[Arrax]] as a messenger to [[Storm's End]] where it was expected that Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] would give him a warm welcome. Prior to his mission he swore on the ''[[Seven-Pointed Star]]'' to his mother on [[Dragonstone]] that he would take no part in fighting.
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Luke was sent on a mission that was considered shorter and safer than his brother Jacaerys's, flying on [[Arrax]] as a messenger to [[Storm's End]] where it was expected that Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] would give him a warm welcome. Prior to his mission he swore on the ''[[Seven-Pointed Star]]'' to his mother on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] that he would take no part in fighting.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
  
Once at Storm's End tragedy befell Lucerys, as Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] had already arrived at the castle on [[Vhagar]]. Upon his arrival in the Round Hall Luke ignored Aemond and went to deliver his letter to Borros. The Lord of Storm's End asked Luke, "''And if I do as your mother bids, which one of my daughters will you marry, boy''?" He then told him to pick one of his four daughters standing in the Round Hall. When Luke admitted he was betrothed to his cousin, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], Borros replied that he thought as much and told him to go home.
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Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] had already arrived at the castle on [[Vhagar]], however. Upon his arrival in the [[Round Hall]] Luke ignored Aemond and delivered his letter to Borros. The Lord of Storm's End asked which of his four daughters in the Round Hall Luke would wed, but the Velaryon prince admitted he was betrothed to his cousin, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]. Borros replied that he thought as much and told him to go home. Aemond drew his sword but Lucerys told him he came as an envoy, not a [[knight]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}
  
Aemond drew his sword but Lucerys told him he came as an envoy, not a [[knight]]. Lucerys was escorted back to the castle yard where [[Arrax]] waited amidst a terrible storm. In the Round Hall, Borros granted Aemond's request to leave. Arrax was struggling to stay aloft as Aemond mounted Vhagar and went after Luke. Arrax was younger and swifter, and on a calm day might have been able to outfly his pursuer, but the weather impeded him and Vhagar was five times the size of her foe and the hardened survivor of a hundred battles.
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Lucerys was escorted back to the castle yard where [[Arrax]] waited amidst a terrible storm. In the [[Round Hall]], Borros granted Aemond's request to leave. Arrax was struggling to stay aloft as Aemond mounted Vhagar and went after Luke. Arrax was younger and swifter, and on a calm day might have been able to outfly his pursuer, but the weather impeded him and Vhagar was five times the size of her foe and the hardened survivor of a hundred battles.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}
  
The two dragons met above [[Shipbreaker Bay]]. According to Archmaester [[Gyldayn]], if there was a fight it could not have lasted long. Arrax fell, broken, to be swallowed by the storm-lashed waters of the bay. His head and neck washed up beneath the cliffs below Storm's End three days later. Prince Lucerys's corpse washed up as well.
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The two dragons met above [[Shipbreaker Bay]]. According to [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]], if there was a fight it could not have lasted long. Arrax fell, broken, to be swallowed by the storm-lashed waters of the bay. His head and neck washed up beneath the cliffs below Storm's End three days later. Prince Lucerys's corpse washed up as well.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}
  
On Dragonstone, Rhaenyra collapsed when told of his death and Luke's younger brother [[Joffrey Velaryon|Joffrey]] swore a terrible oath of vengeance against Aemond and Borros. As the black council sat to consider how to strike back, a raven arrived from [[Harrenhal]]. ''"An eye for an eye, a son for a son,"'' Prince [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] wrote. ''"Lucerys [[Dance of the Dragons#Blood and Cheese|shall be avenged]]"''.
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On Dragonstone, Rhaenyra collapsed when told of his death and Luke's younger brother [[Joffrey Velaryon|Joffrey]] swore an oath of vengeance against Aemond and Borros. Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] avenged Luke's death by sending "[[Dance of the Dragons#Blood and Cheese|Blood and Cheese]]" to assassinate one of Aegon II's sons.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|And with his death, the war of ravens and envoys and marriage pacts came to an end, and the war of fire and blood began in earnest.{{ref|TPATQ}}}} - Archmaester [[Gyldayn]]
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{{Quote|[[Aegon II Targaryen|Our uncle]] calls us [[House Strong|Strongs]], and claims we are [[bastard]]s, but when the lords see us on [[Dragonrider|dragonback]] they will know that for a lie. Only '''[[House Targaryen|Targaryens]]''' ride [[dragon]]s.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}|Lucerys, to the [[black council]]}}
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{{Quote|Little Luke [[House Strong|Strong]], the [[bastard]]. You are wet, bastard. Is it raining, or did you piss yourself in fear?{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}|[[Aemond Targaryen]] to Lucerys}}
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{{Quote|And with his death, the war of [[raven]]s and envoys and [[marriage]] pacts came to an end, and the war of fire and blood began in earnest.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}
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{{Quote|An eye for an eye, a son for a son. Lucerys [[Dance of the Dragons#Blood and Cheese|shall be avenged]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}|[[Daemon Targaryen]] writing to [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]}}
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
 
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==References and Notes==  
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Revision as of 16:09, 18 August 2022

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Lucerys Velaryon
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Lucerys in childhood, by Douglas Wheatley, as depicted in The World of Ice & Fire

Aliases
  • Luke
  • Little Luke Strong
Title Prince
Allegiances
Race Valyrian
Culture Crownlands
Born 115 AC[1]
Died 129 AC
Shipbreaker Bay[2]
Fathers
Mother Rhaenyra Targaryen
Books

Played by Elliot Grihault
Harvey Sadler (young)
TV series House of the Dragon: Season 1

Prince Lucerys Velaryon, also known as Luke, was the secondborn son of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and her first husband, Ser Laenor Velaryon. He was a dragonrider whose dragon was Arrax.[3]

In the television adaptation House of the Dragon, Lucerys is portrayed by Elliot Grihault and Harvey Sadler (young).[4]

Appearance and Character

Luke was a strong strapping lad, skilled in arms. Like his brothers Jacaerys and Joffrey, he had brown eyes and hair, and a pug nose. This made many at court suspect that Ser Harwin Strong was their true father.[5][1]

History

Youth

King Viserys I Targaryen was delighted with Luke when he was presented at court. In 118 AC Rhaenyra Targaryen announced the betrothal of her eldest sons, Jacaerys and Lucerys, to Rhaena and Baela Targaryen, the daughters of Prince Daemon Targaryen and Laena Velaryon.[1]

When Prince Aemond Targaryen attempted to ride Vhagar, one of House Targaryen's dragons, he was confronted by the Velaryon brothers. Aemond broke the nose of five-year-old Luke, who eventually took out Aemond's eye with his dagger.[1]

When Lord Corlys Velaryon fell ill, Rhaenyra wanted him to name Luke as his heir to Driftmark, as his elder brother Jacaerys was in the line of succession to the Iron Throne.[1]

Dance of the Dragons

Prince Lucerys and Arrax are killed by Prince Aemond Targaryen and Vhagar, as depicted by Chase Stone in The World of Ice & Fire.

Prior to the Dance of the Dragons Lucerys had long served as a squire. He was thirteen years old at the start of the civil war.[3]

Luke was sent on a mission that was considered shorter and safer than his brother Jacaerys's, flying on Arrax as a messenger to Storm's End where it was expected that Lord Borros Baratheon would give him a warm welcome. Prior to his mission he swore on the Seven-Pointed Star to his mother on Dragonstone that he would take no part in fighting.[3]

Prince Aemond Targaryen had already arrived at the castle on Vhagar, however. Upon his arrival in the Round Hall Luke ignored Aemond and delivered his letter to Borros. The Lord of Storm's End asked which of his four daughters in the Round Hall Luke would wed, but the Velaryon prince admitted he was betrothed to his cousin, Rhaena Targaryen. Borros replied that he thought as much and told him to go home. Aemond drew his sword but Lucerys told him he came as an envoy, not a knight.[2]

Lucerys was escorted back to the castle yard where Arrax waited amidst a terrible storm. In the Round Hall, Borros granted Aemond's request to leave. Arrax was struggling to stay aloft as Aemond mounted Vhagar and went after Luke. Arrax was younger and swifter, and on a calm day might have been able to outfly his pursuer, but the weather impeded him and Vhagar was five times the size of her foe and the hardened survivor of a hundred battles.[2]

The two dragons met above Shipbreaker Bay. According to Archmaester Gyldayn, if there was a fight it could not have lasted long. Arrax fell, broken, to be swallowed by the storm-lashed waters of the bay. His head and neck washed up beneath the cliffs below Storm's End three days later. Prince Lucerys's corpse washed up as well.[2]

On Dragonstone, Rhaenyra collapsed when told of his death and Luke's younger brother Joffrey swore an oath of vengeance against Aemond and Borros. Prince Daemon Targaryen avenged Luke's death by sending "Blood and Cheese" to assassinate one of Aegon II's sons.[6]

Quotes

Our uncle calls us Strongs, and claims we are bastards, but when the lords see us on dragonback they will know that for a lie. Only Targaryens ride dragons.[3]

—Lucerys, to the black council

Little Luke Strong, the bastard. You are wet, bastard. Is it raining, or did you piss yourself in fear?[2]

Aemond Targaryen to Lucerys

And with his death, the war of ravens and envoys and marriage pacts came to an end, and the war of fire and blood began in earnest.[2]

—writings of Gyldayn

An eye for an eye, a son for a son. Lucerys shall be avenged.[6]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens.
  4. WarnerMedia Pressroom: House of the Dragon | Character Descriptions
  5. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I.
  6. 6.0 6.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II.