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[[Renly Baratheon]] takes [[Eddard Stark]] aside to show him a picture of Margaery, pestering Ned to say that Margaery looks like [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]]; Ned insists she looks nothing like his late sister. Ned believes this is ironic, that perhaps Renly, a young Robert look-a-like, believes he has fallen in love with a Lyanna look-a-like. Instead, it seems to be part of a Tyrell plot to get rid of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] and put Robert in Margaery's path. Indeed, moments later, Robert tells Ned that Renly has been telling him about the sister of [[Loras Tyrell]]. | [[Renly Baratheon]] takes [[Eddard Stark]] aside to show him a picture of Margaery, pestering Ned to say that Margaery looks like [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]]; Ned insists she looks nothing like his late sister. Ned believes this is ironic, that perhaps Renly, a young Robert look-a-like, believes he has fallen in love with a Lyanna look-a-like. Instead, it seems to be part of a Tyrell plot to get rid of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] and put Robert in Margaery's path. Indeed, moments later, Robert tells Ned that Renly has been telling him about the sister of [[Loras Tyrell]]. | ||
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Allegiance | House Tyrell |
Culture | Westeros |
Born | 283 AC |
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Played by | Natalie Dormer |
TV series | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 |
Margaery Tyrell is the only daughter of Lord Mace Tyrell and his wife, Lady Alerie. In the TV series she is played by Natalie Dormer.[1][2]
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Character and Appearance
- See also this collection of images.
Margaery has thick, softly curling brown hair, large brown eyes, unblemished skin and a slender yet shapely figure.[3] Sansa Stark and Cersei Lannister note the similarities in appearance to her brother Loras.[4] Margaery is considered pretty by Jaime.[5] While observing her Cersei admits to herself that Margaery is pretty enough but thinks most of that is youth. Cersei thinks that only a fool would ever claim Margaery was more beautiful than her.[6] She is an intelligent, shrewd and political savvy young woman, very much the protégé of her cunning grandmother, Lady Olenna Redwyne. She is sixteen years old.[7]
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A Game of Thrones
Renly Baratheon takes Eddard Stark aside to show him a picture of Margaery, pestering Ned to say that Margaery looks like Lyanna; Ned insists she looks nothing like his late sister. Ned believes this is ironic, that perhaps Renly, a young Robert look-a-like, believes he has fallen in love with a Lyanna look-a-like. Instead, it seems to be part of a Tyrell plot to get rid of Queen Cersei Lannister and put Robert in Margaery's path. Indeed, moments later, Robert tells Ned that Renly has been telling him about the sister of Loras Tyrell.
A Clash of Kings
Margaery is married to Renly Baratheon, as a pledge of the Tyrells' support for his claim to the Iron Throne.[8] She rides with him to Bitterbridge, where they encounter Lady Catelyn Tully. When Renly is killed, the Tyrells ally with the Lannisters by planning to wed Margaery to King Joffrey I.
A Storm of Swords
Margaery is accompanied by a train of ladies when she arrives in King's Landing to become Joffrey's queen consort. Most are either her relatives or the daughters of her father's bannermen, while others are to be her ladies-in-waiting. They include Alla, Elinor, and Megga Tyrell; Lady Alysanne Bulwer; Lady Alyce Graceford; Lady Taena Merryweather; Meredyth Crane; and Septa Nysterica.[7]
Margaery is greeted by cheering throngs of smallfolk when she reaches the capital. She is well-loved by the populace of the city as Tyrell men have been giving wagons of food to the starving population in her name before her arrival.[9] Margaery and her family have supper with Sansa Stark and discover the truth about Joffrey's nature; Margaery treats Sansa kindly.[10] They plan to wed Sansa to Willas Tyrell, but once this plot is discovered by the Lannisters, Lord Tywin weds Sansa to Tyrion Lannister. Margaery is present at the wedding feast afterwards and takes pity on Sansa.
Margaery is wed to Joffrey by the High Septon at the Great Sept of Baelor. However, the king dies from poison at the wedding feast. It is implied that her grandmother Olenna poisoned Joffrey, but it also stands to reason that Margaery knew of the plot since the poison was placed in the wedding chalice that both were drinking from.
A Feast for Crows
After the funeral of Lord Tywin Lannister, Margaery is wed yet again, this time to Joffrey's younger brother Tommen, a little boy who is then crowned king.
In the months after their marriage, Cersei Lannister schemes to dispose of Margaery and the Tyrells, taking advantage of Margaery's claim to still be a maid despite her marriage to Renly. This claim may or may not be true as Renly Baratheon was gay and Joffrey died before his bedding. Margaery's maidenhead is confirmed to have been ruptured by a septa who inspects her, but Cersei notes that highborn girls often have their maidenheads broken by horseback-riding. Cersei has Osney Kettleblack try to seduce Margaery, but she only responds to his advances with nothing but teasing.
Margaery does much to curry favor with the populace as Tommen's queen. She visits local markets to buy fresh fruits, breads and fish, orders dresses from many local seamstresses, and makes great public shows of charity, all while travelling with a bright and colorful retinue.
Margaery suggests several activities for Tommen in an effort to shape him into a successful ruler, such as riding in sight of his subjects and observing sessions of the small council. Cersei forbids all of Margaery's suggestions. Later, Margaery recognizes the military threat created by the ironborn invasion of the Shield Islands and is incredulous at Cersei's lack of understanding.
Cersei accuses Margaery of adultery and treason, lining up an impressive, if untrue, array of conspirators and evidence by torturing the Blue Bard. After Cersei discounts accusing Loras Tyrell, Horas Redwyne, and Hobber Redwyne, Maergery is accused of having slept with:[11]
Osney Kettleblack | Jalabhar Xho | Bayard Norcross |
Ser Tallad the Tall | Hugh Clifton | Hamish the Harper |
Lambert Turnberry | Mark Mullendore | The Blue Bard. |
Margaery is arrested and imprisoned to await trial by the Faith at the Great Sept of Baelor. While in custody, Margaery confronts Cersei, revealing that she knows that Tommen's mother is behind the accusations and wants to remove the young queen from a position of influence, perhaps by arranging for her death. Later, one of Cersei's key witnesses, Osney Kettleblack, reveals her plots under torture, and Cersei soon finds herself sharing Margaery's plight under similar charges.
A Dance with Dragons
Since the evidence against Margaery and her cousins is weak, the Faith releases Margaery and her cousins to the custody of Randyll Tarly until the day of her trial. Margaery chooses to be tried by judges of the Faith instead of trial by battle.
Quotes about Margaery
– Renly Baratheon to Stannis
Margaery was different, though. Sweet and gentle, yet there was a little of her grandmother in her, too.
– Ser Jaime Lannister
– Cersei
Family
References and Notes
- ↑ Natalie - filmography game-of-thrones-2012
- ↑ About season 2. Slideshow with photo's of characters and the name of the actor on HBO.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 8, Jaime I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 12, Cersei III.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ The populace does not seem to remember that Margaery's father Mace had closed the Roseroad when the war started, thus starting the famine in King's Landing in the first place.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 61, Sansa V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 39, Cersei IX.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI.
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