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Jul 1, 2024 · Viserys Targaryen. House of the Dragon. Viserys Targaryen is Rhaenyra's fifth child and the fourth child and second son of Daemon. He is named after his grandfather (and uncle), King Viserys I Targaryen. At the time of House of the Dragon Seasons 1 and 2, Viserys is a mere baby, but maybe one will be in line to sit on the Iron Throne.
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Jun 26, 2024 · Rhaenyra had children from two different marriages. Rhaenyra Targaryen gives birth to six children: three Velaryon sons (though Fire & Blood heavily implies that Harwin Strong is the true father), two full-blooded Targaryen sons, and one Targaryen daughter, the last of whom was stillborn. All other children were involved in House Targaryen's ...
Feb 16, 2024 · Rhaenyra's children suffered a wide variety of tragic events. One of her six kids made it to adulthood, and the one that did seems to wish he hadn't. Three died in the war, two went on to rule the ...
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Jul 5, 2024 · Rhaenyra has six children but loses two of them during her lifetime. Her first three children are rumored to be the offspring of Ser Harwin Strong rather than her husband, Laenor Velaryon. The following contains spoilers for George R. R. Martin's Fire & Blood and House of the Dragon Season 2. HBO's House of the Dragon has gone to great lengths ...
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Rhaenyra had her family's Valyrian looks, wearing her silver-gold hair in a long braid in the manner of Queen Visenya Targaryen. Rhaenyra was a precocious child, bright and bold and beautiful. At the age of fourteen, Rhaenyra was declared by her uncle, Prince Daemon Targaryen, to be the most beautiful maiden in all the Seven Kingdoms. Rhaenyra had ...
Early life
Born in 97 AC, Rhaenyra was the only living child of King Viserys I Targaryen by his first wife, Lady Aemma of House Arryn. Rhaenyra had two brothers, both of whom died in the cradle. Rhaenyra became a dragonrider at the age of seven, when she flew into the sky on the back of a young dragon, whom she named Syrax. A year later, when she was eight, Rhaenyra became a cupbearer for her father, serving him at the table, at tourneys, and at court. From that point onward, King Viserys was seldom see...
Ruling Princess of Dragonstone
At the age of sixteen, in 113 AC, Rhaenyra took possession of Dragonstone. She had been courted by many lords and nobles who sought her hand and her favor. The sons of Lords Blackwood and Bracken had dueled over the Princess of Dragonstone when she visited the Trident in 112 AC, and the so-called Fool Frey asked for her hand in marriage. The twin knights Jason and Tyland Lannister wooed her at Casterly Rock, and she was also courted by the sons of Lords Oakheart, Tarly, Tully, and Tyrell. Ser...
Dance of the Dragons
1. Main article: Dance of the Dragons Rhaenyra was the designated heir of her father, King Viserys I Targaryen, who desired that she succeed him. Viserys's intent had been confirmed by a proclamation of his will. When Viserys died in 129 AC, however, Ser Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and Ser Criston Cole, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and possibly the former lover of Rhaenyra, defied the king's will and instead crowned Rhaenyra's half-brother, Queen Alicent Hightower's son Aegon II...
Rhaenyra's three eldest sons all died fighting during the Dance of the Dragons, but her two youngest sons, the sons by her second husband, Prince Daemon, survived the civil war. The war ended when Aegon II died in 131 AC with no male issue, and was succeeded by Rhaenyra's and Daemon's elder son, the boy Aegon III, who had seen his mother's death by...
A Storm of Swords
Stannis Baratheon mentions Rhaenyra to Davos Seaworthwhile listing historical figures killed for treason.
A Feast for Crows
Arianne Martell cites Rhaenyra as justification for her plan to crown Myrcella Baratheon.
A Dance with Dragons
Daenerys Targaryenrecalls the Dance of the Dragons, and how Aegon III had seen his mother devoured by his uncle's dragon.
In earlier drafts of the family tree George R. R. Martin created for House Targaryen, Rhaenyra had several different first husbands. The first draft had her married to a Lannister, with whom she had no children. A new draft, with details given in the A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying game produced by Green Ronin Publishing, stated her husband was ...
Jun 12, 2024 · How many children does Rhaenyra Targaryen have? (HBO) Rhaenyra Targaryen has six children from two marriages. Her first marriage was with Laenor Velaryon (John Macmillan), the son of Princess ...
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Sep 26, 2022 · King Viserys, Rhaenyra's father, has turned a blind eye to the lineage of his grandsons. When Queen Alicent presses him on the matter, Viserys simply chalks up the children's physical variations ...
