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- Nan, generally referred to as Old Nan, is a servant woman at Winterfell. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Nan is portrayed by Margaret John, and in a Season 6 flashback by Annette Tierney.
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Nan, generally referred to as Old Nan, is a servant woman at Winterfell. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Nan is portrayed by Margaret John, and in a Season 6 flashback by Annette Tierney.
In A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Old Nan is the oldest person living at Winterfell. She came to Winterfell to act as wetnurse for a Brandon Stark whose mother had died birthing him. This Brandon Stark is believed to be either the brother of Lord Rickard Stark or a brother of his father.
Old Nan is the oldest person living in Winterfell. She first came to the castle to nurse a Brandon Stark, who's mother had died during birthing him. Both of Nan's sons died during Robert's Rebellion, and her grandson died on the walls of Pyke, during the Greyjoy Rebellion.
Old Nan is the oldest person in Winterfell, and, as Bran muses, possibly all of Westeros: "She was the oldest person in Winterfell for certain, maybe the oldest person in the Seven Kingdoms. Nan had come to the castle as a wet nurse for a Brandon Stark whose mother had died birthing him."
Old Nan is just an old nanny used by the Starks. She was probably just Nan at some point tuntil another younger Nan came along and she was called Old Nan. How old is she?
Jun 12, 2014 · Old Nan has been in Winterfell for multiple generations, and it is not clear exactly how old she really is. It's stated in awoiaf wiki that she came to Winterfell to wet-nurse a previous Brandon Stark (which one is not known).
Fact #1: Old Nan came to Winterfell to be a wetnurse for "Her Bran". This means she was most likely at least 16 years old when she first arrived in Winterfell, because a younger woman would be unlikely to be able to be lactating. Fact #2: Her Bran died at 3 years old.
