This family boasts having some of the finest warriors, politicians, and scholars in the history of westeros. Its up to you all to fill in the details about their history, theories, questions. Because of all the fan theories out there i decided to explain how i derive my own. A song of ice and firecharactershouse targaryen all. It was the actions of past rulers that led to the mess all of the characters are now trying to untangle. The book gets its name from the slogan of house targaryen. Aegon targaryen son of rhaegar game of thrones fanon wiki. In the a song of ice and fire novels, aegon is the infant son of prince rhaegar targaryen and elia martell. He was believed to be the rightful king of the andals and direct heir to the iron throne.
The brother of maester aemon who jon got along with well at the wall and the father of aerys ii targaryen the mad king. After aegon iii, we get the really interesting monarchs in the history of house targaryen as far as im concerned. Aegon targaryen son of rhaegar and elia game of thrones wiki. Aegon ii was born in 107 ac, the eldest child of viserys i targaryen and his second wife alicent hightower. Upon hearing that, you probably noticed that there sure are a lot of characters in this story named aegon targaryen. Aegon i targaryen, the first targaryen king in the. He was married to both of his sisters, visenya and rhaenys. His plotline isnt all that complex, but im pretty sure that six episodes are not enough to introduce him. In the books aegon targaryen son of rhaegar is still alive. The new game of thrones prequel show, house of the dragon, is based on the dance of the dragons in george r.
A comet was seen above kings landing on the night aegon was. This week, aegon v targaryen is our subject of discussion. The host of characters and their agendas valerie estelle frankel 20 artwork from game of thrones and asoiaf wiki pages, a. Aegon targaryen has been the name of several members of house targaryen. Aegon v targaryen, also known as aegon the unlikely, featured in the tales of dunk and egg stories. Other aegon targaryens on game of thrones popsugar. He was believed to be the only living child of prince rhaegar targaryen and princess elia martell of dorne. Either way, rhaegar was safe to hedge his bets before rhaenys and aegon were both murdered by gregor clegane i. He is one of only three characters the others being aemon targaryen and walder frey to have appeared in both the a song of ice and fire novels and the tales of dunk and egg novellas.
These guys will make the sequel even better than the first fire and blood. The two surviving targaryens, viserys and daenerys, fled into exile to the free cities of essos across the narrow sea. The events of game of thrones were set into motion long before the series began. House targaryen of dragonstone is an exiled great house of westeros and the former royal house of the seven kingdoms. The book purports to tell the history of the early targaryen kings, from aegon the conqueror and his sisters to aegon iii, in 23 chapters that narrate the first part of their history as follows. The former ruling house of the seven kingdoms from the capital city of kings landing. Of course, this also leads to examples of the broken ace. In the books, amory lorch separately killed aegons sister rhaenys but the tv series. A song of ice and fire house targaryen characters tv.
Prince daemon targaryen and his children baela targaryen, aegon targaryen, rhaena targaryen patreon rewards. A song of ice and fire house targaryen characters tv tropes. Even if you are good at a lot of things, there will be some things beyond you like, taking dorne easily, for one. It tells the history of house targaryen, a family from his series a song of ice. Since this is a brief overview, i am going to try and write this from memory. Rhaegar and lyanna by naomimakesart on deviantart naomimakesart. Fire and blood is a history of house targaryen and their various dragons, from aegons.
Aegon targaryen, later known as aegon the uncrowned, eldest son and heir of king aenys i targaryen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Aegon targaryen son of rhaegar a song of ice and fire. After that it becomes a real history book with hard to trace characters huge in number. Aegon targaryen was named for the famed conqueror of westeros, aegon i. The text is filled with such a wealth of incident and so many colorful characters. Aegon targaryen trains for kingship, a position he is enormously illsuited for, though none would dare say it to his face. Daeneryss ancient ancestor, aegon, is probably the most famous targaryen in westerosi history. Aegon targaryen son of aenys i a wiki of ice and fire. When i was reading ulemonpeely s thread about daenerys stormborns namesake daenerys targaryen, daughter of aegon iv and queen naerys, whose story contains some similarities to our dany, i thought of something that i hadnt considered before daenerys targaryen, born in 172 ac, had a stillborn twin brother, and the birth of the twins nearly killed their mother, who lingered near. The boywarrior daeron i, the holy fool baelor, the monstrous glutton aegon iv, daeron ii vs.
The rise of valyria valyria was a peninsula in essos that housed a small population of sheepherders like the lhazareen who discovered a lair of dragons under a volcan. This also means princess rhaelle targaryen, the grandmother of robert, stannis, and renly, has been adapted out. He became known to history as aegon the uncrowned after his uncle usurped the throne. The second child of rhaegar targaryen and elia martell, he was apparantly murdered by ser gregor clegane, his head being smashed into a wall. The other issue i wanted to address was that aegon is actuall. Set 300 years before the events in a song of ice and fire, fire and blood is the definitive history of the targaryens in westeros as told by archmaester gyldayn, and chronicles the conquest that united the seven kingdoms under targaryen rule through to the dance of the dragons. King aegon targaryen, also known as young griff, and selfproclaimed aegon vi targaryen, though the succession line of the iron throne doesnt recognize this, is the son of elia martell and rhaegar targaryen. Aegon is a fanfavorite character among readers, one of the two titular characters in george r. The full targaryen family tree contains more than 100 characters and spans 16 generations of entirely fictional history. The untold history of westeros and the game of thrones by george r. Terence it will read like a history text book, just like the world of ice and fire. List of a song of ice and fire characters wikipedia.
Aegon v targaryen was a good leader, but like many of the later targaryen kings he bemoaned the fact that their dragons had died out. Under the historical leadership of aegon the conqueror, they unified westeros with their dragons as weapons and ruled there for 300 years. Aegon targaryen was a member of house targaryen during the century of blood, the son of lord gaemon and lady daenys targaryen of dragonstone. He was considered the worst targaryen king in history. After that it becomes a real history book with hard to trace characters huge in number and not a lot. Family tree shows how the baratheons and targaryens are. Who is aegon targaryen in the game of thrones books. Aegon iii is my new favourite targaryen character the. When a targaryen is good at something, theyre really good at it.
Martins works the rogue prince and the princess and the queen, which are presented as inuniverse histories by archmaester gyldayn. Aegon married his sister, elaena, and together they had two sons. Aegon v targaryen was a lord of the seven kingdoms and the fifteenth targaryen to sit the iron throne as king of the andals, the rhoynar, and the first men. Is aegon an unimportant character because he doesnt show up in. In his book the world of ice and fire, maester yandel describes the events of the. Aegon i targaryen, also known as aegon the conqueror and aegon the dragon, was the first lord of the seven. What was a surprise, though, was jons real name, aegon targaryen. Had he ascended to the iron throne he would have been aegon targaryen the sixth of that name. However in season 7, it is revealed in a vision of bran stark, that he was a. So they have been combining several characters into onetrystane martell. The son of rhaegar targaryen and elia martell, who was murdered by the mountain when the lannisters took kings landing. In preparation of the battle of the trident, aegons grandfather, king aerys ii targaryen used him, his mother elia, and his sister rhaenys as hostages, gracelessly reminding aegons greatuncle, prince lewyn martell of the kingsguard, that the three were in aeryss hands.
Include characters jon snow 15 daenerys targaryen 12 aegon vi targaryen 12 rhaegar targaryen 10 sansa stark 9. King aegon i targaryen, known as aegon the conqueror and aegon the dragon, was the founder and first king of the targaryen dynasty when he conquered all of westeros and united the realm with the exception of dorne and the lands beyond the wall with three great dragons, balerion, vhagar and. Elia martell, rhaenys targaryen and aegon targaryen. Aegon i targaryen, called aegon the conqueror and aegon the dragon, first targaryen king.
What is the dance of the dragons in game of thrones. All credit for this should go to ude4thbytw1zzler for suggesting the idea. Aegon was an infant during roberts rebellion, having been born a few months before its onset. Game of thrones house targaryen characters tv tropes. Things will be a little different this time around as were going to be discussing individual characters instead of houses. He was allegedly killed by gregor clegane bashing his head in against a wall then while still covered in the gore of the babys blood and brains, gregor raped aegon s mother and killed her some say he cut her in half with his sword. Prince aegon targaryen, also known as the young griff is a major character in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eight seasons. After reading and researching the matter, aegon came to believe that extreme heat may prove the answer in hatching the last three dragon eggs left by the final dragon when it died a century earlier. I have chosen to cast aside my frustrations over the long overdue winds of winter. King aegon i targaryen, known as aegon the conqueror and aegon the dragon, was the founder and first king of the targaryen dynasty when he conquered all of westeros and united the realm with the exception of dorne and the lands beyond the wall with three great dragons, balerion, vhagar and meraxes. This is mainly thanks to the first aegon targaryen, known as aegon the conqueror.
In preparation of the battle of the trident, aegon s grandfather, king aerys ii targaryen used him, his mother elia, and his sister rhaenys as hostages, gracelessly reminding aegon s greatuncle, prince lewyn martell of the kingsguard, that the three were in aeryss hands. After his fathers death, he became a dragonrider and rode his late fathers dragon, quicksilver. First off no, young griff faegon wont be making an appearance on the show. He was believed to be the rightful king of the andals and direct. He was supposedly killed by ser gregor clegane during the sack of kings landing in roberts rebellion, but it is revealed that, supposedly, this was not the case. The first 6070% of the book is a real george r r martin book.
House targaryen conquered and unified the realm before it was deposed during roberts rebellion and house baratheon replaced it as the new royal house. Aegon targaryen son of gaemon a wiki of ice and fire. Prince aegon targaryen was the second child and only son of prince rhaegar. This targaryen family tree helps explain game of thrones. Aegon targaryen, later known as aegon the uncrowned, eldest son and heir of. Aegon i targaryens conquest of the seven kingdoms of westeros. Daemon finally gets the son he worked so hard for artstation proud papa, naomi buttelo. Aegon targaryen, lord of dragonstone before the war of conquest, the son of daenys and gaemon targaryen. Brynden rivers, better known as lord bloodraven, is a legitimized bastard son of king aegon iv targaryen called aegon the unworthy and melissa blackwood. Aegon ii targaryen, the second of his name since the conquerer was a member of house targaryen. Aegon and elaena also had a younger sister who married a petty lord.
Aegon targaryen son of rhaegar a wiki of ice and fire. Prince aegon targaryen was a member of house targaryen and was the second child, and eldest son and heir, of king aenys i targaryen and queen alyssa velaryon. It chronicles the targaryen family history over the course of seven generations of rulers, from aegon i. To be clear there are about eight aegon targaryens. Aegon v targaryen a song of ice and fire wiki fandom. This is specifically in the hopes that people will take mine more seriously than they have others. An entire generation of the targaryen family is omitted from the show, making king aegon v the father of king aerys ii, instead of his grandfather. As a result, the baratheon brothers are no longer the second cousins of rhaegar, viserys, and daenerys. A brand new show taking a look at some of our favourite characters from the a song of ice and fire series that dont feature so. Rhaelle was the youngest child of king aegon v targaryen known as the unlikely, and one of the main characters from martins dunk and egg novellas and betha blackwood, whom he married. Fans suspected that hed really be named jaehaerys or aemon, and, besides, daddy rhaegar already had a son named aegon. Aegon vi targaryen, the son of rhaegar targaryen and elia martell in the backstory of a song.
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