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::''For other characters who share the same name, see "[[Aegon Targaryen (disambiguation)]]".
 
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| Image=Aegon V Targaryen.jpg
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| Mentioned="[[Baelor]]"<br>"[[Two Swords]]"
 
| Aka=Aegon of the House Targaryen, the Fifth of His Name<br>Aegon the Unlikely<br/>Egg
 
| Aka=Aegon of the House Targaryen, the Fifth of His Name<br>Aegon the Unlikely<br/>Egg
| Status= [[:Category:Status: Dead|Deceased]]. Perished in the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]].
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| Status= [[:Category:Status: Dead|Deceased]]
 
| Titles=[[King of the Andals and the First Men]]<br>Lord of the Seven Kingdoms<br>Protector of the Realm
 
| Titles=[[King of the Andals and the First Men]]<br>Lord of the Seven Kingdoms<br>Protector of the Realm
 
| Birth=199 AL
 
| Birth=199 AL
| Death=259 AL
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| Death=259 AL<br>Perished in the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]]
 
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| Family={[[Maekar Targaryen]]} - father<br>{[[Aerion Targaryen]]} - eldest brother<br>Maester [[Aemon|Aemon Targaryen]] - elder brother<br>{[[Duncan Targaryen]]} - son<br>{[[Aerys II Targaryen]]} - son<br>{[[Rhaella Targaryen]]} - daughter<br>{[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]} - grandson<br>{[[Viserys Targaryen]]} - grandson<br>[[Daenerys Targaryen]] - granddaughter<br>{[[Rhaenys Targaryen]]} - great-grandaughter<br>{[[Aegon Targaryen (Son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]} - great-grandson<br>{[[Rhaego]]} - great-grandson
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{{Quote|My father was [[Maekar Targaryen|Maekar]], the First of his Name. My brother '''Aegon''' reigned after him, when I had refused the throne, and he was followed by his son [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], whom they called the Mad King.|Maester [[Aemon]]|Baelor}}
 
{{Quote|My father was [[Maekar Targaryen|Maekar]], the First of his Name. My brother '''Aegon''' reigned after him, when I had refused the throne, and he was followed by his son [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], whom they called the Mad King.|Maester [[Aemon]]|Baelor}}
'''Aegon V Targaryen''', also called '''Aegon the Unlikely''' and informally as '''Egg''', is an unseen character in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. He is long dead by the time the series begins.
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'''Aegon V Targaryen''', also called '''Aegon the Unlikely''' and informally known as '''Egg''', is an unseen character in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. He is long dead by the time the series begins.
   
 
Aegon V was the fifth king of his name to sit on the [[Iron Throne]] and the fifteenth king of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty to rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. He was the father of the [[Mad King]], the grandfather of [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and the younger brother of Maester [[Aemon|Aemon Targaryen]]. He was dubbed "the Unlikely" because he was the fourth son of a fourth son and thus unlikely to have inherited the crown.
 
Aegon V was the fifth king of his name to sit on the [[Iron Throne]] and the fifteenth king of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty to rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. He was the father of the [[Mad King]], the grandfather of [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and the younger brother of Maester [[Aemon|Aemon Targaryen]]. He was dubbed "the Unlikely" because he was the fourth son of a fourth son and thus unlikely to have inherited the crown.
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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===[[Season 1]]===
 
===[[Season 1]]===
At [[Castle Black]], Maester Aemon reveals to [[Jon Snow]] that his father was Maekar, and after their father died the crown passed to his brother Aegon, because Aemon refused the throne (due to his vows as a maester). He also bitterly recounts how the children and grandchildren of his brother were slaughtered during [[Robert Baratheon]]'s rebellion. Snow realizes that Aemon is a member of House Targaryen.<ref>[[Baelor]]</ref>
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At [[Castle Black]], Maester Aemon reveals to [[Jon Snow]] that his father was Maekar, and after their father died the crown passed to his brother Aegon, because Aemon refused the throne (due to his vows as a maester). He also bitterly recounts how the children and grandchildren of his brother were slaughtered during [[Robert Baratheon]]'s rebellion. Snow realizes that Aemon is a member of House Targaryen.<ref>"[[Baelor]]"</ref>
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===[[Season 4]]===
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Aegon V is mentioned in [[Duncan the Tall]]'s entry in [[The Book of Brothers]].<ref>"[[Two Swords]]"</ref>
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After the death of her son [[Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Cersei Lannister]] remarks to [[Margaery Tyrell]] that the realm hasn't really had a good king in nearly fifty years. While she doesn't mention Aegon V by name, he is the king who died nearly fifty years ago: [[Robert Baratheon]] ruled for seventeen years before Joffrey, but was a drunken whore-mongering glutton who ignored politics (delegating matters of state to his [[Small Council]]). Before Robert, the Mad King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sat the throne for about twenty years - prosperous years for the most part, but due to Aerys's Hand of the King [[Tywin Lannister]], who had become the real power behind the throne.<ref>"[[First of His Name]]"</ref>
   
 
==Family tree==
 
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Being the fourth son of a fourth son, Aegon V was known as "the Unlikely" because he was unlikely to have inherited the crown. Actually, given that two of his uncles had twin sons, Aegon was initially ''twelfth'' in line to the throne when he was born (during the reign of his grandfather Daeron II). Even after his father was crowned he was still fourth in line for many years.
 
Being the fourth son of a fourth son, Aegon V was known as "the Unlikely" because he was unlikely to have inherited the crown. Actually, given that two of his uncles had twin sons, Aegon was initially ''twelfth'' in line to the throne when he was born (during the reign of his grandfather Daeron II). Even after his father was crowned he was still fourth in line for many years.
   
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Aegon V ruled wisely and well, but he had three major weaknesses. The first was that due to his years travelling across Westeros with Ser Duncan, he gained a great concern for the welfare of the [[Smallfolk]], yet opinions about this varied. Commoners remember him as a great king who was genuinely concerned about their well-being, who ensured their economic livelihoods by raising taxes on aristocrats and wealthy merchants, and who punished lords who abused the rights of the commoners they ruled over. The nobility of the Seven Kingdoms, meanwhile, grew to resent Aegon V - for exactly the same reasons. Second, Aegon V indulged his sons: having married for love himself, he permitted his sons to do the same, although this was not politically wise and made him enemies within the Seven Kingdoms. The nobility was already growing to resent him for his liberal policies with the smallfolk, and a marriage-alliance with one of the Great Houses would have helped to stabilize Targaryen rule.
Aegon V ruled wisely and well, but he had two major weaknesses. The first was an indulgence with his sons. Having married for love himself, he permitted his sons to do the same, although this was not politically wise and made him enemies within the Seven Kingdoms. He also had an overwhelming obsession with hatching the surviving Targaryen dragon eggs. Both weaknesses culminated in 259 AL at the so-called "[[Tragedy of Summerhall]]". This was a fire that got out of control and destroyed the castle, killing Aegon V, Ser Duncan the Tall and Prince Duncan the Small. On the same night, Aegon's grandson [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was born.
 
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Third, Aegon V also had an overwhelming obsession with hatching the surviving Targaryen dragon eggs. These last two weaknesses culminated in 259 AL at the so-called "[[Tragedy of Summerhall]]". This was a fire that got out of control and destroyed the castle, killing Aegon V, Ser Duncan the Tall and Prince Duncan the Small. On the same night, Aegon's great-grandson [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was born.
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==

Revision as of 23:10, 21 July 2014

For other characters who share the same name, see "Aegon Targaryen (disambiguation)".

"My father was Maekar, the First of his Name. My brother Aegon reigned after him, when I had refused the throne, and he was followed by his son Aerys, whom they called the Mad King."
―Maester Aemon[src]

Aegon V Targaryen, also called Aegon the Unlikely and informally known as Egg, is an unseen character in Game of Thrones. He is long dead by the time the series begins.

Aegon V was the fifth king of his name to sit on the Iron Throne and the fifteenth king of the Targaryen dynasty to rule the Seven Kingdoms. He was the father of the Mad King, the grandfather of Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen and the younger brother of Maester Aemon Targaryen. He was dubbed "the Unlikely" because he was the fourth son of a fourth son and thus unlikely to have inherited the crown.

Biography

Season 1

At Castle Black, Maester Aemon reveals to Jon Snow that his father was Maekar, and after their father died the crown passed to his brother Aegon, because Aemon refused the throne (due to his vows as a maester). He also bitterly recounts how the children and grandchildren of his brother were slaughtered during Robert Baratheon's rebellion. Snow realizes that Aemon is a member of House Targaryen.[1]

Season 4

Aegon V is mentioned in Duncan the Tall's entry in The Book of Brothers.[2]

After the death of her son Joffrey Baratheon, Cersei Lannister remarks to Margaery Tyrell that the realm hasn't really had a good king in nearly fifty years. While she doesn't mention Aegon V by name, he is the king who died nearly fifty years ago: Robert Baratheon ruled for seventeen years before Joffrey, but was a drunken whore-mongering glutton who ignored politics (delegating matters of state to his Small Council). Before Robert, the Mad King Aerys II Targaryen sat the throne for about twenty years - prosperous years for the most part, but due to Aerys's Hand of the King Tywin Lannister, who had become the real power behind the throne.[3]

Family tree

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In the books

Aegon V Targaryen is a major character in George R.R. Martin's "Tales of Dunk and Egg" prequel novellas, which are set around ninety years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire.

Aegon, using the alias "Egg", spent many years traveling the Seven Kingdoms as a squire in the service of Ser Duncan the Tall, a hedge knight. At their first meeting Duncan was unaware of Egg's true identity, until he used his royal authority to save Duncan from being killed by his bullying older brother, Prince Aerion. Duncan was able to instead face Aerion on the tournament field and defeat him in combat. Unfortunately, Prince Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen, the royal heir, was killed during the tournament. Prince Maekar - Aegon's father - despaired of Aerion's spoiled indolence and agreed to let Aegon serve as Duncan's squire to build character and gain experience of living in the "real" world.

Aegon ascended to the Iron Throne in 233 AL, following his father Maekar's death in battle with an outlaw lord. Of Aegon's three older brothers, Aerion had poisoned himself to death (by ill-advisedly drinking wildfire, thinking it might turn him into a dragon), Daeron had died of a pox and Aemon had disinherited himself by first joining the maesters and later the Night's Watch. As Aegon V Targaryen, he ruled for twenty-six years. During this time he made Ser Duncan the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and secured an alliance between the Targaryens and House Baratheon by wedding his daughter Rhaelle to the then-Lord of Storm's End (she became the grandmother of Robert, Stannis and Renly Baratheon, giving the Baratheons their claim to the Iron Throne). He had two sons, Duncan (often called Duncan the Small) and Jaehaerys.

Being the fourth son of a fourth son, Aegon V was known as "the Unlikely" because he was unlikely to have inherited the crown. Actually, given that two of his uncles had twin sons, Aegon was initially twelfth in line to the throne when he was born (during the reign of his grandfather Daeron II). Even after his father was crowned he was still fourth in line for many years.

Aegon V ruled wisely and well, but he had three major weaknesses. The first was that due to his years travelling across Westeros with Ser Duncan, he gained a great concern for the welfare of the Smallfolk, yet opinions about this varied. Commoners remember him as a great king who was genuinely concerned about their well-being, who ensured their economic livelihoods by raising taxes on aristocrats and wealthy merchants, and who punished lords who abused the rights of the commoners they ruled over. The nobility of the Seven Kingdoms, meanwhile, grew to resent Aegon V - for exactly the same reasons. Second, Aegon V indulged his sons: having married for love himself, he permitted his sons to do the same, although this was not politically wise and made him enemies within the Seven Kingdoms. The nobility was already growing to resent him for his liberal policies with the smallfolk, and a marriage-alliance with one of the Great Houses would have helped to stabilize Targaryen rule.

Third, Aegon V also had an overwhelming obsession with hatching the surviving Targaryen dragon eggs. These last two weaknesses culminated in 259 AL at the so-called "Tragedy of Summerhall". This was a fire that got out of control and destroyed the castle, killing Aegon V, Ser Duncan the Tall and Prince Duncan the Small. On the same night, Aegon's great-grandson Rhaegar Targaryen was born.

Behind the scenes

For the TV series, the Targaryen lineage was simplified. Aegon V's younger son Jaehaerys, who inherited the throne as Jaehaerys II and ruled for three years before dying of grief, was eliminated from the line of succession and the Mad King, Aerys II, was instead made Aegon V's younger son directly. This makes Aegon V the grandfather of Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen, and Maester Aemon their great-uncle.

So far, it has not been confirmed in the series if Aegon V's daughter Rhaelle did marry into House Baratheon, giving the Baratheons their claim to the throne in the TV series as well as in the books, or if the entire progeny of Aegon V has been replaced with just Aerys and Rhaella. The HBO Viewer's Guide confirms the existence of Duncan Targaryen in the TV show (making him Aerys and Rhaella's brother instead of their uncle), though in the Complete Guide to Westeros video "House Baratheon", Robert states that his claim to the throne was based on his descent from Orys Baratheon, said to be a half-brother of Aegon I Targaryen.

Potential adaptation

On 10 February 2013, George R.R. Martin confirmed that he had been in discussion with HBO over a possible adaptation of the Dunk and Egg short stories, though in what format (TV movies, theatrical movie, or a spin-off TV series) was not made clear.[4]

See also

References

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