No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
| Aka = Aerys of the House Targaryen, the First of His Name |
| Aka = Aerys of the House Targaryen, the First of His Name |
||
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]] |
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]] |
||
| − | | Family =[[Daeron II Targaryen]] ( |
+ | | Family =[[Daeron II Targaryen]] (father)<br>[[Myriah Martell]] (mother)<br>[[Aelinor Targaryen]] (sister-wife)<br>[[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]] (brother)<br>[[Rhaegel Targaryen]] (brother)<br>[[Maekar I Targaryen]] (brother)<br>[[Aegon IV Targaryen]] (grandfather)<br>[[Naerys Targaryen]] (grandmother)<br>[[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]] (aunt) |
}} |
}} |
||
'''Aerys I Targaryen''' is an unseen character in ''[[Game of Thrones (TV series)|Game of Thrones]]''. Hhe is not expected to appear in the series, being long dead by the time it begins. |
'''Aerys I Targaryen''' is an unseen character in ''[[Game of Thrones (TV series)|Game of Thrones]]''. Hhe is not expected to appear in the series, being long dead by the time it begins. |
||
Revision as of 20:35, 26 April 2013
Aerys I Targaryen is an unseen character in Game of Thrones. Hhe is not expected to appear in the series, being long dead by the time it begins.
Biography
Background
Aerys Targaryen was the first of his name to sit the Iron Throne and the thirteenth King of the Targaryen dynasty. He was the son of King Daeron the Good and Queen Myriah and succeeded his father after he perished in the Great Spring Sickness. Per the Targaryen tradition, he took his own sister Aelinor as his wife. His other brothers were Baelor, Rhaegel, and Maekar, who would succeed him on the Iron Throne
Season 1
Aerys, along with his brothers and sister, is mentioned in the House Targaryen's entry of the book The Lineage and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms.[1]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Aerys I Targaryen is described as bookish. He was spindly and stooped, with long, straight hair. He had a long, thin face, a long, thin mustache and a long pointed beard. He inherits the Iron Throne after the Great Spring Sickness takes not only his father Daeron, but also his nephews Valarr and Matarys, the sons of his elder brother, Prince Baelor "Breakspear", who had perished defending Duncan the Tall in a Trial of Seven - a particular form of trial by combat.
Aerys appointed his uncle Brynden Rivers as Hand of the King and left the governance of the realm to him, while he occupied himself with the study of books and lore. He also shunned the bed of his sister-wife Aelinor. During this time, the realm suffered a great drought and even became less safe to travel. In addition the Lord of the Iron Islands, Dagon Greyjoy, took advantage of the chaos of the spring sickness and the Iron Throne's preoccupation with the Blackfyre rebels under Bittersteel, and raided Fair Isle, the Arbor, and even the North.
After Aerys' death, his brother Maekar inherited the throne, as Aerys had no heir, and their brother Rhaegel was considered crazy.
See also
- Aerys I Targaryen at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)
References
Template:Targaryen navbox