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Revision as of 01:14, 28 March 2014
Doran Martell is an unseen character in the second season. He is first mentioned in the War of the Five Kings feature in the Season 2 Blu-ray.
Biography
Background
Doran Martell is the Prince of Dorne and the Lord of Sunspear. He heads House Martell, the ruling house of Dorne. He's the older brother of the late Princess Elia, who was murdered by Ser Gregor Clegane in the Sack of King's Landing.
Season 2
Tyrion Lannister, Hand of the King, proposes a marriage alliance to Prince Doran, offering the hand of Princess Myrcella Baratheon to be wedded to Doran's youngest son, Prince Trystane, when both come of age.[1] Prince Doran accepts the alliance and Myrcella is sent to Dorne as a ward of House Martell.[2]
Family Tree
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Prince Doran is a cautious, pensive man who does not wear his emotions on his sleeve. He weighs the consequences of every action before he makes them, but whatever action he ultimately takes is therefore very deliberate. Tywin Lannister himself warns that Doran's patience and insistence on long-term planning should not be mistaken for indecision or laziness, and considers him a genuine threat.
Doran was the eldest child and heir of his mother, who by the equal primogeniture laws of the Dornish ruled as Princess of Dorne in her own right. It is unknown what noble House his father was from. He had two younger brothers who died in infancy, thus his two younger siblings Elia and Oberyn were born almost ten years after he was. As a result of their age difference Doran was raised alone, which probably reinforced his tendency to not share his thoughts, though he deeply loved both Elia and Oberyn.
At the time of the War of the Five Kings, Doran has a bad case of gout and has trouble walking, preferring to move in a wheeled chair constructed by his maester. He hides his disability so as to not appear weak to his potential enemies. Instead, while still in command of his wits, Doran has semi-retired to the Water Gardens palace, and delegated much of the day-to-day running of Dorne to his eldest child and heir Arianne.
Doran has three children: Princess Arianne, Prince Quentyn, and Prince Trystane, all born of his wife, Lady Mellario of Norvos. Doran married Mellario for love, not as an arranged marriage, however the two of them later fell out of love, and Mellario moved back to Norvos.
See also
Doran Martell on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
References
- ↑ "What is Dead May Never Die"
- ↑ "The Old Gods and the New"
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