Lord Hoster Tully is a character in Game of Thrones. The role was cut from the second season and for the third season the character is stated to have passed away. Prior to his death, Hoster Tully was the Lord of Riverrun, the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands and the head of House Tully, one of the Great Houses of Westeros. He was the father of Edmure, Catelyn and Lysa and the brother of Brynden. He ruled over the Riverlands from the castle of Riverrun.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Background 2 Family tree 3 Appearances 4 In the books 5 See also 6 References

BiographyEdit

BackgroundEdit

Hoster was the head of House Tully and the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. The Riverlands are one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms and House Tully is one of the Great Houses of the realm. House Tully rules the region from their seat at Riverrun and Hoster also holds the title Lord of Riverrun.^[1]

Hoster married Lady Minisa of House Whent. They have three children, two daughters Catelyn and Lysa and a son, Edmure. Only three of the six children she bore survived. She died shortly after bearing the last which died with her. Hoster brokered a marriage alliance with the Lords Paramount of the North House Stark, betrothing his eldest daughter Catelyn to their heir Brandon Stark.^[1]

The Mad King Aerys II Targaryen had Brandon executed triggering a rebellion against him. Hoster joined House Stark, House Baratheon and House Arryn in opposing the Mad King. Catelyn married Brandon's brother Eddard Stark and Hoster arranged for Lysa to marry Lord Jon Arryn to solidify the alliance. They won the war and installed Robert Baratheon as the King on the Iron Throne. In recent years Hoster had become old and frail, losing a great deal of weight as he had been quite portly, and his son Edmure has ruled in his place.^[1]

During the War of the Five Kings, Lord Hoster passed away, passing his titles to Edmure, the new head of House Tully.^[2]

Family treeEdit

Hoster Tully Deceased

Minisa Tully née Whent Deceased

Brynden Tully

Eddard Stark Deceased

Catelyn Tully

Jon Arryn Deceased

Lysa Tully

Edmure Tully

Robb Stark

Talisa Stark née Maegyr

Tyrion Lannister

Sansa Stark

Arya Stark

Bran Stark

Rickon Stark

Robin Arryn

AppearancesEdit

Season three appearances
Valar Dohaeris	Dark Wings, Dark Words	Walk of Punishment	And Now His Watch is Ended	Kissed by Fire
The Climb	The Bear and the Maiden Fair	Second Sons	The Rains of Castamere	Mhysa

In the booksEdit

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Hoster is an old, spent man close to the end of his life. In his prime he was a canny politician and effective military commander, and was a vital supporter of Robert Baratheon's uprising against the Targaryen dynasty. He was married to Lady Minisa Whent, of the great castle of Harrenhal, who passed away some years before the events of the series begin.

See alsoEdit

• Hoster Tully at A Wiki of Ice and Fire.

ReferencesEdit

v • d • e House Tully
Lord:	Edmure Tully	Heir:	Catelyn Stark
Seat:	Riverrun	Lands:	The Riverlands
Title(s):	Lords Paramount of the Riverlands · Lords Paramount of the Trident · Lord of Riverrun
Ancestors:	Edmyn Tully
Current members:	Lysa Arryn · Brynden Tully
Deceased members:	Minisa Tully · Hoster Tully
Household:	Brienne of Tarth
Overlord:	House Stark