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| Title=[[House Baratheon]]
  
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| Image=Baratheon sig.png
  
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{{SameName|Great House|short|House Baratheon (short)}}
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| Sigil=A crowned black stag rampant on a gold field
  
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| Words='''"Ours is the Fury"'''
  
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| Titles=Lords Paramount of the Stormlands<br>Lord of Storm's End
  
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| Type = Baratheon
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| Seat=[[Storm's End]]
  
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| Image = House Baratheon.svg
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| Region=The [[Stormlands]]
  
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| Arms = Gold, a crowned black stag salient
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| Lord=[[Tommen Baratheon]]
  
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| Words = "Ours is the Fury"
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| Heir=None
 
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| Titles = [[Lord of Storm's End]]<br>[[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands]]<br>[[Warden|Warden of the South]] <small>(from [[305 AC]]){{Dateref|Game of Thrones: Season 8}}</small>
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| Seat = [[Storm's End]]
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| Vassals=[[House Caron]]<br>[[House Dondarrion]]<br>[[House Selmy]]<br>[[House Swann]]<br>[[House Tarth]]<br>[[House Trant]]<br>[[House Errol]]<br>[[House Estermont]]<br>[[House Musgood]]<br>[[House Grandison]]<br>[[House Peasebury]]<br>[[House Connington]]<br>[[House Seaworth]]<br>[[House Wylde]]
  
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| Region = [[Stormlands]]
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| Cadets=[[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]<br>[[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]] (extinct)
  
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| Head = Lord [[Gendry Baratheon]]
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| Founder=[[Orys Baratheon]]|Religion = Faith of The Seven|Founding = 0 AC}}
  
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| Overlords = [[King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men|King of the Andals and the First Men]]<br>{[[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]} <small>([[281 AC|281]]{{Dateref|Robert's Rebellion}}-[[298 AC]]){{Dateref|Game of Thrones: Season 1}}</small><br>[[House Targaryen]] <small>([[2 BC]]{{Dateref|Aegon's Conquest}}-281 AC){{Dateref|Robert's Rebellion}}</small>
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{{Quote|...the Baratheons fight each other, ...|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] to Ser [[Jorah Mormont]].|The Ghost of Harrenhal}}
  
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| Vassals = [[House Caron]]<br>[[House Connington]]<br>[[House Dondarrion]]<br>[[House Errol]]<br>[[House Estermont]]<br>[[House Fell]]<br>[[House Grandison]]<br>[[House Lonmouth]]<br>[[House Morrigen]]<br>[[House Musgood]]<br>[[House Peasebury]]<br>[[House Penrose]]<br>[[House Seaworth]]<br>[[House Selmy]]<br>[[House Swann]]<br>[[House Tarth]]<br>{[[House Toyne]]}<br>[[House Trant]]<br>[[House Wylde]]
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[[Image:House Baratheon banner.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The banner of [[House Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]], rulers of the [[Stormlands]].]]
  
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| Religion = [[Faith of the Seven]]
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| Cadets = {[[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]}<br>{[[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]}
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| Founded = [[2 BC]]{{Dateref|Aegon's Conquest}}<br>by {[[Orys Baratheon]]}
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{{Quote|Ours Is The Fury. These are the words of the black stag of Baratheon; a battle cry echoed throughout the land in rebellion when I, Robert Baratheon, the First of His Name seized the Iron Throne from the Mad King, Aerys Targaryen, ending a dynasty nearly three-hundred years old.|[[Robert Baratheon]]|House Baratheon (short)}}
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'''House Baratheon'''{{Ref|GOT101}} of [[Storm's End]] is a [[Great House]] of [[Westeros]] that traditionally rules the [[Stormlands]] on the eastern coast of Westeros, aptly named for its frequent storms.
   
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House Baratheon became the royal house of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] (as [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]) after [[Robert Baratheon]] led a [[Robert's Rebellion|rebellion]] against the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]]. At the end of the rebellion, Robert ascended the Iron Throne as Robert I and married [[Cersei Lannister]] after the death of [[Lyanna Stark]].
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'''House Baratheon of [[Storm's End]]''' is one of the [[Great Houses]] of [[Westeros]], although also one of the youngest. It is the current royal house.
  
   
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House Baratheon became officially extinct after the deaths of [[Stannis Baratheon]] and his [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone|family]], but was revived when Robert's last known [[Bastardy|bastard]] was [[Legitimization|legitimized]] by [[King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men|Queen]] [[Daenerys Targaryen]] as [[Gendry Baratheon]].
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House Baratheon's sigil is a black stag on a gold background and their house motto is '''"Ours is the Fury"'''. When Robert ascended the [[Iron Throne]], a gold crown was added to the stag, denoting their status as the royal house.
  
   
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House Baratheon's sigil is a crowned black stag on a gold field and their [[house words]] are "Ours is the Fury."<ref>"[[House Baratheon (short)|House Baratheon]]"</ref><ref>"[[The Wolf and the Lion]]"</ref>
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The ancestral Baratheon stronghold is Storm's End, but since becoming the royal house, they have also taken possession of the old [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] island fortress of [[Dragonstone]], while the King rules from the city of [[King's Landing]], the capital of the Seven Kingdoms.
  
   
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==History==
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When the [[War of the Five Kings]] began following King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s death, House Baratheon became divided into three distinct factions: [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|one]] led by Robert's alleged son (who is actually the product of an incestuous sexual relationship between Cersei and Jaime Lannister), [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]; [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone|one]] led by his younger brother, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]; and one led by his youngest brother, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. As a result of Renly's murder and the casualties suffered at the Battle of the Blackwater, the majority of House Baratheon's surviving lords and bannermen are now sworn to Stannis, though much of the Stormlands are occupied by [[House Lannister|Lannister]] and [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] forces loyal to King [[Tommen Baratheon]], Joffrey's younger brother and successor.
  
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=== Background ===
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House Baratheon was founded by [[Orys Baratheon]], a general in the army of [[King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men|King]] [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the founder of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]] who [[Aegon's Conquest|conquered]] the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Orys Baratheon was also rumored to be Aegon's [[Bastardy|bastard]] half-brother. He defeated [[Argilac Durrandon|Argilac the Arrogant]], the last of the [[Storm King]]s, and captured his castle of [[Storm's End]]. For his accomplishments, Orys was made [[Lord of Storm's End]] and founded House Baratheon. Orys took the sigil and words of the defeated [[House Durrandon]] as his own, cementing his [[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands|rule]] over the [[Stormlands]] by marrying [[Argella Baratheon|Argella Durrandon]], the daughter of the fallen Argilac.
   
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[[File:Orys Baratheon leadering his troops in Storm's End.png|thumb|Orys Baratheon leading his troops in Storm's End.]]
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After the deaths of Stannis and Shireen, Tommen is the last remaining member of House Baratheon. However, House Baratheon's bloodline is technically extinct, since Tommen is a bastard born of incest between Cersei and Jaime Lannister. And also taking into account the fact that Robert's bastard children like [[Gendry]] and [[Barra]], who have no legitimate claim to the throne. And many bastards were killed in a [[Massacre in King's Landing|purge]] on the orders of King Joffrey.
  
   
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[[File:House Baratheon lineage.jpg|thumb|A history book with information on the early members of House Baratheon.]]
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==History==
  
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House Baratheon was founded by [[Orys Baratheon]], a general in the army of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the Conqueror. Orys Baratheon was also rumored to be Aegon's bastard half-brother. He defeated [[Argilac the Arrogant]], the last of the [[Storm Kings]], and captured his castle of [[Storm's End]]. He also captured Argilac's daughter, [[Argalia Baratheon|Argalia]], and took her as his wife. For his accomplishments, Orys was made Lord of Storm's End and founder of House Baratheon.
  
   
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[[Robert Baratheon]] led a [[Robert's Rebellion|rebellion]] against King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], resulting in the overthrowing of the Targaryens. Robert became the new king; [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] became [[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands]], ruling the Stormlands from Storm's End; [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] formed the cadet branch [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]].
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[[File:Orys_Baratheon_leadering_his_troops_in_Storm's_End.png|thumb|Orys Baratheon leading his troops in Storm's End]]
  
   
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[[File:Robert in the Iron Throne.png|thumb|Robert Baratheon on the Iron Throne.]]
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[[Image:House Baratheon lineage.jpg|jpg|thumb|right|200px|A history book with information on the founders of House Baratheon.]]
  
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 1|''Game of Thrones'': Season 1]]===
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===Robert's Rebellion===
  
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[[File:Robert at Winterfell.jpg|thumb|The Stark household kneels before King Robert.]]
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[[Robert Baratheon]] travels to [[Winterfell]] to ask his old friend [[Eddard Stark]] to serve as the new [[Hand of the King]]. Robert also seeks to unite Houses Baratheon and [[House Stark|Stark]] once and for all by marrying [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] to his eldest "son" and heir [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]].<ref name="E01">"[[Winter Is Coming]]"</ref>
   
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Ned deduces that Robert's children with [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] are actually [[Bastardy|bastards]] born of incest between Cersei and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]];<ref>"[[A Golden Crown]]"</ref> he sends a message to Stannis, informing him of this, as he has been revealed to be the rightful heir to the throne.
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Two hundred and eighty-one years later, Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] [[Robert's Rebellion|rebelled]] against King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], the Mad King, when the latter's son, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], kidnapped Robert's betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], and his father the Mad King murdered her [[Rickard Stark|father]] and [[Brandon Stark (the elder)|brother]]. House Baratheon, allied to the Houses [[House Stark|Stark]], [[House Arryn|Arryn]] and [[House Tully|Tully]], defeated the Targaryen army at the [[Battle of the Trident]], while the forces of House Lannister captured King's Landing, where [[Jaime Lannister]] slew the Mad King. It was decided that Robert, as the military leader of the rebellion and also the one with the best blood-claim to the [[Iron Throne]], would become King. With Lyanna dead, he married [[Cersei Lannister]] to cement the alliance that brought down the Targaryens, but they did not have a happy marriage, due to Robert's whoring and abuse, and Cersei's hatred of him.<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/rbaratheon/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of Storm's End entry]</ref>
  
   
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Robert [[Assassination of Robert Baratheon|is mortally wounded]] during a hunt. Following his death<ref>"[[You Win or You Die]]"</ref> and [[Execution of Eddard Stark|Ned's execution]], the [[War of the Five Kings]] begins.<ref>"[[Baelor]]"</ref>
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===Royal House===
  
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When House Baratheon became the new royal dynasty, the House's heraldry was slightly altered, adding a crown to the black stag on a gold field.<ref>"[[The Wolf and the Lion]]"</ref>
  
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 2|''Game of Thrones'': Season 2]]===
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With Robert Baratheon leaving for King's Landing to rule all of the Seven Kingdoms from the Iron Throne, he left his youngest brother [[Renly Baratheon]], who was only a child at the time, to rule the seat of House Baratheon at Storm's End. Meanwhile, he appointed his middle brother [[Stannis Baratheon]] as Lord of [[Dragonstone]] island, the ancestral seat of House Targaryen. This also made Stannis the lord of several minor outlying islands of the Crownlands which were in [[Blackwater Bay]]. Many saw this as an insult to Stannis, as windswept and isolated Dragonstone was not as wealthy or prestigious as Storm's End, the capital of the Stormlands. However, Stannis was a proven military commander and a loyal vassal of his experience was needed to rein in Dragonstone, where many of the most die-hard Targaryen loyalist Houses were located. [[File:Robert_in_the_Iron_Throne.png|thumb|Robert in the Iron Throne]]
  
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Both [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon]] declares themselves the rightful kings.
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[[File:Renly Stannis Parley.jpg|thumb|The Baratheon brothers parley in the Stormlands.]]
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Following the unsuccessful [[parley]] between them, [[Assassination of Renly Baratheon|Renly is killed]] by a [[shadow]].<ref>"[[The Ghost of Harrenhal]]"</ref> The [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] form an alliance with the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Stannis is defeated by the combined Lannister-Tyrell army at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].<ref>"[[Blackwater]]"</ref>
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[[File:Stannis Melisandre 2x10.jpg|thumb|Melisandre shows Stannis the future in the flames.]]
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 3|''Game of Thrones'': Season 3]]===
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It isn't exactly clear how King Robert envisioned dividing up his possessions for future generations of House Baratheon, or if he even had a plan. It isn't clear if he meant to permanently unite [[the Crownlands]] around King's Landing with the Stormlands around Storm's End (which do border the Crownlands). Alternatively, he might have handed off Storm's End and the Stormlands to a cadet branch of House Baratheon formed by Stannis or Renly's children, while Robert's own "children" ruled the Crownlands. There's even the possibility that Robert intended to cut his younger brothers out of the succession entirely, and have the rule of the Stormlands pass to his younger "son" Tommen. Whatever plans Robert may have had were swept away by the outbreak of war upon his unexpected death.
  
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[[File:Lannisters overrun the Stormlands.jpg|thumb|The Lannisters and Tyrells have taken over the Stormlands.]]
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[[Gendry Baratheon|Gendry]], a [[Bastardy|bastard]] son of Robert, is brought to Dragonstone and forcibly used for the [[leech ritual]].<ref>"[[Second Sons (episode)|Second Sons]]"</ref> Davos sets Gendry free, and persuades Stannis to assist the [[Night's Watch]].<ref>"[[Mhysa]]"</ref>
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 4|''Game of Thrones'': Season 4]]===
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===War of the Five Kings===
  
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[[File:Stannis attacks.png|thumb|Stannis, with the Iron Bank now funding him, moves north.]]
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After receiving a loan from the Iron Bank of Braavos<ref>"[[The Laws of Gods and Men]]"</ref> and hiring sellswords, Stannis marches [[north]] and defeats the [[Free Folk|wildling]] army at the [[battle for the Wall]].<ref>"[[The Watchers on the Wall]]"</ref>
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 5|''Game of Thrones'': Season 5]]===
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Seventeen years after he was crowned king, Robert Baratheon died of a wound taken on a boar hunt. Secretly, his death was actually the result of Queen Cersei having his wine spiked to make sure he would be too drunk to defend himself on the hunt.
  
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[[File:5x10 Stannis Defeated Promo.png|thumb|Stannis's death brings an end to the true legal bloodline of House Baratheon.]]
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[[File:House-Baratheon-of-Kings-Landing-heraldry.jpg|thumb|right|The sigil of Joffrey's "House Baratheon of King's Landing"]] His eldest son, [[Joffrey Baratheon]], crowned [[King of the Andals and the First Men]], but his rule was soon contested by those who claimed that he was born of incest between Queen Cersei and her twin brother, Jaime, including both of Robert's brothers. This directly led to the outbreak of the conflict which would become known as the [[War of the Five Kings]]. Just as the war tore apart the Seven Kingdoms into different factions following different kings, in microcosm, House Baratheon itself has been torn between three rival heirs claiming the succession:
  
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Stannis is defeated by the Boltons at the [[battle in the ice]]. [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]] kills Stannis, ending the legitimate bloodline of House Baratheon.<ref>"[[Mother's Mercy]]"</ref>
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 6|''Game of Thrones'': Season 6]]===
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'''Joffrey Baratheon''', holding the [[Iron Throne]], continued to rule the cadet branch of House Baratheon formed by King Robert, "[[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]". However, with the spread of rumors revealing that Joffrey is not Robert's son but a bastard of incest between Cersei and Jaime Lannister, none of the lords of the Stormlands declared for him.
  
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Though House Baratheon is in fact no more, King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] of the still surviving [[cadet branch]] [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]] continues to use the Baratheon name to legitimize his rule, thus leaving House Baratheon still legally intact.
   
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[[File:House-Baratheon-of-Dragonstone-heraldry.jpg|thumb|right|The sigil of Stannis's "House Baratheon of Dragonstone"]]
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[[File:Tommen Baratheon(Lannister) jumps out of his window, Season 6 Episode 10..jpg|thumb|Tommen's suicide marks the legal end of House Baratheon.]]
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Following Tommen's death, House Baratheon becomes legally extinct.<ref>"[[The Winds of Winter]]"</ref>
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'''Stannis Baratheon''' formed his own cadet branch, "[[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]", and claimed the kingship as Robert's eldest surviving brother and thus legal heir. Robert had several [[bastard]] children but by definition none of them could inherit his rule. However, as an unpopular and stern man, hardly any of the Houses from the Stormlands declared for Stannis.
  
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[[File:Renly sigil.png|thumb|right|The sigil adopted by King Renly I for his faction in the War of the Five Kings mirrored his alliance with House Tyrell.]]
  
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Flouting tradition, Robert's younger brother '''Renly Baratheon '''declared himself king ahead of his older brother Stannis, knowingly ignoring the laws of succession that made him Stannis's heir. Almost all of the lords of Houses in the Stormlands declared for Renly, who also continued to hold Storm's End itself. As a further insult to Stannis, Renly didn't even bother officially forming his own cadet branch, instead claiming dominion over all of "House Baratheon". To strengthen his military and political position, Renly entered into a marriage-alliance with the powerful [[House Tyrell]] of [[the Reach]], by wedding [[Margaery Tyrell]]. For his personal sigil, and the sigil of his faction in the war, Renly altered the original color scheme of the sigil of House Baratheon. Instead of the black crowned stag on a yellow field, Renly's banner displayed a golden crowned stag on a field of green, a nod to the color scheme of his new wife's powerful family, House Tyrell.
  
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 7|''Game of Thrones'': Season 7]]===
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Renly was subsequently assassinated and left no heirs. All of the noble Houses of the Stormlands that had declared for Renly then grudgingly switched their allegiance to Stannis as the only surviving Baratheon brother, while the Tyrells abandoned them claiming (accurately) that Stannis had something to do with Renly's death. Some of the Tyrell vassals, such as [[House Florent]], went over to Stannis. Stannis assembled his new armies into a massive assault in King's Landing, the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. However, Stannis' forces were crushed in the assault by the timely arrival of [[Tywin Lannister]] and [[Loras Tyrell]], heralding the new Lannister-Tyrell alliance. Most of the military strength of the Stormlands was crushed in the battle, though Stannis himself was able to escape back to Dragonstone with a handful of remaining troops. Stannis lost most of the Stormlands as a result of the battle: with their military strength spent, the Houses of the Stormlands were too weak to resist Joffrey's armies and bent the knee. Some of Renly's old supporters who were never fond of Stannis even actively switched to Joffrey's side.
  
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[[File:Gendry Eastwatch.jpg|thumb|Gendry, the last person with Baratheon blood, is found by Davos.]]
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[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] and Davos travel to [[King's Landing]], and find the unrecognized bastard Gendry, the last living person with Baratheon blood through his father.<ref name="E65">"[[Eastwatch]]"</ref>
   
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[[File:Gendry.PNG|thumb|Gendry fights against a wight.]]
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At this point, in terms of the family, there is no unified "House Baratheon" as there was before the war. Stannis is indeed the legal heir of the previous House, but he has formed his own cadet branch with new heraldry. Joffrey, along with his younger sister Myrcella and younger brother Tommen, were all bastards and not actual "Baratheons". Aside from being a bastard, Joffrey also led his own cadet branch with different heraldry, not the original "House Baratheon". Thus the only surviving members of the Baratheon family were Stannis and his daughter [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]]. Joffrey and Shireen were later killed during the war, however, making Stannis the last legitimate Baratheon - though Robert left behind several bastard children, of which at least [[Gendry]] is still alive.
  
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Gendry joins the group which goes [[Beyond the Wall]] to [[Wight hunt|capture a wight]].<ref name="E66">"[[Beyond the Wall (episode)|Beyond the Wall]]"</ref>
   
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===[[Game of Thrones: Season 8|''Game of Thrones'': Season 8]]===
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In terms of "House Baratheon", the political entity ruling over the Stormlands, they have been largely crushed and subdued by the Iron Throne forces. Stannis continues to possess the holdings he had before Renly died, Dragonstone and a few other minor islands in Blackwater Bay. However, a garrison continues to hold the impregnable castle of Storm's End itself in Stannis's name.
  
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House Baratheon is legally restored when Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] legitimizes Gendry, who fought at the [[Battle of Winterfell]]. Gendry is named [[Lord of Storm's End]].<ref name="E71">"[[The Last of the Starks]]"</ref>
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As the new head of House Baratheon, Gendry consolidates control over the Stormlands. Later, he participates in the [[Great Council of 305 AC]] along with one of his bannermen, Lord [[Une]], and agrees to the ascension of [[Bran Stark]] as the new [[King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men|King of the Andals and the First Men]].<ref>"[[The Iron Throne]]"</ref>
   
 
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* King {[[Robert Baratheon]]}, the head of the family, [[King of the Andals and the First Men]], [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], [[Protector of the Realm]]. Killed by a boar.
  
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*King {[[Robert Baratheon]]}, the late head of the family. [[King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men|King of the Andals and the First Men]], [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], [[Protector of the Realm]]. [[Assassination of Robert Baratheon|Killed]] by a boar after being dulled with [[Food and drink|wine]] by [[Lancel Lannister]].
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** His wife, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], of [[House Lannister]].
  
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**Queen {[[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]}, his wife of [[House Lannister]]. Queen Mother after Robert's death, later Queen of the Andals and the First Men, [[Protector of the Seven Kingdoms]], [[Lord of Casterly Rock |Lady of Casterly Rock]]. Crushed by falling debris under the [[Red Keep]] during the [[Battle of King's Landing]].
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*** Their eldest son and Robert's heir, King {[[Joffrey Baratheon]]}, poisoned at his royal wedding.
  
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***{[[Robert Baratheon's son]]}, their eldest son. Briefly heir to the Seven Kingdoms, died of a fever. The only legitimate child of Queen Cersei and King Robert.
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*** Their daughter, Princess {[[Myrcella Baratheon]]}, King Tommen's heir, betrothed to [[Trystane Martell]]. Poisoned by [[Ellaria Sand]].
  
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***King {[[Joffrey Baratheon]]}, their second son and successor. Poisoned at his [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]] with the [[strangler]] by [[Olenna Tyrell]].
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*** Their youngest son, King [[Tommen Baratheon]].
  
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**** His wife, Queen [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], of [[House Tyrell]], twice-widowed.
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****Queen {[[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]}, his wife of [[House Tyrell]]. Widow of Renly. Burned alive by wildfire during the [[Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor]].
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* King {[[Stannis Baratheon]]}, Robert's younger brother, the Lord of [[Dragonstone]] and Storm's End, claimant to the Iron Throne. Killed by [[Brienne of Tarth]] after the failed [[Battle of Winterfell]].
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***Princess {[[Myrcella Baratheon]]}, their only daughter. Betrothed to [[Trystane Martell]]. [[Poison]]ed with the [[long farewell]] by [[Ellaria Sand]] in [[Dorne]].
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** His wife, Queen {[[Selyse Baratheon|Selyse]]}, of [[House Florent]]. Hanged herself after the death of their daughter.
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***King {[[Tommen Baratheon]]}, their youngest son. Jumped out of a window in the Red Keep after witnessing the [[Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor]].
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****Queen {[[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]}, his wife of [[House Tyrell]]. Widow of Joffrey and Renly. Burned alive by wildfire during the [[Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor]].
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***Their daughter, Princess {[[Shireen Baratheon]]}, burned alive by [[Melisandre]] as a sacrifice to the [[Lord of Light]].
  
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**Lord [[Gendry Baratheon]], the current Lord of Storm's End, head of the house, [[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands]], and [[Warden|Warden of the South]]. Son and formerly unacknowledged [[Bastardy|bastard]] of King Robert. With his [[legitimization]] by the decree of Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]], House Baratheon is restored.
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* King {[[Renly Baratheon]]}, Robert's youngest brother, the Lord of [[Storm's End]], also a claimant to the Iron Throne. Killed by a [[shadow]].
  
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*King {[[Stannis Baratheon]]}, Robert's younger brother, the Lord of [[Dragonstone]] and Storm's End, claimant to the Iron Throne. Killed by [[Brienne of Tarth]] shortly after the [[battle in the ice]].
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** His wife, Queen [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], of [[House Tyrell]].
  
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**Queen {[[Selyse Baratheon|Selyse]]}, his wife of [[House Florent]]. Hanged herself after the death of their daughter.
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***Princess {[[Shireen Baratheon]]}, their daughter and heir. Burned alive by [[Melisandre]] as a sacrifice to the [[Lord of Light]].
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***{[[Petyr Baratheon]]}, their stillborn son.
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***{[[Tommard Baratheon]]}, their stillborn son.
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***{[[Edric Baratheon]]}, their stillborn son.
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*King {[[Renly Baratheon]]}, Robert's youngest brother, the Lord of [[Storm's End]], also a claimant to the Iron Throne. Killed by a [[shadow]].
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**Queen {[[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]}, his wife of [[House Tyrell]]. Burned alive by wildfire during the [[Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor]].
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Note: Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are claimed to be the children of King Robert Baratheon, but actually were born of incest between Queen Cersei and her twin brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. Thus, Stannis was Robert's lawful heir before his death. With the deaths of Stannis and Shireen, the bloodline of House Baratheon is extinct.
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Note: Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are claimed to be the children of King Robert Baratheon, but actually were born of incest between Queen Cersei and her twin brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. Thus, Stannis was Robert's lawful heir before his death. With the deaths of Stannis and Shireen, the bloodline of House Baratheon became legally extinct (Lord Gendry Baratheon was an unacknowledged bastard of Robert Baratheon and thus was not entitled to claim the Baratheon name). With the death of Tommen, the people of Westeros believed that House Baratheon was completely extinct until Daenerys Targaryen's legitimization of Lord Gendry.
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=== Historical members ===
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==Vassal Houses==
  
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{{Tree list}}
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* [[House Connington]] of [[Griffin's Roost]]
  
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* Lord {[[Orys Baratheon]]}, founder of House Baratheon and first [[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands]]. Originally a [[Bastardy|bastard]] from [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]].
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* [[House Errol]] of [[Haystack Hall]]
  
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** Lady {[[Argella Baratheon|Argella]]}, his wife of [[House Durrandon]].
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* [[House Estermont]] of Greenstone
  
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*** Ser {[[Raymont Baratheon]]}, their son. A [[Knighthood|knight]] of [[Aenys Targaryen]]'s [[Kingsguard]] who saved the king's life during the [[Faith Militant uprising]].
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* [[House Grandison]] of Grandview
  
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* [[House Musgood]]
  
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* [[House Peasebury]] of Poddingfield
  
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* Lord {[[Boremund Baratheon]]}, head of House Baratheon during the early reign of [[Viserys I Targaryen]].
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* [[House Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall]]
  
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* {[[House Toyne]]} - extinct
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** Lord {[[Borros Baratheon]]}, his son.
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*** {[[Cassandra Baratheon]]}, his daughter.
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* [[House Trant]] of Gallowsgrey
  
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* [[House Seaworth]] of Cape Wrath 
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*** {[[Maris Baratheon]]}, his daughter.
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*** {[[Ellyn Baratheon]]}, his daughter.
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* [[House Wylde]] of [[Rain House]]
  
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*** {[[Floris Baratheon]]}, his daughter.
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** Lady {[[Jocelyn Baratheon]]}, his sister. Wife of {[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]}, [[Prince of Dragonstone]].
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*** (See [[House Targaryen]])
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{{Tree list}}
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* Lord {[[Lyonel Baratheon]]}. Fought for Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] in his [[Trial by seven of Duncan the Tall|trial by seven]].
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* Lord {[[Ormund Baratheon]]}. At some point became [[Hand of the King]] to [[Egg|Aegon V Targaryen]]. Died in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].
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** Princess {[[Rhaelle Baratheon|Rhaelle]]}, his wife of [[House Targaryen]].
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*** Lord {[[Steffon Baratheon]]}, their son and heir. Participated in the War of the Ninepenny Kings and allegedly held his father as he died. Father of Robert, Stannis, and Renly Baratheon.
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**** Lady {[[Cassana Baratheon|Cassana]]}, his wife of [[House Estermont]]. Mother to all three of Steffon's sons.
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==Military strength==
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[[File:Baratheon man-at-arms.jpg|thumb|House Baratheon troops at the Blackwater.]]
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House Baratheon men-at-arms are equipped with long padded beige gambesons and nasal helmets with stag crests, and they carry triangular shields. Other men-at-arms have kettle steel helmets instead of nasal helmets, and some are often seen wearing pauldrons and gorgets as well.
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Wealthier Baratheon soldiers, or knights from the Stormlands in general, equip themselves with plate armor parts and helmets with brims and cheek guards. Renly himself, while campaigning, wears a much more expensive version of this armor, with the addition of a brigandine cuirass. Baratheon soldiers from Dragonstone, in contrast, protect themselves with grey mail and plate armor alongside tear drop shields; their grey helmets, however, are similar to those of the Stormlanders.
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Stormlanders are known for being brave and hardy warriors, as exemplified by the Baratheons. In [[Robert's Rebellion]] and [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], House Baratheon plays an incredibly significant part, since in both wars Robert Baratheon is leading his side to victory.<ref>"[[Robert's Rebellion - House Baratheon]]"</ref><ref>"[[Greyjoy Rebellion - Robb Stark]]"</ref><ref>"[[Greyjoy Rebellion - Theon Greyjoy]]"</ref><ref>"[[Greyjoy Rebellion - Stannis Baratheon]]"</ref>
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In the beginning of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Renly assembles troops of both the Stormlands and the Reach, a total of about 100,000 men.<ref>"[[What Is Dead May Never Die]]"</ref> After his assassination, many of the Stormlords and at least two houses of the Reach ([[House Florent]] and [[House Fossoway]]) join Stannis.<ref>"[[The Ghost of Harrenhal]]"</ref> Stannis's forces number at least 10,000 before the Battle of the Blackwater,<ref>See the calculation in "[[Battle of the Blackwater#Numbers]]".</ref> and there are presumably more troops, left to guard Stannis's castles while most of his troops attack the capital, resulting in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
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==Vassal houses==
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*[[House Connington]] of [[Griffin's Roost]]
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*[[House Errol]] of [[Haystack Hall]]
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*[[House Estermont]] of [[Greenstone]]
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*[[House Grandison]]
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*[[House Morrigen]] of [[Crow's Nest]]
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*[[House Musgood]]
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*[[House Peasebury]]
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*[[House Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall]]
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*{[[House Toyne]]} - extinct
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*[[House Trant]]
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*[[House Seaworth]]
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*[[House Wylde]] of the [[Rain House]]
   
 
Houses from the [[Dornish Marches]]
  
Houses from the [[Dornish Marches]]
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* [[House Caron]] of [[Nightsong]]
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*[[House Caron]] of [[Nightsong]]
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* [[House Dondarrion]] of [[Blackhaven]]
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*[[House Dondarrion]] of [[Blackhaven]]
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* [[House Selmy]] of Harvest Hall
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*[[House Selmy]]
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* [[House Swann]] of [[Stonehelm]]
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*[[House Swann]] of [[Stonehelm]]
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Houses from [[Blackwater Bay]]
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*[[House Velaryon]] of [[Driftmark]]
   
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==Image gallery==
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==Family tree==
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{{Baratheon tree}}
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<gallery captionalign="left">
  
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House Baratheon.jpg|The sigil of House Baratheon from the Maester's Path promotional campaign.
  
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Got Slider Game of Thrones.jpg|Promotional image for the [[Season 1|first season]] featuring the banner of House Baratheon.
  
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Baratheon shield.jpg|A shield emblazoned with the sigil for House Baratheon from the HBO viewer's guide.
  
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Baratheon icon.jpg|House Baratheon icon from the HBO viewer's guide.
  
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Baratheon sigil.jpg|House Baratheon sigil in black and white from the HBO viewer's guide.
  
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Baratheon tourney 2.jpg|Short banner of House Baratheon and Baratheon men-at-arms at the [[Tournament|Tourney of the Hand]] in "[[Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things]]".
  
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Baratheon tourney.jpg|Long banner of House Baratheon at the Tourney of the Hand in "[[The Wolf and the Lion]]".
  
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Robert_and_Lancel.jpg|Some members of House Baratheon favored wearing helms decorated with antlers in the manner of their sigil
  
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2x03_Baratheon_Men.jpg|Baratheon men-at-arms in "[[What is Dead May Never Die]]".
  
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2x04_RenlyMenSigil.jpg|Baratheon men-at-arms holding Renly Baratheon's banner in "[[Garden of Bones]]"
  
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==In the books==
  
==In the books==
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When Robert Baratheon's betrothed, Lyanna Stark, was kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen, he was enraged and raised his banners in rebellion against King Aerys II, along with Lyanna's brother (and Robert's best friend) Eddard Stark. They were joined by several other houses in a civil war known as Robert's Rebellion. Robert's army smashed the royal host at the Battle of the Trident and put it to rout. The treachery of House Lannister delivered the capital at King's Landing to Robert. With Lyanna killed during the war, Robert agreed to marry Cersei Lannister in gratitude for her father's pledge of fealty.
  
When Robert Baratheon's betrothed, Lyanna Stark, was kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen, he was enraged and raised his banners in rebellion against King Aerys II, along with Lyanna's brother (and Robert's best friend) Eddard Stark. They were joined by several other houses in a civil war known as Robert's Rebellion. Robert's army smashed the royal host at the Battle of the Trident and put it to rout. The treachery of House Lannister delivered the capital at King's Landing to Robert. With Lyanna killed during the war, Robert agreed to marry Cersei Lannister in gratitude for her father's pledge of fealty.
   
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Robert became King and he made his brother Stannis (one year younger than him) the Lord of Dragonstone, the ancestral island stronghold of the Targaryens, and his youngest brother Renly (fifteen years younger) lord of the familial seat at Storm's End.
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Robert became King and gave his brother Stannis (one year younger than him) Dragonstone, the ancestral island stronghold of the Targaryens, and his youngest brother Renly (fifteen years younger) the familial seat at Storm's End.
   
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In a very minor difference to the books, the TV series spells "Argilac" as "Argalic". It is not clear if this is an error or a deliberate change. Another difference is that, after crowning himself King, Renly doesn't alter the colors of the Baratheon sigil.
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In a very minor difference to the books, after crowning himself King, Renly doesn't alter the colors of the Baratheon sigil. However, he wears a golden stag on green, though not as an official personal sigil.
   
 
Following the death of Robert and Renly, the only surviving members of House Baratheon are Stannis, his wife, and his daughter Shireen. No mention has been made in the five current novels of any surviving cousins, who might make claim to rule of House Baratheon. Robert is rumored to have fathered over a dozen bastards, but they are not considered legitimate heirs. Robert does have one acknowledged bastard, Edric Storm, whom he acknowledged because his mother was a member of the nobility. Robert had no part in raising him, instead sending him to foster at Storm's End.
  
Following the death of Robert and Renly, the only surviving members of House Baratheon are Stannis, his wife, and his daughter Shireen. No mention has been made in the five current novels of any surviving cousins, who might make claim to rule of House Baratheon. Robert is rumored to have fathered over a dozen bastards, but they are not considered legitimate heirs. Robert does have one acknowledged bastard, Edric Storm, whom he acknowledged because his mother was a member of the nobility. Robert had no part in raising him, instead sending him to foster at Storm's End.
   
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In the TV series, their banner depicts a stag with a crown around its neck, while in the novels, the crown is above its head. The original stag sigil used by House Durrandon had a crown, but when Orys Baratheon took the sigil for his own the crown was removed because the Baratheons were not kings under the Targaryens. The crown was only added back nearly three centuries later, after Robert deposed the Targaryens and usurped the Iron Throne. Even in the TV series, during Bran Stark's history lesson in Season 1, he explicitly states that the stag in Baratheon heraldry only gained a crown after Robert became king.
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In the TV series, their banner depicts a stag with a crown around its neck, while in the novels, the crown is above its head. A widespread fan assumption for some time was that because the Baratheons were not kings like the Durrandons had been, they stopped using a crown on their stag sigil, and just used a plain stag for the next three centuries - and only recently re-added a crown to the stag, after Robert's Rebellion when Robert overthrew the Targaryen kings. However, when the Baratheons make appearances during the [[Dunk & Egg novellas]] (particularly Lyonel Baratheon), they are consistently described as used a crowned stag, even though the Targaryens are still the royal family and they are not. Asked about this in 2015, Elio Garcia (owner of Westeros.org) stated that according to materials that George R.R. Martin sent him when co-writing the ''The World of Ice & Fire'' sourcebook, the Baratheons indeed always used a crowned stag sigil, starting from when Orys founded House Baratheon and exactly copied the Durrandon heraldry, through Robert's Rebellion.<ref>https://twitter.com/westerosorg/status/681403646752481280</ref>
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The TV series, however, contradicted this in Season 1's "[[The Wolf and the Lion]]": when Bran is asked by Maester [[Luwin]] about the heraldry of the Great Houses, he explicitly says that the Baratheon stag only has a crown ''now'', after Robert became the king. It isn't clear if this was a deliberate change for the TV continuity, or more probably, if the TV scriptwriters also made the common mistake of assuming the Baratheons didn't use a crowned stag before Robert seized the Iron Throne.
   
 
Houses sworn to House Baratheon in the books, yet to appear in the series:
  
Houses sworn to House Baratheon in the books, yet to appear in the series:
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* House Buckler of [[Bronzegate]].
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*House Buckler of [[Bronzegate]]
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* House Cafferen of Fawnton.
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*House Cafferen of Fawnton
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* House Fell of [[Felwood]].
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*House Fell of [[Felwood]]
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* House Mertyns of [[Mistwood]].
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*House Mertyns of [[Mistwood]]
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* House Morrigen of [[Crow's Nest]].
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*House Penrose of Parchments
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* House Penrose of Parchments.
  
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* House Wylde of [[Rain House]].
  
   
 
According to the TV series official [[pronunciation guide]] developed for the cast and crew, "Baratheon" is pronounced "Buh-RATH-ee-un".
  
According to the TV series official [[pronunciation guide]] developed for the cast and crew, "Baratheon" is pronounced "Buh-RATH-ee-un".
   
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==See also==
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* {{AWOIAF}} (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
  
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House Baratheon.jpg|The sigil of House Baratheon from the Maester's Path promotional campaign.
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Baratheon shield.jpg|A shield emblazoned with the sigil for House Baratheon from the HBO viewer's guide.
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Baratheon icon.jpg|House Baratheon icon from the HBO viewer's guide.
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Baratheon sigil.jpg|House Baratheon sigil in black and white from the HBO viewer's guide.
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Got Slider Game of Thrones.jpg|Promotional image for the [[Game of Thrones: Season 1|first season]] featuring the banner of House Baratheon.
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House Baratheon Alternate.svg|Variant of the sigil of House Baratheon with just the head of the stag; as featured on some of Robert Baratheon's banners
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House Baratheon Statant.svg|Variant of the sigil with the stag statant rather than salient, as featured on some of Robert Baratheon's short banners.
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Baratheon Stag, Passant.jpg|Short banner of House Baratheon and Baratheon men-at-arms at the [[Tournament|Tourney of the Hand]] in "[[Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things]]".
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Baratheon standing stag.png|The version of the Baratheon sigil displayed on the short banners with the stag statant. This one faces to the right instead of facing left.
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Baratheon tourney.jpg|Long banner of House Baratheon at the Tourney of the Hand in "[[The Wolf and the Lion]]".
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Baratheon stag different crown.png|The version of the Baratheon sigil displayed on the longer banners in "[[The Wolf and the Lion]]", with the stag facing right rather than left and with a different design for the crown
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Robert and Lancel.jpg|Some members of House Baratheon favored wearing helms decorated with antlers in the manner of their sigil
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Baratheon camp (What is Dead May Never Die).jpg|House Baratheon soldiers and knights in "[[What Is Dead May Never Die]]"
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2x04 RenlyMenSigil.jpg|House Baratheon knights holding Renly's banner in "[[Garden of Bones (episode)|Garden of Bones]]"
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Renly Baratheon.svg|A variation of the Baratheon sigil used by [[Renly Baratheon]]
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Renly Baratheon Alternate.svg|A variation of the Baratheon heraldry displayed on Renly's long banners and his soldiers' shields.
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Knight sworn to Baratheons.jpg|A Baratheon tourney knight in "[[The North Remembers]]"
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This page is about the Great House. For the short, see: House Baratheon (short)

"Ours Is The Fury. These are the words of the black stag of Baratheon; a battle cry echoed throughout the land in rebellion when I, Robert Baratheon, the First of His Name seized the Iron Throne from the Mad King, Aerys Targaryen, ending a dynasty nearly three-hundred years old."
―Robert Baratheon[src]

House Baratheon[1] of Storm's End is a Great House of Westeros that traditionally rules the Stormlands on the eastern coast of Westeros, aptly named for its frequent storms.

House Baratheon became the royal house of the Seven Kingdoms (as House Baratheon of King's Landing) after Robert Baratheon led a rebellion against the Targaryen dynasty. At the end of the rebellion, Robert ascended the Iron Throne as Robert I and married Cersei Lannister after the death of Lyanna Stark.

House Baratheon became officially extinct after the deaths of Stannis Baratheon and his family, but was revived when Robert's last known bastard was legitimized by Queen Daenerys Targaryen as Gendry Baratheon.

House Baratheon's sigil is a crowned black stag on a gold field and their house words are "Ours is the Fury."[2][3]

History

Background

House Baratheon was founded by Orys Baratheon, a general in the army of King Aegon I Targaryen, the founder of the Targaryen dynasty who conquered the Seven Kingdoms. Orys Baratheon was also rumored to be Aegon's bastard half-brother. He defeated Argilac the Arrogant, the last of the Storm Kings, and captured his castle of Storm's End. For his accomplishments, Orys was made Lord of Storm's End and founded House Baratheon. Orys took the sigil and words of the defeated House Durrandon as his own, cementing his rule over the Stormlands by marrying Argella Durrandon, the daughter of the fallen Argilac.

Orys Baratheon leadering his troops in Storm's End

Orys Baratheon leading his troops in Storm's End.

House Baratheon lineage

A history book with information on the early members of House Baratheon.

Robert Baratheon led a rebellion against King Aerys II Targaryen, resulting in the overthrowing of the Targaryens. Robert became the new king; Renly became Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, ruling the Stormlands from Storm's End; Stannis formed the cadet branch House Baratheon of Dragonstone.

Robert in the Iron Throne

Robert Baratheon on the Iron Throne.

Game of Thrones: Season 1

Robert at Winterfell

The Stark household kneels before King Robert.

Robert Baratheon travels to Winterfell to ask his old friend Eddard Stark to serve as the new Hand of the King. Robert also seeks to unite Houses Baratheon and Stark once and for all by marrying Sansa to his eldest "son" and heir Joffrey.[4]

Ned deduces that Robert's children with Cersei are actually bastards born of incest between Cersei and Jaime;[5] he sends a message to Stannis, informing him of this, as he has been revealed to be the rightful heir to the throne.

Robert is mortally wounded during a hunt. Following his death[6] and Ned's execution, the War of the Five Kings begins.[7]

Game of Thrones: Season 2

Both Stannis and Renly Baratheon declares themselves the rightful kings.

Renly Stannis Parley

The Baratheon brothers parley in the Stormlands.

Following the unsuccessful parley between them, Renly is killed by a shadow.[8] The Tyrells form an alliance with the Lannisters. Stannis is defeated by the combined Lannister-Tyrell army at the Battle of the Blackwater.[9]

Stannis Melisandre 2x10

Melisandre shows Stannis the future in the flames.

Game of Thrones: Season 3

Lannisters overrun the Stormlands

The Lannisters and Tyrells have taken over the Stormlands.

Gendry, a bastard son of Robert, is brought to Dragonstone and forcibly used for the leech ritual.[10] Davos sets Gendry free, and persuades Stannis to assist the Night's Watch.[11]

Game of Thrones: Season 4

Stannis attacks

Stannis, with the Iron Bank now funding him, moves north.

After receiving a loan from the Iron Bank of Braavos[12] and hiring sellswords, Stannis marches north and defeats the wildling army at the battle for the Wall.[13]

Game of Thrones: Season 5

5x10 Stannis Defeated Promo

Stannis's death brings an end to the true legal bloodline of House Baratheon.

Stannis is defeated by the Boltons at the battle in the ice. Brienne kills Stannis, ending the legitimate bloodline of House Baratheon.[14]

Game of Thrones: Season 6

Though House Baratheon is in fact no more, King Tommen of the still surviving cadet branch House Baratheon of King's Landing continues to use the Baratheon name to legitimize his rule, thus leaving House Baratheon still legally intact.

Tommen Baratheon(Lannister) jumps out of his window, Season 6 Episode 10.

Tommen's suicide marks the legal end of House Baratheon.

Following Tommen's death, House Baratheon becomes legally extinct.[15]

Game of Thrones: Season 7

Gendry Eastwatch

Gendry, the last person with Baratheon blood, is found by Davos.

Tyrion and Davos travel to King's Landing, and find the unrecognized bastard Gendry, the last living person with Baratheon blood through his father.[16]

Gendry

Gendry fights against a wight.

Gendry joins the group which goes Beyond the Wall to capture a wight.[17]

Game of Thrones: Season 8

House Baratheon is legally restored when Queen Daenerys Targaryen legitimizes Gendry, who fought at the Battle of Winterfell. Gendry is named Lord of Storm's End.[18]

As the new head of House Baratheon, Gendry consolidates control over the Stormlands. Later, he participates in the Great Council of 305 AC along with one of his bannermen, Lord Une, and agrees to the ascension of Bran Stark as the new King of the Andals and the First Men.[19]

Members

Note: Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are claimed to be the children of King Robert Baratheon, but actually were born of incest between Queen Cersei and her twin brother, Ser Jaime Lannister. Thus, Stannis was Robert's lawful heir before his death. With the deaths of Stannis and Shireen, the bloodline of House Baratheon became legally extinct (Lord Gendry Baratheon was an unacknowledged bastard of Robert Baratheon and thus was not entitled to claim the Baratheon name). With the death of Tommen, the people of Westeros believed that House Baratheon was completely extinct until Daenerys Targaryen's legitimization of Lord Gendry.

Historical members

Military strength

Baratheon man-at-arms

House Baratheon troops at the Blackwater.

House Baratheon men-at-arms are equipped with long padded beige gambesons and nasal helmets with stag crests, and they carry triangular shields. Other men-at-arms have kettle steel helmets instead of nasal helmets, and some are often seen wearing pauldrons and gorgets as well.

Wealthier Baratheon soldiers, or knights from the Stormlands in general, equip themselves with plate armor parts and helmets with brims and cheek guards. Renly himself, while campaigning, wears a much more expensive version of this armor, with the addition of a brigandine cuirass. Baratheon soldiers from Dragonstone, in contrast, protect themselves with grey mail and plate armor alongside tear drop shields; their grey helmets, however, are similar to those of the Stormlanders.

Stormlanders are known for being brave and hardy warriors, as exemplified by the Baratheons. In Robert's Rebellion and Greyjoy Rebellion, House Baratheon plays an incredibly significant part, since in both wars Robert Baratheon is leading his side to victory.[20][21][22][23]

In the beginning of the War of the Five Kings, Renly assembles troops of both the Stormlands and the Reach, a total of about 100,000 men.[24] After his assassination, many of the Stormlords and at least two houses of the Reach (House Florent and House Fossoway) join Stannis.[25] Stannis's forces number at least 10,000 before the Battle of the Blackwater,[26] and there are presumably more troops, left to guard Stannis's castles while most of his troops attack the capital, resulting in the Battle of the Blackwater.

Vassal houses

Houses from the Dornish Marches

Houses from Blackwater Bay

Family tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Ormund
Baratheon

Deceased
 
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Rhaelle Baratheon
née Targaryen
Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Steffon
Baratheon

Deceased
 
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Cassana Baratheon
née Estermont House Estermont
Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Famtree-Unknown
Lovers


 
Famtree-RobertBaratheon
Robert
Baratheon
Deceased
 
Famtree-CerseiLannister
Cersei
Lannister House Lannister
Deceased
 
Famtree-JaimeLannister
Jaime
Lannister House LannisterKingsguard
Deceased
 
Famtree-StannisBaratheon
Stannis
Baratheon House Baratheon of Dragonstone
Deceased
 
Famtree-SelyseBaratheon
Selyse Baratheon
née Florent House Florent
Deceased
 
Famtree-RenlyBaratheon
Renly
Baratheon Renly Baratheon
Deceased
 
Famtree-MargaeryTyrell
Margaery
Tyrell House Tyrell
Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Famtree-Gendry
Gendry
Baratheon

 
Famtree-Unknown
Bastards

Deceased
 
Famtree-Barra
Barra

Deceased
 
House-Baratheon-Main-Square
Son

Died in infancy
 
Famtree-JoffreyBaratheon
Joffrey
Baratheon House Baratheon of King's Landing
Deceased
 
Famtree-MargaeryTyrell
Margaery
Tyrell House Tyrell
Deceased
 
Famtree-MyrcellaBaratheon
Myrcella
Baratheon House Baratheon of King's Landing
Deceased
Famtree-TommenBaratheon
Tommen
Baratheon House Baratheon of King's Landing
Deceased
 
Famtree-MargaeryTyrell
Margaery
Tyrell House Tyrell
Deceased
 
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Petyr,
Tommard,
and Edric
Baratheon House Baratheon of Dragonstone
Stillborn
 
Famtree-ShireenBaratheon
Shireen
Baratheon House Baratheon of Dragonstone
Deceased
 
 
 
 

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Orys Baratheon was the rumored bastard half-brother of King Aegon I Targaryen, the conqueror of the Seven Kingdoms. Orys led an army which slew the last of the Storm Kings, Argilac the Arrogant, and captured his castle of Storm's End. For his loyal service, Orys was made a lord and allowed to found his own Great House, marrying the daughter of Argilac and taking his sigil and words for his own. At just under 300 years, this makes House Baratheon the youngest by far of the Great Houses.

House Baratheon has ruled over the tempest-wracked southeastern shores of Westeros, the area known as the Stormlands, ever since. It has produced a number of great and notable warriors, such as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, the Laughing Storm, and married into the royal House Targaryen several generations ago.

When Robert Baratheon's betrothed, Lyanna Stark, was kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen, he was enraged and raised his banners in rebellion against King Aerys II, along with Lyanna's brother (and Robert's best friend) Eddard Stark. They were joined by several other houses in a civil war known as Robert's Rebellion. Robert's army smashed the royal host at the Battle of the Trident and put it to rout. The treachery of House Lannister delivered the capital at King's Landing to Robert. With Lyanna killed during the war, Robert agreed to marry Cersei Lannister in gratitude for her father's pledge of fealty.

Robert became King and gave his brother Stannis (one year younger than him) Dragonstone, the ancestral island stronghold of the Targaryens, and his youngest brother Renly (fifteen years younger) the familial seat at Storm's End.

In a very minor difference to the books, after crowning himself King, Renly doesn't alter the colors of the Baratheon sigil. However, he wears a golden stag on green, though not as an official personal sigil.

Following the death of Robert and Renly, the only surviving members of House Baratheon are Stannis, his wife, and his daughter Shireen. No mention has been made in the five current novels of any surviving cousins, who might make claim to rule of House Baratheon. Robert is rumored to have fathered over a dozen bastards, but they are not considered legitimate heirs. Robert does have one acknowledged bastard, Edric Storm, whom he acknowledged because his mother was a member of the nobility. Robert had no part in raising him, instead sending him to foster at Storm's End.

In the TV series, their banner depicts a stag with a crown around its neck, while in the novels, the crown is above its head. A widespread fan assumption for some time was that because the Baratheons were not kings like the Durrandons had been, they stopped using a crown on their stag sigil, and just used a plain stag for the next three centuries - and only recently re-added a crown to the stag, after Robert's Rebellion when Robert overthrew the Targaryen kings. However, when the Baratheons make appearances during the Dunk & Egg novellas (particularly Lyonel Baratheon), they are consistently described as used a crowned stag, even though the Targaryens are still the royal family and they are not. Asked about this in 2015, Elio Garcia (owner of Westeros.org) stated that according to materials that George R.R. Martin sent him when co-writing the The World of Ice & Fire sourcebook, the Baratheons indeed always used a crowned stag sigil, starting from when Orys founded House Baratheon and exactly copied the Durrandon heraldry, through Robert's Rebellion.[27]

The TV series, however, contradicted this in Season 1's "The Wolf and the Lion": when Bran is asked by Maester Luwin about the heraldry of the Great Houses, he explicitly says that the Baratheon stag only has a crown now, after Robert became the king. It isn't clear if this was a deliberate change for the TV continuity, or more probably, if the TV scriptwriters also made the common mistake of assuming the Baratheons didn't use a crowned stag before Robert seized the Iron Throne.

Houses sworn to House Baratheon in the books, yet to appear in the series:

  • House Buckler of Bronzegate
  • House Cafferen of Fawnton
  • House Fell of Felwood
  • House Mertyns of Mistwood
  • House Penrose of Parchments

According to the TV series official pronunciation guide developed for the cast and crew, "Baratheon" is pronounced "Buh-RATH-ee-un".

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References

  1. ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 1, Episode 1: "Winter Is Coming" (2011).
  2. ↑ "House Baratheon"
  3. ↑ "The Wolf and the Lion"
  4. ↑ "Winter Is Coming"
  5. ↑ "A Golden Crown"
  6. ↑ "You Win or You Die"
  7. ↑ "Baelor"
  8. ↑ "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
  9. ↑ "Blackwater"
  10. ↑ "Second Sons"
  11. ↑ "Mhysa"
  12. ↑ "The Laws of Gods and Men"
  13. ↑ "The Watchers on the Wall"
  14. ↑ "Mother's Mercy"
  15. ↑ "The Winds of Winter"
  16. ↑ "Eastwatch"
  17. ↑ "Beyond the Wall"
  18. ↑ "The Last of the Starks"
  19. ↑ "The Iron Throne"
  20. ↑ "Robert's Rebellion - House Baratheon"
  21. ↑ "Greyjoy Rebellion - Robb Stark"
  22. ↑ "Greyjoy Rebellion - Theon Greyjoy"
  23. ↑ "Greyjoy Rebellion - Stannis Baratheon"
  24. ↑ "What Is Dead May Never Die"
  25. ↑ "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
  26. ↑ See the calculation in "Battle of the Blackwater#Numbers".
  27. ↑ https://twitter.com/westerosorg/status/681403646752481280

Notes

  1. ↑ In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 8 in 305 AC.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 In "The Kingsroad," which takes place in 298 AC, Catelyn Stark states that Eddard Stark went to war with Robert Baratheon "17 years ago;" therefore, Robert's Rebellion occurred in 281 AC.
  3. ↑ In "You Win or You Die," Jorah Mormont receives a pardon stating that the current year is 298.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 In "Valyria & the Dragons," Viserys Targaryen states that Aegon began his conquest 100 years after the Doom of Valyria in 102 BC, placing it in 2 BC. In "Aegon, First of His Name," Viserys Targaryen states that the maesters divided history into Before and After Conquest following Aegon I Targaryen's coronation in Oldtown; therefore, Aegon's Conquest began in 2 BC and ended in 1 AC.

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