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| Title=[[File:Lannister.JPG|40px|left]] Joanna Lannister [[File:Lannister.JPG|40px|right]]
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| Mentioned="[[The Night Lands]]"<br>"[[Blackwater]]"<br>"[[Second Sons (episode)|Second Sons]]"
 
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| Family= [[Tywin Lannister]] - husband<br>Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] - son<br>[[Cersei Lannister]] - daughter<br>[[Tyrion Lannister]] - son
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| Family= [[Tywin Lannister]] - husband and first cousin<br>Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] - son<br>[[Cersei Lannister]] - daughter<br>[[Tyrion Lannister]] - son<br>{[[Stafford Lannister]]} - brother<br>{[[Tytos Lannister]]} - father-in-law and uncle<br>Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] - brother-in-law and first cousin<br>[[Dorna Lannister]] - sister-in-law<br>Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] - nephew<br>{[[Martyn Lannister]]} - nephew<br> {[[Willem Lannister]]} - nephew<br>{[[Joffrey Baratheon]]} - grandson<br>[[Myrcella Baratheon]] - granddaughter<br>[[Tommen Baratheon]] - grandson
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'''Joanna Lannister''', is an unseen character mentioned in the [[Season 2|second season]]. She is deceased when the events of the series begin and is not expected to appear in the series. She is the wife of [[Tywin Lannister]] and the mother of [[Jaime Lannister]], [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]].
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{{Quote|You've always been funny, but none of your jokes will ever match the first one, will they? You remember, back when you ripped my mother open on your way out of her, and she bled to death.|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]].|The Night Lands}}
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'''Joanna Lannister''' is an unseen character mentioned in the [[Season 2|second season]]. She is deceased when the events of the series begin and is not expected to appear in the series. Lady Joanna is the wife of [[Tywin Lannister]] and the mother of [[Jaime Lannister]], [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===Background===
 
===Background===
Joanna was the wife of [[Tywin Lannister]], the head of [[House Lannister]] and the [[Lord of Casterly Rock]]. Joanna bore him the twins [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. She died giving birth to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/#!/guide/houses/lannister/ HBO viewers guide, season 1 guide to houses, House Lannister entry]</ref><ref name="House Lannister viewers guide">[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/lannister/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Lannister entry]</ref> Joanna died when Cersei and Jaime were only four years old. Tywin took Joanna's death very hard, as did Cersei.<ref name="E19">"[[Blackwater]]"</ref>
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Joanna was the wife of [[Tywin Lannister]], the head of [[House Lannister]] and the [[Lord of Casterly Rock]]. Joanna bore him the twins [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. She died giving birth to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/#!/guide/houses/lannister/ HBO viewers guide, season 1 guide to houses, House Lannister entry]</ref><ref name="House Lannister viewers guide">[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/lannister/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Lannister entry]</ref> Joanna died when Cersei and Jaime were only four years old. Tywin took Joanna's death very hard, as did Cersei, who holds Tyrion responsible for her death.<ref name="E19">"[[Blackwater]]"</ref><ref>"[[The Night Lands]]"</ref>
   
 
===[[Season 2]]===
 
===[[Season 2]]===
Cersei has always resented Tyrion for "killing" their mother when she was a little girl, despite Tyrion pointing out that Joanna was his mother too. She says that Tyrion's "biggest joke of all" was the irony that her mother died so that a stunted dwarf like Tyrion could live.<ref>"[[The Night Lands]]"</ref> Cersei explains to [[Sansa Stark]] that she is cynical about prayer because when her mother Joanna died, she prayed for days. Because Cersei was only a four year old child at the time, she had difficulty understanding the concept of death, the finality of it, and hoped that if she prayed hard enough the gods would give her mother back. Tywin angrily took her aside and explained that prayer could not do that.<ref name="E19"/>
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Cersei explains to [[Sansa Stark]] that when she was four and her mother died, she prayed for days hoping the gods would give her mother back until her father explained that prayer could not do that.<ref name="E19"/>
   
 
==Family tree==
 
==Family tree==
{{House Lannister family tree}}
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{{House Lannister lesser branch family tree}}
   
 
==In the books==
 
==In the books==
In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Joanna was a first cousin of Tywin, the daughter of one of his father [[Tytos Lannister|Tytos]]' brothers. Thus her full name was already "Joanna Lannister" before she married Tywin. She was the sister of Ser [[Stafford Lannister]].
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]] ''novels, Joanna was a first cousin of Tywin, the daughter of one of his father [[Tytos Lannister|Tytos]]'s brothers. Thus her full name was already "Joanna Lannister" before she married Tywin. She was the sister of Ser [[Stafford Lannister]].
   
 
Though Tywin was always a stern and ruthless man, Joanna was said to bring out what little warmth he had, and he was even known to smile in her presence. Tywin and Joanna were very deeply in love, and thus Tywin took her death very hard. He became even more stern and was never known to smile again. Her death also fueled his unreasoning hatred for his younger son Tyrion, whom he blamed for killing her, combined with the shame he brought on their House for being born a dwarf.
 
Though Tywin was always a stern and ruthless man, Joanna was said to bring out what little warmth he had, and he was even known to smile in her presence. Tywin and Joanna were very deeply in love, and thus Tywin took her death very hard. He became even more stern and was never known to smile again. Her death also fueled his unreasoning hatred for his younger son Tyrion, whom he blamed for killing her, combined with the shame he brought on their House for being born a dwarf.
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Tywin later wanted to force all of his children into marriage-alliances to benefit House Lannister (as Cersei was later married off to King Robert), and he was offended that Tyrion risked such a future marriage alliance for himself by marrying a commoner for love when he was young ([[Tysha]]). The hypocrisy in this is that Tywin ''himself'' married for love when he wed his own first cousin Joanna, instead of entering into a marriage-alliance with another more powerful noble family. As a minor Lannister cousin, Joanna brought no new alliances, lands, or wealth with her when she married Tywin.
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According to [[Barristan Selmy]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|the Mad King]] lusted after Joanna. At the wedding of Tywin and Joanna, Aerys drunkenly japed about how it was a pity the First Night tradition was banned and took too much liberties in Joanna's [[bedding]]. Tywin was not amused, and that caused further friction between him and Aerys.
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According to the books, Cersei and Jaime were eight or nine years old when their mother died, while in the TV series Cersei said she was four years old.
   
 
==See also==
 
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* [http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Joanna_Lannister Joanna Lannister at A Wiki of Ice and Fire.]
 
   
 
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"You've always been funny, but none of your jokes will ever match the first one, will they? You remember, back when you ripped my mother open on your way out of her, and she bled to death."
Cersei Lannister to Tyrion Lannister.[src]

Joanna Lannister is an unseen character mentioned in the second season. She is deceased when the events of the series begin and is not expected to appear in the series. Lady Joanna is the wife of Tywin Lannister and the mother of Jaime Lannister, Cersei Lannister and Tyrion Lannister.

Biography

Background

Joanna was the wife of Tywin Lannister, the head of House Lannister and the Lord of Casterly Rock. Joanna bore him the twins Jaime and Cersei. She died giving birth to Tyrion.[1][2] Joanna died when Cersei and Jaime were only four years old. Tywin took Joanna's death very hard, as did Cersei, who holds Tyrion responsible for her death.[3][4]

Season 2

Cersei explains to Sansa Stark that when she was four and her mother died, she prayed for days hoping the gods would give her mother back until her father explained that prayer could not do that.[3]

Family tree

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In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Joanna was a first cousin of Tywin, the daughter of one of his father Tytos's brothers. Thus her full name was already "Joanna Lannister" before she married Tywin. She was the sister of Ser Stafford Lannister.

Though Tywin was always a stern and ruthless man, Joanna was said to bring out what little warmth he had, and he was even known to smile in her presence. Tywin and Joanna were very deeply in love, and thus Tywin took her death very hard. He became even more stern and was never known to smile again. Her death also fueled his unreasoning hatred for his younger son Tyrion, whom he blamed for killing her, combined with the shame he brought on their House for being born a dwarf.

Tywin later wanted to force all of his children into marriage-alliances to benefit House Lannister (as Cersei was later married off to King Robert), and he was offended that Tyrion risked such a future marriage alliance for himself by marrying a commoner for love when he was young (Tysha). The hypocrisy in this is that Tywin himself married for love when he wed his own first cousin Joanna, instead of entering into a marriage-alliance with another more powerful noble family. As a minor Lannister cousin, Joanna brought no new alliances, lands, or wealth with her when she married Tywin.

According to Barristan Selmy, the Mad King lusted after Joanna. At the wedding of Tywin and Joanna, Aerys drunkenly japed about how it was a pity the First Night tradition was banned and took too much liberties in Joanna's bedding. Tywin was not amused, and that caused further friction between him and Aerys.

According to the books, Cersei and Jaime were eight or nine years old when their mother died, while in the TV series Cersei said she was four years old.

See also

References

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