This article is about the daughter of Rhaegar Targaryen, for the sister-wife of Aegon I Targaryen see Rhaenys Targaryen (sister of Aegon I)

Rhaenys Targaryen

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Deceased

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Death

Killed in the Sack of King's Landing

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Origin

King's Landing

Allegiance

House Targaryen

Family

Rhaegar Targaryen - father (deceased)
Elia Targaryen - mother (deceased)
Aegon Targaryen - brother (deceased)
Viserys Targaryen - uncle (deceased)
Daenerys Targaryen - aunt
Aemon - great uncle

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Rhaenys Targaryen, is an unseen character in Game of Thrones. She is deceased when the events of the series begin and she is not expected to appear in the series.

BiographyEdit

BackgroundEdit

Rhaenys Targaryen was the daughter of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell. She had a younger brother, Aegon.^[1] House Targaryen was deposed as the ruling house of Westeros during Robert's Rebellion. Rhaegar was killed during the fighting and Elia and both their children were killed soon afterwards during the Sack of King's Landing.^[2]

Season 3Edit

Thoros of Myr reminisces how he witnessed Gregor Clegane presenting the bodies of Prince Aegon and Princess Rhaenys before the Iron Throne.^[3]

Family treeEdit

Aemon Targaryen Night's Watch

Aegon V Targaryen Deceased

Unknown Targaryen Queen Deceased

Aerys II Targaryen Deceased

Rhaella Targaryen Deceased

Rhaegar Targaryen Deceased

Elia Targaryen née Martell Deceased

Viserys Targaryen Deceased

Drogo Deceased

Daenerys Targaryen

Rhaenys Targaryen Deceased

Aegon Targaryen Deceased

Rhaego Deceased

In the booksEdit

In A Song of Ice and Fire, Rhaenys is the daughter of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell and died in the Sack of King's Landing. Varys talks about her with the imprisoned Eddard Stark as an example of how the innocent suffer in times of uprising. She was four years old and had a small black kitten she named Balerion, after the mighty dragon of Aegon the Conqueror.

After King's Landing was seized by the Lannister forces, she was found by Ser Amory Lorch hiding under the bed of her father Rhaegar. While Gregor Clegane killed her baby brother and mother, Lorch killed Rhaenys by stabbing her about fifty times. Even Tywin considered that deed overly brutal (not the murder itself, but the manner in which it was done). He asked Lorch why killing a four year old girl required so many thrusts, and Lorch answered that she kicked him and would not stop screaming. Tywin commented that if Lorch had half the brain a turnip has, he would have calmed Rhaenys with a few sweet words and used a soft silk pillow to smother her.

See alsoEdit

• Rhaenys Targaryen at A Wiki of Ice and Fire.

ReferencesEdit

v • d • e House Targaryen
Lord:	Daenerys Targaryen	Heir:	None
Seat:	Exiled	Lands:	Exiled
Title(s):	King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm
Ancestors:	Aegon the Conqueror · Visenya · Rhaenys · Maegor the Cruel · Rhaenyra · Aegon II · Aegon III · Baelor the Blessed · Viserys II · Aegon the Unworthy · Naerys · Daena the Defiant · Daeron the Good · Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV · Myriah Martell · Baelor Breakspear · Aerys I · Aelinor · Rhaegel · Maekar I · Aerion the Monstrous · Aegon the Unlikely
Current members:	Aemon Targaryen
Deceased members:	Aerys II Targaryen · Rhaella Targaryen · Rhaegar Targaryen · Elia Martell · Rhaenys Targaryen · Aegon Targaryen · Viserys Targaryen · Drogo · Rhaego
Household:	Ser Jorah Mormont · Ser Barristan Selmy · Rakharo · Kovarro · Aggo · Irri · Doreah · Jhiqui · Malakho · Missandei · Grey Worm