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{{Quote|I'm not trying to honor you; I'm trying to get you to run my [[Seven Kingdoms|kingdom]] while I eat, drink, and whore my way into an early grave.|Robert Baratheon to [[Eddard Stark]]|Winter is Coming}}
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{{Quote|He was a good man, a great warrior... and a ''terrible'' King.|[[Barristan Selmy]] to [[Jorah Mormont]], on [[Robert Baratheon]]|Kissed by Fire}}
   
 
'''Robert Baratheon''' is a major character in the [[Season 1|first season]]. He is played by starring cast member [[Mark Addy]], and debuts in the [[Winter is Coming|series premiere]].
 
'''Robert Baratheon''' is a major character in the [[Season 1|first season]]. He is played by starring cast member [[Mark Addy]], and debuts in the [[Winter is Coming|series premiere]].
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Robert Baratheon was the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, formally styled as '''Robert of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, [[King of the Andals and the First Men]], [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] and [[Protector of the Realm]]'''. He took the throne through conquest in the war known as [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Robert was a great warrior in his youth. He killed [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], Prince of Dragonstone, at the [[Battle of the Trident]]. After the war, Robert married [[Cersei Lannister]] to cement an alliance with [[House Lannister]] to hold the kingdoms together, but the marriage is loveless. Robert and Cersei have three children: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. Unbeknown to Robert, all three were actually fathered by Cersei's twin brother, [[Jaime Lannister]].
 
Robert Baratheon was the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, formally styled as '''Robert of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, [[King of the Andals and the First Men]], [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] and [[Protector of the Realm]]'''. He took the throne through conquest in the war known as [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Robert was a great warrior in his youth. He killed [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], Prince of Dragonstone, at the [[Battle of the Trident]]. After the war, Robert married [[Cersei Lannister]] to cement an alliance with [[House Lannister]] to hold the kingdoms together, but the marriage is loveless. Robert and Cersei have three children: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. Unbeknown to Robert, all three were actually fathered by Cersei's twin brother, [[Jaime Lannister]].
   
Robert found the winning of his kingdom far more fulfilling than the running of it, and spent much of the next seventeen years whoring, drinking and hunting. So it is his [[small council]] that is delegated the tedious tasks of ruling. He is a childhood friend of [[Eddard Stark]] and considers him his true brother. He names Ned [[Hand of the King]] when the [[Jon Arryn|previous Hand]] dies in mysterious circumstances. Eddard launches an investigation and discovers that his predecessor was scrutinising the parentage of Cersei's children. Fearful of exposure, Cersei instructs Robert's squire, [[Lancel Lannister]], to give him too much wine while hunting. Robert is fatally wounded by a boar and succumbs to his injuries soon afterwards. Robert names Eddard protector of the realm just before his death. Cersei then ignores the proclamation, has Eddard arrested, and seizes the throne for her son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. This dispute leads to the [[War of the Five Kings]].
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Robert found the winning of his kingdom far more fulfilling than the running of it, and spent much of the next seventeen years whoring, drinking and hunting. So it is his [[small council]] that is delegated the tedious tasks of ruling. He is a childhood friend of [[Eddard Stark]] and considers him his true brother. He names Ned [[Hand of the King]] when the [[Jon Arryn|previous Hand]] dies in mysterious circumstances. Eddard launches an investigation and discovers that his predecessor was scrutinising the parentage of Cersei's children. Fearful of exposure, Cersei instructs Robert's squire, [[Lancel Lannister]], to give him too much wine while hunting. Robert is fatally wounded by a boar and succumbs to his injuries soon afterwards. Robert names Eddard protector of the realm just before his death. Cersei then ignores the proclamation, has Eddard arrested, and seizes the throne for her son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. The resulting dispute leads to the [[War of the Five Kings]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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[[File:Robert and Lyanna.jpg|thumb|left|Lyanna and her father Lord Rickard Stark with Robert Baratheon.]]
 
[[File:Robert and Lyanna.jpg|thumb|left|Lyanna and her father Lord Rickard Stark with Robert Baratheon.]]
Robert served [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys II Targaryen]] (known as the Mad King) as the Lord Paramount of the [[Stormlands]]. Robert was betrothed to [[Lyanna Stark]], Eddard's sister. Lyanna was kidnapped by [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]].<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref><ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/jbaratheon/robert-baratheon/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of King's Landing - Robert Baratheon entry]</ref> [[File:Robert slays Rhaegar.jpg|thumb|left|Robert Baratheon slays Rhaegar Targaryen at the [[Battle of the Trident]].]] The mad king had Eddard's [[Rickard Stark|father]] and [[Brandon Stark (the elder)|brother]] killed for protesting against the kidnapping.<ref>"[[Lord Snow]]"</ref> This sparked a [[Robert's Rebellion|massive uprising]] against the Mad King led by Robert, Eddard and Jon Arryn.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref> Lyanna and Aerys died during the civil war that followed.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref><ref>"Lord Snow"</ref> Robert claimed the [[Iron Throne]] because he started the [[File:Lyanna funeral.jpg|thumb|left|Robert Baratheon mourns at the funeral of Lyanna Stark.]] war and killed Prince Rhaegar personally.<ref name="Rhaegar viewers guide">[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-ofthrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/targaryen/rhaegar-targaryen/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Targaryen - Rhaegar Targaryen entry]</ref> Robert also had the best claim to the throne as a result of being related to the Targaryens of old through his mother's side.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref> The other leaders of the rebels, Jon Arryn and Eddard Stark, believed that Robert, with his claim and charismatic personality, should be king and both stood aside.
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Robert served [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys II Targaryen]] (known as the Mad King) as the Lord Paramount of the [[Stormlands]]. Robert was betrothed to [[Lyanna Stark]], Eddard's sister. Lyanna was kidnapped by [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]].<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref><ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/jbaratheon/robert-baratheon/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of King's Landing - Robert Baratheon entry]</ref> [[File:Robert slays Rhaegar.jpg|thumb|left|Robert Baratheon slays Rhaegar Targaryen at the [[Battle of the Trident]].]] The mad king had Eddard's [[Rickard Stark|father]] and [[Brandon Stark (the elder)|brother]] killed for protesting against the kidnapping.<ref>"[[Lord Snow]]"</ref> Their deaths sparked a [[Robert's Rebellion|massive uprising]] against Aerys led by Robert, Eddard and Jon Arryn.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref> Lyanna and Aerys died during the civil war that followed.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref><ref>"Lord Snow"</ref> Robert claimed the [[Iron Throne]] because he started the [[File:Lyanna funeral.jpg|thumb|left|Robert Baratheon mourns at the funeral of Lyanna Stark.]] war and killed Prince Rhaegar personally.<ref name="Rhaegar viewers guide">[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-ofthrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/targaryen/rhaegar-targaryen/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Targaryen - Rhaegar Targaryen entry]</ref> Robert also had the best claim to the throne as a result of being related to the Targaryens through his paternal grandmother, Rhaelle. Targaryen.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref> The other leaders of the rebels, Jon Arryn and Eddard Stark, believed that Robert, with his claim and charismatic personality, should be king and both stood aside.
   
 
[[File:Robert Cersei wedding.jpg|thumb|right|King Robert marries Cersei Lannister.]]
 
[[File:Robert Cersei wedding.jpg|thumb|right|King Robert marries Cersei Lannister.]]
 
Robert was devastated by Lyanna's death, but was urged by Jon Arryn to marry [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] of [[House Lannister]], making an alliance with her father, [[Tywin Lannister]], who had joined his cause late in the conflict and delivered the capital of [[King's Landing]] to him.<ref>"Lord Snow"</ref> He named Jon Arryn as his [[Hand of the King|Hand]] while Eddard took his father's role as [[Warden of the North]].<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref>
 
Robert was devastated by Lyanna's death, but was urged by Jon Arryn to marry [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] of [[House Lannister]], making an alliance with her father, [[Tywin Lannister]], who had joined his cause late in the conflict and delivered the capital of [[King's Landing]] to him.<ref>"Lord Snow"</ref> He named Jon Arryn as his [[Hand of the King|Hand]] while Eddard took his father's role as [[Warden of the North]].<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref>
   
Stannis fought for Robert through the war. Stannis and Robert never loved one another.<ref name="E11">"[[The North Remembers]]"</ref><ref>"[[Winter is Coming (episode)|Winter is Coming]]" Robert tells [[Eddard Stark]] "You were the brother I chose."</ref> Despite Stannis' service during the war, Robert made Renly the [[Lord of Storm's End]] following his victory. Renly was only a child during the civil war, so he did not fight.<ref>"[[A Golden Crown]]"</ref> Stannis was made [[Lord of Dragonstone]] and served on his Robert's [[small council]] as [[Master of Ships]]. Renly later joined the small council as [[Master of Laws]].<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/sbaratheon/stannis-baratheon HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of Dragonstone - Stannis Baratheon entry]</ref><ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/rbaratheon/renly-baratheon HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon - Renly Baratheon entry]</ref>
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Stannis fought for Robert through the war though Stannis and Robert never loved one another.<ref name="E11">"[[The North Remembers]]"</ref><ref>"[[Winter is Coming (episode)|Winter is Coming]]" Robert tells [[Eddard Stark]] "You were the brother I chose."</ref> Despite Stannis' service during the war, Robert made Renly the [[Lord of Storm's End]] following his victory. Renly was only a child during the civil war, so he did not fight.<ref>"[[A Golden Crown]]"</ref> Stannis was made [[Lord of Dragonstone]] and served on Robert's [[small council]] as [[Master of Ships]]. Renly later joined the small council as [[Master of Laws]].<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/sbaratheon/stannis-baratheon HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of Dragonstone - Stannis Baratheon entry]</ref><ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/guide/houses/rbaratheon/renly-baratheon HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon - Renly Baratheon entry]</ref>
   
 
Robert has been the [[King of the Andals and the First Men]] and the ruler of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of Westeros since the end of the civil war. However, he is more concerned with drinking, whoring and hunting than with the minutiae of ruling his kingdom.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref><ref>"Lord Snow"</ref> He revels in the glory days of the rebellion.<ref>"A Golden Crown"</ref> He leaves the running of the kingdom largely his [[small council]], led by Jon Arryn. King Robert also loves to throw events such as [[tournament]]s at which he spares no expense. Unfortunately, after seventeen years this has left the realm deeply in debt, for a shocking six million [[Currency|Gold Dragons]], half of that to House Lannister. <ref>"[[Winter is Coming]]", "[[Lord Snow]]"</ref> He apparently has three children with Cersei: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]].<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref> Unbeknownst to Robert all three were actually fathered by Cersei's twin brother [[Jaime Lannister]].<ref>"You Win or You Die"</ref> Robert has also fathered several illegitimate bastards. He has an unacknowledged bastard son named [[Gendry]] fathered on a tavern wench.<ref>"Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"</ref> He has an unacknowledged bastard daughter named [[Barra]] fathered on the prostitute [[Mhaegen]].<ref>"The Wolf and the Lion"</ref> He has at least four other unacknowledged bastards fathered with various women in the city of King's Landing alone.<ref>"[[The North Remembers]]"</ref>
 
Robert has been the [[King of the Andals and the First Men]] and the ruler of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of Westeros since the end of the civil war. However, he is more concerned with drinking, whoring and hunting than with the minutiae of ruling his kingdom.<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref><ref>"Lord Snow"</ref> He revels in the glory days of the rebellion.<ref>"A Golden Crown"</ref> He leaves the running of the kingdom largely his [[small council]], led by Jon Arryn. King Robert also loves to throw events such as [[tournament]]s at which he spares no expense. Unfortunately, after seventeen years this has left the realm deeply in debt, for a shocking six million [[Currency|Gold Dragons]], half of that to House Lannister. <ref>"[[Winter is Coming]]", "[[Lord Snow]]"</ref> He apparently has three children with Cersei: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]].<ref>"Winter is Coming"</ref> Unbeknownst to Robert all three were actually fathered by Cersei's twin brother [[Jaime Lannister]].<ref>"You Win or You Die"</ref> Robert has also fathered several illegitimate bastards. He has an unacknowledged bastard son named [[Gendry]] fathered on a tavern wench.<ref>"Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"</ref> He has an unacknowledged bastard daughter named [[Barra]] fathered on the prostitute [[Mhaegen]].<ref>"The Wolf and the Lion"</ref> He has at least four other unacknowledged bastards fathered with various women in the city of King's Landing alone.<ref>"[[The North Remembers]]"</ref>
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[[File:Robert's hunting party.jpg|thumb|King Robert Baratheon, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], the King's squire [[Lancel Lannister]], and [[Barristan Selmy]] at the hunt.]]
 
[[File:Robert's hunting party.jpg|thumb|King Robert Baratheon, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], the King's squire [[Lancel Lannister]], and [[Barristan Selmy]] at the hunt.]]
   
Robert and Cersei visit Eddard as he recovers at the [[Tower of the Hand]], from wounds sustained fighting Jaime and his guards. Cersei is furious with Eddard for having her brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] arrested and for fighting with Jaime, but Eddard is unrepentant. She wants Robert to take action against him, but Robert refuses to condemn him, without hearing Eddard's side, and tells her to be silent. When Cersei protests further, and calls Robert a woman, he hits her. She says that she will wear the bruise with honor. Robert tells her to be silent, or he will honor her again, and Cersei leaves in anger. Afterwards, Robert restores Eddard to his position as King's Hand, and tells him not to quit again, or he will give the position to Jaime Lannister. He tells Ned to end the animosity between [[House Stark]] and [[House Lannister]], as strife between the two houses could lead them into war, and that he is leaving on a hunt in the Kingswood and wants the realm at peace by the time he returns. Robert goes hunting, taking Selmy, Lancel and Renly with him. Being supplied with wine by Lancel, Robert becomes drunk and nostalgic, and Renly becomes annoyed with Robert for glorifying the "good old days" and leaves the hunt to return to the [[Red Keep|castle]].<ref>"[[A Golden Crown]]"</ref> Robert is badly wounded whilst trying to kill a boar while hunting. He is taken back to the capital and on his deathbed tells Joffrey that he wishes he could have been a better father to him. After Robert commands everyone to leave, he names Ned as Lord [[Regent]] and [[Protector of the Realm]]. Eddard has learned that Joffrey, [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] are not Robert's children, but are instead the product of incest between Cersei and her twin brother Jaime, but is unable to tell the dying Robert this. Robert also asks him to cancel the attempt on Daenerys Targaryen's life but it comes too late to stop the attempt on Daenerys' life. After Robert's death, Cersei destroys the proclamation of Eddard as Regent and Protector of the Realm and has Eddard arrested. Renly also flees the city, after telling Eddard that he would make a better king than his and Robert's other brother (and the rightful heir), [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]].<ref>"[[You Win or You Die]]"</ref> Robert's death sparks the [[War of the Five Kings]] with both of his brothers, Joffrey, [[Balon Greyjoy]], and [[Robb Stark]] crowning themselves as kings.<ref>"[[Fire and Blood]]"</ref>
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Robert and Cersei visit Eddard as he recovers at the [[Tower of the Hand]], from wounds sustained fighting Jaime and his guards. Cersei is furious with Eddard for having her brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] arrested and for fighting with Jaime, but Eddard is unrepentant. She wants Robert to take action against him, but Robert refuses to condemn him, without hearing Eddard's side, and tells her to be silent. When Cersei protests further, and calls Robert a woman, he hits her. She says that she will wear the bruise with honor. Robert tells her to be silent, or he will honor her again, and Cersei leaves in anger. Afterwards, Robert restores Eddard to his position as King's Hand, and tells him not to quit again, or he will give the position to Jaime Lannister. He tells Ned to end the animosity between [[House Stark]] and [[House Lannister]], as strife between the two houses could lead them into war, and that he is leaving on a hunt in the Kingswood and wants the realm at peace by the time he returns. Robert goes hunting, taking Selmy, Lancel and Renly with him. Being supplied with wine by Lancel, Robert becomes drunk and nostalgic, and Renly becomes annoyed with Robert for glorifying the "good old days" and leaves the hunt to return to the [[Red Keep|castle]].<ref>"[[A Golden Crown]]"</ref> Robert is badly wounded whilst trying to kill a boar while hunting. He is taken back to the capital and on his deathbed tells Joffrey that he wishes he could have been a better father to him. After Robert commands everyone to leave, he names Ned as Lord [[Regent]] and [[Protector of the Realm]]. Eddard has learned that Joffrey, [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] are not Robert's children, but are instead the product of incest between Cersei and her twin brother Jaime, a fact he is unable to tell the dying Robert. Robert also asks him to cancel the attempt on Daenerys Targaryen's life but it comes too late to stop it. After Robert's death, Cersei destroys the proclamation of Eddard as Regent and Protector of the Realm and has Eddard arrested. Renly also flees the city, after telling Eddard that he would make a better king than his and Robert's other brother (and the rightful heir), [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]].<ref>"[[You Win or You Die]]"</ref> Robert's death sparks the [[War of the Five Kings]] with both of his brothers, Joffrey, [[Balon Greyjoy]], and [[Robb Stark]] crowning themselves as kings.<ref>"[[Fire and Blood]]"</ref>
   
 
===[[Season 3]]===
 
===[[Season 3]]===
[[File:Baratheon2.png|thumb|A copper star embroidered with Robert's image]]At some point prior to his death (possibly as he lay mortally wounded after the boar hunt), Robert specified that he did not want to be buried in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] in King's Landing, where the remains of previous kings from the Targaryen dynasty are interred. Instead, as per Robert's instructions he was buried alongside his forefathers at his family's ancestral castle, [[Storm's End]].<ref>"[[And Now His Watch is Ended]]"</ref>
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At some point prior to his death (possibly as he lay mortally wounded after the boar hunt), Robert specified that he did not want to be buried in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] in King's Landing, where the remains of previous kings from the Targaryen dynasty are interred. Instead, as per Robert's instructions he was buried alongside his forefathers at his family's ancestral castle, [[Storm's End]].<ref>"[[And Now His Watch is Ended]]"</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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===Bastards===
 
===Bastards===
Robert Baratheon is rumored to have fathered over a dozen [[bastard]] children over the years. Those who have been introduced in the TV series so far include:
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Robert Baratheon is rumored to have fathered over a dozen [[bastard]] children over the years. In her youth Cersei visited [[Maggy|a woods witch]] who foretold that she would have three children (Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen), while Robert would have "twenty" (though it isn't clear if she meant exactly, or was using the number broadly).<ref>"[[The Wars to Come]]"</ref> Those bastards who have been introduced in the TV series so far include:
   
 
*[[Gendry]] - adolescent armorer's apprentice in [[King's Landing]]. Mother was a tavern wench.
 
*[[Gendry]] - adolescent armorer's apprentice in [[King's Landing]]. Mother was a tavern wench.
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==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
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{{Quote|I'm not trying to honor you. I'm trying to get you to run my [[Seven Kingdoms|kingdom]] while I eat, drink, and whore my way to an early grave.|Robert Baratheon to [[Eddard Stark]]|Winter is Coming}}
 
{{Quote|Honor? I've got [[Seven Kingdoms]] to rule! One king, Seven Kingdoms! Do you think honor keeps them in line? Do you think it's honor that's keeping the peace? It's fear! Fear and blood!|'''Robert Baratheon''' at the [[small council]] meeting about [[Daenerys Targaryen]]|The Wolf and the Lion}}{{Dialogue a-b|Cersei|I shall wear this as a badge of honor.|Robert|Wear it in silence or I'll honor you again.|[[Cersei Lannister]] and '''Robert Baratheon'''|A Golden Crown}}
 
{{Quote|Honor? I've got [[Seven Kingdoms]] to rule! One king, Seven Kingdoms! Do you think honor keeps them in line? Do you think it's honor that's keeping the peace? It's fear! Fear and blood!|'''Robert Baratheon''' at the [[small council]] meeting about [[Daenerys Targaryen]]|The Wolf and the Lion}}{{Dialogue a-b|Cersei|I shall wear this as a badge of honor.|Robert|Wear it in silence or I'll honor you again.|[[Cersei Lannister]] and '''Robert Baratheon'''|A Golden Crown}}
 
{{Quote|King Robert Baratheon, murdered by a pig.|'''Robert Baratheon'''|You Win or You Die}}
 
{{Quote|King Robert Baratheon, murdered by a pig.|'''Robert Baratheon'''|You Win or You Die}}
{{Quote|He was a good man, a great warrior. And a terrible king.|[[Barristan Selmy]] about '''Robert Baratheon'''|Kissed by Fire}}
 
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==

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"He was a good man, a great warrior... and a terrible King."
Barristan Selmy to Jorah Mormont, on Robert Baratheon[src]

Robert Baratheon is a major character in the first season. He is played by starring cast member Mark Addy, and debuts in the series premiere.

Robert Baratheon was the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, formally styled as Robert of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm. He took the throne through conquest in the war known as Robert's Rebellion. Robert was a great warrior in his youth. He killed Rhaegar Targaryen, Prince of Dragonstone, at the Battle of the Trident. After the war, Robert married Cersei Lannister to cement an alliance with House Lannister to hold the kingdoms together, but the marriage is loveless. Robert and Cersei have three children: Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen. Unbeknown to Robert, all three were actually fathered by Cersei's twin brother, Jaime Lannister.

Robert found the winning of his kingdom far more fulfilling than the running of it, and spent much of the next seventeen years whoring, drinking and hunting. So it is his small council that is delegated the tedious tasks of ruling. He is a childhood friend of Eddard Stark and considers him his true brother. He names Ned Hand of the King when the previous Hand dies in mysterious circumstances. Eddard launches an investigation and discovers that his predecessor was scrutinising the parentage of Cersei's children. Fearful of exposure, Cersei instructs Robert's squire, Lancel Lannister, to give him too much wine while hunting. Robert is fatally wounded by a boar and succumbs to his injuries soon afterwards. Robert names Eddard protector of the realm just before his death. Cersei then ignores the proclamation, has Eddard arrested, and seizes the throne for her son, Joffrey. The resulting dispute leads to the War of the Five Kings.

Biography

Background

Robert is the first son of Steffon Baratheon and Cassana Baratheon, and has two younger brothers, Stannis and Renly. Steffon was the head of House Baratheon and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands. The Stormlands are one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms and House Baratheon is one of the Great Houses of the realm. His parents died in his youth  when their ship was caught in a storm; Robert, standing on the walls of Storm's End with Stannis, witnessed his parents ship that was returning from Essos break up on the rocks. He inherited the lordship, and was fostered by Jon Arryn, the head of House Arryn, another Great House. Eddard Stark, the second son of House Stark, was also fostered by Jon Arryn and Robert and Eddard became as close as brothers.[1]

Robert and Lyanna

Lyanna and her father Lord Rickard Stark with Robert Baratheon.

Robert served King Aerys II Targaryen (known as the Mad King) as the Lord Paramount of the Stormlands. Robert was betrothed to Lyanna Stark, Eddard's sister. Lyanna was kidnapped by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.[2][3]

Robert slays Rhaegar

Robert Baratheon slays Rhaegar Targaryen at the Battle of the Trident.

The mad king had Eddard's father and brother killed for protesting against the kidnapping.[4] Their deaths sparked a massive uprising against Aerys led by Robert, Eddard and Jon Arryn.[5] Lyanna and Aerys died during the civil war that followed.[6][7] Robert claimed the Iron Throne because he started the

Lyanna funeral

Robert Baratheon mourns at the funeral of Lyanna Stark.

war and killed Prince Rhaegar personally.[8] Robert also had the best claim to the throne as a result of being related to the Targaryens through his paternal grandmother, Rhaelle. Targaryen.[9] The other leaders of the rebels, Jon Arryn and Eddard Stark, believed that Robert, with his claim and charismatic personality, should be king and both stood aside.

Robert Cersei wedding

King Robert marries Cersei Lannister.

Robert was devastated by Lyanna's death, but was urged by Jon Arryn to marry Cersei of House Lannister, making an alliance with her father, Tywin Lannister, who had joined his cause late in the conflict and delivered the capital of King's Landing to him.[10] He named Jon Arryn as his Hand while Eddard took his father's role as Warden of the North.[11]

Stannis fought for Robert through the war though Stannis and Robert never loved one another.[12][13] Despite Stannis' service during the war, Robert made Renly the Lord of Storm's End following his victory. Renly was only a child during the civil war, so he did not fight.[14] Stannis was made Lord of Dragonstone and served on Robert's small council as Master of Ships. Renly later joined the small council as Master of Laws.[15][16]

Robert has been the King of the Andals and the First Men and the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros since the end of the civil war. However, he is more concerned with drinking, whoring and hunting than with the minutiae of ruling his kingdom.[17][18] He revels in the glory days of the rebellion.[19] He leaves the running of the kingdom largely his small council, led by Jon Arryn. King Robert also loves to throw events such as tournaments at which he spares no expense. Unfortunately, after seventeen years this has left the realm deeply in debt, for a shocking six million Gold Dragons, half of that to House Lannister. [20] He apparently has three children with Cersei: Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen.[21] Unbeknownst to Robert all three were actually fathered by Cersei's twin brother Jaime Lannister.[22] Robert has also fathered several illegitimate bastards. He has an unacknowledged bastard son named Gendry fathered on a tavern wench.[23] He has an unacknowledged bastard daughter named Barra fathered on the prostitute Mhaegen.[24] He has at least four other unacknowledged bastards fathered with various women in the city of King's Landing alone.[25]

Jon Arryn began to investigate the lineage of Cersei's children, comparing their appearance to Robert's bastard offspring. He died under mysterious circumstances shortly after beginning his investigation. Robert has decided to ride north to Eddard's keep Winterfell to name him as Jon Arryn's replacement.[26]

Season 1

Robert at Winterfell

Lord Eddard and Lady Catelyn show respect to King Robert in "Winter is Coming".

Lyanna's statue

Lyanna's statue in Winterfell's crypts

The royal party arrives in Winterfell and Lord Eddard presents his household to King Robert. After initial greetings, Robert demands to see the crypts and pay his respects, stoking Queen Cersei's impatience. In the crypts Robert offers prayers to a statue of Lyanna Stark. He tells Eddard that in his dreams he kills Rhaegar Targaryen every night anew, but Eddard replies that House Targaryen is destroyed. "Not all of them," Robert counters. Robert formally offers Eddard the role of Hand of the King, telling him that he needs someone to run the kingdom and revealing that he is fearful of betrayal from within his court. Eddard asks for time to think about it. Robert agrees but offers a sweetener: the hand of his son Joffrey in marriage to Eddard's daughter Sansa. A great feast is held in honor of the king's visit to Winterfell. The next morning Eddard and Robert go hunting and Eddard accepts Robert's offer, with Robert stating that Ned is a loyal friend, the last one he's got.[27]

The parties depart Winterfell. Days later, on the Kingsroad south to the capital, Robert calls a halt to discuss some newly-arrived dire news with Eddard. Robert's spies have learned of Daenerys Targaryen's marriage to Khal Drogo whose khalasar is reported to number over one hundred thousand people. Eddard points out that the Dothraki cannot cross the Narrow Sea, as they have no ships, but Robert is concerned that the Seven Kingdoms will soon face another war.[28]

On the Kingsroad, the royal party reaches the Crossroads Inn, a noted stop on the way south to the capital. Joffrey is injured by Nymeria, a direwolf belonging to Ned's younger daughter Arya during the halt. Arya is brought before Robert and truthfully blames Joffrey for instigating the incident but Joffrey's falsified version of events is supported by Sansa. Robert is furious that a minor fracas has become a major incident with his wife and his new Hand accusing one another's children; he also appears to exhibit disdain towards Joffrey over the fact his son was beaten and disarmed by a girl several years his junior. He decides to let Ned discipline Arya whilst he will do the same to Joffrey, but to appease his Queen he agrees that a direwolf must be executed. When Nymeria cannot be found, Robert commands that Sansa's wolf Lady must be killed instead.[29]

On his return to King's Landing Robert orders a tournament to celebrate Eddard's appointment as King's Hand. He avoids the small council meetings where discussion of the kingdom's mounting debts and the difficulty of paying for the tournament are raised. Robert swaps old war stories with Ser Barristan Selmy, a distinguished and famous knight and Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and Jaime Lannister, whilst also humiliating his 'useless' squire, Lancel Lannister.[30] Robert enjoys the attentions of at least four women in his chambers. Jaime Lannister, left guarding his room outside, is infuriated by the insult done to his sister by this, and vents about it to Jory Cassel.[31]

Robert learns that Daenerys is pregnant and orders that she and her brother Viserys Targaryen be assassinated. Eddard disagrees with the decision, and resigns as Hand, enraging Robert. Later, Cersei asks the King if it was wise to lose Eddard in this way and they discuss their marriage. Robert tells her he could never love her due to his feelings for Lyanna. Robert's brother Renly reports that Robert is planning a big hunt and has asked Renly to accompany him, a prospect Renly dreads.[32]

Robert's hunting party

King Robert Baratheon, Renly, the King's squire Lancel Lannister, and Barristan Selmy at the hunt.

Robert and Cersei visit Eddard as he recovers at the Tower of the Hand, from wounds sustained fighting Jaime and his guards. Cersei is furious with Eddard for having her brother Tyrion arrested and for fighting with Jaime, but Eddard is unrepentant. She wants Robert to take action against him, but Robert refuses to condemn him, without hearing Eddard's side, and tells her to be silent. When Cersei protests further, and calls Robert a woman, he hits her. She says that she will wear the bruise with honor. Robert tells her to be silent, or he will honor her again, and Cersei leaves in anger. Afterwards, Robert restores Eddard to his position as King's Hand, and tells him not to quit again, or he will give the position to Jaime Lannister. He tells Ned to end the animosity between House Stark and House Lannister, as strife between the two houses could lead them into war, and that he is leaving on a hunt in the Kingswood and wants the realm at peace by the time he returns. Robert goes hunting, taking Selmy, Lancel and Renly with him. Being supplied with wine by Lancel, Robert becomes drunk and nostalgic, and Renly becomes annoyed with Robert for glorifying the "good old days" and leaves the hunt to return to the castle.[33] Robert is badly wounded whilst trying to kill a boar while hunting. He is taken back to the capital and on his deathbed tells Joffrey that he wishes he could have been a better father to him. After Robert commands everyone to leave, he names Ned as Lord Regent and Protector of the Realm. Eddard has learned that Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are not Robert's children, but are instead the product of incest between Cersei and her twin brother Jaime, a fact he is unable to tell the dying Robert. Robert also asks him to cancel the attempt on Daenerys Targaryen's life but it comes too late to stop it. After Robert's death, Cersei destroys the proclamation of Eddard as Regent and Protector of the Realm and has Eddard arrested. Renly also flees the city, after telling Eddard that he would make a better king than his and Robert's other brother (and the rightful heir), Stannis.[34] Robert's death sparks the War of the Five Kings with both of his brothers, Joffrey, Balon Greyjoy, and Robb Stark crowning themselves as kings.[35]

Season 3

At some point prior to his death (possibly as he lay mortally wounded after the boar hunt), Robert specified that he did not want to be buried in the Great Sept of Baelor in King's Landing, where the remains of previous kings from the Targaryen dynasty are interred. Instead, as per Robert's instructions he was buried alongside his forefathers at his family's ancestral castle, Storm's End.[36]

Appearances

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Image gallery

Family tree

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Bastards

Robert Baratheon is rumored to have fathered over a dozen bastard children over the years. In her youth Cersei visited a woods witch who foretold that she would have three children (Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen), while Robert would have "twenty" (though it isn't clear if she meant exactly, or was using the number broadly).[37] Those bastards who have been introduced in the TV series so far include:

  • Gendry - adolescent armorer's apprentice in King's Landing. Mother was a tavern wench.
  • {Barra} - infant in King's Landing. Mother was Mhaegen, a prostitute. Killed in Joffrey's purge.
  • Several other bastard children killed in Joffrey's purge, including a second infant, two brothers, and one child.

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Quotes

"I'm not trying to honor you. I'm trying to get you to run my kingdom while I eat, drink, and whore my way to an early grave."
―Robert Baratheon to Eddard Stark[src]
"Honor? I've got Seven Kingdoms to rule! One king, Seven Kingdoms! Do you think honor keeps them in line? Do you think it's honor that's keeping the peace? It's fear! Fear and blood!"
Robert Baratheon at the small council meeting about Daenerys Targaryen[src]
Cersei: "I shall wear this as a badge of honor."
Robert: "Wear it in silence or I'll honor you again."
Cersei Lannister and Robert Baratheon[src]
"King Robert Baratheon, murdered by a pig."
Robert Baratheon[src]

Behind the scenes

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Robert is in his mid-thirties when the events of the books begin. He is jovial and fun-loving, fond of battle, women and drink. As a young man Robert was a formidable warrior, noted for his chivalry, sense of honor and immense charisma. He won several loyal Targaryen bannermen to his cause through strength of personality alone. Very tall and incredibly muscular, Robert was considered one of the most attractive men in Westeros, desired by every maiden in the realm. However, after becoming king, Robert let himself go somewhat, becoming fat, soft and indolent, though still capable of great generosity to his friends. Robert has also become more bitter following Lyanna's death and his unhappy marriage to Cersei, despite their multiple children.

Bastards

Robert is rumored to have fathered over a dozen bastard children over the years, though exactly how many he has is unknown even to Robert. Cersei once visited a maegi in her youth who predicted that Cersei would have three children (Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen) and that Robert would have sixteen - the prophecy about Cersei's children turned out to be true, but it is unknown if the prophecy about Robert's children turned out to be accurate. Robert had a voracious sexual appetite since he was a teenager, however, and he had sex with innumerable whores and servant girls for over twenty years before his death, so tracking down all of his bastards would be an exceedingly difficult task. Varys himself can confirm of at least eight bastard children which Robert fathered over the years.

  • Robert's only acknowledged bastard is Edric Storm, whom he acknowledged because his mother was not a commoner but a noblewoman from House Florent- Delena Florent, Selyses' cousin. Robert acknowledged the boy but Cersei would have been furious if he raised him in his own home, so he sent Edric away to be fostered at Storm's End his whole life. Edric had virtually no contact with Robert: Edric would receive nameday presents every year (a pony one year, a sable cloak the next, and once even a miniature warhammer similar to the one Robert used) and write thank-you letters to Robert for them, but they were actually sent by Varys without Robert's input at all. When reading those letters, Robert would laugh and ask Varys what he sent that year. Edric bears amazing resemblance to his father; when Davos Seaworth first met Edric, he immediately concluded the youth is a bastard of Robert. Stannis resents Edric because the youth's presence is a constant reminder to him how Robert violated his wedding bed (similarly to Catelyn Stark's feelings toward Jon Snow), but allows him to spend time with Shireen. Although Selyse and Melisandre urged Stannis to sacrifice Edric (in the TV series he was switched with Gendry), Stannis was not thrilled about killing his nephew, and was not overly furious when it was revealed that Davos sent him away.
  • Another confirmed bastard is Mya Stone, the eldest of Robert's bastards. She is nineteen years old. Robert fathered her in the Vale while he was fostering there with Eddard Stark, a few years before he led the rebellion against King Aerys Targaryen (thus she is apparently the oldest of his bastards, in her late teens/early twenties). Mya was not officially acknowledged by Robert, but her existence is considered to be an open secret. Robert knew her when she was a toddler but he left her behind when he became king; once during a heated argument over Robert's disappointment regarding Joffrey, Robert threatened to punish Cersei by bringing a bastard daughter of his to be raised in the Red Keep (the name of the girl in question is not mentioned, but it's likely to be Mya), and Cersei responded "Do as you please, but you may find that the city is not a healthy place for a growing girl" - bluntly implying that she would harm the girl; Robert angrily punched Cersei, but knowing that she truly meant this threat, he backed down. Thus while Mya has not been officially, legally acknowledged as Robert's bastard, her status as his daughter is such public knowledge that she uses the special bastard surname "Stone" - without complaint by others that Robert technically never officially gave her the right to use the name "Stone". Mya works as a pack mule guide along the treacherous mountain path leading to the Eyrie, and is encountered by Catelyn Stark when she brings Tyrion Lannister to the Eyrie to hold prisoner at her sister Lysa's court.
  • In the books, Barra was the only of Robert's bastards who was reported to be killed at Cersei's command following his death. She was explicitly killed on Cersei's orders, not on Joffrey's as in the TV series.
  • Petyr Baelish also told Eddard Stark that some years earlier Robert fathered bastard twins with a serving woman at Casterly Rock, and that Cersei had both children killed. Ned was surprised that Robert would have stood by and let such a thing happen, but then recalled that Robert seemed to have grown adept at shutting his eyes. It is unknown if the story is true.

Robert never cared much about his bastards. According to Stannis, he liked the making of children well enough, but after birth they were a bother to him.

Gendry, Edric Storm, Mya Stone, plus the deceased Barra and twins at Casterly Rock only account for six bastards, however, when Varys said he knew of at least eight. When Arya Stark and Gendry first encounter the Brotherhood Without Banners in the Riverlands, they pass through the town of Stoney Sept, where they encounter a dark-haired prostitute named Bella who claims to be a bastard of Robert. Bella states that she is the daughter of a prostitute that Robert had sex with as he was passing through the town during the Battle of the Bells, and that she was named "Bella" for the battle. She does generally resemble Robert and her age matches her story of when Robert would have had sex with her mother, but her claim cannot be definitely confirmed.

The TV series has not introduced any other bastards besides Gendry, even going so far as to combine parts of Edric Storm's storyline - being taken to Dragonstone - with Gendry's storyline in Season 3. It is unclear if the TV series means to imply that Gendry is Robert's only surviving bastard, but either way the focus given to Gendry is much greater in the TV continuity.

See also

References

  1. "Winter is Coming"
  2. "Winter is Coming"
  3. HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of King's Landing - Robert Baratheon entry
  4. "Lord Snow"
  5. "Winter is Coming"
  6. "Winter is Coming"
  7. "Lord Snow"
  8. HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Targaryen - Rhaegar Targaryen entry
  9. "Winter is Coming"
  10. "Lord Snow"
  11. "Winter is Coming"
  12. "The North Remembers"
  13. "Winter is Coming" Robert tells Eddard Stark "You were the brother I chose."
  14. "A Golden Crown"
  15. HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon of Dragonstone - Stannis Baratheon entry
  16. HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Baratheon - Renly Baratheon entry
  17. "Winter is Coming"
  18. "Lord Snow"
  19. "A Golden Crown"
  20. "Winter is Coming", "Lord Snow"
  21. "Winter is Coming"
  22. "You Win or You Die"
  23. "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
  24. "The Wolf and the Lion"
  25. "The North Remembers"
  26. "Winter is Coming"
  27. "Winter is Coming"
  28. "The Kingsroad"
  29. "The Kingsroad"
  30. "Lord Snow"
  31. "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
  32. "The Wolf and the Lion"
  33. "A Golden Crown"
  34. "You Win or You Die"
  35. "Fire and Blood"
  36. "And Now His Watch is Ended"
  37. "The Wars to Come"

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