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House Lannister
House Lannister

"Using some vile sorcery, your brother fell on Stafford Lannister with an army of wolves. Thousands of good men were butchered."
―Ser Lancel Lannister to Sansa Stark[src]

Ser Stafford Lannister was Tywin Lannister's cousin. He was killed at the Battle of Oxcross.

Biography[]

Background[]

Stafford is the brother of Joanna Lannister, Tywin's late wife, and the maternal uncle of Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion. He is also a cousin of Tywin and Kevan.[1]

Game of Thrones: Season 2[]

Stafford is given the command over the new Lannister army, that was raised in the Westerlands to replace the troops which were destroyed in the Battle of Whispering Wood.[1]

Robb's army sneaks through the mountains bordering the Westerlands, and ambushes Stafford's army at night in their own camp at Oxcross. Stafford's army of raw recruits is massacred, and he is killed.[1]

Family[]


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Famtree-TytosLannister
Tytos
Lannister

Deceased
 
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Jeyne Lannister
née Marbrand
Deceased
 
House-Lannister-heraldry
Jason
Lannister[b]
Deceased
 
House-Lannister-heraldry
Marla Lannister
née Prester[b]
Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Famtree-KevanLannister
Kevan
Lannister

Deceased
 
Famtree-TywinLannister
Tywin
Lannister

Deceased
 
House-Lannister-heraldry
Joanna
Lannister

Deceased
 
House-Lannister-heraldry
Stafford
Lannister

Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Famtree-CerseiLannister
Cersei
Lannister

Deceased
 
Famtree-JaimeLannister
Jaime
Lannister

Deceased
 
Famtree-TyrionLannister
Tyrion
Lannister


 
 
 

In the books[]

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Ser Stafford Lannister is the brother of Joanna Lannister. He and his sister were the children of Lord Tytos Lannister's younger brother. Thus, both Joanna and Stafford were first cousins of Tywin and the main branch of the family.

In his youth, Stafford and two more Lannisters were captured by Lady Tarbeck in retaliation for the imprisonment of her husband by Tytos. She threatened to kill the captives if her husband would be harmed. Tywin suggested his father to send Lord Tarbeck back to his wife in three pieces, but the soft-hearted Tytos complied and returned Tarbeck unharmed in exchange for the three Lannisters.

Stafford dies in the Battle of Oxcross, killed by Lord Rickard Karstark. Both Jaime and Brynden Tully consider him a poor commander, as he didn't scout the area believing Robb was far away. Tyrion is also very critical of Stafford for his failure and getting himself killed, calling him "my mutton-headed uncle." Robb had been led by Grey Wind along a goat path and had thus bypasses fortified positions in order to attack undetected.

The Lannister survivors regrouped at Lannisport under Ser Daven Lannister, Stafford's son and widely considered to be a more intelligent commander than his father. Daven wants to avenge his father, but Robb robs him of his vengeance by executing Rickard Karstark.

Jaime reacts indifferently when Catelyn tells him about Stafford's death; he mentions that Cersei used to call him "Uncle Dolt".

Appearances[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Game of Thrones: Season 2, Episode 4: "Garden of Bones" (2012).

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 2 in 299 AC.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Conjecture based on information from The World of Ice & Fire; may be subject to change.

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