Just shortly before Daenerys ascended the Iron Throne, it was revealed that Jon Snow was actually the trueborn son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, making him the true heir as Aegon VI Targaryen. Her fury led Jon Snow to kill her in front of the Iron Throne, whereafter she was carried off by her dragon, Drogon. Daenerys would be named Queen of Westeros only briefly after sacking King’s Landing, where she would murder thousands of innocents while burning down the city. After gaining a large following in Essos, the Targaryen queen sought to claim the Iron Throne in Westeros, where she received support from Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, and Lord Varys. However, Drogo soon murdered Viserys by dumping molten gold on his head, leaving Daenerys as the last Targaryen heir to the Iron Throne.

With Viserys eager to reclaim the Iron Throne, his plan in Game of Thrones began when he married his sister Daenerys to Jason Momoa's Khal Drogo.

Maegor was soon found dead seated on the Iron Throne, with his wrists slashed and throat impaled by the throne, though it’s unknown who was responsible for his death. In 48 AC, Jaehaerys announced his claim to the Iron Throne, with his sister Rhaena and many lords of Westeros joining his cause. Soon after, Maegor forcibly took his niece, Rhaena, for his wife, intending her daughter from a previous marriage to be his heir. Maegor kept Aenys’ eldest surviving child Viserys with him at court, who he soon had tortured and killed when learning that his nephew and niece had escaped Dragonstone. When Aenys’ eldest son, Games of Thrones' historic Aegon Targaryen, announced his claim to the throne, Maegor slew him and his dragon, whereafter he placed Aenys’ children Jaehaerys and Alysanne on Dragonstone as his mother’s wards. Maegor continued to battle the High Septon and Warrior’s Sons, where he executed dozens of septons before one would marry him to his next wife. Maegor continued to marry as a result of his previous wives never giving him children, with the king taking six wives by the end of his life. The younger son of Aegon the Conqueror, Maegor seized the Iron Throne upon his brother’s death after spending years in exile for his polygamous marriage with Ceryse Hightower and Alys Harroway. Throughout the entire history of Westeros, one statement about the Targaryens would never fade: “ Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin.” Westeros knew the reign of many Targaryen kings and queens, with too many being divided by fury and destruction or peace and greatness. Despite this, House Targaryen’s history and influence never waned in importance for Westeros, as the legacy of the many kings that came before weighed heavily on the strategies and decisions made by the prominent houses while playing the titular game of thrones.

By the end of Game of Thrones, it became clear that the overarching conflict was based on the history and relationships between House Stark and House Targaryen.īy the time Game of Thrones began, the Targaryen family had finally been unseated after three centuries on the Iron Throne, with only two heirs, Danaerys and Viserys, remaining to claim their birthright. While Game of Thrones primarily placed House Stark as the protagonists, the family’s most compelling dynamic was its history with House Targaryen, who ruled on the Iron Throne for three centuries. HBO's House of the Dragon is bringing Game of Thrones’ Targaryens into the spotlight, but the prequel only covers one section of the massive Targaryen family tree.

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