HBO’s extremely anticipated “Sport of Thrones” prequel, “Home of the Dragon,” introduces us to a slew of historic Targaryens, centuries earlier than Daenerys’s quest for the Iron Throne. Two of probably the most important members of the difficult household tree are Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen, and their relationship is each extremely vital and extremely tangled. Spoilers forward for each the e-book “Hearth and Blood” and for “Home of the Dragon”!
Are Rhaenyra and Daemon Associated?
Like many different Targaryens, Daemon and Rhaenyra are each associated by blood and (ultimately) romantically concerned. Rhaenyra is Daemon’s niece, because the daughter of his older brother, King Viserys I. The 2 are also brother- and sister-in-law by way of their earlier marriages. Rhaenyra’s first marriage is to Laenor Velaryon, whereas Daemon’s second spouse is Laenor’s sister, Laena. Daemon is, after all, youthful than Rhaenyra’s father Viserys, however he is nonetheless considerably older than her: within the books, there is a 16-year age hole between Rhaenyra and Daemon.
Rhaenyra and Daemon’s Earlier Relationships
Within the books, each Rhaenyra and Daemon are married and have youngsters earlier than they marry one another. The fictional historians of the books differ of their accounts of the pair’s early relationship as soon as Rhaenyra was in her mid-teens, however rumors swirl that they did have some form of sexual relationship earlier than Rhaenyra’s first marriage. In any case, Rhaenyra and Daemon later married the Velaryon siblings and had youngsters with them, though, as soon as once more, rumors swirled round Rhaenyra: her husband Laenor reportedly was homosexual, and their sons have been rumored to have been fathered by her lover, Harwin Robust.
Rhaenyra and Daemon’s Marriage
Within the yr 120 AC (the calendar in Westeros is measured by years following Aegon I’s conquest), each Velaryon siblings die. Quickly after being widowed, Daemon and Rhaenyra marry one another in secret when he’s 39 years outdated, and he or she is 23. Their marriage causes an enormous scandal at courtroom and one other rift between Daemon and Viserys, however it’s ultimately accepted. The couple has two sons collectively, Aegon and Viserys.
Almost a decade after their marriage, the civil struggle often known as the Dance of the Dragons begins when Viserys I dies. Rhaenyra, his designated inheritor, is just not even knowledgeable of her father’s loss of life till after her half-brother, Aegon II, scoops up the throne for himself. In fact, Rhaenyra is just not enthusiastic about taking place with out a combat, and Daemon staunchly helps her: in truth, he crowns her personally together with her late father’s crown.
Rhaenyra and Daemon’s Legacy
Neither Rhaenyra nor Daemon stay to see the tip of the Dance of the Dragons, however neither does Aegon II. With each claimants to the Iron throne lifeless, The Dance of the Dragons ends in a negotiated peace and sees Rhaenyra and Daemon’s son, Aegon III Targaryen (aka, Aegon the Youthful), topped king. Descendants of Rhaenyra and Daemon sit on the Iron Throne till the autumn of the Targaryen dynasty centuries later.
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