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Val stood beside him, tall and fair. They were made of flowers, vines, leaves, and other natural materials. Was there a time when kings and queens actually wore their crowns on a regular basis? Secret stash deal for 54 the battle deal for 27 the last of his name deal for 61 war offense deal for 36 as part of the following packs:episode The lion and the rose deal for 58 king's landing market deal for 11 season 4: Crowns were not worn only by kings and queens, but also by deities.

The khal lifts the pot up and once again addresses the beggar king in common tongue with the words:. Graham sutherland, the english painter who was commissioned to. Cersei lannister inspired crown, game of thrones crown, cosplay, house lannister, silver tiara, iron throne, cersei lannister costume. Sunday's episode of game of thrones gave some insight into how kings in the iron islands are crowned and an important aspect of their religion.

His breastplate had a flaming heart inlaid above his own. Cersei Lannister 5. Jaime Lannister 6. Sansa Stark 7. Arya Stark 8. Bran Stark 9. Samwell Tarly Theon Greyjoy The Hound Brienne of Tarth Varys Melisandre Davos Seaworth Jorah Mormont Bronn Tormund Giantsbane Beric Dondarrion The office of "Protector of the Realm" is sometimes given to someone other than the current monarch, particularly during a regency when the ruler is under-aged, though if the current ruler does not possess great martial skill he may simply choose to delegate the office to someone else.

Some rulers have combined the two aforementioned titles and have instead held the title Protector of the Seven Kingdoms.

Known cases of this include Queen Cersei Lannister. The office of the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms is often referred to as the Iron Throne , in reference to the eponymous throne on which the King holds court. The position was created when Aegon the Conqueror succeeded in his conquest of Westeros , unifying the independent kingdoms of the Isles and Rivers , the Rock , the Reach , the Mountain and Vale , the Stormlands and the Kingdom of the North.

The Principality of Dorne was later united to the realm through marriage-alliance. If a king has not yet reached the legal age of majority , however, a regent will be named to rule until he comes of age.

The entire continent of "Westeros". The "Seven Kingdoms" are colored white. The lands beyond the Wall colored red , are not part of the "Seven Kingdoms" but are still part of the continent of "Westeros". There is no such thing as the "King of Westeros", and this term does not officially exist within the Game of Thrones TV series. The " Six Kingdoms " are the large unified realm which covers half of the continent of Westeros, bordering the Kingdom of the North at the Neck.

After the Targaryen Conquest, the term "Seven Kingdoms" became a geographical term, referring to how Westeros south of the Wall used to be divided into seven independent kingdoms. On several occasions, dialogue in the TV series has referred to the King of the Andals and the First Men as the "King of Westeros", but this is not an official term in the novels.

Stannis has been referred to as this a few times in the novels, but it is apparently a colloquialism, not the formal title. After the assassination of Daenerys Targaryen , the Great Council of AC decides that the Six Kingdoms the North being allowed to secede is to be transformed into an elective monarchy.

The first monarch elected by the lords and ladies of Westeros is Bran Stark. The line of monarchs of the Targaryen dynasty in the TV series generally matches that of the one presented in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Though generally assumed to follow the book series, the genealogy of all kings has not technically been established in the TV continuity.

One major difference to the line of kings in the book series is the removal of Jaehaerys II Targaryen, who in the book series is the son and successor of Aegon V and the father and predecessor of Aerys II. The removal is intentional, possibly made to simplify the Targaryen family tree as Aemon relates his genealogical connection to the rest of the Targaryens to Jon Snow in Season 1. In Episode 3 of Season 4, " Breaker of Chains ", Tywin Lannister relates the story of King " Orys I ", who ruled for less than a year before being murdered by his brother.

There is no Orys I in the books and though the context of Tywin's story he mentions three kings to Tommen, the other two, Baelor I and Robert I, were rulers of the Seven Kingdoms suggests Orys was a Targaryen king, it is also possible that Orys was a local ruler in one of the kingdoms before the Targaryen conquest.

As this Maegor III is specified to have ruled the Seven Kingdoms, his status as a Targaryen king is less open to interpretation and his regnal number also implies the existence of a "Maegor II". It is possible that "Maegor III" could be a mistake by Mace Tyrell in-universe or a mistake by the writers out-of-universe.

Though it would contradict the books, there is technically "room" for further kings in the sequence of rulers in the TV continuity. As stated, the relative order of the kings mentioned above is known and matches the books, but as opposed to the books, the regnal dates for most kings have not been mentioned. Cersei claims that 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.

Meanwhile, Robert's bastard Gendry - having now survived imprisonment under Gregor Clegane at Harrenhal as well as the massacre back in King's Landing - is now traveling with the outlaw group called the Brotherhood Without Banners who ultimately exchange him to the red priestess Melisandre in exchange for two bags of gold. Unaware of what she intends to do with him, Gendry is initially cordial towards Melisandre who reveals the truth about his father as they pass the Red Keep. They arrive at Dragonstone where Gendry meets his uncle Stannis, who refers to his nephew as "half Robert, half low-born.

However, Gendry is later freed by Davos Seaworth before Stannis and Melisandre can completely sacrifice him thus preserving Robert's bloodline. When Joffrey is assassinated at his own wedding feast , Tommen becomes the heir apparent despite the "rumors" about his actual parentage.

As he stands vigil with Cersei and Tywin over Joffrey's corpse in the Great Sept of Baelor , Tywin proceeds to grill Tommen as to what makes a good king. At one point, Tommen asks about strength and Tywin refutes this by pointing out that Robert was a paragon of strength but ultimately not a good king. He goes on to cite that during his 17 year rule, Robert only attended a scant three meetings of his own small council.

Despite the way Robert treated him during his time as squire, Lancel - who has since abandoned his family name and joined the fanatical movement known as the Sparrows - is haunted by the part he played in Robert's death. He attempts to raise the subject with Cersei at Tywin's funeral but she feigns ignorance and brushes him off. Eventually, however, Cersei confesses to her relationship with Lancel to the High Sparrow, saying she was lonely and afraid.

When reminded by the High Sparrow that she had a husband, she flippantly argues that Robert was off whoring every chance he got but the High Sparrow shuts her down by saying, "His sins do not pardon your own. Despite his warning that speaking falsehoods before the gods is a great crime, Cersei continues to lie that her children were in fact fathered by Robert. Though the High Sparrow casts a rather suspicious glance toward Cersei, he relents but informs her that there will still be a trial to ascertain the truth behind the other charges that she continues to deny, including Robert's murder.

In Winterfell, Sansa visits the crypts before her marriage to Ramsay Bolton and finds the feather that Robert had placed in the hands of Lyanna's statue years earlier. The actor playing Robert pokes fun at the king's death and frequently mocks his drinking problem. As Cersei tortures a captured Unella after killing the rest of the Sparrows, she finally 'confesses' to killing Robert.

Meanwhile, Bran Stark discovers the true identity of Jon Snow's mother was none other than Lyanna Stark, who died shortly after giving birth to him. As she lay dying, Lyanna begged her brother Eddard to protect her son out of fear that Robert would surely kill him if he found out that he was actually fathered by Rhaegar Targaryen.

Varys notes that Robert was a more pleasant alternative to Aerys, but Robert had no real wish to be King. Daenerys firmly accuses Varys of disloyalty to her, by hiring assassins to kill her during her pregnancy on Robert's order. Varys forgets or neglects to mention that Ned Stark had told him that as Robert lay dying, he had rescinded his order to kill Daenerys.

Qyburn and Cersei later visit the tombs where the dragon skulls are kept. Cersei mentions how Robert removed the skulls from the Throne Room but kept them as trophies.

He used to go down there and admire the skulls. When Gendry meets with Jon at Dragonstone , he introduces himself as the bastard son of Robert, although Davos urging him to conceal his true parentage. Gendry and Jon get along well, as Jon's father his true parentage still unknown was good friends with Robert. Gendry accompanies Jon, bringing with him a war hammer with a stag sigil, taking after his father and his father's House.

After Euron and Cersei have sex, he asks her if he was better than "the fat king" in bed. Cersei disdainfully comments that Robert used to have a new whore every night, but still didn't know his way around a woman's body.

Jon openly doubts that Ned, the most honorable man he knew, would lie to him, to which Sam replies that Ned did this to protect Jon from Robert murdering him. When Arya asks Gendry why Melisandre wanted him when Gendry was sold to her by the Brotherhood, Gendry tells Arya that Melisandre told him that he is the bastard son of Robert. When Jon informs Daenerys of his true parentage and identity, he mentions that Robert would have murdered him had the secret not been kept that Jon was in fact a Targaryen.

Daenerys asks Gendry accusingly whether he is aware that his father took her family's throne and tried to have her murdered. Yet, she does not resent Gendry for his father's deeds and instead legitimizes him as Robert's last trueborn son, the Lord of Storm's End and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands.

Robert Baratheon, as a young man, possessed the typical talent for warfare and leadership as his brothers, as expected of Baratheon men, gentler than his brother, Stannis, and less intelligent than Renly. He was a charismatic and fearsome military commander and a formidable warrior, shown by his famous defeat of Rhaegar Targaryen on the Trident, pending the death of Aerys Targaryen.

His command of his armies at Summerhall showed his strong ability to command and forge relationships with others through war and battle. Robert was considered a very good man at heart, and he ultimately was, but people often couldn't see this because externally he appeared to be a brutal, heavy-drinking party animal. He had a fondness for strong drinks, women, tourneys, and extravagant parties, which he heavily immersed himself in after the end of his Rebellion against the Mad King- perhaps to drown his grief over having lost Lyanna.

People often commented derogatorily that he was a drunken fool which was true to an extent , and failed sometimes to see past his powerful temper. The death of Lyanna and no battles to fight left him with a profound loss of purpose, causing him to lose his fighting form and grow fat from the excess the crown provided him. He did however mention that the only reason he never abdicated the throne was because he never wanted Joffrey or Cersei to have control of the realm when he was gone, likely realizing his heir and wife would be more ruthless and just as incompetent as he was.

Admittedly, however, Robert proved to be a poor peacetime ruler; a soldier more than anything else, he understood nothing about administration nor cared to learn about it, and frequently ignored the sound advice his small council gave him. His behavior in " A Golden Crown " underscores his incompetence as a king: he should have used his authority to put an end to the mutual hostilities between the Starks and Lannisters, before the situation got out of control; instead, he just ordered Ned - not very firmly - to have Tyrion released and to make peace with Jaime, then left the capital for his entertainments.

When the Greyjoys rebelled early on in his rule he actually showed brilliance in putting down the rebellion and was rather happy there were battles to fight and win rather than ruling. This indicates he likely would have made a very good Master of War rather than a king. Robert's greatest strength lay in his ability to win himself allies after battle and his charismatic leadership.

Stannis recounts that men who he had fought with during the day would often be drinking, feasting, and laughing with him the same evening. He did have a good sense of humor and took slights well openly on most occasions unless they were towards people he loved, and his temper was fearsome when roused - he resorted to striking Cersei across the face when she insulted his masculinity, but verbally regretted this in private.

His charisma also made him loved by many women, and he was noted for his womanizing even while he was betrothed to Lyanna Stark. It was said Lyanna did not appreciate this nor did she expect him to change with marriage to her, which may have pushed her away from him to a degree.

His charisma made him an excellent leader of soldiers, but betrayed his incompetence and lack of patience when it came to the actual necessity of detailed planning to rule the realm effectively. Robert showed some good judgement by choosing Jon Arryn and later Eddard Stark as Hand, but then unintentionally undermined their good administration with his reckless spending on luxuries and entertainments, which eventually bankrupted the Seven Kingdoms and forced him to take loans from the Iron Bank of Braavos and the Lannisters.

Robert always dismissed financial matters casually as "counting coppers", according to his brother Renly, ignoring the danger of being in debt both to the Iron Bank and to a man as ruthless and ambitious as Tywin Lannister.

It is worth noting that the two men Robert selected as Hand were two men who had been extremely close to him, whom he trusted , as opposed to men like Tywin, who had already proved himself an extremely effective, but unapologetically ruthless Hand; denying Tywin the title of Hand was Robert's way of keeping him however weakly in check. Thus, Robert isn't completely prone to errors of judgement.

Also, he expressed a certain amount of charisma when he met Ned's children at Winterfell, shaking hands with Robb, complimenting Sansa's beauty and even playfully suggesting that Bran would be a soldier.

He also showed a good sense of humor in remarking that Ned had 'gotten fat', before raucously laughing when Ned silently indicated that he had done too. He was also completely capable of laughing at his own expense, as evidenced by this, and when he almost attended the tourney with his belly on display before Ned pointed it out.

Robert's relationship with Eddard Stark brought out the better side of Robert. Since he did not have a particular fondness or relationship with either one of his actual brothers, he considered the Stark lord a surrogate brother. Indeed both of Robert's actual brothers, Stannis and Renly, each expressed jealousy over Robert's relationship with Ned.

Stannis resented Robert's picking of Ned over him as Hand, this the most recent instance at the start of the series that showed his prefereance. Renly, while speaking with his lover Loras, mentioned with a slight tone of resentment and wistfullness that Robert would never do anything to Ned as he loved him.

Ned was the only person who could genuinely counsel Robert on any subject, and the only person he appeared to want to listen to, since he seemed extremely impatient with anybody else, especially his wife something he didn't make any attempt to hide. Robert trusted Ned deeply and had a very strong sense of empathy and reason for him, assuring him that he only asked Ned to be Hand because he needed him - Robert openly told Ned that he was a loyal friend, showing his extreme admiration of Ned's character.

In addition to this, Robert had a deep personal love for Lyanna Stark, Ned's sister, and often lamented about her death, but this lamenting often gave way to Robert intensely tirading about his hatred for the Targaryens - he called Rhaegar Targaryen a monster and scorned him as he believed that he had raped Lyanna, and even after he had vanquished Rhaegar on the Trident, his brutal hatred of the surviving Targaryens continued.

Robert's love for Lyanna went to such a vast extent that, on their wedding night, he visited Cersei in their bed critically drunk and openly mistook her for Lyanna, showing that he was unable to accept that Lyanna was apart from him. It is worth noting that Robert's first priority once he arrived at Winterfell was to visit the crypts of Winterfell and pay his respects to Lyanna's tomb, even though he, his family and entourage had been riding for ages and he could have paid his respects at any time.

Despite plunging into the temptations of drinking, feasting, gambling and suchlike, Robert Baratheon was not a stupid man in some respects.

Even years after his climactic rebellion and his famous defeat of Rhaegar Targaryen and later the ironborn, Robert still had a sound mind when it came to military matters; he was still able to precisely recite the strategies of the Dothraki if they invaded and provided statistical arguments as to why the Dothraki, with Viserys Targaryen as the figurehead, would eventually gain the upper hand.

He also understood that the priorities of the realm lay with political power rather than actual stability, lamenting that their purpose had died along with King Aerys.

When Gregor Clegane attacked his brother during a tourney, Robert was quick to furiously end the fight by commanding them to stop, rather than getting one of his Kingsguard to do it however, he did not reprimand the Mountain for nearly killing Loras Tyrell in this incident. He was also able to recognize and lament for his mistakes, and apologized to Joffrey that he had never been a particularly good parent. Also, on his deathbed, he begged for Eddard to help him in some way that Robert himself had been unable to, and finally let go of his hatred for the Targaryens when he asked Eddard to do what he could to protect Daenerys Targaryen from being assassinated, accepting that she did not have to suffer for her father and brother's actions.

Robert had a tendency for being cruel or harsh towards Jaime Lannister , referring to him personally as Kingslayer even though it was Aerys Jaime had killed, enabling Robert to take the throne and laughingly mocking his status as Tywin Lannister's son forced to guard his extravagant king. He also had the gall to mock Jaime's execution of the Mad King, only to be shocked into silence when Jaime coldly reminded him of Aerys's madness.