Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-114.71.100.55-20160705071349/@comment-5001176-20171003192005

Aegon does seem to be a relatively common name for Targaryens - there've been what, five of 'em so far?

I'm just speculating based on my limited knowledge of the books, but I think there is a bloke running around claiming to be Aegon Targaryen, Rhaegar's supposedly-deceased son. And I'm guessing that the show producers may have decided to just fold this character, who hitherto has never appeared in the series, into the separate character of Jon Snow. (To the best of my knowledge, Jon's parentage in the books has been hinted at but never yet confirmed.)

Still doesn't make the name thing any less confusing...but I do have two related questions: Or well, one, but concerning two events: The murder of Elia Martell and her children, and Rhaegar's death at the Battle of the Trident.

Do we know if these events occurred  before  or  after Jon's birth and the confrontation  at the Tower of Joy? Because if it's afterwards, then Lyanna may have specifically chosen that name because it was the name of her husband's son.