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Nleonwill wrote: Question - Was Ned Stark the King in the North? Does this title pass to the heir like the lordship does?

The Northern Kingdom was founded by the Starks. Winterfell was founded by the Starks, and was their ruling seat for thousands of years. Winterfell was to the Kings in the North what Paris was to the Kings of France during the Middle Ages: the Royal Demesne! Even when the Starks lost their kingship during the Targaryen Conquest, all the other Northern houses owed them fealty, and the Stark's ruled the North for the Targaryens. So when the Northern lords called for independence, they looked to Robb Stark as the natural choice for their king. Because the Starks WERE kings for a far longer time than the Targaryens, or Baratheons, were. So even though Eddard Stark was never a king, his family is still royalty, title or no!