Kingdom of the Iron Islands

The Kingdom of the Iron Islands is an independent kingdom in Westeros. It was founded during the Greyjoy Rebellion approximately nine years before the beginning of the Game of Thrones series by Balon Greyjoy. The kingdom ceased to exist when Balon Greyjoy lost the rebellion and bended the knee to King Robert Baratheon.

Ten years later, the kingdom was re-founded during the War of the Five Kings by Balon Greyjoy. At its time of greatest extent, the Kingdom of the Iron Islands included all the lands of Iron Islands, Winterfell, and Moat Cailin, and Deepwood Motte. The kingdom would later on lose both Winterfell and Moat Cailin, but retain Deepwood Motte. The Kingdom of the North was the only kingdom of the First Men that successfully resisted the Andal Invasion and clung to its ways and religion. Southron kingdoms fell and some dynasties were replaced by Andal ones and others were simply absorbed despite family names remained the same - as was the case of the ancient House Gardener. The sovereignty of Kingdom of the Iron Island is not recognized by Seven Kingdoms.