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- "Eventually, after centuries of courtship, House Martell got into bed with the Targaryens. We took King Daeron II and his sister for our own, before they could take each other, and six kingdoms became seven."
- ―Oberyn Martell
King Daeron II Targaryen,[d] also called Daeron the Good, was the twelfth king of the Targaryen dynasty to rule the Seven Kingdoms. He is known for peacefully bringing Dorne into the realm.
Biography[]
Background[]
Daeron was the son of King Aegon IV Targaryen and Queen Naerys Targaryen, born in 159 AC.[a] He had a sister, Princess Daenerys. He also had several half-siblings, including Daemon Blackfyre, Brynden Rivers, Aegor Rivers, and Shiera Seastar.[citation needed]
Daeron's objection to his father's plan to invade Dorne supposedly prompted the king to incite Ser Morgil Hastwyck to spread a rumor that Daeron was the bastard son of Prince Aemon the Dragonknight and Queen Naerys. This, along with the king's deathbed legitimization of Daemon Blackfyre, became a major justification for the First Blackfyre Rebellion.[3]
When he was twenty years old, he married Myriah of House Martell at Sunspear. With her, he fathered four sons - Baelor, Aerys, Rhaegel, and Maekar - and one daughter, Aelinor.[4]
During his reign, his half-brother Daemon rebelled against his rule to claim the Iron Throne for himself. Daeron perished during the Great Spring Sickness. He was succeeded by his son Aerys.[citation needed]
Game of Thrones: Season 1[]
Daeron II, along with siblings and progeny, is mentioned in the House Targaryen entry of the book, The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms. He is described as being purple-blue of eye, silver of hair, and round of shoulders. His entry records how he succumbed to the Great Spring Sickness in his fiftieth year as king.[4]
Game of Thrones: Season 4[]
Tyrion Lannister mentions that Daeron the Good is one of the kings analyzed in the classic book, The Lives of Four Kings, when he gives a copy of the book to King Joffrey as a wedding present.[2]
Game of Thrones: Season 8[]
Bran tells Tyrion that his wheelchair is the same as the one Daeron built for his crippled nephew 120 years ago.[5]
Family[]
Ancestors[]
Aegon III Targaryen Deceased |
Daenaera Velaryon[e] Deceased |
Viserys II Targaryen Deceased |
Larra Rogare[e] Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daeron I Targaryen Deceased |
Baelor I Targaryen Deceased |
Elaena Targaryen Deceased |
Rhaena Targaryen Deceased |
Daena Targaryen Deceased |
Aegon IV Targaryen Deceased |
Naerys Targaryen Deceased |
Aemon Targaryen Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daemon I Blackfyre Deceased |
Rohanne of Tyrosh Deceased |
Aegor Rivers Deceased |
Brynden Rivers Deceased |
Shiera Seastar Deceased |
Daeron II Targaryen Deceased |
Myriah Martell Deceased |
Maron Martell Deceased |
Daenerys Targaryen Deceased | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Descendants[]
Daemon I Blackfyre Deceased |
Rohanne of Tyrosh Deceased |
Daeron II Targaryen Deceased |
Myriah Martell Deceased |
Maron Martell Deceased |
Daenerys Targaryen Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Descendants Male line extinct |
Baelor Targaryen Deceased |
Aerys I Targaryen Deceased |
Aelinor Targaryen Deceased |
Rhaegel Targaryen Deceased |
Maekar I Targaryen Deceased |
Dyanna Dayne Deceased |
Son | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daeron Targaryen Deceased |
Aerion Targaryen Deceased |
Aemon Targaryen Deceased |
Aegon V Targaryen Deceased |
Betha Blackwood[e] Deceased | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the books[]
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Daeron II was a dignified man. He had a kind thoughtful face. He was round-shouldered, with thin legs and a small pot belly. His face has a certain quiet strength, though, and his eyes are clear and full of resolve. He wore his father's elaborate dragon Crown. On his coinage, he was depicted as clean-shaven. He was not a warrior by any means, but a cultured, scholarly man who kept company with maesters and other learned men.
After the failed Conquest of Dorne, Daeron's uncle King Baelor the Blessed arranged the marriage of Daeron to Princess Myriah Martell of Dorne as part of a dual marriage pact between the two kingdoms, thus bringing peace to the Seven Kingdoms. He also officiated at the wedding ceremony. Princess Myriah brought many of her native manners and customs with her, and many noble Dornishmen and women flocked to his court, all serving to give life in the Red Keep a foreign flavor, and alienating many of Daeron's nobles and courtiers. In 170AL they had their first son, whom they named Baelor in honor of Baelor the Blessed. Daeron founded a new castle at Summerhall, in the Dornish Marches, roughly where Dorne, the Reach, and the Stormlands come together.
Late in Aegon IV's reign, it was whispered that his father had come to believe that Daeron was not his son, but the product of an illegitimate union between his wife Naerys and their brother, Aemon, and was planning to disinherit Daeron in favor of Daemon Blackfyre. Others counter that Aegon IV himself started this rumor, because he was disgusted that his trueborn son Daeron was an intelligent and scholarly man, and he simply wished he wasn't really his son. As this theory goes, Aegon IV had became so impressed with his bastard son Daemon Blackfyre, who was a consummate warrior and personally charismatic (though he had no experience at politics), that he increasingly wanted to name Daemon as his official heir. Despite all the taunts, japes and disparities he heaped upon his son, Aegon never formally disowned Daeron. Accounts differ as to why, but the most likely explanation is that Aegon feared a civil war if he did so, as many lords who had grown sick of Aegon's corruption and depravity would fight to defend Daeron's rights (the Martells chief among them).
Daeron ascended to the throne, however, following Aegon IV's sudden illness and death, following his ascension he wore his father's elaborate dragon crown to legitimize his claim, and gave Daemon lands in the Crownlands to build a castle to quench his claim to the Iron Throne. Nevertheless, several military-minded lords gathered around Daemon and supported his claim to the Iron Throne, causing the First Blackfyre Rebellion.
Through his youngest son Maekar, Daeron II was the grandfather of Maester Aemon and his younger brother, King Aegon V.
Daeron II was king at the beginning of the Dunk & Egg novellas, which begin 90 years before the War of the Five Kings and follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and Aegon "Egg" Targaryen. The first novellas, The Hedge Knight, takes place in the last few months of Daeron II's reign. Daeron II isn't directly involved in the narrative, but his sons Baelor and Maekar feature prominently in its events. The second novella, The Sworn Sword, takes place a year and a half later, after the Great Spring Sickness struck Westeros and after Daeron II died from it.
Appearances[]
- – "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" (mentioned in text)
- – "A Golden Crown" (mentioned in text)
- – "The Lion and the Rose" (mentioned)
- – "House Martell" (illustrated)
- – "The Bastards of Westeros" (mentioned)
- – "Robert's Rebellion - Oberyn Martell" (illustrated)
- – "The Death of Kings" (mentioned indirectly)
- – "The Golden Company" (illustrated)
- – "The Last of the Starks" (mentioned)
- – "The Blackfyres" (illustrated)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Game of Thrones: Season 1, Episode 6: "A Golden Crown" (2011).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Game of Thrones: Season 4, Episode 2: "The Lion and the Rose" (2014).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Histories & Lore: Season 8, Short 3: "The Blackfyres" (2019).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Game of Thrones: Season 1, Episode 4: "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" (2011).
- ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 8, Episode 4: "The Last of the Starks" (2019).
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms states that Daeron II Targaryen was born in 159 AC.
- ↑ Conjecture based on information from George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire — A Game of Thrones Guide; may be subject to change.
- ↑ The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms states that Daeron II Targaryen died in his 50th year in the Great Spring Sickness of 209 AC.
- ↑ High Valyrian: Dāeron II Targārien
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Conjecture based on information from The World of Ice & Fire; may be subject to change.
External links[]
- Daeron II Targaryen on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight)
Titles |
King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men · Lord of the Seven Kingdoms · Protector of the Realm · Protector of the Seven Kingdoms |
Targaryen dynasty |
Aegon I (1–?) · Aenys I · Maegor I (?–42) · Jaehaerys I (42–103) · Viserys I (103–132) · Aegon II (132–?) · Aegon III · Daeron I · Baelor I · Viserys II (?–172) · Aegon IV (172–184) · Daeron II (184–209) · Aerys I (209–?) · Maekar I · Aegon V (?–258) · Aerys II (258–281) · Daenerys I (305) |
Baratheon dynasty |
Robert I (281–298) · Joffrey I (298–301) · Tommen I (301–303) |
Post-War of the Five Kings |
Cersei I (303–305) |
Elected monarchs (Six Kingdoms) |
Bran I (305–present) |