Edric Baratheon

Edric Baratheon was the third son of Stannis Baratheon and Selyse Florent, the younger brother of Petyr Baratheon and Tommard Baratheon, and the older brother of Shireen Baratheon, who died during childbirth. His mother keeps his corpse in a glass jar on display in her chamber along with his also stillborn brothers, Tommard and Petyr.

Appearances

Family tree

Steffon Baratheon Deceased

Cassana Baratheon née Estermont Deceased

Various women

Robert Baratheon Deceased

Cersei Lannister Deceased

Jaime Lannister Deceased

Stannis Baratheon Deceased

Selyse Baratheon née Florent Deceased

Loras Tyrell Deceased

Renly Baratheon Deceased

Margaery Tyrell Deceased

Gendry Baratheon

Various other bastards Deceased

Barra Deceased

Unnamed son Died in infancy

Joffrey Baratheon Deceased

Margaery Tyrell Deceased

Myrcella Baratheon Deceased

Tommen Baratheon Deceased

Margaery Tyrell Deceased

Three stillborn sons Deceased

Shireen Baratheon Deceased

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Concept art of the fetus jars.

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Behind the scenes

Staff writer Bryan Cogman came up with the idea of the stillborn fetuses being preserved in jars. Cogman said in an interview, "It was a proud day for me as a writer when I walked on set and saw those magnificently nasty prop dead babies floating in those jars."^[1]

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, there is no mention Selyse Baratheon having any sons, live or stillborn.

He shares a name with King Robert's only acknowledged bastard from the novels: Edric Storm. For the TV series, Edric Storm's storyline in the third novel is merged with Gendry's.

To be clear: Selyse's stillborn son "Edric Baratheon" is not the TV series's "version" of Edric Storm. Selyse isn't stated to have any stillborn sons in the novels, thus the writers had to make up names for all three - and they tried to remain internally consistent by choosing other common names used for characters from the Stormlands in the books.

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