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Genna Lannister is the only daughter of Tytos and Jeyne Lannister and a younger sister of Tywin and Kevan Lannister.[1]

Family[]


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tywald
Lannister

Deceased
 
Ellyn
Reyne
House Reyne
Deceased
 
Tion
Lannister

Deceased
 
Tytos
Lannister

Deceased
 
Jeyne Lannister
née Marbrand
Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tywin
Lannister

Deceased
 
Joanna
Lannister

Deceased
 
Kevan
Lannister

Deceased
 
Dorna
Lannister

née Swyft
 
Gerion
Lannister


 
Genna
Lannister


 
Tygett
Lannister

Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert
Baratheon
House Baratheon of King's Landing
Deceased
 
Cersei
Lannister

Deceased
 
Jaime
Lannister
Kingsguard
Deceased
 
Tysha


 
Tyrion
Lannister


 
Sansa
Stark
House StarkSansa Stark

 
Lancel
Lannister
Faith Militant
Deceased
 
Martyn
Lannister

Deceased
 
Janei
Lannister


 
Willem
Lannister

Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Son

Died in infancy
 
Joffrey
Baratheon
House Baratheon of King's Landing
Deceased
 
Margaery
Tyrell
House Tyrell
Deceased
 
Myrcella
Baratheon
House Baratheon of King's Landing
Deceased
Tommen
Baratheon
House Baratheon of King's Landing
Deceased
 
Margaery
Tyrell
House Tyrell
Deceased
 
 

Behind the scenes[]

Genna is featured in the family tree of House Lannister in Archmaester Ebrose's A Song of Ice and Fire.[1] She is not mentioned or featured elsewhere in the series.

In the books[]

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Genna's genealogy and relation to the other Lannisters are the same.

While the family tree in the Season 8 prop explicitly shows Genna as unmarried and without children, in the books she is married to Emmon Frey, the second son of Walder Frey, and has four Frey sons: Cleos (Alton Lannister's book counterpart), Lyonel, Tion, and Walder.

When Genna was seven years old, her father was persuaded by Lord Walder Frey to betroth her to Walder's second son Emmon. Tywin, who was ten years old, spoke out against the match (the Freys were vassals of another Great House, thus the status of House Frey was far below House Lannister, and Emmon was not even Lord Frey's heir); his defiance unnerved both Tytos and Walder, though the betrothal remained standing. Genna did not approve of all Tywin did, nor enjoyed the company of the man he later became, yet she adored him for being the only person to speak out against her betrothal.

Genna once told Tywin that Tyrion, whom he strongly disliked and unjustly blamed for Joanna's death, resembled him the most; Tywin grew so angry he refused to speak to Genna for six months.

Genna was well-liked by her father and later by Tywin as well, until she and Tywin fell out over the matter of Tyrion, but retains a prominent position in Lannister family affairs, taking a prominent role during her nephew Jaime's campaign in the Riverlands, and a position on his war council. She is deeply scathing of many of her niece Cersei's decisions as regent to King Tommen, particularly Cersei's willingness to offend the Iron Bank of Braavos (knowing how dangerous an enemy they can be) and allowing the High Sparrow to reform the Faith Militant, given the trouble they caused for the Targaryens.

In A Storm of Swords, two of Genna's sons are killed: Cleos is shot by outlaw archers while escorting Jaime and Brienne to King's Landing; Tion is killed alongside his cousin Willem Lannister by Rickard Karstark (in the show he was replaced with another cousin, Martyn Lannister).

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 See the family tree of House Lannister in Archmaester Ebrose's A Song of Ice and Fire (as featured in "The Iron Throne")

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