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This page is about the wife of Maegor Targaryen. For the wife of Robb Stark, called Jeyne Westerling in the books, see: Talisa Stark

"But his third wife couldn't give him a child either. Desperate to cement his stolen throne with an heir, Maegor took three wives at once, known as the Black Brides because each were women he'd widowed in his wars. All three women grew full with child in time, but each gave birth to the same twisted monstrosities as his second wife. One need not be a maester, much less a Grand Maester, to deduce the common thread here. "
Varys[src]

Queen Jeyne Westerling[a] was a wife of Maegor Targaryen, one of the three "Black Brides."

Biography[]

King Maegor married Jeyne out of desperation for an heir, after failing to produce one with his first three wives, choosing her because she was of proven fertility. Her late husband was at some point killed by Maegor. However, she still miscarried just like the others.[1]

Family[]


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Visenya
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Aegon I
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Rhaenys
Targaryen

Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orys
Baratheon
House Baratheon
Deceased
 
Argella
Baratheon
née
Durrandon House Durrandon
Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aenys I
Targaryen


Deceased
 
Alyssa
Velaryon


Deceased
 
Maegor I
Targaryen


Deceased
 
Ceryse
Hightower

1st wife
Deceased
 
Alys
Harroway
House Harroway
2nd wife
Deceased
 
Tyanna of
the Tower

3rd wife
Deceased
 
Elinor
Costayne
Arms unknown
Black Bride
Deceased
 
Jeyne
Westerling
House Westerling
Black Bride
Deceased
 
Rhaena
Targaryen

Black Bride
Deceased
 
Axel
Baratheon


Deceased
 
Raymont
Baratheon


Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rhaena
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Aegon
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Viserys
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Jaehaerys I
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Alysanne
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Vaella
Targaryen

Deceased
 
Child

Stillborn
 
 
 
 
 
Child

Stillborn
 
Child

Stillborn
 
Child

Stillborn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In the books[]

In The World of Ice & Fire and Fire & Blood, Jeyne's husband Alyn Tarbeck died during the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye in 43 AC. She gave birth to his posthumous son a few months later. In 47 AC, Jeyne was forced to marry Maegor Targaryen along with Elinor Costayne and Rhaena Targaryen. Jeyne's son was present as a hostage for her compliance. He became the Lord of Tarbeck Hall after the wedding, and was sent to Casterly Rock to be raised as a ward of Lord Lyman Lannister.

Both Jeyne and Elinor became pregnant the same year, and Maegor happily showered them with gifts and honors, and granted lands and titles to their families. However, Jeyne gave birth three months early to a stillborn child, lacking arms and legs and possessing both male and female genitalia. Jeyne herself died soon after; she was the third to die of Maegor's six wives. In 48 AC, Tyanna of the Tower confessed to having poisoned Jeyne's child in the womb.

Of the three Black Brides, only Jeyne is mentioned in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels: when Catelyn chides her son for breaching the pact with House Frey by marrying Jeyne Westerling, he says that the Westerlings are better blood than the Freys, and there was another Jeyne Westerling who was queen to King Maegor. Unimpressed, Catelyn sharply points out that will only salt Lord Walder's wounds.[2]

Appearances[]

References[]

  1. Histories & Lore: Season 8, Short 6: "Maegor the Cruel" (2019).
  2. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II (2000).

Notes[]

  1. Conjecture based on information from A Song of Ice and Fire; may be subject to change.

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