Luthor Tyrell

Luthor Tyrell
Season(s)	3, 4
Mentioned in	"Dark Wings, Dark Words" "Breaker of Chains"
Titles	Lord of Highgarden Lord Paramount of the Reach Warden of the South
Status	Deceased
Death	Fell from a cliff whilst hawking
Origin	Highgarden
Allegiance	House Tyrell
Successor	{Mace Tyrell}
Culture	Andals
Spouse	{Olenna Redwyne}
Children	{Mace Tyrell}

"My husband, the late Lord Luthor. He managed to ride off a cliff whilst hawking. They say he was looking up at the sky and paying no mind to where his horse was taking him."

―Olenna Tyrell

Lord Luthor Tyrell was the father of Mace Tyrell, the Lord of Highgarden and the head of House Tyrell. He was survived by his widow Olenna Tyrell, known as the "Queen of Thorns".

Biography

Background

In his youth, Luthor was expected to marry Viola Redwyne. The night before he was due to propose to her, however, Viola's sister Olenna "stumbled" upon his bedchamber after allegedly getting lost after her embroidery lesson. The next morning, Luthor did not propose to Viola; in fact, he never left his chamber, as he couldn't walk, and could only think of what Olenna had given him the night before.

Season 3

Lord Luthor's widow, Lady Olenna, describes her late husband to Sansa as "an oaf". She explains that her husband died when he rode over a cliff while hawking. He had been looking up and not paying attention to where his horse was going. She used the incident as a metaphor for the Tyrells' alliance with the Lannisters.

Season 4

After Joffrey is poisoned and dies right in front of Margaery, she is left somewhat shaken. Days later, wearing mourning clothes, Olenna recalls to her that Luthor was an oaf she had to sit through boring banquets with and produce heirs with - but it was still horrifying after he died in his hunting accident, when they brought him back and she saw his lifeless corpse laid out on a table. Olenna seems uncharacteristically a little upset, though she tries to hide it, as she clearly didn't rejoice when Luthor died.

Family tree

Luthor Tyrell Deceased

Olenna Tyrell née Redwyne Deceased

Mace Tyrell Deceased

Alerie Tyrell née Hightower Deceased

Joffrey Baratheon 2nd husband Deceased

Margaery Tyrell Deceased

Renly Baratheon 1st husband Deceased

Loras Tyrell Deceased

Tommen Baratheon 3rd husband Deceased

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Luthor Tyrell's backstory remains the same, except that it was planned for him to marry Shaera Targaryen, a member of House Targaryen, who was cut out in the show to simplify the Targaryen dynasty, and not another Redwyne.

After a short conversation with Olenna, Tyrion wonders if Luthor deliberately rode off that cliff.

See also

• Luthor Tyrell on A Wiki of Ice and Fire