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The title of this page is conjecture based on information revealed in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels or related material and may be subject to change.
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- "Your mother must have been very beautiful."
- ―Rhaenys Targaryen to Alyn of Hull
Marilda of Hull[a] was a shipwright and the mother of Alyn and Addam of Hull.
Biography[]
Background[]
Marilda once had an affair with Lord Corlys Velaryon, who is the father of her sons.[1][2]
House of the Dragon: Season 2[]
Upon meeting Alyn, Rhaenys bitterly remarks that his mother must have been very beautiful.[1]
Addam tells Rhaenyra that his mother was a shipwright. Corlys says to Alyn that he knew little of Marilda's ancestry.[3]
Family[]
 Velaryon Deceased | Velaryon Deceased |  Targaryen  Deceased | Velaryon Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Velaryon Deceased | Deceased |  Targaryen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 of Hull |  Velaryon |  Targaryen Deceased |  Velaryon Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 of Hull |  of Hull |  Velaryon1 |  Targaryen |  Targaryen  |  Velaryon Deceased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Velaryon |  Velaryon Deceased |  Velaryon |  Targaryen |  Targaryen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 While Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey are officially Laenor's, he and Rhaenyra never had any biological issue. Their three sons were in fact fathered by Harwin Strong.
In the books[]
In Fire & Blood, Marilda was a trader and ship captain from Hull, a port town on Driftmark. She was pretty, small, quick, intelligent, and adventurous. For her small stature, she was nicknamed "Mouse."
She was born in 97 AC in Hull, the daughter of a shipwright. At the age of 16 she gave birth to her first son Addam, and later her second son Alyn when she was barely 18. She initially refused to reveal the identity of her sons' father, but eventually claimed their father was Laenor Velaryon; they looked like him, but the claim was questionable in view of Laenor's sexual preference. Grand Maester Munkun and Septon Eustace both dutifully asserted Laenor's parentage, but the court jester Mushroom claimed the father was Corlys.
After the death of her father, Marilda sold his shipyard and began to captain a trading cog she called Mouse after herself. Her sons served on this ship and six others that she owned.
Appearances[]
– "The Red Dragon and the Gold" (mentioned)- – "The Red Sowing" (mentioned)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 House of the Dragon: Season 2, Episode 4: "The Red Dragon and the Gold" (2024).
- ↑ House of the Dragon: Season 2, Episode 6: "Smallfolk" (2024).
- ↑ House of the Dragon: Season 2, Episode 7: "The Red Sowing" (2024).
Notes[]
- ↑ Conjecture based on information from Fire & Blood; may be subject to change.
External links[]
- Marilda of Hull on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for House of the Dragon)
