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{{Quote|He rode past his wife and he lay a crown of winter roses in Lyanna's lap. Blue with frost. How many tens of thousands had to die because Rhaegar chose your aunt?"|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]] on [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s "crowning" of [[Lyanna Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|He rode past his wife and he lay a crown of winter roses in Lyanna's lap. Blue with frost. How many tens of thousands had to die because Rhaegar chose your aunt?|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]] on [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s "crowning" of [[Lyanna Stark]]}}[[File:The Great Tourney of Harrenhal.png|thumb|220x220px|Rhaegar Targaryen is enamoured with Lyanna Stark, shunning his wife, Elia Martell, in order to "crown" Lyanna Queen of Love and Beauty.]]
[[File:The Great Tourney of Harrenhal.png|thumb|220x220px|Rhaegar Targaryen is enamoured with Lyanna Stark, shunning his wife, Elia Martell, in order to "crown" Lyanna Queen of Love and Beauty.]]
 
 
The '''Queen of Love and Beauty''' is a tradition held in tourneys in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of [[Westeros]].
 
The '''Queen of Love and Beauty''' is a tradition held in tourneys in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of [[Westeros]].
   
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===[[Season 8]]===
 
===[[Season 8]]===
 
While [[Brienne of Tarth]] writes [[Jaime Lannister]]'s deeds within the [[White Book]], it is mentioned that [[Alys Reyne]] was crowned as Queen of Love and Beauty by [[Arthur Dayne]] in the tourney of [[Brightwater Keep]].<ref>"[[The Iron Throne]]"</ref>
 
While [[Brienne of Tarth]] writes [[Jaime Lannister]]'s deeds within the [[White Book]], it is mentioned that [[Alys Reyne]] was crowned as Queen of Love and Beauty by [[Arthur Dayne]] in the tourney of [[Brightwater Keep]].<ref>"[[The Iron Throne]]"</ref>
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==Known Queens of Love and Beauty==
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*Unnamed commoner, named by Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] at [[Pennytree]].
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*[[Alys Reyne]], named by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] at [[Brightwater Keep]].
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*[[Lyanna Stark]], named by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] at [[Harrenhal]].
   
 
==In the books==
 
==In the books==
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Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] crowned [[Lynesse Hightower]] after winning a tourney at [[Lannisport]], requesting and receiving her hand in marriage from her father that very night.
 
Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] crowned [[Lynesse Hightower]] after winning a tourney at [[Lannisport]], requesting and receiving her hand in marriage from her father that very night.
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===Known Queens of Love and Beauty===
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*Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]], named by Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]] at [[King's Landing]].
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*Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], named by Ser [[Criston Cole]] at [[Maidenpool]].
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*Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]], named by Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (Dragonknight)|Aemon Targaryen]].
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*Lady of [[House Ashford]], named at Ashford Meadow.
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*Princess [[Rhaella Targaryen]], named by Ser Bonifer Hasty.
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*Lady of [[House Whent]], named before the Great Tourney at Harrenhal.
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*Lyanna Stark, named by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen at Harrenhal.
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*[[Lynesse Hightower]], named by Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] at [[Lannisport]].
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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{{Reflist}}
 
 
[[es:Reina del Amor y la Belleza]]
 
[[es:Reina del Amor y la Belleza]]
 
[[zh:爱与美的王后]]
 
[[zh:爱与美的王后]]

Revision as of 20:21, 3 August 2019

"He rode past his wife and he lay a crown of winter roses in Lyanna's lap. Blue with frost. How many tens of thousands had to die because Rhaegar chose your aunt?"
Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark on Rhaegar Targaryen's "crowning" of Lyanna Stark
The Great Tourney of Harrenhal

Rhaegar Targaryen is enamoured with Lyanna Stark, shunning his wife, Elia Martell, in order to "crown" Lyanna Queen of Love and Beauty.

The Queen of Love and Beauty is a tradition held in tourneys in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

History

Season 4

In Ser Duncan the Tall's entry in The Book of Brothers it mentions that he named a commoner as the Queen of Love and Beauty after winning a tournament at Pennytree which King Aegon V Targaryen held in his honor.[1]

Season 5

Sansa Stark visits the statue of her aunt Lyanna Stark in the crypt at Winterfell, lighting a candle in the statue's hand. Sansa is joined by Petyr Baelish, her recently widowed uncle by marriage, who recalls what happened at the Tourney of Harrenhal where Rhaegar Targaryen shocked everyone present by passing over his wife in order to crown Lyanna as the Queen of Love and Beauty. Baelish concludes his story by noting how this seemingly sweet gesture led to deaths of thousands.[2]

Season 8

While Brienne of Tarth writes Jaime Lannister's deeds within the White Book, it is mentioned that Alys Reyne was crowned as Queen of Love and Beauty by Arthur Dayne in the tourney of Brightwater Keep.[3]

Known Queens of Love and Beauty

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the tradition holds that the victor in a tournament may select any woman present and name her the queen of love and beauty, crowning her with a wreath of flowers and dedicating his victory to her.

The victorious knight often chooses a woman he loves or intends to court, and it can be a source of scandal if the victor crowns a woman already bound to another man, or if a married man crowns someone other than his wife. Since both of these cases were true when Prince Rhaegar Targaryen crowned Lyanna Stark after winning a tourney at Harrenhal, it was particularly scandalous.

Queen Naerys Targaryen was crowned by her brother, Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, who was disguised as a mystery knight known as the "Knight of Tears". Queen Naerys was married to King Aegon IV Targaryen.

Princess Rhaella Targaryen was crowned by Ser Bonifer Hasty, a landed knight of the Stormlands.

Ser Jorah Mormont crowned Lynesse Hightower after winning a tourney at Lannisport, requesting and receiving her hand in marriage from her father that very night.

Known Queens of Love and Beauty

See also

References