1. House Blackfyre
(Houses of Westeros/Minor Houses)

During the time when the Targaryens were fighting against Dorne, prince Daeron I died at the Dornish Marches while trying to suppress the Dornish rebellion. His younger brother, Baelor, called "The Blessed" ...

2. Timeline: The Targaryen Succession
(World of Westeros/History)

Timeline of the Targaryen Succession Note: This timeline is dated by years after Aegon’s Landing. YEARRULERBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 1 — 37 Aegon I Aegon the Conqueror, Aegon ...

3. Timeline: History of Westeros
(World of Westeros/History)

...  500 - Targaryens leave Valyria, land on Dragonstone 400 - Doom of Valyria - Dothraki ride out of the east 400 — 300 - The Bleeding Years 300 AGE OF THE DRAGONS - Harren ...

4. The Brother of the Kingsguard
(About Game of Thrones/Game Rules)

... King Aerys II Targaryen was appalling, earning him the moniker “Kingslayer.” Brothers of the Kingsguard are most often highborn sons of great or powerful families who have been knighted, but seldom the ...

5. Illyrio Mopatis
(World of Westeros/People)

... is outlawed in the Free Cities, Illyrio’s household has many slaves. Hungry for power, he gave refuge to Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen and arranged their connection with Khal Drogo and the Dothraki. At ...

6. History of the Targaryens
(World of Westeros/History)

... was an advanced civilization and the dominant military and cultural power of the known world. The city was located on a peninsula of Essos, and is the ancestral home of House Targaryen. In the early ...

7. Varys, The Spider
(World of Westeros/People)

... fund the Dothraki/Targaryen invasion of the Sunset Isles. The invasion is more likely to be successful if the land is torn apart by civil war. His problem is that Daenerys Targaryen is now pregnant and ...

8. Viserys Targaryen III, Beggar King
(World of Westeros/People)

... Dragon. Unfortunately, along with his distinctive colouring, Viserys inherits a less salubrious characteristic of his family. The Targaryen tradition has always been to marry brother to sister, a breeding ...

9. Jorah Mormont
(World of Westeros/People)

... of the Targaryens in exchange for a future reprieve from the king. Initially, he swears to serve Viserys Targaryen — likely as a way to spy from close at hand — and earn Viserys’s trust and confidence. ...

10. Tywin Lannister
(World of Westeros/People)

... ruthless, and unforgiving, Tywin Lannister is also practical and pragmatic — the perfect man to rule the wealthiest House in Westeros. For 20 years, he was the Hand to King Aerys Targaryen II, despite ...

11. Drogo
(World of Westeros/People)

... him his rarest prize: Daenerys Targaryen, a princess of High Valyrian blood. The Targaryen bride is not to be bought with anything so vulgar as money. Her brother Viserys needs troops for the retaking ...

12. Dragonstone - A Song of Ice and Fire
(Resources/Images)

A view of Dragonstone, former seat of House Targaryen, as envisioned by the artist Ted Nasmith and published for the critically acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire:  ...

13. The Age of Dragons
(World of Westeros/History)

... of the Doom fled on ships. One family of high lords, the Targaryens, had settled upon Dragonstone 100 years previously, and so it is that the Targaryens and their dragons arrived on Westeros, lead by Aegon ...

14. A Song of Ice and Fire
(About Game of Thrones/The Project)

... are too busy warring with one another to support his struggle. The third storyline is set on the vast, unnamed eastern continent and follows the journeys of Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House ...

15. Gregor Clegane, The Mountain that Rides
(World of Westeros/People)

... and escaped unscathed. Four years later, Gregor was made a knight by Rhaegar Targaryen himself. Pitiless even then, Gregor has grown increasingly callous and brutal, showing few emotions other than fury ...

16. Joffrey Baratheon
(World of Westeros/People)

... or his bloodline. It is ironic that incest, the abomination thought to have ruined House Targaryen, also threatens the House of their usurper, but inbreeding alone cannot quite explain Joffrey’s excessive ...

17. Daenerys Targaryen
(World of Westeros/People)

... power; only two are learning how to rule. One of these is Robb Stark of Winterfell. The other is a far less likely candidate for a crown: Daenerys Targaryen. At the outset, Daenerys seems to be no different ...

18. Jaime Lannister, Kingslayer
(World of Westeros/People)

... no one forgets is “Kingslayer,” for the blood of Aerys Targaryen lies on his hands. The cynical and wise would call it a necessary evil, but the murmurs of objection can still be heard among those who ...

19. Cersei Lannister
(World of Westeros/People)

... and would happily have slit half a dozen Targaryen throats to sit unchallenged on the Iron Throne. Unlike her brother, it would never have occurred to her to get off it. Unfortunately for Cersei, she was ...

20. Ilyn Payne
(World of Westeros/People)

... deathlike in demeanour. He has pale colourless eyes, and his gaze is cold and disturbing. A mute, Ilyn’s tongue was torn from his mouth 14 years past by King Aerys Targaryen II. Ser Ilyn has no love ...