Everything you need to know about 'House of the Dragon's' Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), known throughout the realm as 'the Queen Who Never Was.'
Whether you’re new to Westeros or making a long-awaited return, here’s everything you need know about the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel, updated weekly.Princess Rhaenys is named after her great-great-grandmother, Queen Rhaenys Targaryen, the younger sister and wife of King Aegon I .
Aegon I and Rhaenys’ only son, Aenys, succeeded his father as king and was the second Targaryen to rule from the Iron Throne. King Aenys I’s son, Jaehaerys, was the king whose succession troubles were depicted in the first episode of “House of the Dragon.” Princess Rhaenys is the only child of Jocelyn Baratheon and Prince Aemon Targaryen, the eldest of King Jaehaerys I’s children to make it to adulthood and thus his named heir. Unfortunately, the realm’s beloved King Jaehaerys — who was married to his sister, the Good Queen Alysanne — outlived most of his children and all of his obvious heirs.Not really. Princess Rhaenys’ great-grandmother on her father’s side is also her grandmother on her mother’s side.
Because she was passed over as a candidate to succeed King Jaehaerys I, her grandfather, for being a woman. Since the ascension of King Aegon I, male Targaryen children had inherited the Iron Throne. The candidacy of any female children had not previously been much of an issue because any daughters that would have a claim were generally married to their brothers and they ruled together.
Princess Rhaenys’ father Aemon was the Prince of Dragonstone and King Jaehaerys’ named heir. When Aemon was killed, some thought his only child Rhaenys would be the next in line for the Iron Throne. But Jaehaerys instead named Aemon’s younger brother Prince Baelon his heir, thus creating the precedent that even for Targaryens, successions should follow male lines . Baelon, King Viserys’ father, would also die before ascending to the throne.Yes.
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