Game Of Thrones
Summary
Warning ! spoiler ahead for House of the Dragon and the Fire and pedigree novel!TheGame of Throneskings and queens that sat on the Iron Throne ranged from fair rulers with legitimate claim to despots who ruled Westeros with a blood - soaked clenched fist . Game of Thronesremains a monumental objet d’art of television , captivating consultation across eight seasons with its sweeping story about who ultimately deliver the goods the game of thrones and is crowned king or queen of Westeros . While the final milkweed butterfly to sit down on the Iron Throne in the oddment was controversial , the journey was exciting , and there were multiple kings and queens throughoutGame of Thrones .
Some of the kings and female monarch inGame of Thronescovet the Iron Throne , the seat of power for the whole Seven Kingdoms , while others seek to rule just over their own territory . Before being melted by the firedrake Drogon in the serial ' final episode , the Iron Throne saw several appendage of theGame of Thronescastascend , but they are n’t the only characters who dominate over territory in Westeros . House of the Dragonhas revealed even more rulers from Westeros ' past , showing the good and the bad who have sit on the various pot of the Seven Kingdoms .
A whole lot has happened throughout Game of Thrones from season 1 to 8 - but how much time has really passed since the jump of time of year 1 ?
22Jaehaerys I Targaryen
Played By Michael Carter
WithHouse of the Dragonset around 200 yearsbefore Daenerys Targaryen was carry , Jaehaerys is the old B. B. King shown within the telecasting population . He is only seen in short in the prologue of the first episode , which shows how Viserys became king . While both Viserys and Rhaenys were claimant to the throne , Jaehaerys decide to hold a vote for who would be the successor when he died as a style of avoiding a potential polite war .
This prudent glide slope was something that spotlight the sort of swayer Jaehaerys was known as . Though not interpret in the series , Jaehaerys was known asJaehaerys the Conciliator for reconciling with the Faith and the Faith Militant Uprising . He was also known as The Old King as he wasthe longest - reigning king in the history of theSeven Kingdoms . He take stability to the toilet and was a smart tycoon .
21Viserys Targaryen
Played By Paddy Considine
Viserys is the prominent king in the first time of year ofHouse of the Dragon . He also happens to beone of the good rulers Westeros had , with his rule known as an extended full stop of peaceonly for his death to ignite one of the bloodiest epoch in the kingdom ’s history . Viserys was an intelligent and just rule who had to combat the ill feelings within his own household .
20Aegon II Targaryen
Played By Tom Glynn-Carney
Aegon is the oldest boy of Viserys Targaryen and Alicent Hightower , but he was never meant to be king . Viserys ignored the critics of his choice to name Rhaenyra as his heir , seeing her as the more worthy choice . However , while on the verge of death , Viserys talking of Aegon the Conqueror which Alicent misinterprets as his desire to have his son Aegon take the stool instead . This misunderstanding puts Aegon II on the Iron Throne and quetch offthe Dance of the Dragons .
Aegon II is shown to be a king similar to Joffrey . He like to inspire fear in people and thinks that cruelness is the same affair as strength . He is also implausibly insecure , always vex that he is see as a puppet rule or weak . His insecurities cause him to rush into the Battle of Rook ’s Rest in haste , which ends with him near being killed and being injured so ill that he is unable to lead and his comrade Aemond Targaryen takes over as Prince Regent , though not an official king .
19Rhaenyra Targaryen
Played By Emma D’Arcy
Viserys Targaryen in all likelihood constitute his girl Rhaenyra as his successor because he felt she would be able to carry on the peace that he dominate over in his prison term . However , Rhaenyra is directly stuff into war as her call to the throne is challenged by Aegon II andshe is forced to crown herself as poove at Dragonstone while wage a waron the rest period of her family . As a wartime ruler , Rhaenyra has interracial results .
18Aerys Targaryen II
Played By David Rintoul
Aerys II is the last Targaryen king inGame of Thronesto rule the Seven Kingdoms and is better recognise to most as The Mad King . He is the don of Rhaegar , Viserys , and Daenerys . Aerys II ’s claim to the Iron Throne is backed up by generations of premature ruler within the Targaryen family , begin with Aegon I. It is thanks to Aerys II that audiences learned early on why the Targaryens were so venerate , and how life-threatening having " Targaryen Madness " so close to the Iron Throne justified a sweeping rebellion .
Aerys II ’s reign comes to an closing during Robert ’s Rebellion when he ’s killed by Jaime Lannister , a fellow member of his Kingsguard , during the sacking of King ’s Landing . This is where Jaime ’s byname " kingslayer " come from . OnGame of Thrones , Aerys II only ever appear in flashback , oft shown squall for his hands to " incinerate them all ! " before being stabbed in the back . However , his reputation is a looming presence over the rest of the series as a king so sadistic that even Daenerys herself condemned him and express fear she would become him .
17Robert Baratheon
Played By Mark Addy
The first king on the Iron Throne audience were introduced to inGame of Thrones , Robert seize the throne from Aerys II and prove the Baratheon royal star sign . Beyondwinning the crapper through the war known as Robert ’s Rebellion before the event of the show , he also repose claim through House Baratheon ’s Targaryen connections , with its founder , Orys , trust to be the bastard half - chum of Aegon I.
Once crowned , Robert marries Cersei Lannister and the couple have three children , Joffrey , Myrcella , and Tommen . obscure to Robert , Cersei ’s children are in reality beget by her brother , Jaime . Robert ’s reign lasts for 15 year , coming to an remainder whenRobert perish inGame of Thronesseason 1from a combat injury meet during a boar search . The hurt , however , is n’t simply an accident and was rather orchestrate by Cersei .
Robert was see as a king who was better at winning the throne than ruling from it . When it come time to actually be male monarch , Robert became bored and uninterested . He preferred to spend his fourth dimension drink and womanizing , allowing the Lannisters to constitute themselves all around him . While Robert ’s rule was a time of peace , his ineffectuality as a king help set up the topsy-turvydom that followed .
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16Joffrey Baratheon
Played By Jackie Gleason
Obviously , this decision is n’t universally accepted by the court of law of Kings Landing . For his try at overthrowing Joffrey by declaring him illegitimate , Ned is arrested for treason and afterward executed . Joffrey rules for several long time inGame of Thrones , untilhe die in Season 4 during the response following his wedding to Margaery TyrellwithOlenna Tyrell behind Joffrey ’s murder .
Joffrey is a sadistic young big businessman who kills guiltless mass on a whim and likes to present himself as a conqueror even though he has rise cowardly when met with actual struggle . He is a gooselike strategian as the slaying of Ned Stark ignites the state of war , and he is only able to hold onto the throne because his grandpa Tywin Lannister is the one who is really in command .
Many Game of Thrones fibre were recast across its 8 seasons , including Daario Naharis and The Mountain for various reason .
15Tommen Baratheon
Played By Dean-Charles Chapman
Having not lived long enough to produce an heritor of his own , Joffrey is succeeded by his younger brother , Tommen , asking inGame of Thronesseason 4.He also take Margaery as his wife , since a wedlock between Houses Baratheon and Tyrell is still favourable , and Joffrey and Margaery never consummated their marriage .
Tommen ’s sovereignty as King of the Seven Kingdoms is even shorter than his brother ’s , only harness for three years beforeTommen kill himself inGame of Thronesseason 6.He dies when he throws himself from the Red Keepafter witnessing the Sept of Baelor ’s demolition and make love that his wife has died in the attack — and that his mother , Cersei , is the one responsible .
Tommen ’s time on the Iron Throne is marked by him being hold in by one person after another . Tywin quickly make moving picture to use him as a puppet , Margaery begins manipulating him , and Cersei try her own influence over Tommen . However , when the High Sparrow is given too much powerfulness , he basically postulate over , making Tommen do whatever he says . In the end , Tommen never made one conclusion on his own while king .
14Cersei Lannister
Played By Lena Headey
Having antecedently sought power by ruling through her children , Cersei finally has herself crownedas queen following Tommen ’s death inGame of Thronesseason 6 . Her title lie not in any lineage or custom , but simply because most of her enemy cash in one’s chips when the Sept of Baelor blow up ( an event she puts into apparent movement ) , leaving no one to stop Cersei from take the Iron Throne .
Though many will scrap her claim , she manages to dominate for two year . The end for Cersei come whenDaenerys Targaryen ’s force a release on King ’s landing place inGame of Thronesseason 8 . While Drogon is laying waste to the Red Keep , sections of the castle flop and crush both Cersei and her brother - lover , Jaime .
Of all the power and fagot inGame of Thrones , it ’s Cersei who instance how ambition and power - lust force the nobility of Westeros to institutionalise unspeakable act in pursuit of the Iron Throne . However , there is no denying the cunningness of her win the throne and keeping it for as long as she did . Cersei cognize how to play her foe and she countenance them underestimate her cruelty . From blowing up the Sept of Baelor to give up the rest of Westeros to fight the White Walkers , Cersei reserve evilness to be her greatest strength .
13Renly Baratheon
Played By Gethin Anthony
Robert ’s death inGame of Thronesseason 1 is one of the eventsthat kick off the War of the Five Kings . The conflict sees Robert ’s two younger chum , Stannis and Renly Baratheon , contend to take the Iron Throne from Joffrey , while Robb Stark and Balon Greyjoy oppose to secede from the Seven Kingdoms and decree their various territory . Believing Ned ’s declaration that Joffrey is n’t Robert ’s trueborn Logos and , therefore , not the legitimate Billie Jean Moffitt King , Renly is quick to declare himself king inGame of Thronesfollowing his brother ’s demise .
Unbothered by the fact he ’s actually the younger of the two stay on Baratheons , Renly gains the dedication of practically every southern lord and construct a monolithic army , but it ’s ultimately all for naught . InGame of Thronesseason 2,Renly is killed by a phantom creaturesent by Lady Melisandre on Stannis ' gild .
There was a sense that Renly would have been a just king as he had forgivingness for others and was willing to strike up alliance , as with Robb Stark . However , he was also not someone who was work up for war , no matter how big of an army he was able-bodied to amass . The fact that he is the first king of the War of the Five magnate to pall speaks to that fact .
