Rhaenyra and Daemon's Relationship Shapes the Future of Westeros, According to the Books
HBO's highly anticipated 'Game of Thrones' prequel, 'House of the Dragon', introduces us to a host of historical Targaryens, centuries before Daenerys' quest for the Iron Throne. Two of the most important members of the complicated family tree are Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen, and their relationship is both incredibly important and incredibly tangled. In the fourth episode of "House of the Dragon", the couple kiss in a brothel, and when rumors that they were intimate reach the king, Daemon tries to convince Viserys to let him marry his niece Rhaenyra. The king refuses, but their story will not end there. Spoilers ahead for the book "Fire and Blood" and for "House of the Dragon"!
Are Rhaenyra and Daemon related?Like many other Targaryens, Daemon and Rhaenyra are both related by blood and (eventually) involved in a romantic relationship. Rhaenyra is Daemon's niece, as the daughter of his older brother, King Viserys I. The two are also brother-in-law and sister-in-law through their previous marriages. Rhaenyra's first marriage is to Laenor Velaryon, while Daemon's second wife is Laenor's sister Laena. Daemon is, of course, younger than Rhaenyra's father, Viserys, but he's still much older than her: in the books, there's a 16-year age gap between Rhaenyra and Daemon.
> Rhaenyra and Daemon's past relationshipIn the books, Rhaenyra and Daemon are married and have children before getting married. Fictional historians in the books differ in their accounts of the couple's first relationship once Rhaenyra was in her mid-teens, but rumors circulate that they had some sort of sexual relationship before Rhaenyra's first marriage. In any case, Rhaenyra and Daemon later married the Velaryon siblings and had children with them, though again rumors swirled around Rhaenyra that her husband Laenor was gay, and their sons are said to have been fathered by her lover, Harwin Strong. .
Rhaenyra and Daemon's weddingIn the year 120 AC (the calendar of Westeros is measured by the years following the conquest of Aegon I), the two Velaryon siblings die. Shortly after becoming widowed, Daemon and Rhaenyra secretly marry when he is 39 and she is 23. Their...
HBO's highly anticipated 'Game of Thrones' prequel, 'House of the Dragon', introduces us to a host of historical Targaryens, centuries before Daenerys' quest for the Iron Throne. Two of the most important members of the complicated family tree are Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen, and their relationship is both incredibly important and incredibly tangled. In the fourth episode of "House of the Dragon", the couple kiss in a brothel, and when rumors that they were intimate reach the king, Daemon tries to convince Viserys to let him marry his niece Rhaenyra. The king refuses, but their story will not end there. Spoilers ahead for the book "Fire and Blood" and for "House of the Dragon"!
Are Rhaenyra and Daemon related?Like many other Targaryens, Daemon and Rhaenyra are both related by blood and (eventually) involved in a romantic relationship. Rhaenyra is Daemon's niece, as the daughter of his older brother, King Viserys I. The two are also brother-in-law and sister-in-law through their previous marriages. Rhaenyra's first marriage is to Laenor Velaryon, while Daemon's second wife is Laenor's sister Laena. Daemon is, of course, younger than Rhaenyra's father, Viserys, but he's still much older than her: in the books, there's a 16-year age gap between Rhaenyra and Daemon.
> Rhaenyra and Daemon's past relationshipIn the books, Rhaenyra and Daemon are married and have children before getting married. Fictional historians in the books differ in their accounts of the couple's first relationship once Rhaenyra was in her mid-teens, but rumors circulate that they had some sort of sexual relationship before Rhaenyra's first marriage. In any case, Rhaenyra and Daemon later married the Velaryon siblings and had children with them, though again rumors swirled around Rhaenyra that her husband Laenor was gay, and their sons are said to have been fathered by her lover, Harwin Strong. .
Rhaenyra and Daemon's weddingIn the year 120 AC (the calendar of Westeros is measured by the years following the conquest of Aegon I), the two Velaryon siblings die. Shortly after becoming widowed, Daemon and Rhaenyra secretly marry when he is 39 and she is 23. Their...
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