House of the Dragon Recap + Full Targaryen Family Tree

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(with mother of Daeron I & Baelor I corrected)

If you haven't yet watched House of the Dragon Season 1, watch this:

CREDITS:
Chart & Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio editing by Ali Shahwaiz

[supervisualbuddhist]

To think one author just imagined all of this in his head and now we’re here talking about it as if it was real history that can be picked apart and studied, it’s honestly impressive

[Duque-Oldemburg]

I will finally be able to know how close the Targaryens are to the Habsburgs.

[scoobyrds]

Jaehaera Targaryen is not the mother of Aegon III’s children. She dies as a child and Aegon remarries to a Velaryon

[nosound]

Correction: Jon Snow is sent to the wall but since he had been killed and brought back to life, his "watch has ended". So in the end he moves North of the wall with the wildings. So technically, the Targaryen line might continue among the Wildings.

[RicochetII]

12:15 The family tree here is wrong. While Aegon III and Jaehaera marry, she dies in childhood. Daeron I and Baelor the Blessed were the children of Aegon III and his second wife Daenaera Velaryon

[spaceyote]

This is great, but there are two minor mistakes that I noticed:

-Lyanna doesn't just disappear. She died (later revealed to be from giving birth to Jon) and was buried in the Crypts under Winterfell, which is actually a pretty big deal because Robert is introduced visiting her grave and she's literally the only Stark who wasn't Lord of Winterfell to get a statue down there, because Ned loved her that much.

-Robert *does* have a tiny amount of Targaryen blood from the founder of his house being Aegon I's bastard brother, but he also has a much stronger link through his grandmother. Robert's father Steffon's mother was Princess Rhaelle, daughter of Aegon V Targaryen.

[Mephisto]

Robert Baratheon isn't an "illegitimate Targaryen because of his ancestor Orys". He is a completely legitimate Targaryen because of his grandma Rhaelle Targaryen.

[siriussothis]

really cool, but missing a lot of the adjacent descendants, like many of the jaehaerys's children and the great bastards (bloodraven, bittersteel, shiera seastar etc) who played a massive role in the blackfire rebellions

[state_song_xprt]

5:55 small note: the Rhoynar are exclusively in Dorne, which Aegon failed to conquer, so one might call this title "aspirational"

[jaclinecarter]

One, Laena died while still pregnant, we don't know if the baby was alive or dead but she wasn't going to die like her cousin Aemma did and so chose to go like a true dragonrider. She stated earlier in that same episode it was how she wanted to go. Two, it wasn't both her daughters that wanted Vhagar, Baela already had bonded with Moondancer who came from the egg placed in her crib at birth some years ago. Rhaena's egg hadn't yet hatched and so she was planning to claim Vhagar.

[abeeshake]

Jon doesn't rejoin the Night's Watch. He goes to live with the Wildlings in exile beyond the Wall.

[rieuwerthuisman]

Jaehaera died young, and Aegon III maried a Velaryon, with her he had children, not Jaehaera

[Donna_Relaxing]

I'm an old retired teacher and I have tried for weeks to keep everything straight with the House of Dragons season 1 and now 2. I will binge this site for so many other interesting charts... oh how I wish I had known about this site before I retired teaching.

[Chuulip]

This came out of nowhere and I was sooo happy to see it!

As someone who's deep in all the theories about the whole things, i think you did a great job. It would be cool to see a book version of this tree and also to see one with all the important families in westeros and essos. It will be infinitely more complex but so so cool! Also, if you include some book happenings, i think more people would see past the superficial portrayal of what happens in the show (I say this in a totally neutral way!) And would totally get hooked on all the theories. Some theories are backed by so much book evidence, that it's sad nobody knows it when just watching the show.

Anyways, I love your videos, especially this one!

[mollydaughterofduck]

I vote you add Daenys, the dreamer to the chart. She is the confirmed daughter of Aenar, the exile and sister-wife to Gaemon, the glorious, (but might not have the same mums as it is hinted Aenar had multiple wives). Plus, Jaehaera died mysteriously after the war (might have been thrown of a balcony, might have killed herself) when she was between 9-13 (can't remember), so didn't mother any children. Daeron, Baelor and sisters (3 all kind of important and worth listing on tree with their offspring) are the children of Daenaera (I think) Velaryon, cousin to Baela and Rhaena, who are the ones who introduce her to their little brother/King (Aegon III, Dragonsbane). Then I think you should add Daeron II's sister, Daenaerys and her marriage to Myriah martell's brother. The double marriage is how Dorne joins the seven Kingdoms (& could be one of the causes of the OG Blackfyre rebellion). And I want to see the Great Bastards of Aegon the unworthy, not just the Blackfyres. One of Daemon I Blackfyre's daughters married Bittersteel (children unknown), plus Sheira Seastar & Bloodraven are all v important to era. Then you skip a whole bunch of people. The lore is so vast, if you're going to do a tree, you've got to do it justice.

[kfiraltberger]

One thing- it is heavily implied that Aegon IV made up the accusations of his wife's unfaithfulness and the legitimacy of his son, because he hated his son for disagreeing with his actions and preferred his bastard son as heir. Daeron II was probably legitimate

[amkwiesel]

one thing. Aegon III kids mother is not Jaeheara. The mother is a daughter of Vaemond Velaryon

[LDsaed]

Thank you for this. There are a lot of other videos on this that are confusing. I like how this one almost immediately relates to the show and how you didn't rush through it.

[Kris_not_Chris]

There's also hints that the Blackfyres didn't go extinct and that the POV character in the books (that did not appear in the show) Aegon (who is claimed to be the son of Rhaegar and his wife Elia Martell) is actually a Blackfyre descendant (possibly by his mother and Illyrio Mopatis), some theorize that Varys may also be a Blackfyre.

[BruceWayneOW]

Matt, I am a geek when it comes to your wonderful charts. especially the ones with royal lines. I am a huge GoT fan and it makes me so happy that you have made a chart depicting the family trees for this fictional story. As a fan, I most humbly thank you!