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| Character_name = [[File:Bracken_sigil_coat.png‎|50px|left]] Barba Bracken [[File:Bracken_sigil_coat.png‎|50px|right]]
 
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| image_caption  = Barba Bracken, by Magali Villeneuve, as depicted in ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''
 
| image_caption  = Barba Bracken, by Magali Villeneuve, as depicted in ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''
 
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| Allegiance = [[House Bracken]]
 
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When the Princesses [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]], and [[Elaena Targaryen]] were confined to the [[Maidenvault]] in the [[Red Keep]], they were accompanied only by maidens who had been sent to court by lords and knights who wanted to gain favor with King [[Baelor I Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} Near the end of Baelor's reign, one of these maidens was Barba Bracken, daughter to [[Lord Bracken]] of [[Stone Hedge]]. When King Baelor I died in {{Date|171}}, King [[Viserys II Targaryen]] released the princesses from their confinement, and sixteen-year-old Barba met Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], who became entranced with her.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
 
When the Princesses [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]], and [[Elaena Targaryen]] were confined to the [[Maidenvault]] in the [[Red Keep]], they were accompanied only by maidens who had been sent to court by lords and knights who wanted to gain favor with King [[Baelor I Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} Near the end of Baelor's reign, one of these maidens was Barba Bracken, daughter to [[Lord Bracken]] of [[Stone Hedge]]. When King Baelor I died in {{Date|171}}, King [[Viserys II Targaryen]] released the princesses from their confinement, and sixteen-year-old Barba met Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], who became entranced with her.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
  
When King Viserys II died in {{Date|172}}, Prince Aegon ascended the throne as King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], named [[Lord Bracken|Barba's father]] his [[Hand of the King]], and openly took Barba as his mistress. Barba gave birth to a bastard son of Aegon, [[Aegor Rivers]], only a fortnight before Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]] nearly died in childbirth. With Naerys lingering near death, Barba's father began to speak openly of Barba marrying King Aegon IV. However, Queen Naerys recovered, and talk about Barba marrying the King became a scandal. Princes [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]] and [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron Targaryen]] forced King Aegon to send both Barba and her bastard son away from court. They returned to [[Stone Hedge]], where Barba raised her son Aegor.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
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When King Viserys II died in {{Date|172}}, Prince Aegon ascended the throne as King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], named [[Lord Bracken|Barba's father]] his [[Hand of the King]], and openly took Barba as his mistress. Barba gave birth to a [[bastard]] son of Aegon, [[Aegor Rivers]], only a fortnight before Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]] nearly died in childbirth. With Naerys lingering near death, Barba's father began to speak openly of Barba marrying King Aegon IV. However, Queen Naerys recovered, and talk about Barba marrying the king became a scandal. Princes [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]] and [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron Targaryen]] forced King Aegon to send both Barba and her bastard son away from court. They returned to [[Stone Hedge]], where Barba raised her son Aegor.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
  
After Barba, King Aegon IV took [[Melissa Blackwood]] as his mistress. In response, Barba and her father began grooming Barba's younger sister, [[Bethany Bracken|Bethany]], to replace Melissa, which eventually worked in {{Date|177}}. However, in {{Date|178}} Bethany was caught in bed with the [[Kingsguard]] Ser [[Terrence Toyne]], and both Bethany and Lord Bracken were executed.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
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After Barba, King Aegon IV took [[Melissa Blackwood]] as his mistress. In response, Barba and her father began grooming Barba's younger sister, [[Bethany Bracken|Bethany]], to replace Melissa, which eventually worked in {{Date|177}}. However, in {{Date|178}} Bethany was caught abed with the handsome [[knight]] of the  [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Terrence Toyne]], and both Bethany and Lord Bracken were executed.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
  
 
===Barba's Teats===
 
===Barba's Teats===
In {{date|172}}, King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] was visiting Stone Hedge when he saw the hills called the [[Mother's Teats]], and renamed them Barba's Teats on account of their resemblance to his buxom mistress's breasts. After Barba was sent from court, Aegon took a new mistress, [[Melissa Blackwood|Melissa "Missy" Blackwood]]; Missy was slender, and Barba was heard to say that she was flat as a boy. When Aegon heard how Barba had disparaged his mistress, he renamed the hills Missy's Teats,{{ref|ADWD|48}} and granted them to [[House Blackwood]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} The Blackwoods still call the hills Missy's Teats, and the Brackens still call them Barba's Teats.{{ref|ADWD|48}}
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In {{date|172}}, King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] was visiting Stone Hedge when he saw the hills called the [[Teats|Mother's Teats]], and renamed them Barba's Teats on account of their resemblance to his buxom mistress's breasts. After Barba was sent from court, Aegon took a new mistress, [[Melissa Blackwood|Melissa "Missy" Blackwood]]; Missy was slender, and Barba was heard to say that she was flat as a boy. When Aegon heard how Barba had disparaged his mistress, he renamed the hills Missy's Teats,{{ref|ADWD|48}} and granted them to [[House Blackwood]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} The Blackwoods still call the hills Missy's Teats, and the Brackens still call them Barba's Teats.{{ref|ADWD|48}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
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==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{quote|Missy's Teats, the Blackwoods call them, but they were Barba's first.{{ref|ADWD|48}}|Lord [[Jonos Bracken]]}}
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{{quote|[[Teats|Missy's Teats]], the [[House Blackwood|Blackwoods]] call them, but they were Barba's first.{{ref|ADWD|48}}}} - Lord [[Jonos Bracken]]
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 05:09, 31 October 2016

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Barba Bracken
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Barba Bracken, by Magali Villeneuve, as depicted in The World of Ice and Fire

Allegiance House Bracken
Culture Rivermen
Born In 155 AC[1]
Books

Lady Barba Bracken was a member of House Bracken during the reigns of King Baelor I, Viserys II, and Aegon IV Targaryen. She was the fifth of King Aegon IV Targaryen's mistresses.

Appearance and Character

Barba was buxom[2] and had dark hair.[3] She was vivacious, but not that modest.[3] The Blackwoods claim Barba was not as beautiful as Melissa Blackwood.[2]

History

When the Princesses Daena, Rhaena, and Elaena Targaryen were confined to the Maidenvault in the Red Keep, they were accompanied only by maidens who had been sent to court by lords and knights who wanted to gain favor with King Baelor I Targaryen.[4] Near the end of Baelor's reign, one of these maidens was Barba Bracken, daughter to Lord Bracken of Stone Hedge. When King Baelor I died in 171 AC, King Viserys II Targaryen released the princesses from their confinement, and sixteen-year-old Barba met Prince Aegon Targaryen, who became entranced with her.[3]

When King Viserys II died in 172 AC, Prince Aegon ascended the throne as King Aegon IV Targaryen, named Barba's father his Hand of the King, and openly took Barba as his mistress. Barba gave birth to a bastard son of Aegon, Aegor Rivers, only a fortnight before Queen Naerys Targaryen nearly died in childbirth. With Naerys lingering near death, Barba's father began to speak openly of Barba marrying King Aegon IV. However, Queen Naerys recovered, and talk about Barba marrying the king became a scandal. Princes Aemon and Daeron Targaryen forced King Aegon to send both Barba and her bastard son away from court. They returned to Stone Hedge, where Barba raised her son Aegor.[3]

After Barba, King Aegon IV took Melissa Blackwood as his mistress. In response, Barba and her father began grooming Barba's younger sister, Bethany, to replace Melissa, which eventually worked in 177 AC. However, in 178 AC Bethany was caught abed with the handsome knight of the Kingsguard, Ser Terrence Toyne, and both Bethany and Lord Bracken were executed.[3]

Barba's Teats

In 172 AC, King Aegon IV Targaryen was visiting Stone Hedge when he saw the hills called the Mother's Teats, and renamed them Barba's Teats on account of their resemblance to his buxom mistress's breasts. After Barba was sent from court, Aegon took a new mistress, Melissa "Missy" Blackwood; Missy was slender, and Barba was heard to say that she was flat as a boy. When Aegon heard how Barba had disparaged his mistress, he renamed the hills Missy's Teats,[2] and granted them to House Blackwood.[3] The Blackwoods still call the hills Missy's Teats, and the Brackens still call them Barba's Teats.[2]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Hoster Blackwood tells Ser Jaime Lannister why the Brackens and Blackwoods call the Teats by different names.[2]

Family

 
 
Lord
Bracken
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barba
 
Aegon IV
Targaryen
 
Bethany
 
Lord
Bracken
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aegor
Rivers
 
Calla
Blackfyre
 
 
 
Eldest son
 
Otho
 
 


Quotes

Missy's Teats, the Blackwoods call them, but they were Barba's first.[2]

- Lord Jonos Bracken

References and Notes

  1. See the Barba Bracken calculation.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 48, Jaime I.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV.
  4. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I.