Barba Bracken
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Barba Bracken, by Magali Villeneuve, as depicted in The World of Ice and Fire | |
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Allegiance | House Bracken |
Born | In 155 AC[1] |
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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 sixth of King Aegon IV Targaryen's mistresses.
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Appearance
Barba was buxom[2] and had dark hair.[3] The Blackwoods claim she 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] One of such maidens, by the end of Baelor's reign, was Barba Bracken, daughter to Lord Bracken of Stone Hedge. When King Baelor I died in 271 AC, King Viserys II Targaryen released Daena, Rhaena and Elaena from their confinement, and Barba met Prince Aegon Targaryen, who became entranced with her.[5]
When King Viserys II died in 272 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, giving birth to Princess Daenerys and her stillborn twin. 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.[5]
After Barba, King Aegon IV took Melissa Blackwood as his mistress. In response, Barba and her father began training Barba's younger sister, Bethany, to replace Melissa, which eventually worked in 177 AC. However, this would eventually lead to the execution of both Bethany and Lord Bracken.[5]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
Hoster Blackwood tells Ser Jaime Lannister why the Brackens and Blackwoods call the Teats by a different name.[2]
Family
Lord Bracken | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barba | Aegon IV Targaryen | Bethany | Lord Bracken | Unknown wife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aegor Rivers | Calla Blackfyre | Eldest son | Otho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References and Notes
- ↑ See the Barba Bracken calculation.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 48, Jaime I.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Aegor Rivers.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV.