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'''Barrow Kings''' were [[king]]s from the [[barrowlands]] in what is now [[the North]]. They claimed to be monarchs over all [[First Men]] and called themselves Kings of the First Men.{{ref|TWOIAF}}
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'''Barrow Kings''' were [[king]]s from the [[barrowlands]] in what is now [[the North]]. They claimed to have been monarchs over all [[First Men]] and called themselves Kings of the First Men.{{ref|TWOIAF}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
The Barrow Kings claimed descent from the [[First King]] of the [[First Men]], who is said to be buried at [[Great Barrow]] at [[Barrowton]].{{ref|TWOIAF}}{{ref|ADWD|32}} Singers claim the Barrow Kings fought against the [[Kings of Winter]], the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] north of the barrowlands, in the Thousand Years War, but runes of the First Men indicates the conflict lasted about two hundred years. When the last Barrow King submitted to Winterfell, the Stark king received his daughter in marriage. The [[House Dustin|Dustins]] of Barrowton claim descent from the First King and the Barrow Kings.{{ref|TWOIAF}}
 
The Barrow Kings claimed descent from the [[First King]] of the [[First Men]], who is said to be buried at [[Great Barrow]] at [[Barrowton]].{{ref|TWOIAF}}{{ref|ADWD|32}} Singers claim the Barrow Kings fought against the [[Kings of Winter]], the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] north of the barrowlands, in the Thousand Years War, but runes of the First Men indicates the conflict lasted about two hundred years. When the last Barrow King submitted to Winterfell, the Stark king received his daughter in marriage. The [[House Dustin|Dustins]] of Barrowton claim descent from the First King and the Barrow Kings.{{ref|TWOIAF}}
  
Maester [[Kennet (maester)|Kennet's]] ''[[Passages of the Dead]]'' mentions a curse was supposedly placed on the Great Barrow, weakening and making corpselike any living man who dared to equal the First King.{{ref|TWOIAF}}
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Maester [[Kennet (maester)|Kennet's]] ''[[Passages of the Dead]]'' mentions a curse was supposedly placed on the Great Barrow, weakening and making corpselike any living man who dared to equal the First King. Some [[maesters]] think the corpse queen of the [[Night's King]] may have actually been a daughter of a Barrow King, as they were often connected with graves.{{ref|TWOIAF}}
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 03:05, 28 November 2014

Barrow Kings were kings from the barrowlands in what is now the North. They claimed to have been monarchs over all First Men and called themselves Kings of the First Men.[1]

History

The Barrow Kings claimed descent from the First King of the First Men, who is said to be buried at Great Barrow at Barrowton.[1][2] Singers claim the Barrow Kings fought against the Kings of Winter, the Starks of Winterfell north of the barrowlands, in the Thousand Years War, but runes of the First Men indicates the conflict lasted about two hundred years. When the last Barrow King submitted to Winterfell, the Stark king received his daughter in marriage. The Dustins of Barrowton claim descent from the First King and the Barrow Kings.[1]

Maester Kennet's Passages of the Dead mentions a curse was supposedly placed on the Great Barrow, weakening and making corpselike any living man who dared to equal the First King. Some maesters think the corpse queen of the Night's King may have actually been a daughter of a Barrow King, as they were often connected with graves.[1]

References and Notes