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| Alias = The first Daenerys{{Ref|ADWD|50}}<ref group="N">In ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Quentyn Martell]] refers to his ancestor that way to differentiate her from the [[Daenerys Targaryen|current Daenerys]]. However, [[George R. R. Martin]] changed the order of births and names of some of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]’s children in ''[[Fire & Blood]]'', which created a [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Jaehaerys I)|daughter named Daenerys]]. As Quentyn’s ancestor lived after this daughter, she should be refer to as "the second Daenerys" in future editions of ''A Dance with Dragons''.</ref>
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Princess '''Daenerys Targaryen''' was the daughter of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and [[Naerys Targaryen]], and the younger sister of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. [[Daenerys Targaryen]], daughter of [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen]], was named after her.{{Ref|aDwD|15}}
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Princess '''Daenerys Targaryen''' was the daughter of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and [[Naerys Targaryen]], and the younger sister of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. [[Daenerys Targaryen]], daughter of [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen]], was named after her.{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
 
   
 
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
Princess Daenerys was born in {{Date|172}}, some nineteen years after the birth of her brother, the future King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], who had been born in {{Date|153}}, the year their parents had been wed.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}<ref name=Cal />  Daenerys had a twin brother, who was stillborn. Her mother, Queen [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]], lingered near death due to the difficult birth, but eventually recovered.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} At the time of her birth, Daenerys's brother Daeron was already married and had [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|a son]] of his own.<ref name=TargaryenHistory>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2810 Targaryen History (April 20, 2008)]</ref>  
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Princess Daenerys was born in {{Date|172}}, some nineteen years after the birth of her brother, the future King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], who had been born in {{Date|153}}, the year their parents had been wed.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}<ref name=Cal />  Daenerys had a twin brother, who was stillborn. Her mother, Queen [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]], lingered near death due to the difficult birth, but eventually recovered.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} At the time of her birth, Daenerys's brother Daeron was already married and had [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|a son]] of his own.<ref name=TargaryenHistory>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2810 Targaryen History (April 20, 2008)]</ref>  
  
Daenerys's betrothal to the [[Prince of Dorne]], Prince [[Maron Martell]], was brokered by her brother Daeron as part of the treaty bringing [[Dorne]] into the realm of the [[Iron Throne]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}<ref name=TargaryenHistory /> after negotiations lasting two years.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} It was said that Daenerys loved [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], and that the main reason Daemon [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rose in rebellion]] against Daeron was that Daenerys was denied to him.{{ref|TSS}} Yet, it must be said that Daemon did not rebel until eight years after the wedding, and that Princess Daenerys is not recorded to have ever mourned her half-brother.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} By the time Daemon rebelled, he had been married to [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]] for years and had at least nine children with her, and Daenerys had already given Maron multiple heirs.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
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Daenerys's betrothal to the [[Prince of Dorne]], Prince [[Maron Martell]], was brokered by her brother Daeron as part of the treaty bringing [[Dorne]] into the realm of the [[Iron Throne]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}<ref name=TargaryenHistory /> after negotiations lasting two years.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} It was said that Daenerys loved [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], and that the main reason Daemon [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rose in rebellion]] against Daeron was that Daenerys was denied to him.{{Ref|TSS}} Yet, it must be said that Daemon did not rebel until eight years after the wedding, and that Princess Daenerys is not recorded to have ever mourned her half-brother.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} By the time Daemon rebelled, he had been married to [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]] for years and had at least nine children with her, and Daenerys had already given Maron multiple heirs.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
  
Daenerys's wedding to Prince Maron was held in [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|187}}, and after the ceremony Prince Maron and King Daeron went to pay their respects to the statue of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]], who had once brokered the peace between the Iron Throne and Dorne (with the marriage of King Daeron II and Princess [[Mariah Martell]], Maron's sister, as a result). To celebrate the marriage, a tourney was held, where Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]] won the name "Breakspear", defeating, amongst others, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] in the lists in the final tilt.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
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Daenerys's wedding to Prince Maron was held in [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|187}}, and after the ceremony Prince Maron and King Daeron went to pay their respects to the statue of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]], who had once brokered the peace between the Iron Throne and Dorne (with the marriage of King Daeron II and Princess [[Myriah Martell]], Maron's sister, as a result). To celebrate the marriage, a tourney was held, where Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]] won the name "Breakspear", defeating, amongst others, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] in the lists in the final tilt.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
  
 
According to [[George R. R. Martin]]:  
 
According to [[George R. R. Martin]]:  
 
{{Quote|Despite Daemon and Daenerys being in love, her brother the king, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron the Good]], was more concerned with matters of state than matters of love. There had been many years of fighting with Dorne, and failure to bring them into the Seven Kingdoms while not being able to keep them from harassing the Seven Kingdoms. So he realized that where violence failed, perhaps marriage could bring an end to hostilites and so he uses his sister to make an alliance with the prince of Dorne. It's a political marriage, pure and simple, a convenient marriage to guarantee a union between Dorne and the Seven Kingdoms. And also, he prefers to give his sister to the prince of Dorne over a bastard brother with whom he'd already had a few clashes and whom too many people were looking one as a legitimate claimant to the throne or rightful king. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, and helps lead to Daemon becoming the first Blackfyre Pretender.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2012/07/ Asshai.com Interview in Barcelona (July 28, 2012)].</ref>}}
 
{{Quote|Despite Daemon and Daenerys being in love, her brother the king, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron the Good]], was more concerned with matters of state than matters of love. There had been many years of fighting with Dorne, and failure to bring them into the Seven Kingdoms while not being able to keep them from harassing the Seven Kingdoms. So he realized that where violence failed, perhaps marriage could bring an end to hostilites and so he uses his sister to make an alliance with the prince of Dorne. It's a political marriage, pure and simple, a convenient marriage to guarantee a union between Dorne and the Seven Kingdoms. And also, he prefers to give his sister to the prince of Dorne over a bastard brother with whom he'd already had a few clashes and whom too many people were looking one as a legitimate claimant to the throne or rightful king. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, and helps lead to Daemon becoming the first Blackfyre Pretender.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2012/07/ Asshai.com Interview in Barcelona (July 28, 2012)].</ref>}}
  
Prince Maron Martell built his new bride the [[Water Gardens]], a place of beauty made of colored marble with pools and trees, to free her from the heat and dust of [[Sunspear]]. Their children played in the pools along with the children of other highborn lords and ladies. One day, when the sun was hot, she took pity on the children of the servants and guards and allowed them to play in the pools with the highborn children, starting a tradition that is still kept in Dorne to this day.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}
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Prince Maron Martell built his new bride the [[Water Gardens]], a place of beauty made of colored [[marble]] with pools and trees, to free her from the heat and dust of [[Sunspear]]. Their children played in the pools along with the children of other [[Nobility|highborn]] [[lord]]s and ladies. One day, when the [[sun]] was hot, she took pity on the children of the servants and guards and allowed them to play in the pools with the highborn children, starting a tradition that is still kept in Dorne to this day.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}
  
 
A portrait of Princess Daenerys hangs in [[Sunspear]].{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}
 
A portrait of Princess Daenerys hangs in [[Sunspear]].{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}
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==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While [[Davos Seaworth]] is in [[White Harbor]], at a [[winesink]] named the [[Lazy Eel]], amongst the patrons, talk turns to the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] and the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King's]] daughter, but none of the patrons are sure what the name of the princess is. [[Davos Seaworth]] mentions that her name is [[Daenerys Targaryen]], as she was named for the Daenerys who wed the [[Maron Martell|Prince of Dorne]] during the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{Ref|aDwD|15}}
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While [[Davos Seaworth]] is in [[White Harbor]], at a [[winesink]] named the [[Lazy Eel]], amongst the patrons, talk turns to the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] and the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King's]] daughter, but none of the patrons are sure what the name of the princess is. [[Davos Seaworth]] mentions that her name is [[Daenerys Targaryen]], as she was named for the Daenerys who wed the [[Maron Martell|Prince of Dorne]] during the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
  
During a feast at [[Sunspear]], Prince [[Doran Martell]] tells Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the Water Gardens and that [[Maron Martell|one of his ancestors]] built them to please his Targaryen bride, Daenerys. He adds that it was her marriage that made Dorne part of the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}
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During a feast at [[Sunspear]], Prince [[Doran Martell]] tells Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the Water Gardens and that [[Maron Martell|one of his ancestors]] built them to please his Targaryen bride, Daenerys. He adds that it was her marriage that made Dorne part of the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}
  
In [[Meereen]] Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] tells Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] that he can trace his lineage back to the first Daenerys, the Targaryen princess who was a sister to King Daeron II Targaryen and wife to [[Maron Martell]], the [[Prince of Dorne]]. He tells her that Prince Maron had built the [[Water Gardens]] for his bride. Queen Daenerys admits to never having heard of the Water Gardens before. As they make their way back from [[Dragon pit (Great Pyramid)|the Dragonpit]], she asks Quentyn to tell her of her namesake. She confesses that she knows less than she should of the history of her father's kingdom as she never had a [[maester]] growing up to teach her.{{Ref|aDwD|50}}
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In [[Meereen]] Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] tells Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] that he can trace his lineage back to the first Daenerys, the Targaryen princess who was a sister to King Daeron II Targaryen and wife to [[Maron Martell]], the [[Prince of Dorne]]. He tells her that Prince Maron had built the [[Water Gardens]] for his bride. Queen Daenerys admits to never having heard of the Water Gardens before. As they make their way back from [[Dragon pit (Great Pyramid)|the Dragonpit]], she asks Quentyn to tell her of her namesake. She confesses that she knows less than she should of the history of her father's kingdom as she never had a [[maester]] growing up to teach her.{{Ref|ADWD|50}}
  
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
[[Arianne Martell]] recalls that in her younger days, she spent hours gazing at the portrait of Princess Daenerys hanging in Sunspear, back when she was just a pudgy flat-chested girl on the cusp of maidenhood who prayed every night for the gods to make her pretty.{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}
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Princess [[Arianne Martell]] recalls that in her younger days, she spent hours gazing at the portrait of Princess Daenerys hanging in Sunspear, back when she was just a pudgy flat-chested girl on the cusp of [[maiden]]hood who prayed every night for the gods to make her pretty.{{Ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}
  
 
==Quotes by Daenerys==
 
==Quotes by Daenerys==
{{Quote|This is your realm, remember them, in everything you do.{{Ref|adwd|38}}}} - Daenerys, to her son and heir, speaking of the innocent children of the [[Water Gardens]], from the high-born to the low
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{{Quote|This is your [[Dorne|realm]], remember them, in everything you do.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|Daenerys, to her eldest son, speaking of the innocent children of the [[Water Gardens]], from the high-born to the low}}
  
 
==Quotes about Daenerys==
 
==Quotes about Daenerys==
{{Quote|The whole realm knew that the girl loved [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]]’s bastard brother [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], and was loved by him in turn, but the king was wise enough to see that the good of thousands must come before the desires of two, even if those two were dear to him.{{Ref|aDwD|38}}}} - Prince [[Doran Martell]], to Ser [[Balon Swann]]
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{{Quote|The whole [[Seven Kingdoms|realm]] knew that the girl loved [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]]'s bastard brother [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], and was loved by him in turn, but the king was wise enough to see that the good of thousands must come before the desires of two, even if those two were dear to him.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Doran Martell]], to [[Balon Swann]]}}
  
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{{Quote|[[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] loved the first Daenerys, and rose in [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rebellion]] when denied her.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}|[[Barristan Selmy]]'s thoughts}}
  
{{Quote|[[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] loved the first Daenerys, and rose in [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rebellion]] when denied her.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}}} - Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]'s thoughts
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{{Quote|A hundred years ago, Daenerys Targaryen came to [[Dorne]] to make a peace. Now [[Daenerys Targaryen|another]] comes to make a war.{{Ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}|[[Arianne Martell]]}}
  
 
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{{Quote|Whether Daenerys loved [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]], as those who rose for the Black Dragon later claimed, who could say? In the years afterward, Daenerys was never aught but a loyal wife to Prince [[Maron Martell|Maron]], and if she mourned Daemon Blackfyre, she left no record of it.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}|writings of [[Yandel]]}}
{{Quote|A hundred years ago, Daenerys Targaryen came to Dorne to make a peace. Now [[Daenerys Targaryen|another]] comes to make a war.{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}}} - [[Arianne Martell]]
 
 
 
 
 
{{Quote|Whether Daenerys loved Daemon, as those who rose for the Black Dragon later claimed, who could say? In the years afterward, Daenerys was never aught but a loyal wife to Prince Maron, and if she mourned Daemon Blackfyre, she left no record of it.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}}} - Maester [[Yandel]]
 
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
 
{{Targaryen tree Aegon III}}
 
{{Targaryen tree Aegon III}}
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Art by Uno Piyo

Alias The first Daenerys[1][N 1]
Titles
Allegiances
Race Valyrian
Culture Crownlands
Born In 172 AC[3]
Father Aegon IV Targaryen
Mother Naerys Targaryen
Spouse Prince Maron Martell[4]
Issue
  • Son
  • Other children
Books

Princess Daenerys Targaryen was the daughter of Aegon IV Targaryen and Naerys Targaryen, and the younger sister of King Daeron II Targaryen. Daenerys Targaryen, daughter of Aerys II Targaryen and Rhaella Targaryen, was named after her.[5]

History

Princess Daenerys was born in 172 AC, some nineteen years after the birth of her brother, the future King Daeron II Targaryen, who had been born in 153 AC, the year their parents had been wed.[6][3] Daenerys had a twin brother, who was stillborn. Her mother, Queen Naerys, lingered near death due to the difficult birth, but eventually recovered.[7] At the time of her birth, Daenerys's brother Daeron was already married and had a son of his own.[8]

Daenerys's betrothal to the Prince of Dorne, Prince Maron Martell, was brokered by her brother Daeron as part of the treaty bringing Dorne into the realm of the Iron Throne,[4][8] after negotiations lasting two years.[4] It was said that Daenerys loved Daemon Blackfyre, and that the main reason Daemon rose in rebellion against Daeron was that Daenerys was denied to him.[9] Yet, it must be said that Daemon did not rebel until eight years after the wedding, and that Princess Daenerys is not recorded to have ever mourned her half-brother.[4] By the time Daemon rebelled, he had been married to Rohanne of Tyrosh for years and had at least nine children with her, and Daenerys had already given Maron multiple heirs.[4]

Daenerys's wedding to Prince Maron was held in King's Landing in 187 AC, and after the ceremony Prince Maron and King Daeron went to pay their respects to the statue of King Baelor I Targaryen, who had once brokered the peace between the Iron Throne and Dorne (with the marriage of King Daeron II and Princess Myriah Martell, Maron's sister, as a result). To celebrate the marriage, a tourney was held, where Prince Baelor Targaryen won the name "Breakspear", defeating, amongst others, Daemon Blackfyre in the lists in the final tilt.[4]

According to George R. R. Martin:

Despite Daemon and Daenerys being in love, her brother the king, Daeron the Good, was more concerned with matters of state than matters of love. There had been many years of fighting with Dorne, and failure to bring them into the Seven Kingdoms while not being able to keep them from harassing the Seven Kingdoms. So he realized that where violence failed, perhaps marriage could bring an end to hostilites and so he uses his sister to make an alliance with the prince of Dorne. It's a political marriage, pure and simple, a convenient marriage to guarantee a union between Dorne and the Seven Kingdoms. And also, he prefers to give his sister to the prince of Dorne over a bastard brother with whom he'd already had a few clashes and whom too many people were looking one as a legitimate claimant to the throne or rightful king. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, and helps lead to Daemon becoming the first Blackfyre Pretender.[10]

Prince Maron Martell built his new bride the Water Gardens, a place of beauty made of colored marble with pools and trees, to free her from the heat and dust of Sunspear. Their children played in the pools along with the children of other highborn lords and ladies. One day, when the sun was hot, she took pity on the children of the servants and guards and allowed them to play in the pools with the highborn children, starting a tradition that is still kept in Dorne to this day.[11]

A portrait of Princess Daenerys hangs in Sunspear.[12]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

While Davos Seaworth is in White Harbor, at a winesink named the Lazy Eel, amongst the patrons, talk turns to the Targaryens and the Mad King's daughter, but none of the patrons are sure what the name of the princess is. Davos Seaworth mentions that her name is Daenerys Targaryen, as she was named for the Daenerys who wed the Prince of Dorne during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.[5]

During a feast at Sunspear, Prince Doran Martell tells Ser Balon Swann of the Water Gardens and that one of his ancestors built them to please his Targaryen bride, Daenerys. He adds that it was her marriage that made Dorne part of the Seven Kingdoms.[11]

In Meereen Prince Quentyn Martell tells Queen Daenerys Targaryen that he can trace his lineage back to the first Daenerys, the Targaryen princess who was a sister to King Daeron II Targaryen and wife to Maron Martell, the Prince of Dorne. He tells her that Prince Maron had built the Water Gardens for his bride. Queen Daenerys admits to never having heard of the Water Gardens before. As they make their way back from the Dragonpit, she asks Quentyn to tell her of her namesake. She confesses that she knows less than she should of the history of her father's kingdom as she never had a maester growing up to teach her.[1]

The Winds of Winter

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Princess Arianne Martell recalls that in her younger days, she spent hours gazing at the portrait of Princess Daenerys hanging in Sunspear, back when she was just a pudgy flat-chested girl on the cusp of maidenhood who prayed every night for the gods to make her pretty.[12]

Quotes by Daenerys

This is your realm, remember them, in everything you do.[11]

—Daenerys, to her eldest son, speaking of the innocent children of the Water Gardens, from the high-born to the low

Quotes about Daenerys

The whole realm knew that the girl loved Daeron's bastard brother Daemon Blackfyre, and was loved by him in turn, but the king was wise enough to see that the good of thousands must come before the desires of two, even if those two were dear to him.[11]

Daemon Blackfyre loved the first Daenerys, and rose in rebellion when denied her.[13]

Barristan Selmy's thoughts

A hundred years ago, Daenerys Targaryen came to Dorne to make a peace. Now another comes to make a war.[12]

Whether Daenerys loved Daemon, as those who rose for the Black Dragon later claimed, who could say? In the years afterward, Daenerys was never aught but a loyal wife to Prince Maron, and if she mourned Daemon Blackfyre, she left no record of it.[4]

—writings of Yandel

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aemma
Arryn
 
 
 
Viserys I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alicent
Hightower
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daemon
 
Rhaenyra
 
 
 
 
 
Aegon II
 
Helaena
 
Aemond
 
Daeron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Viserys II
 
Larra
Rogare
 
Daenaera
Velaryon
 
Aegon III
 
Jaehaera
 
Jaehaerys
 
Maelor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aemon
 
Naerys
 
Aegon IV
 
 
 
 
Daena
 
Baelor I
 
Daeron I
 
Rhaena
 
Elaena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daeron II
 
Myriah
Martell
 
Maron
Martell
 
Daenerys
 
Daemon
Blackfyre
 
Rohanne
of Tyrosh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Notes

  1. In A Dance with Dragons, Quentyn Martell refers to his ancestor that way to differentiate her from the current Daenerys. However, George R. R. Martin changed the order of births and names of some of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne Targaryen’s children in Fire & Blood, which created a daughter named Daenerys. As Quentyn’s ancestor lived after this daughter, she should be refer to as "the second Daenerys" in future editions of A Dance with Dragons.

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