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'''Hoare Castle''' was a castle on [[Great Wyk]] and one of the seats of [[House Hoare]] when they ruled as [[Kings of the Iron Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Black Blood}}
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'''Hoare Castle''' was a castle on [[Great Wyk]] and one of the seats of [[House Hoare]] when they ruled as [[Kings of the Iron Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
House Hoare was originally from [[Orkmont]],<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry:  [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/3/ Houses on the Iron Islands]</ref> and it is unknown when Hoare Hoare was built on Great Wyk.
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House Hoare was originally from [[Orkmont]].<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry:  [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/3/ Houses on the Iron Islands]</ref> It is unknown when Hoare Castle was built on Great Wyk.
  
King [[Harmund III Hoare]] was overthrown by the [[drowned men]], who imprisoned the king in Hoare Castle, crowned his brother, [[Hagon Hoare|Hagon]], and mutilated their mother, Queen [[Lelia Lannister]]. In retaliation, [[House Lannister]] invaded the [[Iron Islands]]. The Lannister commander, Ser [[Aubrey Crakehall]], defeated King Hagon the Heartless, gave the [[gift of mercy]] to Harmund in the dungeon, and ordered that the castle be razed to the ground.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Black Blood}}
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King [[Harmund III Hoare]] was overthrown by the priests of the [[Drowned God]], who imprisoned the king in Hoare Castle, crowned his brother, [[Hagon Hoare|Hagon]], and mutilated their mother, Dowager Queen [[Lelia Lannister]]. In retaliation, [[House Lannister]] invaded the [[Iron Islands]]. The Lannister commander, Ser [[Aubrey Crakehall]], defeated King Hagon the Heartless, gave the [[gift of mercy]] to Harmund in the dungeon, and ordered that the castle be razed to the ground.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}
  
==References and Notes==
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Latest revision as of 14:17, 24 May 2022

Hoare Castle was a castle on Great Wyk and one of the seats of House Hoare when they ruled as Kings of the Iron Islands.[1]

History

House Hoare was originally from Orkmont.[2] It is unknown when Hoare Castle was built on Great Wyk.

King Harmund III Hoare was overthrown by the priests of the Drowned God, who imprisoned the king in Hoare Castle, crowned his brother, Hagon, and mutilated their mother, Dowager Queen Lelia Lannister. In retaliation, House Lannister invaded the Iron Islands. The Lannister commander, Ser Aubrey Crakehall, defeated King Hagon the Heartless, gave the gift of mercy to Harmund in the dungeon, and ordered that the castle be razed to the ground.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Black Blood.
  2. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses on the Iron Islands