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'''Tytos Lannister's second mistress''' was a lowborn woman that [[Tytos Lannister|he]] took for his bedwarmer after his wife [[Jeyne Marbrand]]'s passing, a few years before he died. Her name is unknown.  
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'''Tytos Lannister's second mistress''' was a [[smallfolk|lowborn]] woman, the daughter of a candlemaker.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Her name is unknown.  
  
==About==
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==History==
Lord Tytos's comely mistress was a [[smallfolk|commonborn]] woman, the daughter of a candlemaker.
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[[Jeyne Marbrand]], the wife of [[Tytos Lannister]], Lord of [[Casterly Rock]], died not long after giving birth to [[Gerion Lannister|Gerion]] in {{Date|255}}. Tytos took as his [[Tytos Lannister's first mistress|first mistress]] the wet nurse for young Gerion. The wet nurse was eventually replaced with the comely daughter of a candlemaker, however.
  
Tytos soon began seating her beside him in the hall and showering her with gifts and honors, even asking her views on matters of state. She helped herself to Tytos's deceased wife's jewels and clothes. She also began ordering about the household knights, dismissed servants and sat in attendance when Tytos was absent. She grew so influential that it was said about [[Lannisport]] that any man who wished for his petition to be heard should kneel before her and speak loudly to her lap … for Lord Tytos's ear was between his lady's legs.{{Ref|adwd|Epilogue}}  
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Tytos began seating his second mistress, the chandler's daughter, beside him in the hall and showering her with gifts and honors, even asking her views on matters of state. She helped herself to the jewels and clothes of Tytos's deceased wife, Jeyne. She also began ordering about household knights, dismissed servants, and sat in attendance when Tytos was absent.{{Ref|adwd|Epilogue}}  
  
==Downfall==
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In {{Date|267}}, Lord Tytos died of a heart attack while climbing stairs to see his mistress.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Abandoned by her allies at court, the mistress lost all of her gifts from Tytos. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] had her stripped naked and sent on a [[walk of atonement]] through the streets of [[Lannisport]] into exile from the docks.{{ref|ADWD|65}}{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}
In {{Date|267}}, Lord Tytos died of a heart attack while climbing stairs to see her.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} The first thing his heir [[Tywin Lannister]] did on his ascension was to expel his father’s grasping lowborn mistress from [[Casterly Rock]].  All the self-seekers who had named themselves her friends and cultivated her favor abandoned her.  The silks and velvets Tytos had lavished on her and the jewelry she had taken for herself was stripped from her. Tywin had her stripped and sent forth  [[walk of atonement|naked to walk]] through the streets of [[Lannisport]] to the docks, so [[Westerlands|the west]] could see her [[whore|for what she was]]. Though no man laid a hand on her, that walk spelled the end of her power.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|ADWD|65}}{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}
 
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Just prior to making her own [[walk of atonement]], [[Cersei Lannister]] recalls hearing stories from the mouths of washerwomen and guardsmen who had witnessed her grandfather's mistress's walk. They spoke of how the woman wept and begged, of how she desperately clung to all her garments when she was commanded to disrobe, her futile efforts to cover her breasts and her sex with her hands as she hobbled barefoot and naked through the streets to exile. Cersei thinks to herself that if Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] and the [[High Sparrow]] thought that it would be the same with her, they were very much mistaken.{{ref|ADWD|65}}   
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Just prior to making her own [[walk of atonement]], [[Cersei Lannister]] recalls hearing stories from the mouths of washerwomen and guardsmen who had witnessed the walk of her grandfather [[Tytos Lannister|Tytos's]] mistress. They spoke of how the woman wept and begged, of how she desperately clung to all her garments when she was commanded to disrobe, her futile efforts to cover her breasts and her sex with her hands as she hobbled barefoot and naked through the streets to exile. Cersei thinks her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], and the [[High Sparrow]] are mistaken if they believe it will be the same with her.{{ref|ADWD|65}}   
  
After Cersei's penitence walk her uncle Kevan tells himself that he has no reason to feel guilty for making Cersei do the walk as he did what he did for the good of [[House Lannister]]. Kevan recalls his father’s mistress and thinks that his brother Tywin would never have dreamed that same fate awaited his own golden daughter.{{Ref|adwd|Epilogue}}
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Recalling his father's mistress, Kevan tells himself he has no reason to feel guilty as he acted for the good of [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|adwd|Epilogue}}
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|[[Tytos Lannister|Our own father]] was gentle and amiable, but so weak his [[bannermen]] mocked him in their cups. Some saw fit to defy him openly. Other lords borrowed our gold and never troubled to repay it. At court they japed of toothless lions. Even his mistress stole from him. A woman scarcely one step above a whore, and she helped herself to [[Jeyne Marbrand|my mother's]] jewels!{{ref|ASOS|66}}}} - [[Kevan Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]
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{{quote|Cersei had been a year old when her grandfather died. The first thing [[Cersei Lannister|her father]] had done on his ascension was to expel his own father's grasping, lowborn mistress from [[Casterly Rock]]. The silks and velvets Lord [[Tytos Lannister|Tytos]] had lavished on her and the jewelry she had taken for herself had been stripped from her, and she had been sent forth naked to walk through the streets of [[Lannisport]], so [[westerlands|the west]] could see her for [[prostitution|what she was]].{{ref|ADWD|65}}}} - thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]
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{{Quote|Vain and proud she was, before ... so haughty you'd think she'd forgot she came from dirt. Once we got her clothes off her, though, she was just another whore.{{ref|ADWD|65}}}}  – [[House Lannister guards|House Lannister guard]]
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{{quote|She grew so influential that it was said about [[Lannisport]] that any man who wished for his petition to be heard should kneel before her and speak loudly to her lap ... for [[Tytos Lannister]]'s ear was between his lady's legs.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}}} - thoughts of [[Kevan Lannister]]
  
==Quotes==
 
{{Quote|Vain and proud she was, before ... so haughty you'd think she'd forgot she came from dirt.  Once we got her clothes off her, though, she was just another whore.}}  – guard of [[House Lannister]]
 
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==
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Revision as of 21:23, 7 February 2017

Tytos Lannister's second mistress was a lowborn woman, the daughter of a candlemaker.[1] Her name is unknown.

History

Jeyne Marbrand, the wife of Tytos Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, died not long after giving birth to Gerion in 255 AC. Tytos took as his first mistress the wet nurse for young Gerion. The wet nurse was eventually replaced with the comely daughter of a candlemaker, however.

Tytos began seating his second mistress, the chandler's daughter, beside him in the hall and showering her with gifts and honors, even asking her views on matters of state. She helped herself to the jewels and clothes of Tytos's deceased wife, Jeyne. She also began ordering about household knights, dismissed servants, and sat in attendance when Tytos was absent.[2]

In 267 AC, Lord Tytos died of a heart attack while climbing stairs to see his mistress.[3] Abandoned by her allies at court, the mistress lost all of her gifts from Tytos. Lord Tywin Lannister had her stripped naked and sent on a walk of atonement through the streets of Lannisport into exile from the docks.[4][2]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Just prior to making her own walk of atonement, Cersei Lannister recalls hearing stories from the mouths of washerwomen and guardsmen who had witnessed the walk of her grandfather Tytos's mistress. They spoke of how the woman wept and begged, of how she desperately clung to all her garments when she was commanded to disrobe, her futile efforts to cover her breasts and her sex with her hands as she hobbled barefoot and naked through the streets to exile. Cersei thinks her uncle, Ser Kevan Lannister, and the High Sparrow are mistaken if they believe it will be the same with her.[4]

Recalling his father's mistress, Kevan tells himself he has no reason to feel guilty as he acted for the good of House Lannister.[2]

Quotes

Our own father was gentle and amiable, but so weak his bannermen mocked him in their cups. Some saw fit to defy him openly. Other lords borrowed our gold and never troubled to repay it. At court they japed of toothless lions. Even his mistress stole from him. A woman scarcely one step above a whore, and she helped herself to my mother's jewels![5]

- Kevan Lannister to Tyrion Lannister


Cersei had been a year old when her grandfather died. The first thing her father had done on his ascension was to expel his own father's grasping, lowborn mistress from Casterly Rock. The silks and velvets Lord Tytos had lavished on her and the jewelry she had taken for herself had been stripped from her, and she had been sent forth naked to walk through the streets of Lannisport, so the west could see her for what she was.[4]

- thoughts of Cersei Lannister


Vain and proud she was, before ... so haughty you'd think she'd forgot she came from dirt. Once we got her clothes off her, though, she was just another whore.[4]

House Lannister guard


She grew so influential that it was said about Lannisport that any man who wished for his petition to be heard should kneel before her and speak loudly to her lap ... for Tytos Lannister's ear was between his lady's legs.[2]

- thoughts of Kevan Lannister


References and Notes

  1. The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A Dance with Dragons, Epilogue.
  3. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 3, Cersei I.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 65, Cersei II.
  5. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 66, Tyrion IX.