Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion
Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion Part of Blackfyre Pretenders | |||||||||||||
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Date | 236 AC | ||||||||||||
Location | Massey's Hook, the Crownlands | ||||||||||||
Battles | Battle of Wendwater Bridge | ||||||||||||
Result | Death of Daemon III Blackfyre | ||||||||||||
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The Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion was a brief conflict during the reign of King Aegon V Targaryen. The pretender Daemon III Blackfyre, son of Haegon Blackfyre and grandson of Daemon Blackfyre, led his forces across the Narrow Sea with Bittersteel and the Golden Company at his back and landed at Massey's Hook.[1]
However, his invasion had little support, as people believed the Blackfyres to be as tattered as their banners. Daemon I had been dead for 40 years, and his cause was fading into memory. The rebellion ended at the Battle of Wendwater Bridge, in which Ser Duncan the Tall slew Daemon III, forcing Bittersteel to flee back to Essos. Tion Lannister, the second son and then-current heir of Lord Gerold Lannister, died in battle, making Tytos Lannister the new heir to Casterly Rock.[1]