Gyles Rosby

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Gyles Rosby
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Alias The Cougher
Titles
Allegiance House Rosby
Died In 300 ACKing's Landing
Books

Gyles Rosby is the Lord of Rosby and the head of House Rosby. He is sickly and coughs constantly.[1] The aunt of Lord Gyles's second wife is Lady Tanda Stokeworth. Lord Gyles's third cousin is Lady Tanda.[2] Lord Gyles has no immediate heir, though he has a ward at Rosby.[3]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lord Gyles remains at court in King's Landing when fighting in the Riverlands breaks out.[1]

A Clash of Kings

Gyles attends the Tourney for King Joffrey's 13th Name Day.[4] When he receives his copy of Stannis Baratheon's letter concerning the illegitimacy of Cersei Lannister's children with Robert I, he sends it on to King's Landing. Due to the war, King's Landing is supplied mainly by Lord Gyles and Lady Tanda Stokeworth, for their lands are far enough away from the fighting to be untouched by war.[5] Gyles is present when Tyrion Lannister offers his terms for peace for Ser Cleos Frey to take back to Robb Stark.[6]

Lord Gyles survives the attack by the mob on the procession returning to the castle after seeing Princess Myrcella off to Dorne.[7] After the attack, Cersei fears for her son's life and decides to send Prince Tommen in secret to Rosby, dressing him as a page and putting him under the protection of Gyles. Tyrion finds out about the plan and has Gyles and his entourage intercepted on the Rosby road by Ser Jacelyn Bywater.[8]

During the Battle of the Blackwater, Gyles stays in Maegor's Holdfast with Cersei and the other noble ladies.[9]

A Storm of Swords

Gyles is an attendant at the wedding of Sansa Stark and Tyrion Lannister. Lord Gyles accompanies Tyrion when he is sent to meet the delegation from Dorne. Gyles is called as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Tyrion for the death of King Joffrey I. He tells of how he saw Tyrion fill the wedding chalice.[10]

A Feast for Crows

After the funeral of Lord Tywin Lannister, Gyles tells Queen Cersei he has commissioned a statue of Lord Tywin to be placed by the Lion Gate in King's Landing. Rosby's coughing has gotten much worse and he is beginning to cough up blood. Cersei learns that Tywin had named Garth Tyrell to become the new master of the coin and, in order to prevent another Tyrell from joining the council, she lies to Mace Tyrell, telling him she has already named Lord Gyles the new master of coin instead.[11]

Upon assuming the duties of the master of coin, Gyles has to deal with many of the crown's debt problems and an angry envoy from the Iron Bank of Braavos, who is irate when he learns that the king would suspend all payments on the loans from the Iron Bank until the War of the Five Kings is over. The envoy hounds Gyles so much that he takes to his bed coughing up blood.[12] Eventually, Gyles is overcome by his sickness and dies at the Red Keep.[3] Cersei's paranoia leads her to the mistaken belief that Gyles was killed by the Tyrells so that they could replace him with Garth Tyrell. Gyles does not leave behind an immediate heir, but he does have a ward at Rosby.

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