Kaeth
Kaeth | |
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Title | Grand Maester |
Allegiance | The Citadel |
Born | 175 AC, 176 AC or 177 AC[1] |
Died | In 257 AC or 258 AC[1], King's Landing |
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Kaeth was a Grand Maester of the Citadel.
History
About 257 AC Kaeth was made Grand Maester at the age of eighty and sent to serve the court of King Aegon V Targaryen in King's Landing. He died within a year of his appointment and was succeeded by Grand Maester Ellendor.[2]
Grand Maester Kaeth wrote the well-regarded work Lives of Four Kings, a detailed history of the reigns of Daeron I, Baelor I, Aegon IV, and Daeron II. Kaeth scants Viserys II terribly, however, as his short reign as king came after Baelor's.[3]
The book is considered to be an excellent treatise of the art of rulership. Ser Kevan Lannister[3] and his nephew Tyrion Lannister[3] are amongst its appreciators, as is Prince Oberyn Martell.[3]
Quotes
Aenys was weak and Maegor was cruel, and Aegon II was grasping, but no king before or after would practice so much willful misrule.[4]
—Kaeth on King Aegon IV Targaryen
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 See the Kaeth calculation.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 36, Cersei VIII.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa IV.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV.
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