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[[King of the Reach]] is the title of the ruler of the '''Kingdom of the Reach''' from [[Garth the Gardener]] to [[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]]. The Kings of the Reach were members of [[House Gardener]]. The land of the [[Reach]] is now part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] ruled from the [[Iron Throne]].
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[[File:Magali VilleneuGarth VII Gardener.jpg|thumb|[[Garth VII Gardener|Garth the Goldenhand]], greatest of the Kings of the Reach.]]
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'''King of the Reach''', or in one instance, '''Queen of the Reach''', was the title of the ruler of the '''Kingdom of the Reach''', also known as the '''Green Realm''',{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}} from [[Garth the Gardener]] to [[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]]. The Kings of the Reach were members of [[House Gardener]], and their consorts were known as Queens of All the Reach.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} The land of the [[Reach]] is now part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] ruled from the [[Iron Throne]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The mythical [[Garth Greenhand]] is said to have been the High King who lead the [[First Men]] across the [[Arm of Dorne]]. His firstborn son was [[Garth the Gardener]], the legendary first King of the Reach. The Gardener kings initially ruled the [[Reach proper]], although over time they added the lands around [[Oldtown]], the [[Arbor]], and the western marches between [[Horn Hill]] and [[Nightsong]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach}}
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The mythical [[Garth Greenhand]] is said to have been the High King who lead the [[First Men]] across the [[Arm of Dorne]]. His firstborn son was [[Garth the Gardener]], the legendary first King of the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Garth Greenhand}} The kings from [[House Gardener]] initially ruled the [[Reach proper]], focused on [[Highgarden]] and the [[Mander]],{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach}} but over time they used their claim of descending from Garth the Gardener to claim supremacy over neighboring kings and [[lord]]s.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: The Gardener Kings}}
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King [[Garth III Gardener|Garth the Great]] allied with [[Old Oak]], [[Red Lake]], and [[Goldengrove]], expanding the kingdom's borders north.  The kingdom of the Reach expanded southward with the addition of the [[Arbor]] during the reign of King [[Meryn III Gardener|Meryn III]], and soon after [[Garland II Gardener|Garland the Bridegroom]] arranged marriages with [[Oldtown]] to join their realms. King [[Garth VII Gardener|Garth the Goldenhand]] conquered the Misty Islands from the [[ironborn]], fortifying them as the [[Shield Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: The Gardener Kings}} The Kings of the Reach also acquired the [[western marches]] near [[Horn Hill]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach}}
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The kings and at least one queen ruled from the [[Oakenseat]] in Highgarden until the throne's destruction during the reign of [[Garth X Gardener|Garth X]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Andals in the Reach}} The Gardeners often warred with the [[Kings of the Rock]] from [[House Lannister]], the [[Storm King]]s from [[House Durrandon]], [[river kings]] from the [[Trident]], [[King of the Iron Islands|ironborn kings]] from the [[Iron Islands]], and [[Dornishmen]].
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The Gardeners initially fortified their kingdom during the [[coming of the Andals]] to [[Westeros]], but they eventually welcomed the newcomers to their realm. [[House Tyrell]], a house of [[Andal]] origin, became the stewards of the Kings of the Reach.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
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The Gardeners ruled as kings until [[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]] rode out to meet [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and his sister, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen]], during [[Aegon's Conquest]], and the Gardeners met their destruction upon the [[Field of Fire]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} House Tyrell has since ruled from Highgarden as [[Lords Paramount of the Reach]] for the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: House Tyrell}}
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The Kingdom of the Reach had its own local [[Currency|coinage]] before the Conquest, with gold coins that featured the hand-shaped sigil of House Gardener on one side and the face of a king on the other - for this they were called "hands". Gold hands were smaller and thinner than gold dragons, roughly half their weight and value.{{Ref|aFfC|7}}{{Ref|aFfC|16}}
  
 
==Known Kings of the Reach==
 
==Known Kings of the Reach==
No precise lineage of House Gardner is known. Beginning with the mythical first king [[Garth the Gardener]], the Gardeners ruled as Kings of the Reach, through war and peace and later the assimilation with the [[Andal]] invaders, down the generations until the last Gardener King [[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]] and his kin was killed at the [[Field of Fire]] in the [[War of Conquest]].
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No precise lineage or chronology of House Gardener is known, but the individuals listed below are believed to be in rough chronological order.
  
*King [[Garth the Gardener]], the mythical first King of the Reach, apocryphal son of [[Garth Greenhand]].
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*[[Garth the Gardener]], mythical founder of House Gardener and the first King of the Reach, son of [[Garth Greenhand]].
*King [[Gareth II Gardener|Gareth II]], called "''the Grim''".
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*[[Garth III Gardener|Garth III]], called the Great.
*King [[John II Gardener|John II]], called "''the Tall''".
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*[[Garth V Gardener|Garth V]], called Hammer of the Dornish.
*King [[Garland II Gardener|Garland II]], called "''the Bridegroom''", who brought [[Oldtown]] into the realm.
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*[[Gwayne I Gardener|Gwayne I]], called the Gallant.
*King [[Meryn III Gardener|Meryn III]], who brought the [[Arbor]] into the realm.
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*[[Gyles I Gardener|Gyles I]], called the Woe.
*King [[Garland VI Gardener|Garland VI]].
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*[[Meryn III Gardener|Meryn III]]
*King [[Garth III Gardener|Garth III]], called "''the Great''".
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*[[Garland II Gardener|Garland II]], called the Bridegroom.
*King [[Garth V Gardener|Garth V]], called "''Hammer of the Dornish''".
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*[[Gwayne III Gardener|Gwayne III]], called the Fat.
*King [[Garth VI Gardener|Garth VI]], called "''the Morningstar''".
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*[[John II Gardener|John II]], called the Tall.
*King [[Garth VII Gardener|Garth VII]], called "''the Goldenhand''" or "''Garth Goldenhand''", greatest of all the Gardener Kings. His rule is known as the [[Golden Reign]].
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*[[Gareth II Gardener|Gareth II]], called the Grim.
*King [[Gwayne I Gardener|Gwayne I]], called "''the Gallant''".
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*[[Garth VI Gardener|Garth VI]], called the Morningstar.
*King [[Gwayne III Gardener|Gwayne III]], called "''the Fat''".
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*[[Gyles II Gardener|Gyles II]]
*King [[Gwayne IV Gardener|Gwayne IV]], called "''the Gods-fearing''".
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*[[Gordan I Gardener|Gordan I]], called Grey-Eyes.
*King [[Mern II Gardener|Mern II]], called "''the Mason''".
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*[[Garth VII Gardener|Garth VII]], called the Goldenhand or Garth Goldenhand, greatest of all the Gardener kings.
*King [[Mern III Gardener|Mern III]], called "''the Madling''".
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*[[Gwayne IV Gardener|Gwayne IV]], called the Gods-fearing.
*King [[Garth IX Gardener|Garth IX]].
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*[[Mern II Gardener|Mern II]], called the Mason.
**King [[Merle I Gardener|Merle I]], called "''the Meek''", his son and successor.
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*[[Mern III Gardener|Mern III]], called the Madling.
***King [[Gwayne V Gardener|Gwayne V]], his grandson, Merle I's son and successor. The first Gardener king born into the [[Faith of the Seven]], as well as the first to be made a [[knight]].
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*[[Garth IX Gardener|Garth IX]], first of the [[Three Sage Kings]].
*King [[Garth X Gardener|Garth X]], called "''Garth Greybeard''", under his long reign House Gardener reached the nadir of their power.
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*[[Merle I Gardener|Merle I]], called the Meek, Garth IX's son and successor. Second of the Three Sage Kings.
**King [[Mern VI Gardener|Mern VI]], his second cousin.
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*[[Gwayne V Gardener|Gwayne V]], Merle I's son and successor. Last of the Three Sage Kings.
***King [[Garth XI Gardener|Garth XI]], called "''Garth the Painter''", his son and successor.
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*[[Garland VI Gardener|Garland VI]]
*King [[Greydon Gardener|Greydon]].
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*[[Gyles III Gardener|Gyles III]]
*King [[Perceon III Gardener|Perceon III]], who had [[House Manderly]] exiled from the Reach.
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*[[Garth X Gardener|Garth X]], called Garth Greybeard.
*King [[Gordan I Gardener|Gordan I]], called "''Grey-Eyes''".
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*[[Mern VI Gardener|Mern VI]], Garth X's second cousin and successor.
*King [[Garth XII Gardener|Garth XII]].
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*[[Garth XI Gardener|Garth XI]], called Garth the Painter, Mern VI's son and successor.
*King [[Gyles I Gardener|Gyles I]], called "''the Woe''", who reportedly sold three quarters of Oldtown's population into slavery.
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*[[Perceon III Gardener|Perceon III]]
*King [[Gyles II Gardener|Gyles II]], who was tortured and then cut into small pieces to bait his [[Ironborn]] captor's hooks.
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*[[Gwayne Gardener (son of Perceon III)|Gwayne]], whose numeric is unknown.
*King [[Gyles III Gardener|Gyles III]], under whose rule [[Highgarden]] reached the apex of its power.
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*[[Greydon Gardener|Greydon]], whose numeric is unknown.
*King [[Garse VII Gardener|Garse VII]], slain by the last Storm King, [[Argilac Durrandon|Argilac the Arrogant]], in the [[Battle of Summerfield]].
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*[[Garth XII Gardener|Garth XII]]
*King [[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]], last of the Gardener Kings. Killed at the [[Field of Fire]] alongside his kin.
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*[[Garse VII Gardener|Garse VII]]
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*[[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]], last of the Gardener Kings. Killed at the [[Field of Fire]] alongside his kin.
  
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Latest revision as of 18:37, 27 October 2022

Garth the Goldenhand, greatest of the Kings of the Reach.

King of the Reach, or in one instance, Queen of the Reach, was the title of the ruler of the Kingdom of the Reach, also known as the Green Realm,[1] from Garth the Gardener to Mern IX. The Kings of the Reach were members of House Gardener, and their consorts were known as Queens of All the Reach.[2] The land of the Reach is now part of the Seven Kingdoms ruled from the Iron Throne.

History

The mythical Garth Greenhand is said to have been the High King who lead the First Men across the Arm of Dorne. His firstborn son was Garth the Gardener, the legendary first King of the Reach.[1] The kings from House Gardener initially ruled the Reach proper, focused on Highgarden and the Mander,[3] but over time they used their claim of descending from Garth the Gardener to claim supremacy over neighboring kings and lords.[4]

King Garth the Great allied with Old Oak, Red Lake, and Goldengrove, expanding the kingdom's borders north. The kingdom of the Reach expanded southward with the addition of the Arbor during the reign of King Meryn III, and soon after Garland the Bridegroom arranged marriages with Oldtown to join their realms. King Garth the Goldenhand conquered the Misty Islands from the ironborn, fortifying them as the Shield Islands.[4] The Kings of the Reach also acquired the western marches near Horn Hill.[3]

The kings and at least one queen ruled from the Oakenseat in Highgarden until the throne's destruction during the reign of Garth X.[5] The Gardeners often warred with the Kings of the Rock from House Lannister, the Storm Kings from House Durrandon, river kings from the Trident, ironborn kings from the Iron Islands, and Dornishmen.

The Gardeners initially fortified their kingdom during the coming of the Andals to Westeros, but they eventually welcomed the newcomers to their realm. House Tyrell, a house of Andal origin, became the stewards of the Kings of the Reach.[5]

The Gardeners ruled as kings until Mern IX rode out to meet Aegon the Conqueror and his sister, Visenya and Rhaenys Targaryen, during Aegon's Conquest, and the Gardeners met their destruction upon the Field of Fire.[6] House Tyrell has since ruled from Highgarden as Lords Paramount of the Reach for the Iron Throne.[7]

The Kingdom of the Reach had its own local coinage before the Conquest, with gold coins that featured the hand-shaped sigil of House Gardener on one side and the face of a king on the other - for this they were called "hands". Gold hands were smaller and thinner than gold dragons, roughly half their weight and value.[8][9]

Known Kings of the Reach

No precise lineage or chronology of House Gardener is known, but the individuals listed below are believed to be in rough chronological order.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
  2. Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: The Gardener Kings.
  5. 5.0 5.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Andals in the Reach.
  6. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
  7. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: House Tyrell.
  8. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
  9. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.