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'''King of the Trident''' and '''King of the Rivers and the Hills''' were titles used by various '''river kings''' from the [[riverlands]] before [[Aegon's Conquest]]. The titles refer to the numerous rivers in the kingdom, such as the [[Trident]] with its three forks and the [[Blackwater Rush]]. The hills between the riverlands and the [[westerlands]] were also historically contested by river kings and [[Kings of the Rock]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}

==History==
Numerous houses ruled as [[First Men]] river kings, including Houses [[House Fisher|Fisher]], [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]], [[House Bracken|Bracken]], and [[House Mudd|Mudd]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1243 Blackwood-Bracken Feud and Coinage (August 13, 2003)]</ref> The Mudds ruled from the [[Trident]] to [[the Neck]] and reigned as kings for a thousand years before the [[Andal invasion]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}} 

After the [[Andals]] divided the riverlands among themselves, many petty lords named themselves river king, the most successful of them being the [[House Justman|Justman]] and [[House Teague|Teague]] dynasties.<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1028/ Bywater, River Kings, and Dornish Heraldry]</ref> The [[House Hook|Hooks]] were river kings of old, although it is unknown if they were First Men or Andals.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} The Teagues, the last of the native river kings, were eventually extinguished in the [[Battle of Six Kings]], and the riverlands passed first to the [[Storm Kings]] from [[House Durrandon]] and then the [[Kings of the Isles and the Rivers]] from [[House Hoare]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands}}

During his [[Aegon's Conquest|conquest]], [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] created the title of [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]] for the liege lord of the riverlands within the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
The river lords join the [[north]]ern bannermen in declaring [[Robb Stark]] king at [[Riverrun]].{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
When Robb, the Young Wolf, gathers his bannermen in Riverrun's Great Hall after campaigning in the [[westerlands]], [[Greatjon Umber]] calls out, "[[King in the North]]!", to which the river lords respond with "King of the Trident!"{{Ref|ASOS|14}}

Robb is betrayed and murdered during the [[Red Wedding]] at the [[Twins]] by his bannermen, the [[House Frey|Freys]] and [[House Bolton|Boltons]], with no known heir made public.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Tytos Blackwood]], the last resisting river lord, reluctantly agrees to swear fealty to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|ADWD|48}} The title King of the Trident is left vacant.

==Sworn Houses==
{{Columns|2|
'''[[House Tully]]'''<br>
'''[[House Blackwood]]'''<br>
'''[[House Bracken]]'''<br>
'''[[House Mallister]]'''<br>
'''[[House Frey]]'''<br>
'''[[House Darry]]'''<br>
'''[[House Mooton]]'''<br>
'''[[House Piper]]'''<br>
'''[[House Whent]]'''<br>
'''[[House Vance]]'''<br>
'''[[House Ryger]]'''<br>
}}

==Known Kings==
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* [[Tristifer IV Mudd]], King of the Rivers and the Hills
* [[Tristifer V Mudd]], King of the Rivers and the Hills
* [[Benedict I Justman]], King of the Trident
* [[Benedict II Justman]], King of the Trident
* [[Bernarr II Justman]], King of the Trident
* [[Torrence Teague]], King of the Trident
* [[Theo Teague]], King of the Trident
* [[Humfrey I Teague]], King of the Trident
* [[Humfrey II Teague]], King of the Trident
* [[Hollis Teague]], King of the Trident
* [[Tyler Teague]], King of the Trident
* [[Damon Teague]], King of the Trident
* [[Lucifer Justman]]
* [[Marq Mudd]]
* [[Robert Vance]]
* [[Petyr Mallister]]
* [[Jeyne Nutt]]
* [[Addam Rivers]]
* [[Pate of Fairmarket]]
* [[Lymond Fisher]]
* [[Harren the Red]], [[King of the Rivers]]
* [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]] and King of the Trident
}}

==References==
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