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[[file:Benedict the Bold.png|thumb|350px|King [[Benedict I Justman]], by Magali Villeneuve, as depicted in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]
'''King of the Trident''',{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}} '''King of the Rivers and the Hills''',{{ref|ASOS|45}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}} and '''River King'''{{ref|ACOK|11}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}  were titles used by various 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 the [[riverlands]] 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|SSM|1243}} The Mudds ruled from the [[Trident]] to the [[Neck]], and reigned as kings for a thousand years before the [[coming of the Andals]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}} 

The [[coming of the Andals]] led to the downfall of the Mudds, and the division of the riverlands by the [[Andals|Andal]] conquerors. Petty lords fought each other for centuries as rival river kings. [[House Justman]] rose to power, and ruled all of the riverlands for nearly three centuries, but they were eventually extinguished by [[ironborn]]. Blackwoods, Brackens, [[House Charlton|Charltons]], [[House Mallister|Mallisters]], and [[House Vance|Vances]] then fought each other as rival kings in the following century.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}} The [[House Hook|Hooks]] were also river kings of old, although it is unknown if they ruled during the First Men or Andal eras.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

After another century of conflict, [[House Teague]] conquered the riverlands with the aid of [[sellswords]] from across the [[narrow sea]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}} According to a semi-canon source, the Teagues may not have had an uninterrupted rule, instead being contested by other river dynasties for generations.<ref>Ran at A Forum of Ice and Fire: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/120966-errors-in-the-woiaf/&do=findComment&comment=6703921 Errors in the WOIAF], February 3, 2015</ref> 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 [[Aegon's Conquest|the 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''===
[[File:The Wolf KingXOX.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]] and King of the Trident, by Antonio José Manzanedo © Fantasy Flight Games]]
In the [[Great Hall of Riverrun]], the gathered river lords join the [[north]]ern bannermen in declaring [[Robb Stark]] to be [[King in the North]].{{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]], the [[Jon Umber|Greatjon]] 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]],{{ref|ASOS|51}} with no known heir made public.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord [[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==
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*{{coa-link|Tully}}
*{{coa-link|Blackwood}}
*{{coa-link|Bracken}}
*{{coa-link|Mallister}}
*{{coa-link|Frey}}
*{{coa-link|Darry}}
*{{coa-link|Mooton}}
*{{coa-link|Piper}}
*{{coa-link|Whent}}
*{{coa-link|Vance}}
*{{coa-link|Ryger}}
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==Known Kings==
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* [[Tristifer IV Mudd]], King of the Rivers and the Hills{{ref|ASOS|45}}
* [[Tristifer V Mudd]], King of the Rivers and the Hills{{ref|ASOS|45}}
* [[Benedict I Justman]]{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Benedict II Justman]]{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Bernarr II Justman]], River King{{ref|ACOK|11}}
* [[Torrence Teague]], King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Theo Teague]]{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Humfrey I Teague]], King of the Rivers and the Hills{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Humfrey II Teague]], King of the Rivers and the Hills{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Hollis Teague]], King of the Rivers and the Hills{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Tyler Teague]], King of the Rivers and the Hills{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Damon Teague]], King of the Rivers and the Hills{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Lucifer Justman]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Marq Mudd]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Robert Vance]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Petyr Mallister]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Jeyne Nutt]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Addam Rivers]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Pate of Fairmarket]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Lymond Fisher]], River King or King of the Trident{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
* [[Harren the Red]], [[King of the Rivers]]{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
* [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]] and King of the Trident{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
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==References==
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