Sharra Arryn

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Monarch
Title Queen Regent
Personal Information
Born In 37 BC[1]
Family
Dynasty House Arryn[2]
Issue King Ronnel Arryn

Sharra Arryn was Queen Regent of the Kingdom of the Mountain and the Vale, ruling in the name of her son, the boy-King Ronnel Arryn, during the invasion of Westeros by Aegon I. Sharra was regarded as one the most beautiful women of Westeros. She was ten years older than Aegon.

After Aegon launched his invasion and made his intentions known to the rulers of the seven independent kingdoms of Westeros, Sharra sent a portrait of herself to him and offered her hand in marriage with the condition Aegon would make her son his heir. Aegon refused. The Vale scored a victory against the invaders in the Battle of Gulltown, though the Arryn fleet was burned by Visenya Targaryen. With the Arryn fleet destroyed, the Sistermen revolted against the Eyrie.

As other regions of Westeros fell to Aegon, Sharra amassed the Vale army at the Bloody Gate. However, Aegon sent Visenya to the Eyrie riding a dragon. When Sharra returned to the Eyrie she found her son sitting on Visenya's lap and asking if he could ride the dragon with Visenya. Sharra afterward bent the knee. The Arryns were declared Wardens of the East and Defenders of the Vale.

References and Notes

  1. Reading from the world of Ice and Fire. Notes from George R.R. Martin's reading and Q&A at the Bubonicon 44 in Albuquerque by Trebla.
  2. Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 So Spake Martin