[6/20] ASOIAF Power Couples Jaehaerys I Targaryen X Alysanne Targaryen

[6/20] ASOIAF power couples → Jaehaerys I Targaryen x Alysanne Targaryen

Though young to the throne, Jaehaerys revealed himself from an early age to be a true king. He was a fine warrior, skilled with lance and bow, and a gifted horseman. He was a dragonrider as well, riding upon Vermithor. Decisive in thought and deed, he was wise beyond his years, always seeking the most peaceable ends.

Among Jaehaerys’s accomplishments was creating the first unified code, so that from the North to the Dornish Marches, the realm shared a single rule of law. Great works to improve King’s Landing were also implemented, and the Conciliator began the construction of a great network of roads, understanding that to knit together the realm it must be easier to travel amongst its regions. Yet some say the most important achievement of the rule of Jaehaerys and Septon Barth was a reconciliation with the Faith.

His queen, Alysanne, was also well-loved throughout the realm, being both beautiful and high-spirited, as well as charming and keenly intelligent. Had she been a boy, she would surely have been sent to the Citadel to forge a maester’s chain, Septon Barth would say of her, for that wise man esteemed her even more than her husband. Some said that she ruled the realm as much as the king did, and there was some truth to that. It was at her behest that King Jaehaerys at last forbade the right of the First Night, despite the many lords who jealously guarded it. And the Night’s Watch came to rename the castle of Snowgate in her honor, dubbing it Queensgate instead, in thanks for the jewels she gave them to pay for the construction of a new castle.

Though the forty-six-year marriage of Jaehaerys and Alysanne was mostly harmonious, two estrangements are recorded. The Second Quarrel is of note, as it was due to Jaehaerys’s decision in 92 AC to pass over his granddaughter Rhaenys — the daughter of his deceased eldest son and heir, Prince Aemon — in favor of bestowing Dragonstone and the place of heir apparent on his next-eldest son, Baelon the Brave. “A ruler needs a good head and a true heart,” Alysanne famously told the king. “A cock is not essential. If Your Grace truly believes that women lack the wit to rule, plainly you have no further need of me.” And thus Queen Alysanne departed King’s Landing and flew to Dragonstone on her dragon Silverwing. She and King Jaehaerys remained apart for two years before being reconciled by their daughter, Septa Maegelle, but never reached accord on the succession.

𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐄𝐍 & 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎𝐍: family relations

— 𝐎𝐑𝐘𝐒, bastard son of Aerion Targaryen, brother to Visenya, Aegon and Rhaenys.

— 𝐉𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐍, daughter of Rogar Baratheon and Alyssa Velaryon, half-sister of King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanne, wife to their son Prince Aemon Targaryen.

— 𝐑𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐒, daughter of prince Aemon Targaryen and Jocelyn Baratheon. Grandmother to Baela and Rhaena Targaryen, daughters of Daemon.

—  𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐎𝐍, son of Ormund Baratheon and Princess Rhaelle Targaryen, cousin to King Aerys II and Queen Rhaella.

— 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓, 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒 & 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐘, grandchildren of Princess Rhaelle Targaryen, second couisns to Prince Rhaegar, Prince Viserys and Queen Daenerys Stormborn.

Targlings Week || Aegon and Rhaenys Live With Jon At Court AU

ASOIAF meme: 1/6 legends

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The Lengii are a tall, slender people known for their beauty and having skin the color of oiled teak. In the four centuries since Leng threw off the yoke of Yi Ti, the island has flourished under the rule of a long line of god-empresses. The first of the current dynasty, still revered in the east as Khiara the Great, was of pure Lengii descent. 

“Robert Arryn, the little lord of the mountain who truthfully wasn’t expected to make it further than ten.”

the targlings week 2021: day 3 →  jon and rhaegar

— 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐑'𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐘 — The king rebuilt Summerhall, the place he was born at and often visited, for his youngest son Jon. As melancholic as his father, Jon is still a half-wolf. He brings his direwolf Ghost to the small council meeting he sometimes participates in.