Daenerys' Mother, Rhaella Targaryen (Game of Thrones)
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- The lore behind Daenerys, Viserys, and Rhaegar's mother,
Rhaella Targaryen from Game of Thrones / ASoIaF
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Everyone always wants to talk about and compare Daenerys to her father (and after season 8, it's inevitable now), but I always wanted to compare Dany and Rhaella. What happened to Rhaella wasn't fair. She did her duty like she was supposed to, but I don't think she was ever happy in her life.
Everybody compares Dany to her mad father Aerys but they all always forget that Jon (In the show) is a Targaryen too and Aerys' grandson.
Kiritu George but he didn’t go mad lmao only dany did
Rhaella didn’t go crazy tho
@@Caraxes_RoguePrince not all Targaryens go mad. But madness and greatness are 2 sides of a coin. Like King Baelor was overly religious and pious, and in my opinion that's a form of madness. Speaking of Jon, he is Targaryen, and madness runs in the blood and being the Mad King's grandson, he runs an even greater risk. He could easily succumb to it if something pushed him to the edge. Imo, show wise, being isolated in the far north, does not sound good for Jon's mental health.
And just because Jon also has Stark blood doesn't mean he can't go mad. Aegon V, Maester Aemon, and their brother, Aerion, all had a Dayne mother, and Aerion tormented little Aegon, and drank wildfire and died because he thought it would turn him into a dragon. So yeah my point is, Jon could also go mad too.
Finally something about her, everyone forgets about her
I totally agree.
The lore is so rich and detailed, you would think they were a real family in the real world!
@HappyFace Partly, sure. But I think it's more that he takes so much inspiration from history.
Tolkien was great in many ways, but attention to details concerning female characters isn't really one of them
Clint Patac George is on another level he puts so much love and time and details even to the smallest ones. They botched the show that’s why he wasn’t on season 8 D&D ruined it and rushed it for a prequel people don’t want it and people’s said they won’t watch anything they do ever again bc it and want the books bad they changed Cercis prophecy and everything it’s stupid and don’t it for a spin off people won’t watch it. It shows you when the fans hate it who put years into watching it and a lot of money and the actors hated it and laughed and THE CREATOR HATED IT AND LAUGHED!!!! Ugh
Clint I hope not, this family would be terrible if they existed
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True, with the exception of Rhaegar, and that’s it.
@@thalmoragent9344 Rhaegar was selfish and he might have turned mad too in time.
When Jaime was a Kingsgaurd to Aerys, he was guarding the Queen’s chambers when he overheard Aerys raping Rhaella. As he had to overhear her cries of pain, he told the other guard Ser Darry that they’re sworn to defend their Queen, too. Ser Darry just said, “We are, but not from him.” I have to wonder if this was just another reason among the rest that Jaime finally plunged his sword into the Mad King.
In what chapter and book does that happen at?
@@eldevenirdelostiempos9764 It is in the Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, if I remember right.
One of the sadder I moments I remember reading from the books is when Jaime has like a flashback of his early days as a kingsguard and is standing outside the royal couple's bedroom with one of his sworn brothers. They both could hear Aerys raping his wife and Jaime, feeling disgusted, mentions that they're duty bound to protect to queen but gets told "yes but not from him".
Where does that appear?
@@eldevenirdelostiempos9764 Chapter 16 of A Feast for Crows
@@Spongebrain97 thaaanks!!
I think they could hear her screaming "you're hurting me!" And when she left woth Viserys for Dragonstone you could see marks on her as though she has been mauled by a wild animal
He mentioned that in the video
I've always wondered why she was never brought up on the show. Daenerys never asked about her either. I wonder if she'll be talked about more in the upcoming books.
Uuuuh, Dany kinda, uuuh, forgot about it....
Cause every time her mother was brought up it made her brother go Tywin on her. Saying she killed her ect.
@@kenn9689 True but it's been YEARS since her brother died- I'm annoyed the shitty writers decided not to elaborate on that since they decided DNA is enough to turn someone into mecha-hitler. They talk about her father so much and nobody recognizes Rhaella for being a very kind, gentle, loving person trapped like a slave for all of her life.
There’s a spin off about the Targaryans in the works (from the creator himself)
mallow mallow what this got to do wit her going crazy tho??
Sometimes I think that George RR Martin is peering into an alternate reality. These characters and backstories are too well thought out.
Too well👀
Moses Ukoh tooooo well
People's lives aren't this interesting.
But he wasn’t that smart to trust D&D for his life work
@@mekasa6721 They actually did a really decent job while the source material lasted.
I feel like if Rhaella survived the childbirth, things wouldn't be so different. She was not in a good mental state due to all the r@pes, abuses and isolation that she went through. It's hard to say what would happen if she stayed with Dany and Viserys during their time on Essos, but I clearly see her favoring Daenerys due to Viserys' narcissistic and paranoid behaviors. He would remind her of Aerys, I'm sure of it.
Viserys probably wouldn't have become so paranoid and neurotic if he'd still had at least one of his parents. Daenerys at least had him as a sort of surrogate parental figure, but Viserys had no one.
It’s amazing how 1 man invented this whole world with all these characters with their back stories, family trees, country’s, languages, cuisines, their own histories etc it’s just amazing. Your a genius George!!
Rhaella had a very tragic life… she saw so many of her children die, and Aerys blamed her for that. She had to live in fear and abusement … She gave life to a gentle prince, a monster and a dragon. The prince died in the battle for his love, the moster was slain by the dragons wrath. The dragon was once hope for Westeros, but that hope became fear. While the dragon whispered her name in the East, the lion fought the wolf, and in doing so, the wheel spinned and crushed those on the ground. The dragon heard their voices and flew to the West, hoping she would claim what once was her mother's prison. Once a gentle heart turned into fire, and so the dragon was awakened… She burnt the lion's cage, and love she once wanted to share became hate. Their hope became fear. But the dragon had a weakness in her armor… love. Love for a gentle dragon raised by the wolves. And so the last of Rhaella's children died… If only she had a chance to meet her daughter and raise her with love...
Sokokoko #BEAUTIFULLYEPIC.
Sokokoko Damn this is one of the best comments I’ve ever seen in a comments section on a TH-cam video.. well done.
Very well put. Excellent comment. Thank you.
Write some stories dude. I’m crying, that was beautiful.
Sokokoko Viserys wasn’t born a monster.
In the show Dany is seen to be wearing a ring in every single scene of the show and according to Emilia it is her mother Rhaella’s.
Not totally canon, but I thought it was a very sweet and sad thing from the show
Kiera Demian I actually think that is canon because in book 1 GRRM states that Daenerys and Viserys had only a sword a ring from their mother and their mother’s crown. Viserys sold the ring and crown which upset Daenerys which they didn’t include in the show
As far as i know, they sell all they're mother's jewelry
Kiera Demian it’s kinda like how Queen Elizabeth I remembered her mother Anne Boleyn.
Heiro Kaisser Alcazar they sold their mothers crown
She wore different rings throughout the show I think. 2 that I can remember are the one she dropped on the field while being surrounded by the Dothrakis when Drogon flew her to nowhere after the ambush in Mereen. The other ring was shown during the boat scene with her and the injured Jon Snow. It was when Jon pledged his allegiance to her and she grabbed his hand and it showed a ring different from the one I mentioned before. I don't know where she gets her jewelries from in the show.
Rhaella reminds me of Catherine of Aragon. King Henry's VIII's first wife. Catherine had many miscarriages and stillbirths.
So would that make Dany similar to Mary Tudor?
Would be ironic since Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary) liked to burn her enemies at the stake.
@@NefariousEvildoer Good point..I guess it would make her similar.
Except Rhaella and Katherine of Aragon had completely different personalities. Lots of Queens had many miscarriages throughout history. I do not think Rhaella is based on Katherine.
Ceryse Hightower is based on Catherine of Aragon. She was one of the wives of Maegor the Cruel.
Bought damn time someone talked about her. People are always so focused on Aerys they forget about Rhaella.
Ikr
I've always wanted more info about Rhaella. I wish we had a point of view from her, even though it would most likely be extremely tragic...
Sameee
Can we appreciate how in reality the Targaryens would look monstrous and hideous due to generations of in-breeding, and not beautiful as they are described in the books
I thought about genetics when the new show came out and there are non-albino black people with white hair. I think that might be genetically impossible, but we ARE talking about a place rife with dragons, magic and otherkin, so I just kind of look at it like anything is possible in that world and we probably shouldn't compare it to this one. But you are so right. They would all look like King Charles II of Spain or that rendition of King Tut in our reality!
THANK YOU! I believe, if memory serves me correctly, that Mat Pat from Game Theory/Film Theory/Food Theory calculated her baseline inbreeding coefficient (a percentage of the appearance of recessive genes) to be at least 75%, which basically means that within thousands of recessive genes, she would have a 3 out of 4 chance for each. I suspect that the number is higher (more like 80% if I’m kind and 90% on the high end) because of all the noble house relationships. These people shouldn’t exist.
Yes, some are negligible like eye colour and skin tone, but far too many are dangerous like club feet and sickle cell anemia.
Inbreeding sucks
Basically they blamed the madness they sometimes inherited (“when a Targaryen is born the gods flip a coin”) on the inbreeding and that was about it
We have to remember that in the Fire & Ice Universe, whenever dragons were near, magic became stronger. Maybe it was magic that prevented the Targs from being as deformed as they could have been, or should have been. They WERE around dragons a lot.
Well Aerys didn't do anything to keep himself presentable. The Targaryens are very beautiful but even the most beautiful person would look like shit if they didn't wash for years
If you read between the lines in "A World of Ice & Fire", Tywin was poisoning Rhaella so she would have miscarriages. When ALL of his access to her stopped, she gave birth to a son. Viserys, the son, survived because Aerys had the wetnurses supervised so their breasts could not be smeared with poison prior to feeding the baby. Tywin already ran the country as Hand of the King, but wanted his daughter to marry Rhaegar so that Tywin could gain all the power & consolidate it in himself & the Lannisters.
Damn.... Backed up by the fact that he had rhaegars children publicly killed during the war
tywin always was a monster
So i guess Aerys wasn’t exactly fully paranoid 😮
So we know about the mad king and Joana so was tywin poisoning her as revenge for his wife, or was it the other way around?
@@AshePBlack I'm not sure. Tywin might have been taking revenge for the relationship between Aerys & Joanna, but I think Tywin was greedy enough for power to not need revenge as a motivation. The revenge aspect just made everything more appealing to Tywin, but power was the primary motivation.
We want Elia Martell plz
:o
Absolutely!
We also need is Joanna Lannister and other minor characters like Barbary Dustin and Jon Arryn and his cousin.
@@whycreate Aww, I didn't expect you to do that lmao
Could there BE any more tragic figures in all of ASOIAF than Elia and her mother-in-law? Two very decent ladies who did not deserve their fate.
She was a dutiful woman, didn't cause any problems, and tried to be the best mother as possible for her children.
Rhaella Targaryen and Elia Martell>>>>>Lyanna Stark. I said what i said.
Had she been more like Olena,she would have got rid of him and saved a lot of people from the bloodshed that came after. She was too good, too submissive for her own good.
@@dolphineachonga555 i agree with all that you said, but unfortunately not all women were like Olenna. Still, she didn't run with some crown prince already married, unlike someone else did (in the series)
@@cristinademartini1284 not sure what you said, but all I have to say about Lyana is that she was reckless and selfish. A raven from her telling that she was with the Prince out of her own will could have saved so many lives including the royal family. Elia had a horrible end because of her stupid husband and her lover deciding not tell a thing when they absolutely had to because it reached war. I guess my dislike for John kinda doubles knowing who was his mother, all that mess for such a insignificant kid and more insignificant man. The most boring part of the show and the book so far.
@@LifeInPink999 That was exactly what i meant. I prefer Elia Martel (and Rhaella Targaryen) to that egoist s*** of Lyanna (who she so lamented Robert's unfaithfulness, but she didn't mind Rhaegar's one to Elia with her, did she?) a hundred fold.
I'm re-reading the series and just got "A world of Ice and Fire" That book reads like a real history book. For a History buff and fantasy geek its the equivalent of pure comfort food! I cannot wait for the next book!
It's such a fantastic book!
Fire and Blood is out now too.
Fire and Blood written by a maester whosr character is similar to that of GRRM.
I read it and it’s amazing they’re gonna make a prequel based off the targeryns but they should make one of the destruction of old valyria which leads to Aegons conquest
Have to pull out pen and paper and take notes when reading that one
I remember read the book, when Jaime was guarding Rhaella's chamber, and he heard Rhaella was raped by Aerys, and he said that shouldn't they save the Queen? But then his sworn brother said that "they must save the Queen, but nit from the King."
I cried :(
From my recollection no Targaryen female ever went "MAD". According to the show and apparently GRRM is ok with Dany will be the first. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
She didn't exactly torture animals for kicks as a child or enjoy watching people slaughter each-other, but Saera Targaryen was a bit nuts and what one could call a wrong-un.
@@ecthox-1mork909 I would say she was spoiled and permiscuous but not a bit nuts neither close to MADNESS
@@astoldbymuriel103 She was nowhere near as bad as Maegor or Joffrey or Aerion, but the Targaryen madness is believed to manifest in different ways at times, like with Baelor the Blessed or that other Targaryen who liked to run round naked. I just think it could've influenced Saera's behaviour in that same way without her being totally violent. One of my relatives has a brother who turned out like Saera and she couldn't work out how or why he turned out that way.
Rhaenyra was kind of a cunt
I think that Saera wasn't mad, she was just ambitious and spoiled girl, who wanted atencion.
I’m so appreciative of you continuing to do videos about the world of game of thrones after the show is over.
One of the best channels on youtube
Unquestionably
I knew there were other ppl out there who felt this way too. Love the lore vids.
It just makes Daenerys' turn in the show and likely Martin's books all the more sad.
@RunningErins There are entire forums and leagues of video essays explaining all the bad writing of Season 8. D&D messed up.
@RunningErins you're more a sheep for liking bad writing 🤷♀️
@RunningErins D&D season 7: Dany is not crazy and not her father
Season 8: just kidding. She nuts
Dumb fans: that makes sense even though there was no previous build up, years of positive character development and you literally said she wasn't crazy....
Daenerys isn't gonna go mad in the books and anyone who thinks otherwise fundamentally doesn't understand her as a character.
Rhaegar practically isolating himself from early on, spending his childhood with his nose permanently stuck in books and scrolls instead of socializing and playing, might very well be a sign of his parents toxic relationship and his fathers madness affecting him a lot, actually. Very young children can get easily traumatized by a toxic environment and show it through odd behavior.
HOLY SHIT! How did I miss that Ser Bonnifer was Rhaella's landed knight?! That gave me chills. I really enjoyed his character in AFFC. Can't freaking wait for Winds... even if the curse of Harrenhall is going to strike him down. 😫
What always shocked me was that Aerys got so mad and horrible as a king and somehow they didn't have him removed and install Rhaegar as regent until he died.
All those still borns and miscarriages coupled with all the plotting and betrayals that happened daily in kings landing, its no wonder Aries lost his mind. It doesn't condone his actions but it does explain why he lost the plot.
It also makes Raella very brave to be able to hold Rhaegar children without fearing Aries. Or dismissing Joanna without any fear. That says a lot about her character. Its a shame there isnt much lore surrounding her.
Woah a whole new season can be made with this past story... When young Jamie lanister wanted to guard queen rhaella.
She suffered a lot.... She couldn't marry who she wanted.
I have been having this plan to stay writing a story since I've gotten obsessed with Rhaella. She deserved much better,my beautiful queen!!!❤️❤️❤️
@@rhiiyaevans4060 like a what if story?
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I never thought about the parallels between Rhaella and Johanna Lannister, or Viserys and Cersei. Maybe Cersei's downfall will parallel Viserys in some way.
Literally one of my favorite channels on TH-cam. Your hard work is appreciated.
"The Gods would not allow a Bastard to sit on the Iron Throne" no wonder Cersei's kids have golden hair with matching shrouds..
the only good ASOIAF channel left. never stop uploading please i beg
The "GoT" on the timeline just stands for when the series begins!
whycreate where would you rank Daenaerys’ greatness amongst other Targaryens? Is she up there with Aegon I or not there yet?
As you said Rhaella was named the Queen of love and beauty by Sir Bonifer who was only a landed knight. Isn’t it possible that these two had a love affair just before Rhaella married the mad king and Bonifer is really Rhaegar’s true father! Evidence of this is 1. Rhaegar was born “soon after” they were married. 2. Mad king has difficulty having healthy children with Rhaella but Rhaegar was easy and healthy because he had a different father. 3. After the marriage Sir Bonifer became super pious, very similar to what happened with Lancel after what he did with Cersei. 4. Ironically Rhaegar names Lyanna his Queen of Love and Beauty because tragically his real father did the same thing for a love that he could never have.
Imagine how mad Rhaegar must have been, going to show your psycho dad your first born, and he makes a sick race joke..
House of Dragons made me revisit the history of GOT. Thanks for this video 💜
I'm surprised you didn't mention how the mad king didn't wed Rhaegar to Cersei Lannaster and made Jamie Lannaster a kingsguard just to spite Tywin.
what a horrible man was the mad King 🥺
Rhaella suffered a lot 😭😭😭
It's my head canon that in a different world, Rhaella would've run away and married Bonifer Hasty in secret... and then cause a rebellion, inevitably.
That would have been an interesting story to see. Especially as Aerys's popularity only decreased more and more and if he doesn't have Rhaella, he has no children. No children, no heirs, no line of succession to continue the Targaryen dynasty. And even if Rhaella's husband is a Bonifer, her child (in this case Rhaegar) would be:
1. A Targaryen by blood
2. A true born if his parents married before his birth
3. A son
So fascinating. Poor Rhaella.
Your voice was so calming for me, thank you
Oh how different things would’ve turned out had Rhaegar survived and Robert was stopped. I’m so curious about how different Jon Snow would’ve been had he been raised by his true parents and Lyanna hadn’t died in labor.
Your videos are well done with your own style. Very watchable. The hard work is a worthwhile effort and it shows.
Thank you!
I agree. Barristan Selmy's voice was gold.
I haven't gotten far in the books yet but it seems that the only time Targaryen women miscarry this often it is always due to poison (Aemma was poisoned by the Maesters following the order of the high septon or the Hightowers and Rhaella was poisoned by Tywin)
I'm sure Aerys had schizophrenia, and his delusions about his wife's unfaithfulness is actually a telling sign.
You are an Awesome storyteller. Your voice is perfect. The images were great. I only wish that the story wasn’t so horrific. This was a truly excellent video 🏆🏆🌹
Lol the terrible irony is that if Rhaella had cheated on her brother-husband, she probably would have had a surviving child because it wouldn’t be so inbred.
That’s what duty gets you
I have been looking for and asking other you tube channels about Danny’s mom forever now!!! THANK YOU!!!
No one ever does videos in her mom. Always just about her father!!!
What an awesome video! I just finished the show ..I want to read the books after this guy manages to finish. What are your thoughts about Daenery's death in the show. I thought the last two episodes were ridiculous. I wanted her to stay alive and rule or even alongside Jon..pr at least not die. It was sad to see the last dragon carry her off. I hope Martin does not end his series this way..
I cried when Jaime couldn't stop the rapings of Rhaella like how traumatising for Rhaella to have that done to her and for Jaime to hear it.
this is by far the best asoiaf channel. keep it up mate
Thanks Cyka
Which other channels do you watch? I'm just wondering if its any I don't already watch.
Lore wise, CivilizationEx is also a fine channel. Not as high production value as this one tho.
Danny was not mad. No one thought she could be redeemed after all the loss she endured? So just decided to kill her? She was nothing like the mad king. Some of the things she did were not good things, but she was never a lost cause. She was not mad.
The numbers of people died in her hands in 1 fuckin day outnumbered the victims of the mad king and rulers after that up until Cercei. Let that sink in. Just because something bad happens to you doesn't mean that's an excuse for you to go on a killing spree
Empty Bee my guy, she killed over 1,000,000 people in one day. She wasn’t mad in the beginning but come on, it’s game of thrones she was bound to go mad at some point whether it was because of decades of inbreeding within the Targaryen line or the shit she went through
The show did her bad that’s all
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS! 💯
I'm definitely going to have to get into the books.
This was really interesting, thank you
Fitting for the aegon’s conquest trailer, which was dropped today
What are you talking about?
SpiderInMyPocket it was just a fan made teaser
Your voice is so soothing
This was very good! I wondered about who Rhaella was.
This was an interesting back story to watch.
a video about what you think will happen in the next book would be amazing! Or how you would’ve continued the HBO show. Predictions or hypothesis maybe?
so happy the YT algorithm recommended you to me. I really enjoyed this video and have always wanted to know more about Dany's mother. You have a new subscriber. ;-) Thank you!
I've always wondered if bronn is a nights watch deserter saying from him in season one where he's been north of the wall and how come he is such a skilled swordsman despite being a low born and his cloak being quite similar to nights watch one
It theory that Bronn was hire to sneak some weapons to the Wildlings that Wildlings boguht it against law to sell to Wildlings.
He also outright refused to wear a gold cloak because cloaks slow you down in a fight. I've never thought about it but it makes some sense
If she's still alive up to 305 AC season 8 she would have been moved to Pentos or Qarth by Illyro or Varys to avoid death by Robert Baratheon 283-298 AC then the Lannister rule 298 Joffrey-305 AC Cersei. If she were to be captured by Euron Greyjoy she would become a Salt wife to his Ironborn faction pro lannister or executed by Cersei in King's Landing for Euron. She would be 53 at 298 ac then 60 years old 305 AC.
This was so insightful!
I would have liked to have seen a video lore on Euron Greyjoy. Feel like he's an interesting character
I've got a question for another video: why does Melissandre think Stannis is the price that was promised? (in the books of course)
Honestly, if you think about it it doesn't make sense. Stannis only has dragonstone because Robert gave it to him after the rebellion, so he's not particularly tied to the place. I Guess you could Say he's the only important person she had access to, she climbed ranks by gaining selyse's favor so might as well name her husband Azor ahai
Max The Merc while I cant remember why it’s Stannis specifically of the Baratheon brothers. I do know however, that their grandma was Rhaelle (this Rhaella’s namesake) Targaryen, who was Dany’s great aunt. Stannis has Targaryen blood, the blood of Old Valyria and the Dragon,,,
Damn that was a really sad story! Thx for doing this tho!
I wish they'd went into who Rhaella was in the show and books more. I feel like who she was is very important to know, as Aerys was the children's father. All of the good inside Rhaella must have been passed to her children, and I feel like the mother of those three kids would be quite strong and kind too. Viserys completely inherited Aerys madness, Rhaegar inherited none of it and must have taken after his mother, and Dany if we're going by the show has the Targ madness inside her genes but it doesn't present until she's pushed to madness, before that she must have taken very much after Rhaella. There's something magical about her births and her children, Rhaegar was born admist fire and death and became famous and beloved and Dany was born admist a great raging storm and has magic and dragons. She must have been very magical, had she not been surpressed I wonder who she was deep down to have born such powerful children.
All i can say is...tragic. her life, was tragic.
Has someone mentioned bonifer hasty, there is a really beautiful story beetwen him and rhaella
That was excellent.....more!!
She was a good person, which is suicidal in the game of thrones world. Had she been more cunning say like Olena Tyrell, Aerys would have been taken care of as Geoffrey was, and thus saved herself, family and kingdom from the bloodshed that came after.
Daenerys is not this docile thankfully. I believe the purpose of these conversations about her family are meant to be life lessons of what she shouldn't be, if she wants to rule the seven kingdoms. She can't be as psychotic as Aerys was, or as docile and helpless as her mother. Or as reckless and delusional as Rhaegar, or as vain and pompous as Viserys. Sadly, if the show is anything to go by, then she won't learn from their mistakes.
So, since Incest was common, was her mother also her sister or her aunt?
Yes.
But in all seriousness, Rhaella was her mother and her aunt. o.o
@@KindredKeepsake disgusting 🤢. I do not like this idea, it is repellent!
Daeneys is her own double 1st cousin ....incest complicates things.
I’ve said for years that Tyrions father hated him bc he secretly thought he was a Targaryen. Y’all keep that going with these videos.
It would be interesting if Tywin believed Tyrion was a Targaryen, but what if it had instead been Jamie and Cersei that were secretly Aerys's children. It would have given more insight with their incestuous relationship. And it would explain why Joanna became so afraid when she found out. After all, if she was indeed attacked by Aerys before being sent back to Casterly Rock, and the children from that attack were believed by her husband to be his, if he ever found out what they were, he would likely have killed them. Joanna might have wished their conceptions circumstances were different, but they would still be her children. So she tried to protect them.
Ironic, that the child Tywin hated the most happened to be his only legitimate child.
If that was indeed the case anyway. It's at least interesting to think about.
I need to get myself a vacation castle
It's truly the weakest point of Targaryen power. All the dragons died. The King Aerys was mad, Viserys was merely a boy, Daenerys isn't even born yet. All they had was Rhaegar and he died.. If only Aerys wed Rhaegar to Cersei Robert's Rebellion would have turned out very differently.
These stories are amazing!
Like I’m watching a real life history. The details
Very nice! Keep them coming my friend
It's a shame we don't know much about Rhaella other than what was provided in the books. She seemed like a really good and interesting character
Damn even these cartoon characters look better than the cast for h.o.t.d 😳
Never would have remembered her name without this vid
I just saw your Back Story about Oberyn Martell. Amazing job , dude. After watching it a couple of times I immediately had to Subscribe to your channel. And now I'm going to watch all of your other Posts. Stay safe. 🎸
I don’t think Rhaella or for that matter Aerys II was as young as people say they were when they died. Considering that in season 6 episode 6, Aerys II is portrayed as an old man played by David Rintoul, and the characters are brother and sister, they must have been at least in their 50’s or something.
We have the year of Aerys birth recorded in canon and everyone is aged up on the show. They couldn't even shiw Daenerys marrying at 13 and aged her up too. Aerys looking like a crazy old man is a good move visually, but he would be of age with Tywin since they grew up together (along with Robert Baratheon's father).
They aged everyone up in the show lol. We have Aerys’ canon birthyear, and he became a dad at 15, while Rhaella was either 13 or 14. Dany is supposed to be 13 when she marries Khal Drogo, Sansa is supposed to be 13 when she married Tyrion etc. Aerys was 39 when he died, though admittedly, he did look much older due to his madness and mental instability
What Mal ma said. Aerys in the S6 flashback had probably suffered premature aging due to his madness, plus the Targaryens' hair is naturally platinum-coloured.
Everybody talks about how good and good rhaegar is
But they said that about the mad king early on
Rhaella Targaryen deserved better, what a shitty dad she and Aerys had. So disappointed in Egg for just letting it happen
this whole dynamic is so interesting to dive into like the way you did! because it touches on so many important things women/wives deal with when it comes to their choice of reproducing
Season 8 was trash 🗑 the should have let the man finish the book in peace.
King Nika yes they should have but they also tweaked Martin’s outline to their liking too. Example, Jon Snow was suppose to kill the Night King but the writers didn’t feel he should be the hero. There were several endings too. I think Martin’s books will be a lot better when they come out
He IS finishing his book in peace. No one tells J.R.R. Martin what to do.
@@andrewlocke3389 the question is when is he going to do so
@@leelohaskin7941 just like Robert Jordan His philosophy on writing is that he will be done when he is done. He has refused to set a deadline for any of his novels which is not what the Publishers really wanted when he started writing he never wrote for anyone other than himself and that is pretty much still the way he writes.
Rhaegar's parents must be horrible and really sad.
We need some new information from GRRM I already know everything there is to know
I don't remember any of this in the book. Weird
OMG .........She lost so many children. How did she not go mad ?
5:50 - 6:55 I can't blame him for growing paranoid
You never hear about most of the lady Targaryens
666 comments is perfect as I enter this video on this family.....but i just ruined it.
Wait they were married at age 13 and soon after Rhaegar was born?
Thanks heaps for this. :D