How did Queen Rhaella die?
childbirth
Pregnancy and Death Rhaella died shortly thereafter from complications of childbirth. Prior to Stannis Baratheon’s assault on Dragonstone, Willem Darry fled from Dragonstone with Rhaella’s surviving children, Viserys and Daenerys Stormborn, for the Free Cities.
Who is Daenerys’s mother?
Rhaella Targaryen
Daenerys Targaryen/Mother
Did the mad king marry his sister?
In the current generation, King Aerys II Targaryen, the Mad King, married his own sister, Queen Rhaella Targaryen. Their three children, Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys, are thus all products of incest (and thus not only siblings but also first cousins to each other).
How old was Rhaella when she had Rhaegar?
It seems amazing to think that she died giving birth, while having another son who was old enough to have gotten married and had his own kids, all before turning 40 — but she gave birth to Rhaegar when she was only 13–14 years old.
How old was Rhaella when she married aerys?
They married at a very young age (Aerys was 15 and Rhaella either 13 or 14). Rhaella gave birth to Rhaegar in 259 AC, at the age of either 14 or 15. Viserys was born in 276 AC, so 17 years after Rhaegar (Rhaella had many miscarriages, difficult pregnancies and stillbirths during these 17 years).
Who was Queen Rhaella Targaryen?
Queen Rhaella Targaryen was the sister, wife, and queen of King Aerys II Targaryen and the only daughter of King Jaehaerys II Targaryen and his sister-wife, Queen Shaera Targaryen. Her grandfather was King Aegon V Targaryen. Rhaella was the mother of Prince Rhaegar, Prince Viserys, and Princess Daenerys. She died shortly after Daenerys’s birth.
What happened to the two surviving children of Rhaella?
After her death, the two surviving children were taken across the Narrow Sea by loyalists to live in exile in the Free Cities. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Rhaella is the wife and sister of Aerys II and the mother of Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys.
What happened to Rhaella after Rhaegar’s birth?
In the seventeen years following Rhaegar’s birth, Rhaella went through multiple pregnancies, stillbirths and miscarriages. While at first, her brother comforted Rhaella in her grief, the multiple stillbirths, miscarriages and dead children eventually caused Aerys to become suspicious.
When did Rhaella give birth to prince Viserys?
In 276 AC, Rhaella gave birth to Prince Viserys. While he was small and robust, he was healthy. However, Aerys feared that Viserys would die like his brothers, and so tasked the Kingsguard to watch over the infant. Even Rhaella was forbidden to be alone with her son.