Who is the first Targaryen?

Aegon I Targaryen
Aegon I Targaryen was the first king of the Targaryen dynasty. He was a warlord and Lord of Dragonstone who, with his two sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, three great dragons and a small army, invaded and unified six of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros in the War of Conquest.

Who was the best King of the Seven Kingdoms?

1 Aegon V Targaryen Thus, Aegon the Unlikely became King of the Seven Kingdoms. Aegon is definitely the best king of Westeros even though he does not have a large list of accomplishments to his name. Before he ever became king, he squired for a knight of the Seven Kingdoms named Ser Duncan.

Who had the best reign of the Targaryen kings?

I think Aegon I, Jaehaerys I, Viserys I, Aegon III, and Daeron II had the best reigns of the Targaryen kings (I might add Aegon V, and Aerys II as well, as the realm seems to have prospered for two decades during his rule), but most of them also directly or indirectly led to problems after their own successful reigns.

Who was King Aerys II Targaryen?

King Aerys II Targaryen, more commonly remembered as the Mad King, was the seventeenth and final king of the Targaryen dynasty to sit on the Iron Throne of Westeros . Aerys was born to Prince Jaehaerys, the second son of King Aegon V.

Who was Aegon Targaryen?

He was the brother and husband to his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys, and father to Aenys I and Maegor I. He lived three hundred years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire . Aegon Targaryen was born on the island of Dragonstone, an outpost of the Valyrian Freehold which his family had controlled since its settling a century before the Doom.

How did House Targaryen hold the Iron Throne for 15 generations?

House Targaryen held the Iron Throne for fifteen generations and seventeen kings through five civil wars: the War of Conquest, the Faith Militant Uprising, the Dornish Wars, the Dance of the Dragons and the five Blackfyre Rebellions before Robert’s Rebellion saw them defeated and exiled.