Aegon III Targaryen

Character from House of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin

Rhaenyra and Daemon's son who watched his mother fed to a dragon and grew up to become the most traumatized king in Westerosi history — he won the throne, hated it, and presided over the extinction of the dragons he was too broken to love.

Also known as: Aegon III, Aegon the Younger, The Dragonbane, The Broken King

What They Know

• He watched his mother Rhaenyra being devoured by Sunfyre on the shores of Dragonstone — the defining trauma of his life
• He became king after the Dance and married Jaehaera Targaryen to unite the Black and Green factions
• The last dragons died during his reign, earning him the name the Dragonbane — whether he caused their extinction or merely witnessed it is debated
• He was governed by a series of regents including Tyland Lannister as Hand — he was a child king who grew into a melancholy adult
• His younger brother Viserys (later Viserys II) was captured and held in Lys for years before being ransomed home

Connections

• child_of — rhaenyra
• child_of — daemon
• married_to — jaehaera
• enemy_of — aegon_ii
• served_by — munkun

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