Alicent Hightower

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

Queen dowager and the beating heart of the Green faction — a woman who sacrificed her youth to duty, her friendship to ambition, and her children to a war she helped create but could never control.

Also known as: Alicent, Queen Alicent, The Queen Dowager, Lady Alicent

What They Know

• Second wife of King Viserys I, married to him after the death of Queen Aemma Arryn
• Daughter of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King who engineered the marriage
• Mother of Aegon II, Helaena, Aemond, and Daeron
• The Green faction takes its name from the green gown she wore to a tourney, in contrast to Rhaenyra's black and red
• Once a companion and friend to young Rhaenyra, before politics and succession destroyed their bond
• Her claim that Viserys whispered on his deathbed that he wanted Aegon to succeed him is disputed — he may have been speaking of Aegon the Conqueror's prophecy
• Orchestrated the secret coronation of Aegon II before Rhaenyra could learn of Viserys's death

Connections

• parent_of — aegon_ii
• parent_of — aemond
• parent_of — helaena
• parent_of — daeron
• child_of — otto
• enemy_of — rhaenyra
• enemy_of — daemon
• ally_of — criston_cole
• ally_of — larys
• located_at — kings_landing
• married_to — viserys
• enemy_of — mysaria

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