He laid the bodies beneath the Iron Throne wrapped in the crimson cloaks of his household guards, which helped to hide the blood. Tywin presented King Robert I with the corpses of Elia, Aegon, and Rhaenys as his 'token of fealty'. Aegon's uncle, Prince Oberyn Martell, however, believes that Tywin had Elia killed as revenge for her having married Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, thereby disrupting Tywin's plans for marrying his own daughter, Cersei Lannister, to Rhaegar. Tywin claims to his son Tyrion that the murders had been done 'too brutally', and that Elia's death had not been intended. He claims that presenting the bodies of Aegon and his sister to the new king ensured that no one could doubt House Lannister had forsaken House Targaryen. Īccording to Tywin Lannister, he required a way to demonstrate his loyalty to the cause of Robert Baratheon, after having remained neutral for most of Robert's Rebellion.

He heard that Gregor's hands had still been covered with Aegon's blood when he raped Elia. According to Tyrion Lannister, Gregor's role in the deaths of Aegon and his mother was common knowledge at Casterly Rock. According to Eddard, these rumors were not repeated in Gregor's presence. Eddard had heard rumors that Ser Gregor Clegane was Aegon's murderer, and after the infant was killed Gregor had raped Elia and then put her to the sword. Prince Viserys Targaryen told his sister, Princess Daenerys, that Princess Elia Martell pleaded for mercy as Aegon was dashed against a wall. Death and AftermathĪegon is killed in front of his mother, Elia Martell, screencap from Game of Thrones Blu-rayĪccording to Lord Eddard Stark, Lord Tywin Lannister's soldiers tore Aegon from his mother's breast and dashed his head against a wall. The deaths of the children caused a dispute between Lord Eddard Stark and the new king, Robert I Baratheon, and also began the feud between Houses Martell and Lannister. While Jaime was standing over Aerys's corpse, Ser Gregor Clegane and Ser Amory Lorch scaled the walls of Maegor's Holdfast and then killed Aegon, Rhaenys, and Elia. Jaime, though the only Kingsguard member left in the city, did not think his father Tywin, whose troops were attacking the city, would harm little Aegon and his young sister, Rhaenys. ĭuring the Sack of King's Landing a fortnight after the royal forces had left for the Trident, Ser Jaime Lannister killed Aerys in the throne room of the Red Keep. Pycelle worked to convince Aerys II to open the gates of King's Landing to the Lannister forces, secretly hoping Lord Tywin Lannister would rise to the Iron Throne. With Rhaegar's death, Grand Maester Pycelle became convinced that the war was effectively over, and that House Targaryen could no longer offer a proper king to the realm. Aegon, his mother, and his sister were kept at King's Landing as hostages to ensure continued Dornish loyalty. Aerys became convinced that the Dornishmen had betrayed him, and refused to allow Aegon and his family to flee to Dragonstone alongside Queen Rhaella Targaryen and Prince Viserys. Lewyn took command of ten thousand Dornishmen, but died in the battle, as did Aegon's father, Rhaegar. In preparation of the Battle of the Trident, Aegon's grandfather, King Aerys II Targaryen used him, his mother Elia, and his sister Rhaenys as hostages, gracelessly reminding Aegon's great-uncle, Prince Lewyn Martell of the Kingsguard, that the three were in Aerys's hands.

Prince Aegon in the arms of his mother, Princess Elia Martell, by Achen089 ©Īegon was an infant during Robert's Rebellion, having been born a few months before its onset.

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