{"id":149676,"date":"2026-01-26T06:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T06:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/149676\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T06:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T06:58:33","slug":"how-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-targaryens-are-related-to-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/149676\/","title":{"rendered":"How ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u2019 Targaryens are related to others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This story contains spoilers for \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,\u201d<\/a> Episode 2, \u201cHard Salt Beef.\u201d<\/p>\n

Could things be looking up for Ser Duncan the Tall?<\/p>\n

The second episode of \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,\u201d HBO\u2019s adaptation of George R.R. Martin\u2019s<\/a> \u201cTales of Dunk and Egg\u201d series of novellas, saw the hopeful hedge knight make some progress toward achieving his dreams.<\/p>\n

After reaching out to any and all nobles he hopes still remember his late master Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb), Dunk (Peter Claffey) finally finds someone to vouch for him: Prince Baelor Targaryen (Bertie Carvel).<\/p>\n

The heir to the Iron Throne is the only person who remembers the late hedge knight, which provides Ser Duncan the recognition he needs to enter the tournament. Baelor also kindly reminds Dunk he needs his own personal arms \u2014 he\u2019s been carrying Ser Arlan\u2019s. <\/p>\n

Episode 2, titled \u201cHard Salt Beef,\u201d features the arrival of an entourage of Targaryens to Ashford, including Baelor, his brother and his nephew. With the introduction of the current generation of the bloods of the dragon<\/a>, here is a refresher on how they are related to the Targaryens at the center of \u201cGame of Thrones<\/a>\u201d and \u201cHouse of the Dragon<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett), left, mistakes Dunk (Peter Claffey) for a stable boy. <\/p>\n

(Steffan Hill \/ HBO)<\/p>\n

When does \u2018A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u2019 take place again?<\/p>\n

\u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d is set around a hundred years before the events of \u201cGame of Thrones.\u201d The tournament of Ashford takes place in 209 AC (short for After the Conquest, when Aegon Targaryen conquered Westeros), while Ned Stark\u2019s execution happens in 298 AC.<\/p>\n

The Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war at the center of \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d lasts from 129 to 131 AC. So \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdom\u201d takes place around 78 years after the events of its fellow \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d prequel. It\u2019s also been about 50 years since actual dragons have been seen in the Realm, so the Targaryens are not quite as feared as they once were. <\/p>\n

Who currently sits on the Iron Throne?<\/p>\n

King Daeron II Targaryen, also known as Daeron the Good, is the current Lord reigning over the Seven Kingdoms. His great-grandparents are \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u2019s\u201d Queen Rhaenyra and Daemon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the lore established in books, Daeron was considered a just and good-hearted ruler, especially compared with his father, King Aegon IV.<\/p>\n

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Maekar (Sam Spruell) is both the descendant and ancestor of other well-known Targaryens. <\/p>\n

(Steffan Hill \/ HBO )<\/p>\n

Who are the Targaryens in the show?<\/p>\n

Prince Baelor Targaryen, King Daeron\u2019s eldest son and heir to the Iron Throne, is among the Targaryens who arrive in Ashford in Episode 2. His son, Prince Valarr, is shown participating at the joust at the end of the episode.<\/p>\n

Baelor\u2019s brother Maekar Targaryen (Sam Spruell), the fourth son of King Daeron, is also among the Targaryen entourage that arrives in Ashford. His son Aerion (Finn Bennett<\/a>) accompanies him, while audiences learn two of his other sons, Daeron and Aegon, are missing.<\/p>\n

Not mentioned in the episode is Maekar\u2019s third-born son, Aemon, who was sent to the Citadel as a child to be raised as a scholar. \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d fans know him as the longtime maester of the Night\u2019s Watch who befriends Jon Snow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those familiar with the Targaryen family tree will also know Maekar is the great-great-grandfather of \u201cGame of Thrones\u2019\u201d Daenerys Stormborn<\/a>. <\/p>\n

What about the other Great Houses? \"a <\/p>\n

Lyonel Baratheon (Daniel Ings) is among those Dunk meets in \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.\u201d <\/p>\n

(Steffan Hill\/HBO)<\/p>\n

As \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d seemingly takes place during relative peacetime, most of the Great Houses are likely off in their own corners of Westeros. But the series has so far introduced Storm End\u2019s Ser Lyonel Baratheon (Daniel Ings), the jovial lord also known as the Laughing Storm, who befriends Dunk in the first episode.<\/p>\n

Described as \u201ca swaggering giant of a man\u201d and \u201cone of the greatest fighters of his day\u201d in books like \u201cThe World of Ice & Fire,\u201d Lyonel is the great-grandfather of King Robert Baratheon, known for overthrowing the Targaryens and claiming the Iron Throne after Robert\u2019s Rebellion.<\/p>\n

Lord Leo Tyrell (Steve Wall) of Highgarden is among those Dunk tries to have vouch for him and appears in the second episode. Also mentioned in the episode is Damon Lannister, the Lord of Casterly Rock who is known as the Grey Lion. Damon is the great-great-grandfather of the trio of key Lannisters in \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d: Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The show hasn\u2019t mentioned which Stark is the current Lord of Winterfell. There is a chance that Cregan Stark<\/a>, who led his House during the events of \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d and comes to be known as \u201cThe Old Man of the North,\u201d is still alive. A banner for House Tully can be seen during the joust at the end of Episode 2. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story contains spoilers for \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,\u201d Episode 2, \u201cHard Salt Beef.\u201d Could things…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[74159,74160,74162,74158,69420,69418,4566,423,9172,74161,69417,48,52,51,47,50,49,1410,69421,74157,69419],"class_list":["post-149676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ashford","tag-baelor","tag-current-lord","tag-daeron","tag-dragon","tag-dunk","tag-episode","tag-game","tag-house","tag-iron-throne","tag-knight","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-place","tag-seven-kingdoms","tag-targaryens","tag-thrones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}