We refer to his eighth grandparents in the Targaryen bloodline, sixteen generations and more than 100 members of an incestuous Royal House. Warning, spoilers!
Episode 7 of season 7 of Game of Thrones, The dragon and the wolfis probably the most important episode of all Game of Thrones and the one that connects directly with The House of the Dragon. The last chapter of season 7, which links to the new HBO Max series The House of the Dragon, is important both because it defines the original series and brings it to its final conclusion, and because George RR Martin’s next book will not undo the valuable information it offers, but rather build on it. He tells us who Jon Snow (Kit Harington) really is: he is a Targaryen, specifically Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar Targaryen, brother of Daenerys (Emilia Clarke), and Lyanna Stark, sister of Ned Stark (Sean Bean). Ned is his uncle, not his father. If you are passionate about the universe of Song of ice and fire You know perfectly well how Jon Snow is related to the Targaryens because you know how Danerys of the Storm’s bloodline runs backwards, just as you know that Jon, in the books, is at a very different point than in the series. But if you are an occasional viewer, unruly, but passionate, of the series, far from the original books and stories, remembering that Jon Snow was a Targaryen, it is inevitable that you wonder if he is related to any of the characters of the Targaryen family. of The House of the Dragon. After all, we are talking about the legitimate heir (and heiress) to the Iron Throne.
Episode 7 is in which Daenerys arrived riding her dragon to the meeting with Cersei in King’s Landing to seek a truce. It is the same episode in which Cersei assures that Ned Stark’s son will be true to her word. Also where Jon says that “I’m true to my word. That’s why I can’t give you what you ask of me. I can’t serve two queens. I’ve already sworn allegiance to Queen Daenerys of House Targaryen.” (And you know that Cersei answers first: “Then there is nothing left to discuss. Fight with the dead in the North and we will fight with what is left of you”). But, above all, it is the episode of the series in which Bran tells Samuel Tarwyn: “No one knows. Only me. Jon is not my father’s son. He is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and my aunt Lyanna Stark. “He was born in a Done tower. His last name isn’t Snow, it’s Sand. Dornish bastards aren’t Snow, they’re Sand…” It is at this point that an emotional Sam interrupts him: “No way. I transcribed the journal of a high septon in the Citadel. He annulled Rhaegar’s marriage to Elia. He married Rhaegar and Lyanna in a secret ceremony.”
Bran is surprised. “Are you sure?” he says. “That’s what he wrote in his private journal. I don’t know why he would lie. Is that something you can see?” Sam blurts out. He just found out what the three-eyed raven is and why not take advantage of his talent. Bran attends the wedding. And he says, “Robert’s rebellion was based on a lie. Rhaegar did not kidnap my aunt, nor did he rape her,” says Bran. “He loved her,” he sighs and adds. At that moment Jon knocks on Daenerys’s door. She opens. They look at each other. They close the door. She has seen them Tyrion. “And she to him,” adds Bran, returning to the warmth of the coals. “And Jon is her real name…” she says, and is interrupted by the image of her. It’s Lyanna: “He’s called Aegon Targaryen. You must protect him. Promise me, Ned.” We return to the image of Jon with Daenerys, frolicking in the purest Targaryen style.
“He has never been a bastard. He is the heir to the Iron Throne. He must know. We must tell him,” says Bran. Jon will soon find out. He will be in episode 1 of season 8 of Game of Thrones. Knowing who his father is, you just have to undo the bloodline to get to the Targaryen family in The House of the Dragon. Rhaegar is, in addition to the brother of Daenerys, the son of Aerys II, the mad king. This, in turn, is the son of Jaehaerys II, who is the son of Aegon V, son of Maekar I. Yes, Maekar I was the great-great-grandfather of Jon Snow and great-great-grandfather of Daenerys. Maekar I is the son of Daeron II, who is the son of Aegon IV, who is the son of Viserys II. And Viserys II… we are now entering the realm of spoilers… he is the grandson of Viserys I, the character played by Paddy Considine in the series The House of the Dragon. Now comes the best part. Is Viserys II the son of Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock and Emma D’Arcy) or is he the son of Viserys’ offspring with his new wife Alicent Hightower?
Both in one way and another Jon Snow and Danerys would be directly linked to the Targaryen bloodline that derives yes or yes in succession. The grace is in who his grandparents are. Viserys II is the son of Rhaenyra, yes, and… Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith). They are the eighth grandparents (so the genealogy goes) of Jon Snow and the seventh grandparents of Danerys Targaryen. Knowing this, the absurd debate in forums that wanted to compare the character of Daemon Targaryen with Joffrey Lannister would have been nipped in the bud. What we are not going to tell you, if you do not know, is whether Daemon or Rhaneyra, the incestuous tandem, reaches the Iron Throne or not, or when they get together. You will have to watch the series for that. Anyway, knowing as we do that it doesn’t matter and that the great threat to Westeros is the White Walkers and the Army of the Night… it kind of doesn’t matter who the grandparents are. Of course, it would not have been too much if the broken phone had arrived from Aegon I to Aegon VI? a little before.
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