Baelor Targaryen
(a.k.a. Breakspear)
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Prince Baelor was born in 170 AC, the first child of King Daeron II Targaryen and Myriah Martell. After the death of his grandfather, King Aegon IV Targaryen, in 184 AC, Prince Baelor became the heir to the Iron Throne and was later given the title of Prince of Dragonstone by his father.
In 187 AC, the seventeen-year-old Baelor won the name "Breakspear", following his famous victory at his aunt Daenerys's wedding tourney, where he defeated Ser Daemon Blackfyre in the final tilt.
When the First Blackfyre Rebellion was in its early stages, Prince Baelor advocated leniency toward Daemon Blackfyre, a position that was not favored over the hard line of his uncle, Brynden Rivers. Nonetheless, Baelor accepted the path towards war. He distinguished himself by leading the Dornish and stormlands force which attacked the rearguard of the rebel army during the Battle of the Redgrass Field in 196 AC. Baelor's forces smashed the rebels against the shield-wall of his brother, Prince Maekar, inspiring a song about the hammer and the anvil. It was also during this time that Prince Baelor was named as his father's Hand of the King and also as Protector of the Realm.
In 209 AC, at the tourney at Ashford Meadow, when Ser Duncan the Tall attacked Prince Aerion to defend a smallfolk woman, Baelor had a private word with Duncan and advised him. The next day Baelor sat together with Prince Maekar, Lord Leo Tyrell, and Lord Ashford in judgment of Duncan. Prince Aerion demanded a trial of seven, which was granted.
With the help of his squire, Prince Aegon Targaryen, and Ser Raymun Fossoway, Duncan was able to recruit five men to fight for him. They needed one more, and because Baelor believed Duncan, he fought for him even though his nephew was the accuser.
Before the melee began, Baelor advised Dunkan's champions to use tourney lances, which would strike before their opponents' shorter war lances in the opening tilt. He also noted that the three knights of the Kingsguard on the opposing side would be sworn not to harm him, allowing him to safely engage them. Duncan's defending party won the trial, but Baelor had received a mortal blow to his head from the mace of his brother, Maekar, and the prince died in Dunk's arms. Baelor was cremated at Ashford, per House Targaryen funeral traditions.
Baelor married Jena Dondarrion, with whom he had two sons, Valarr and Matarys, both of whom died in the Great Spring Sickness, no more than a year after their father's death.
Relationships
History
Baelor was wed to Jena to satisfy the Houses of the Dornish Marshes, as well as to forge stronger ties to Dorne as a whole. As a dutiful man, Baelor was always kind to his wife, and she was equally good to him. The couple had two sons, but the both died in the Spring Sickness of 209 AC along with their mother. Not long before this, Baelor had died in a Trial of Seven.
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Prince. Hand of the King. Protector of the Realm.
Life
170 AC
209 AC
39 years old
Family
Spouses
Jena Dondarrion
(Wife)
Children
Belief/Deity
The Faith of the Seven
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