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Rhaenyra I AU: Before Viserys I Targaryen’s death, this same Targaryen sent a letter four days before to his heir, Rhaenyra, asking her to come to be by his side before dying. Rhaenyra, still pregnant, flew on the back of her dragon Syrax to King’s Landing accompanied by her husband, Daemon, and their five children.

After a long agony King Viserys died in 129 A. C. accompanied by their relatives. Rhaenyra was saddened to lose her father, but she had the strength to prepare and be the new queen.

Three days later she went into labor, giving birth to her first daughter and her last child, Visenya. Rhaenyra was crowned in 129 A. C. as Rhaenyra I and her son Jacaerys Velaryon as her heir. The beginning of her government was not good, Alicent Hightower and the greens opine that she was the new queen, preferring Aegon, her half brother as king, in addition to the rumors of the doubtful paternity of her three older children.

The Hightower began a rebellion against Rhaenyra, crowning Aegon as Aegon II. Rhaenyra commanded her husband, Daemon Targaryen to stop these rebellions while she protected the town.

Her son Jacaerys advised his mother not to bring more fire and blood to the Seven Kingdoms, so Corlys Velaryon, her hand, was sent to Oldtown to make the peace offer by offering a compromise between Aegon, the younger, and the Aegon’s daughter, Jaehaera. Besides offering the island of Rocadragon and a large pension.

The clingy and lazy Aegon II accepted these conditions, setting aside the protests of the Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower and Criston Cole. 

Rhaenyra’s reign went through some ups and downs due to the protests of some great lords who did not want their Velaryon children to be the heirs to the throne because of their bastardy. This issue caused that the first son of his second marriage, Aegon was seen as a better heir for his good behavior and his Valyrian appearance. Although this topic was avoided by Rhaenyra so as not to create conflicts between his two children.

Despite these problems, her reign was good thanks to her preparation as queen and her advisers, in addition to knowing how to keep the greens as limited as she could. She achieved some alliances with the Seven Kingdoms, promising her son Joffrey to Cerelle Lannister, sister of the Lord of Casterly Rock and her little Visenya to Joffrey Arryn, cousin and heir to Jeyne Arryn.

Her son Viserys traveled to Lys where he fell in love with an older girl named Larra Rogare and whom he married. This upset Rhaenyra and Daemon, as they already had an engagement for him with the Baratheron house, but in the end they reluctantly accepted this marriage.

She had problems with her husband Daemon and his rebellion, leading to heated arguments that turned to passion, but still Daemon was a great support for his wife and tried not to make her angry.

In her last days Rhaenyra spent time with her grandchildren and felt special affection for her grandson Aemon, son of Viserys and Larra, in addition to taking care of her granddaughter Naerys, who was very sickly.

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