Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen Origins - First and Only Ruling Queen of the Seven Kingdoms - Explored 

As far as the comparison between Rhaenyra & Dany is concerned, we are going to see WHY Rhaenyra became what she became and understand it's progression; whereas with Dany, they FLIPPED her in TOO SHORT A TIME! We may come to 'hate' Rhaenyra but at least we will understand what happened to make her the TYRANT she ended up as...

I thought in Game of Thrones [show] Cersei was the first queen, but in Fire and Blood [book], Raenyra sat the throne for 6 months. I was confused...but I guess since Aegon II scrapped that from the history books, she was forgotten about...I don't know...

Yea the show aging up Rhaenyra & aging down Alicent & Laena was a bit weird to me but I understood it. I root for Rhaenyra either way because she was named the heir! Book Rhaenyra is definitely more spoiled & ruthless from the beginning but I don’t like the Daenerys comparisons. Rhaenyra grew us as a princess with an inheritance at the height of Targaryen power! Daenerys had nothing but a name & an abusive brother & didn’t have any ambitions or entitlement to the throne at 1st she just wanted a home. So Daenerys going for the throne was out of duty of being the last of her house. The show did a horrible job of showing her “descent” into madness it was rushed & underdeveloped & made no sense. Rhaenyra lost her father, her birthright, & a baby in the same day! Then to loose another child right after! You could see how she turned! Daenerys spared jaime Lannister with whom she heard bedtime stories about killing yet killed hundreds of thousands of innocents after they surrendered! So she was mad enough to burn innocent children alive but not mad enough to burn her father’s killer who was going to aid her enemy? Yea ok f*ck you dumb & dumber!

As the Dance is based on the period of English History known as the Anarchy, Matilda and Rhaenyra are remarkably similar. Both lost their crowns to make relatives (Cousin Stephen and Brother Aegon). While Matilda was much luckier and lost none of her children while Rhaenyra was the opposite and lost over half of them in a 1 year period. Matilda also did not have the luxury of a supportive father and love of the people as Rhaenyra had. But both women gained and lost their crowns in similar ways. Both conquest and won the Capitals causing their opponents to essentially bend the knee to their reign. But of course when they arrived the treasury was dry and they had no access to funds. Hence the taxation, but with Matilda not only did she lose support of her people the council as well as they essentially gave her up. Both women reigned for Six Months before being run out of the capital. Matilda thankfully made it safely while sadly we all heard what happened to Rhaenyra. But what’s funny again is that both women have been essentially scrubbed from their history books. With Matilda being “Lady of the English” and Rhaenyra just being a Princess. They also won in the long run with both of their Dynasties moving on to survive. Although of course Rhaenyra’s isn’t as lucky in about 200 something years and all but dies out in the show. But hopefully in the books Dany is successful.

With Martin being invovled with production of the TV show it will be interesting to get definitive answers. I've heard others say that the books can't trusted b/c the sources are biased. It will be interesting to see if the show becomes the official source, and only Martin has the power and the authority to say.

The only queen to have sat on the iron throne was Cersei Baratheon. I hate that the show only calls her Cersei Lannister.

I do wish they make these shows more book accurate. People, places. I mean they have the computer skills to make the castles more accurate but they don't. Winterfell is still hands down the biggest disappointment of the first show.

Cersei was the first official queen though she had no right to it , she just took it. Rhaenerya is not recognized as an official Queen in the history books due to Aegon II’s erasing her, but bear in mind the council of 101 concluded that the crown shall pass to the nearest male descendant and that no woman shall inherit the crown so really king Viserys had no right choosing a successor ( ironically he wouldn’t have been king if it wasn’t for this resolution) , Daenerys , as the known last Targaryen and having a dragon , would’ve been recognized as queen but she died having never been crowned. So Rhaenyra and Daenerys are remembered as just claimants to the throne.

The Black Queen 🖤

This is really good! Thanks and I just subscribed to this channel!! Now I'm going to re watch HOTD !! P.S. I absolutely agree with what was said at the end,,, Rhanerys and Daenerys Targaryens story's are in no way alike!! 🖤 ( Please excuse my spelling of the names! Obviously these aren't common names! ) 😉🤔

The best thing about the show is, they’ve made perfect character development! Everyone routing for Daemon or Aemond bad assery! Everyone loves Rhaenyra or milf queen Allicent!! They’ve made Aegon even far more complex: making him a fool the entire show and than when crowned he suddenly appears like a king and we somehow get sympathy with him. HBO has done it again..!

Queen Rhaenyra!!!

Lol the writers are so biased toward the greens, they couldn't even show the real history of Criston Cole breaking Harwins bones. Instead they show Harwin beating him up smh...

What are the sources for this? Where are you getting the info about before the Targaryens?

I think they’re trying to correct how horribly the wrote Daenerys in season 8 by making Rhaenyra how they’ve made her.

Maybe she's useless but Syrax is so cute

_only ruling queen_ the title says, Cersei crying in a corner

Is she gonna attack the storm lands? Because I would, I know they didn’t cause the death but the king wasn’t much help either and it would send a message. I could be wrong but it’s just my opinion lol

I don’t agree that by right Baela should have been named heir. She is Rhaenyras step daughter not of her own body. I don’t think that’s a good example of rhaenyra not changing the status quo

Fire and Blood is a history book written by the winning side of the Dance. Of course they’re going to paint her in a worse light than she probably was in reality.

I don't get it is the title click bait for a history lesson? Thought this was suppose to be just about Queen Rhaenyra 😵‍💫? Had to skip a quarter of the video to finally get to the part I wanted to watch

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Damon kinda stupid too,he could have it only little brain missed.done wrong in every situation,he had suport of king but he lost it ,no brain only muscle

But most of what they say about Rhaenyra in the books its the perspective of the "winners" who wanted to damage her reputation. And we all know what happen in any patriarchal society what they say about most of woman that arise to power like Rhaenyra. Yeah, i agree the show kinda changed her to make her more palatable to the big public. She was arrogant and self-entitled, as any royalty. She was a princess and trained to rule, and i love the Rhaenyra from Milly Alcock, because she is very real and have some arrogant moments. But everyone grows and get more mature, and GEORGE RR MARTIN has a big participation on the show, so he maybe showing us some other perspective. Other thing is that i DISAGREE about Rhaenyra naming Baela's her heir and princess of Dragonstone. Baela is not her blood nor her daughter. SHE is the heir, and her blood will inherit. And If Joffrey had marry, and had a daughter> She would inherit. So that doesnt make much sense

She called herself queen but she wasn’t queen of the 7 kingdoms. She didnt even get a coronation. She occupied King Aegon II’s throne for half a year and fled the city when she was rejected by the peasants. Thats why history remembers her as Princess Rhaenyra not Queen Rhaenyra.

9:16 I'm stopping right here, 9mins of total unnecessary things on the subject. I understand what you trying to do, but totally irrelevant.

Queen??? She never became queen the only true queen ever was Cercie,, her own children didn't see her as queen ‘ magor with titis’

Nymeria

Wasn’t Cersei queen ?

I'm all for pointing out biasis the grand maesters have since that's an important aspect in considering sources of information but the constant use of: "incensitive" , "sexist" etc just doesn't make sense complaining about since this is a litteral fictional medieval Setting where that is the norm and our moralities don't exist. It's just fking annoying to hear the constant bitching, I don't escape into fantasy stories to be constantly reminded of our own worlds politics.

#TEAMBLACKS IM on Rhaenyra’s side! If Alicent honored the promise to her husband, she should’ve never came for her crown! Alicent was a dirty bird- naming her son king despite Jaserys wishes before even telling his first born he was dead! She KNEW she was wrong that’s why she murdered everyone who knew of the kings death! Every action yields a reaction, how can anyone say her REACTION was wrong? They usurped her crown, murdered her son- sorry for the casualties, they joined the wrong team 🤷🏽‍♀️

Lord corlys lost her dauther and brother becouse of damon ,son lenor becouse of rhaenyra and still goes with blacks,its not real they should go with greens in real life

Are dragons non binary??

Why didn't she just marry harwin? Was his house too low class?