Lord of Dragonstone
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Dragonstone, the seat of the Lord of Dragonstone.
TheLord of Dragonstone[1] is the ruler of the stronghold ofDragonstone upon theisland of Dragonstone inBlackwater Bay. The ruler commands the loyalty of several vassal houses established on the islands of Blackwater Bay.
Dragonstone is the ancestral seat ofHouse Targaryen. It was the westernmost outpost of theValyrian Freehold. Prior toRobert's Rebellion, the island served as the seat of the heir apparent, known as the "Prince of Dragonstone". The two titles were often, though not always, synonymous. The first Prince of Dragonstone wasAenys I Targaryen, son ofAegon I, while the last wasRhaegar Targaryen.
Dragonstone was given toStannis Baratheon by his brother, King Robert after he won theIron Throne. Since Robert did not grant his brothers the title of "Prince", Stannis was given lordship over Dragonstone instead. The last known holder of this title wasDaenerys Targaryen.
AfterAegon's Conquest, the ruler of theisland and thecastle of Dragonstone happened to be the heir prince of theIron Throne, titled asPrince of Dragonstone, until thefall of House Targaryen.
Known Lords of Dragonstone[]
- ~100 BC: {Aenar Targaryen}, adragonlord who outlivedValyria.
- ~1 AC: {Aegon I Targaryen}, Lord of Dragonstone beforehis conquest ofWesteros.
- Under the rule of the Targaryen dynasty 1–280 AC, Dragonstone was ruled by the heir to theIron Throne, titled as thePrince of Dragonstone
- 281–302 AC: {Stannis Baratheon}, named Lord of Dragonstone by his brotherRobert.
In the books[]
In theA Song of Ice and Fire novels, "Prince of Dragonstone" is the title of the heir apparent of the Seven Kingdoms during the Targaryen dynasty. Dragonstone became the seat of the heir once the Targaryens established King's Landing as the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. After the War of the Usurper, the title was not officially used. Daenerys Targaryen was styled "Princess of Dragonstone" by the handful of Targaryen supporters left, but after her brother's death claimed the Iron Throne instead and ignored the title. Stannis Baratheon became "Lord of Dragonstone".
In the time between the Doom of Valyria and Aegon's Conquest, the Targaryen rulers of the island used the title "Lord of Dragonstone".
The use of a specific princely title for the heir to the throne parallels real-world monarchies: the heir to the ruling monarch of the United Kingdom (and before that, the monarch of England), is granted the title "Prince of Wales", while the heir to the throne of Spain is traditionally the "Prince of Asturias".
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Head | Vacant(extinct) | Heir | Vacant(extinct) |  | |
Seat | Dragonstone,Dragonstone | Region | Blackwater Bay,Crownlands ·Stormlands | ||
Titles | Lord of Dragonstone ·Lord of Storm's End ·Lord Paramount of the Stormlands ·King of the Andals and the First Men(claimant) ·Lord of the Seven Kingdoms(claimant) ·Protector of the Realm(claimant) | ||||
Deceased | King Stannis Baratheon ·Queen Selyse Florent ·Princess Shireen Baratheon ·Petyr Baratheon ·Tommard Baratheon ·Edric Baratheon | ||||
Household | {Maester Cressen} · {Lady Melisandre} · {Lord Axell Florent} ·Ser Davos Seaworth ·Ser Imry Florent · {Matthos Seaworth} ·Bert · {General} | ||||