Later in the Dance - almost certainly not in the first season - Rhaenrya will take King’s Landing with the help of her uncle Daemon Targaryen.All right.

Matilda leads an invading army into southern England with the help of her uncle King David of Scotland. Chaos erupts across Westeros as the factions battle and the realm descends into a bloody civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. The “greens” seize the Iron Throne and King’s Landing, facilitated in part by Princess Rhaenrya being at Dragonstone on the night of King Viserys’ death, just as Empress Matilda was in Normandy when Henry I passed away. He lobbies for the crown to be awarded to his eldest daughter Rhaenyra, which makes her our Empress Matilda. But just like King Henry, he faces resistance from many of his nobles, who prefer the idea of male-only Targaryen primogeniture.Ĭoncerned for the future of Dragonstone and his kingdom, Viserys has all of his nobles swear an oath of loyalty to Rhaenyra, but upon his death, the court splits into two factions, called the “blacks” (supporters of Rhaenyra Targaryen), and the “greens” who support Aegon II, Viserys’ son by his second wife Alicent Hightower. Image: House of the Draogn/HBO How the Anarchy inspired the Dance of the DragonsĪt King’s Landing, King Viserys Targaryen I (King Henry I) worries about passing away without a son as his heir. At its core, it was a war of succession, just like what we have in House of the Dragon. The Anarchy was an English civil war that lasted from 1138 to 1153 AD. is based on an earlier period in history called “The Anarchy.”

“ Game of Thrones is, as many people have observed, very loosely based on The War of The Roses.

“I get inspiration from history, then I take elements from history and turn it up to 11,” Martin said on the House of the Dragon panel at Comic-Con, per Entertainment Weekly. Unsurprisingly, this story also has roots in history.

The fictional history of Old Valyria is based in part on the Roman Empire and the myth of Atlantis, and so on.Īnd now, we’re about watch a new show set in the Game of Thrones universe: House of the Dragon, based on Martin’s book Fire & Blood. The historical Scottish betrayals at the Black Dinner and The Massacre at Glencoe provided the framework of the Red Wedding. Martin has always been happy to discuss the real world histories he’s used as inspiration for his work.

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