King of the Iron Islands

The King of the Iron Islands (feminine equivalent being Queen of the Iron Islands) is the ruler of the Kingdom of the Iron Islands. It was a title of the sovereign kingdom of the Iron Islands prior to the creation to the conquest of the Riverlands.
Traditionally, the King of the Iron Islands sat on the Seastone Chair and wore the Driftwood Crown. Unlike the crowns of other kingdoms, which were usually reused by at least a few generations of monarchs, each and every driftwood crown was prepared specially for each individual king by the Drowned Men. Upon death, each crown would be broken up and cast back into the sea or put to sea with the king's remains, and a new one made from fresh driftwood.
Originally, the King of the Iron Islands was a non-hereditary elective monarchy  selected by a Kingsmoot. Major noble families such as the Hoares or Greyjoys frequently had kings elected from their number, but succession of their sons was in no way automatic.
The title has twice been revived by Balon Greyjoy in attempts to secede from the Iron Throne's rule, first during the Greyjoy Rebellion against Robert Baratheon and again during the War of the Five Kings, with Balon as one of the eponymous kings.
After Balon Greyjoy's death, his brother Euron is elected king, though Balon's daughter Yara disputes his legitimacy and claims to be the rightful queen. After Euron allies with Cersei Lannister and pledges fealty to her, he only refers to himself as a lord in her presence and refers to the residents of the Iron Islands as her subjects.
Yara becomes the de facto Queen of the Iron Islands after the Retaking of the Iron Islands.
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