House Baratheon

**House Baratheon of Storm's End** is a Great House of Westeros that traditionally rules the Stormlands on the eastern coast of Westeros, aptly named for its frequent storms, from their seat of Storm's End.

House Baratheon became the royal house of the Seven Kingdoms (as House Baratheon of King's Landing) after Robert Baratheon led a rebellion against the Targaryen dynasty. At the end of the rebellion, Robert ascended the Iron Throne as Robert I and married Cersei Lannister after the death of Lyanna Stark.

House Baratheon became officially extinct after the deaths of Stannis Baratheon and his family, but was revived when Robert's last known bastard was legitimized by Queen Daenerys Targaryen as Gendry Baratheon, who later became King.

House Baratheon's sigil is a crowned black stag on a gold field and their House words are "Ours is the Fury."

## History

### Background

House Baratheon was founded by Orys Baratheon, a general in the army of King Aegon I Targaryen, the founder of the Targaryen dynasty who conquered the Seven Kingdoms. Orys Baratheon was also rumored to be Aegon's bastard half-brother. He defeated Argilac the Arrogant, the last of the Storm Kings, and captured his castle of Storm's End. For his accomplishments, Orys was made Lord of Storm's End and founded House Baratheon. Orys took the sigil and words of the defeated House Durrandon as his own, cementing his rule over the Stormlands by marrying Argella Durrandon, the daughter of the fallen Argilac.

280 years later, Lord Robert Baratheon led a rebellion against King Aerys II Targaryen after his eldest son and heir, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, ran off with Robert's betrothed, Lyanna Stark. Robert, who was backed by Eddard Stark, Jon Arryn, and Hoster Tully, slew Rhaegar at the Battle of the Trident, and King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, was soon afterwards sacked by Tywin Lannister in Robert's name. At the end of the rebellion, Ned Stark found his sister Lyanna in the Tower of Joy in Dorne, where she died "in a bed of blood." With the last known Targaryens – Prince Viserys and Princess Daenerys – having fled across the Narrow Sea to the Free Cities of Essos, Robert ascended to the Iron Throne as King Robert I. He was wed to Tywin's daughter, Cersei Lannister, and thus formed the royal cadet branch House Baratheon of King's Landing. Robert appointed Jon Arryn as his Hand.

When Robert became the new king, he left his youngest brother Renly Baratheon, who was only a child at the time, to rule the Stormlands from Storm's End. Meanwhile, he appointed his middle brother Stannis Baratheon as the new Lord of Dragonstone, Dragonstone was traditionally the seat of the heir to the Iron Throne. This formed the cadet branch House Baratheon of Dragonstone, which was solidified by Stannis's marriage to Selyse Florent. This also made Stannis the liege lord of several minor outlying islands of the Crownlands which were in Blackwater Bay. This was seen as an insult to Stannis, who had failed to capture the last Targaryens at Dragonstone when he assaulted the storm-ridden island, as windswept and isolated Dragonstone was not as wealthy or prestigious as Storm's End. However, Stannis was a proven military commander and a loyal vassal of his experience was needed to reign in Dragonstone, whose lord ruled over the Houses that had been the most loyal to House Targaryen.

Renly and Stannis both served on Robert's small council as Master of Laws and Master of Ships, respectively. However, they were still referred to as lords rather than princes even after Robert's ascension to the throne, since they belonged to lower branches of House Baratheon.

It isn't exactly clear how King Robert envisioned dividing up his possessions for future generations of House Baratheon, or if he even had a plan. It isn't clear if he meant to permanently unite the Crownlands around King's Landing with the Stormlands around Storm's End (which do border the Crownlands). Alternatively, he might have handed off Storm's End and the Stormlands to a cadet branch of House Baratheon formed by Stannis or Renly's children, while Robert's own "children" ruled the Crownlands. There's even the possibility that Robert intended to cut his younger brothers out of the succession entirely, and have the rule of the Stormlands pass to his younger "son" Tommen. Whatever plans Robert or his councilors may have had were swept away by the outbreak of war upon his unexpected death.

## Members

* King Robert Baratheon, the late head of the family. King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm. Killed by a boar after being dulled with wine by Lancel Lannister.
	+ Queen Cersei, his wife of House Lannister. Queen Mother after Robert's death, later Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, Lady of Casterly Rock. Crushed by falling debris under the Red Keep during the Battle of King's Landing.
		- Gendry Baratheon, their eldest son. Briefly heir to the Seven Kingdoms, they thought he died of a fever but later found revealed to be alive. The only legitimate heir of Queen Cersei and King Robert.
		- Narcisettia Baratheon, their daughter and the second and last legitimate child
		- King Joffrey Baratheon, their second son and heir. Poisoned at his royal wedding with the strangler by Olenna Tyrell.
			* Queen Margery Tyrell. Widow of Renly. Burned alive by wildfire during the Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor.
		- Princess Myrcella Baratheon, their second daughter. Betrothed to Trystane Martell. Poisoned with the long farewell by Ellaria Sand in Dorne.
		- King Tommen Baratheon, their youngest son.
			* Queen Margery, his wife of House Tyrell. Widow of Joffrey and Renly. Burned alive by wildfire during the Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor.
* King Stannis Baratheon, Robert's younger brother, the Lord of Dragonstone and Storm's End, claimant to the Iron Throne. Killed by Ser Brienne of Tarth shortly after the failed Battle of Winterfell.
	+ Queen Selyse, his wife of House Florent. Hanged herself after the death of their daughter.
		- Princess Shireen Baratheon, their daughter and heir. Burned alive by Melisandre as a sacrifice to the Lord of Light.
		- Petyr Baratheon, their stillborn son.
		- Tommard Baratheon, their stillborn son.
		- Edric Baratheon, their stillborn son.
* Meler Baratheon, Robert's only sister. She disguised her self as a man and hid from a marriage by going to Castle Black, on the Wall. There she fell in love with Alliser Thorne.
* King Renly Baratheon, Robert's youngest brother, the Lord of Storm's End, also a claimant to the Iron Throne. Killed by a shadow.
	+ Queen Margery, his wife of House Tyrell. Burned alive by wildfire during the Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor.
* Oros Baratheon, died as an infant. Brother to Robert, Stannis, Meler and Renly.

Note: Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are claimed to be the children of King Robert Baratheon, but actually were born of incest between Queen Cersei and her twin brother, Ser Jaime Lannister. Thus, Stannis was Robert's lawful heir before his death. With the deaths of Stannis and Shireen, the bloodline of House Baratheon became legally extinct (Lord Gendry Baratheon was an unacknowledged bastard of Robert Baratheon and thus was not entitled to claim the Baratheon name). With the death of Tommen, the people of Westeros believed that House Baratheon was completely extinct until Daenerys Targaryen's legitimization of Lord Gendry. Later founding out that he was the true heir since he was a true born of Robert and Cersei.

### Historical members

* Lord Orys Baratheon, founder of House Baratheon and first Lord Paramount of the Stormlands. Originally a bastard from Dragonstone.
	+ Lady Argella, his wife of House Durrandon.
		- Axel Baratheon, their son. Killed by Steffon Trant in a duel at Gallowsgrey.
			* Lady Alanna}, his wife of House Penrose. The marriage was childless.
		- Serac Baratheon, their son.
			* Lady Monica Baratheon, his wife of House Velaryon.
				+ William Baratheon, their son.
					- Lady Martyna, his wife of House Mullendore.
						* William Baratheon, their son.
						* Jon Baratheon, their son.
						* Martyn Baratheon, their son.
						* Mace Baratheon, their son.
						* Orys Baratheon, their son.
						* Theodor Baratheon, their son.
						* Bryte Baratheon, their son.
						* Tommax Baratheon, their son.
						* Lorax Baratheon, their son.
						* Brune Baratheon, their son.
						* Gude Baratheon, their son.
						* Lex Baratheon, their son.
						* Wineiri Baratheon, their daughter.
						* Miriam Baratheon, their daughter.
						* Argella Baratheon, their daughter.
				+ Reginald Baratheon, their son.
				+ Steffon Baratheon, their son.
				+ Padraic Baratheon, their son.
				+ Flynn Baratheon, their son.
		- Theresa Baratheon, their daughter.
		- Ethelide Baratheon, their daughter.
		- Mychal Baratheon, their son. A knight of Aenys Targaryen's Kingsguard. Perished while defending the Red Keep.
* Lord Borros Baratheon, a supporter of Aegon II Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons.
* Lord Symeon Baratheon, a head of House Baratheon.
	+ Lady Meera, his wife of an unknown house.
		- Lord Lyonel Baratheon, their son. Fought for Ser Duncan the Tall in his trial by seven.
			* Princess Rhaelle, his wife of House Targaryen.
				+ Lord Ormund Baratheon, their only son and Lyonel's heir. At some point became Hand of the King to Aegon V Targaryen. Died in the War of the Ninepenny Kings.
					- Lord Steffon Baratheon, his son and heir. Participated in the War of the Ninepenny Kings and allegedly held his father as he died. Father of Robert, Stannis, and Renly Baratheon.
						* Lady Cassana, his wife of House Estermont. Mother to all three of Steffon's sons.