The Crownlands

### Rulers

**King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men**House Ocata of King's Landing

* King **Kwagar Ocata I** of the House Ocata

**Lord Paramount of The Crownlands**

House Scarlett of Dragonstone

* Prince **Aliyo Scarlett I** of the House Scarlett

### Regional capital

King's Landing - Capital of the Seven Kingdoms, Royal CapitalDragonstone - Regional Capital, Great House Seat

### Founder

Aegon the Conqueror †

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—The Crownlands

# Information

**The Crownlands** is one of the nine constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms.

# History

The Crownlands were never a sovereign nation, instead being contested between the Riverlands, the Stormlands, and other regions for thousands of years until Aegon the Conqueror seized control of the area during his invasion and made it his primary foothold on the continent, three centuries before the death of King Robert Baratheon. It is therefore the newest of the regions in Westeros, and as a result, does not have much of a distinct "cultural identity", so much as it is shaped by its distinction as the region containing the capital city.

The Riverlands were always more of a borderland frequently changing hands between rival strong kingdoms and were not an independent kingdom at the time of the Targaryen Conquest, and thus are technically not counted as one of the "Seven" Kingdoms. The Crownlands are even younger than the Riverlands (which are loosely the "eighth" kingdom), which at least existed as a loose cultural area for thousands of years even if they weren't always politically independent, thus the Crownlands functionally make up the ninth "kingdom" within the realm anachronistically known as "the Seven Kingdoms". Culturally and historically, the Crownlands were primarily an extension of the Riverlands, but with cultural influences from neighboring regions which periodically captured territory in the region, such as the Stormlands, the Reach, and even the Iron Islands. One of the main reasons Aegon the Conqueror began his invasion in the area which would become the Crownlands is because it was where the borders between these three powerful rival kingdoms met. None of them wanted to deal with the Targaryen threat directly, and each wasted so much time arguing that Aegon was really the problem of the other two respective kingdoms that the Targaryens were able to land all of their forces and establish a firm beachhead unopposed.

For most of its three centuries of existence the Crownlands were ruled directly by House Targaryen and their subordinate vassals. When House Targaryen was deposed at the end of Robert's Rebellion, seventeen years before the War of the Five Kings, Robert took the throne, and his new House Baratheon of King's Landing took up the rule of the Crownlands. On Robert's death, control of the Crownlands and King's Landing passed to King Joffrey Baratheon. Following the death of Joffery and Tommen, Crownlands were ruled by Cersei Lannister.

The Crownlands is politically subdivided into two areas: the mainland part administered directly by the King on the Iron Throne and his Small Council from the city of King's Landing, and the offshore islands under the authority of the Prince of Dragonstone, traditionally the heir to the throne.

Bastards born in the Crownlands are given the surname Waters.

# People and Economy

The metropolis of King's Landing is the driving force of the region, with the largest population and harbor in the realm. Trade and taxes flow into the capital from every corner of the realm acknowledging the Iron Throne, and many foreign vessels ply their wares as well. Virtually every craft and trade is practiced here, from metalsmithing and shipbuilding to alchemy. Elsewhere, fishing and farming are the norm, with a smattering of the common professions. Along the kingsroad north of the capital, a traveler goes "past woods and orchards and neatly tended fields, through small villages, crowded market towns, and stout holdfasts."

# Military

## Command Information

### First in Command

King **Kwagar Ocata I** of the House Ocata

### Second in Command

Prince **Aliyo Scarlett I** of the House Scarlett

### Commanding Officers

King **Kwagar Ocata I** of the House OcataPrince **Aliyo Scarlett I** of the House Scarlett

*According to a semi-canon source from 2005, the mainland lords of the crownlands can raise ten to fifteen thousand men. At the time of Aegon's Conquest, Houses Darklyn and Mooton combined were able to raise an army of three thousand men, while Prince Aemond Targaryen managed to raise an army from the crownlands of four thousand man within a fortnight.*

*King's Landing's main defense are the City Watch. In 298 AC, they number two thousand. Dragonstone, the island east of Blackwater Bay, can field its own military strength, but compared to the regions in Westeros, can field the least amount of soldiers. Its garrison is made up out of thirty knights, a hundred crossbowmen, and three hundred men-at-arms.*

Since the rise of King Kwagar Ocata the military potential has been raised from the meager force of 10,000-15,000 soldiers to a force of at least 50,000.

# References

1. ↑ [1]Military Forces according to http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Crownlands#Military\_strength