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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''House Targaryen''' of Dragonstone, and later King's Landing, was the royal House that ruled the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros for nearly three centuries. Their sigil is a three-headed red dragon breathing flame on a black field, and their words are '''"Fire and Blood."''' Of Valyrian blood, the Targaryens were the last of the dragonlords of the [[Valyrian Freehold|Freehold]] to survive the [[Doom of Valyria]], having removed to the island fortress of [[Dragonstone]] a dozen years before the cataclysm.<br />
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The Targaryens were distinguished by silver-gold hair and violet eyes, and above all by their bond with dragons. To preserve the purity of their blood they frequently wed brother to sister, a practice abhorred elsewhere in Westeros but sanctioned within the House.<br />
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== History ==<br />
About a century after the Doom, [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon I]], called the Conqueror, sailed from Dragonstone with his sister-wives [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and three dragons. In [[Aegon's Conquest]] he subdued six of the seven kingdoms and forged the [[Iron Throne]] from the swords of his fallen enemies. The dynasty endured wars, madness, and the ruinous civil war remembered as the [[Dance of the Dragons]], which left the dragons all but extinct.<br />
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The line ended on the throne when [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], the Mad King, was slain during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. His surviving children, [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], fled into exile across the [[Narrow Sea]].<br />
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== Notable Members ==<br />
* [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], the first king of the Seven Kingdoms<br />
* [[Aerys II Targaryen]], the Mad King, last Targaryen to rule<br />
* [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], the crown prince, slain at the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]]<br />
* [[Viserys Targaryen]], the exiled would-be king<br />
* [[Daenerys Targaryen]], Mother of Dragons, who hatched three dragons from stone<br />
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== Significance ==<br />
The Targaryens defined Westeros: they unified its kingdoms, raised King's Landing, and ruled until their fall. The survival of Daenerys and the rebirth of dragons under her threaten to overturn the order that replaced them.<br />
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