Aegon Targaryen

Aegon Targaryen is a name borne by many members of House Targaryen across the history of Westeros, reflecting the reverence in which the dynasty held its founder, Aegon I Targaryen the Conqueror. Because the name recurs so often, "Aegon Targaryen" most commonly refers to one of several distinct figures depending on the era.

Notable bearers

• Aegon I Targaryen, the Conqueror, founder of the dynasty and first ruler of the Seven Kingdoms.
• Aegon II Targaryen, a king whose disputed succession ignited the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.
• Aegon III Targaryen, called the Dragonbane, who came to the throne as a boy at the end of the Dance.
• Aegon IV Targaryen, called the Unworthy, whose deathbed legitimization of his bastards sowed the Blackfyre rebellions.
• Aegon V Targaryen, called Egg, the unlikely fifth son who became king and friend to the hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall.
• Aegon Targaryen, infant son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell, murdered during the Sack of King's Landing; a figure claiming to be this prince, grown to manhood, appears in A Dance with Dragons.

Significance

The frequency of the name underscores how the Targaryens looked back to the Conqueror as the model of kingship. Several Aegons reigned, but the name also attached to princes who never sat the Iron Throne, including the murdered son of Rhaegar whose fate became a rallying point for later claimants.