Custom Image by Federico Napoli By Kendall Myers , Therese Lacson & Elisa Guimarães Published Jul 26, 2026, 10:05 PM EDT Sign in to your Collider account Add Us Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Listen Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for the book Fire & Blood with spoilers for House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Ah, the Targaryens... They sure love their family. Almost as much as they love white wigs. This familial love, however, comes with a very serious problem: between all the incest , the backstabbing, and the multiple Aegons, Game of Thrones , House of the Dragon , and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms fans can sometimes get lost in the specifics of the most important family in the Seven Kingdoms .
Game of Thrones alone already has about six Targaryens featured as proper characters, not to mention the ones that are brought up as relevant figures in the history of the Iron Throne. When we throw House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms into the mix, things get even more complicated . After all, this is a franchise in which basically all the characters are Targaryens, and they're all related to one another by either blood or marriage — sometimes, both! Still, if you find yourself at a loss about who's who in this neverending dance of dragons, fear not: here's a guide to all the most important Targaryens in Westeros.
Aegon I Targaryen from Game of Thrones' animated history Image via HBO The founder of the Targaryen dynasty, Aegon the Conqueror flew from Valyria to Westeros and unified the Seven Kingdoms before the events of both Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon . He had two children, one with each of his sister-wives: Aenys was Rhaenys son, while Maegor was his son with Visenya. His story will be depicted in the Aegon's Conquest prequel movie . He rides the massive dragon, Balerion, and House of the Dragon confirms him to be a Dreamer.
Visenya Targaryen from the Animated Game of Thrones shorts Image via HBO The older of Aegon's two sisterwives, Visenya was known to be stern and passionate. She wields Dark Sister (the sword later passed down to Daemon Targaryen) and rides Vhagar (who is later ridden by Aemond Targaryen). The eldest of all three Valyrians, rumor is that while Aegon married Visenya in Valyrian fashion, he also took their younger sister Rhaenys as a wife as well — Visenya for duty and Rhaenys for love .
Rhaenys Targaryen from the Animated Game of Thrones shorts Image via HBO The youngest of the three siblings, Rhaenys was gentler than her older sister and brother. She's said to prefer dancing and music and flew more on the back of her dragon Meraxes than either of the other two. It is through Rhaenys that the Targaryen line is continued after her son Aenys takes the throne.
In Fire & Blood , Rhaena is the daughter of King Aenys I, son of Aegon I and Rhaenys. She claims the blue dragon Dreamfyre, later ridden by Helaena Targaryen. She was married to her uncle/second cousin Maegor I, Visenya's son and one of Westeros' most tyrannical kings. Later in her life, as explained by Alys Waters ( Gayle Rankin ), she would move to live in Harrenhal, where she was also later buried. It's there that her dragon Dreamfyre apparently laid a clutch of eggs that we see in House of the Dragon Season 3.
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