Here are eight moments when Daenerys Targaryen hinted she was just like her father, the Mad King. According to showrunner David Benioff, Dany’s long-simmering madness was first evident in the se ...

The second season of House of the Dragon, a prequel to Game of Thrones, roars onto HBO Max with fans eager to understand the blood lines.

(For background: Her father, Aemon, was King Jaehaerys ... challenges Princess Rhaenyra to the throne. Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones. As Game of Thrones fans know ...

Viserys II’s father is, maaajor spoiler alert, Rhaenyra’s uncle Daemon Targaryen. There we have it! In conclusion, Rhaenyra is Daenerys’s great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother ...

But linking back to GoT, how are the characters related to Daenerys Targaryen’s father, King Aerys, otherwise known as The Mad King? The Mad King’s real name was Aerys Targaryen.

Daenerys Targaryen was born in 284 AC in the books ... Daeron sat on the Iron Throne after the death of his father, who managed to somewhat unite the realm and bring back some of the peace ...

After the fall of his father, Aerys, Viserys is the eldest surviving Targaryen. He is Daenerys Targaryen's brother, so he flees with her to Braavos, where he plots to find a way to restore their ...

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For seven seasons, Game of Thrones viewers have watched Daenerys Targaryen contend with what it means to be a good ruler in the shadow of her father, the infamous Mad King. Up until recently ...

Similarly, Daenerys Targaryen fought to carry on the Targaryens ... had a prophetic vision of the disaster, convincing her father fleeing was the only option. 100 years after the Doom of ...