This page details the various individuals to have ruled over Westeros following its unification.

The Targaryen Dynasty

The first king of Westeros was Aegon the Conqueror who, along with his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys and their three dragons, won the War of Conquest.

This war marked the beginning of the modern timeline (AL for Aegon's Landing), and a Targaryen Dynasty that ruled Westeros for more than 250 years. Aegon established the Targaryen tradition of marrying siblings and other close relatives by marrying both of his sisters and having a child by each.

Aegon I was succeeded by his son Aenys, then Maegor, Jaehaerys, and Viserys.

Viserys's daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen was declared his heir, but following his death, Viserys's half-brother Aegon II seized the throne. A Targaryen civil war known as the "Dance of the Dragons" followed, in which Rhaenyra was eaten by Aegon's dragon. Aegon II held the throne for less than two years and was succeeded by her son (and his nephew) Aegon III.

Aegon III was succeeded by his son Daeron, then Baelor the Blessed, who served as both a septon and a king and is known for being the most beloved ruler in the Targaryen dynasty. The Great Sept of Baelor was named after him.

Baelor was succeeded by his son Viserys II, who was succeeded by his own son, Aegon the Unworthy.?

Aegon the Unworthy is often considered to be among the worst of the Targaryen rulers. On his deathbed, he legitimzed all of his numerous bastard children, which began a series of civil wars known as the Blackfyre Rebellions.?

Aegon was ultimately succeeded by his legitimate son Daeron II, who fought against his half-brother Daemon Blackfyre in the First Blackfyre Rebellion. Aegon was succeeded by Aerys Targaryen, who was succeeded by his brother, Maekar.

Maekar was well regarded as a military leader, and participated in two of the Blackfyre Rebellions. He was killed in a battle during a conflict known as the Peake Uprising, and succeeded by his son Aegon V.

Aegon V was known as Aegon the Unlikely, due to his circuitous path to the throne. Aegon became king only after his older brother Aemon refused to be crowned king. The Great Council intervened in the ensuing chaos, and Aegon was declared king, despite several more eligible candidates in the line of succession. Aegon V was also known by his nickname "Egg," and appears in a number of canonical short stories by George R. R. Martin.

Aegon V's son Jaehaerys II Targaryen would rule for only three years, and oversaw the kingdom during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.?

Jaehaerys's son Aerys II succeeded him to become the seventeenth and final member of the Targaryen dynasty. Known as the "Mad King," Aerys's insanity and sadism eventually threw the kingdom into the civil war known as Robert's Rebellion. He was ultimately killed by a member of his Kingsguard, Jaime Lannister, towards the end of that conflict. Aerys's heir Rhaegar was likewise killed in battle during the war.?

By the laws of succession, Aerys's other son Viserys III was

the heir to the throne. Following his death, and the apparent death of Rhaegar's infant son, Daenerys Targaryen is now the rightful heir to the Targaryen dynasty.?

The Baratheon Dynasty

As a result of Robert's Rebellion,?House Targaryen?was overthrown and replaced by House Baratheon, with Robert Baratheon ascending the Iron Throne. While Robert's claim to the throne was mostly via a right of conquest, he is the grandson of Rhaelle Targaryen, adding some legitimacy to his dynasty.?

Robert Baratheon died as a result of injuries sustained during a hunting accident, and was succeeded by what appeared at the time to be his son Jofferey Baratheon.?

Jofferey was not however Robert Baratheon's son, and was the the result of an incestous relationship between Queen Cersei Lannister and her brother, Jaime Lannister. This dubious claim to the throne resulted in the War of the Five Kings, in which Robb Stark, Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, and Balon Greyjoy all seperately rebelled against the Iron Throne.?

Nevertheless, Jofferey continued to rule under the Baratheon claim through the end of the war, eventually marrying Margaery Tyrell. Following his assassination, Jofferey was suceeded by his younger brother Tommen.?

Tommen Baratheon also married Margaery Tyrell, and following her death at the Great Sept of Baelor, commited suicide by jumping from a window in the Red Keep.

The Lannister Dynasty

Following Tommen's death, his mother Cersei Lannister crowned herself Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, ruling under the House Lannister banner. This lineage is dubious, but due to the deaths of Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon's daughter, and all of Robert Baratheon's legitimate children, there was no clear path of succession.

In the aftermath, House Martell of Dorne and House Tyrell rebel against Cersei's rule, aligning themselves with Daenerys Targaryen.