About 18 Years Before ‘Game of Thrones’ (279 BC – 280 AC) Robert’s Rebellion should be somewhat more familiar to fans, considering the first season explored its events quite a bit. Robert Baratheon took the Iron Throne nearly twenty years before the beginning Game of Thrones , as a result of the Mad King, Aerys Targaryen’s death (the However, the rebellion led by Robert I Baratheon was the wider conflict around this plot reveal that served as Game of Thrones' catalyst. Though King Aerys II was a vile ruler and deserved his Background. Jon Arryn held the realm together for King Robert. He was Lord of the Eyrie and the head of House Arryn, one of the Great Houses of Westeros. Jon was the Warden of the East and Defender of the Vale. He was a respected nobleman and fostered both Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon during their adolescence. [3] It is Ser Cole and Princess Rhaenyra who demonstrate an important Game of Thrones death in House of the Dragon season 1, episode 3. While the two are in the woods during a hunt organized by King Viserys, they are suddenly attacked by a boar. This is reminiscent of when the Game of Thrones character King Robert Baratheon is injured by a boar in The majority of the Targaryens died out before the events of “Game of Thrones,” and their lineage nearly ended after Robert Baratheon took the Iron Throne with Robert’s Rebellion. The Battle of Summerhall [1] was one of the first battles of Robert's Rebellion. It was actually three battles in a single day, all three won by Robert Baratheon, then Lord of Storm's End. Afterward, Robert marched on Ashford in the Reach, where he would experience his only defeat, leaving his brother, Stannis Baratheon, to hold Storm's End. Joffrey Baratheon is the son of Cersei Lannister and heir of Robert Baratheon and, for a short time, husband of Margaery Tyrell. He appears in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series and is played by Jack Gleeson on the HBO show "Game of Thrones." After King Robert dies in a drunken hunting accident, Joffrey claims the Iron Throne as his heir A Game of Thrones. Lord Eddard Stark, the Hand of the King for Robert I Baratheon, sends Lord Beric Dondarrion to hunt down Ser Gregor Clegane. According to Lord Varys, Ser Ilyn Payne, the King's Justice, looked displeased at not having been chosen. King Joffrey I Baratheon orders Ilyn to execute Eddard at the Great Sept of Baelor. A Clash of Kings Arryn faithfully served as Hand to Robert Baratheon for 17 years, effectively holding the realm together while the King did as he pleased. RELATED: The 10 Best Game Of Thrones Episodes, Ranked According To IMDb. Despite Jon Arryn's hard work, Robert managed to plunge the realm into serious debt, which totaled more than six million gold crowns. Robb Stark is crowned as the new King in the North in Season 1 following the deaths of his father, Ned, and King Robert Baratheon. This is an unexpected moment, as Robb is the first King in the North to be chosen in over three hundred years. The previous King in the North, Torrhen Stark, bent the knee to Aegon Targaryen during his conquest of MxyJI.