History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTargaryenAncestors

* AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: His oldest child, Aegon, was born when he was only 13. Which probably explains a lot about the ParentalNeglect: it's hard to juggle work and life even when a bit older, but becoming a dad at that age? How do you begin to wrap your head around that, given your own war-torn, broken and very brief childhood?

** There's also some comparison to be made with George IV of England. He was likewise a hedonistic womanizer who ended up incredibly fat due to over-indulgence. He had a vitriolic marriage and mistreated his spouse; George ''despised'' his wife Caroline of Brunswick and even banned her from attending his coronation. He also had a 'marriage' that his father disapproved of and broke up; George secretly married Maria Anne Fitzherbert without his father's permission, making the marriage invalid. He had delusions of grandeur about his military prowess; George liked to claim responsibility for certain victories in the Napoleonic Wars, even though he had very little input on the armed forces and never travelled to the continent, let alone took part in a battle. George was even described as "A more contemptible, cowardly, selfish, unfeeling dog does not exist....There have been good and wise kings but not many of them...and this I believe to be one of the worst." And this was from someone who '''''liked''''' him. [[note]]Ironically George also has something in common with Maegor, the other candidate for 'worst Targaryen king'; much like Maegor ''at least'' having the accomplishment of building the Red Keep to his credit, George was at least a patron of the arts and comissioned the remodeling of Buckingham Palace, the rebuilding of Windsor Castle and the construction of the Brighton Pavilion.[[/note]]

** There's also some comparison to be made with George IV of England. He was likewise a hedonistic womanizer who ended up incredibly fat due to over-indulgence. He had a vitriolic marriage and mistreated his spouse; George ''despised'' his wife Caroline of Brunswick and even banned her from attending his coronation. He also had a 'marriage' that his father disapproved of and broke up; George secretly married Maria Anne Fitzherbert without his father's permission, making the marriage invalid. He had delusions of grandeur about his military prowess; George liked to claim responsibility for certain victories in the Napoleonic Wars, even though he had very little input on the armed forces and only ever travelled as far as Scotland. George was even described as "A more contemptible, cowardly, selfish, unfeeling dog does not exist....There have been good and wise kings but not many of them...and this I believe to be one of the worst." And this was from someone who '''''liked''''' him. (Ironically George also has something in common with Maegor, the other candidate for 'worst Targaryen king'; much like Maegor ''at least'' having the accomplishment of building the Red Keep to his credit, George was at least a patron of the arts and comissioned the remodeling of Buckingham Palace, the rebuilding of Windsor Castle and the construction of the Brighton Pavilion.)

** There's also some comparison to be made with George IV of England; both were hedonistic womanizers who ended up incredibly fat due to over-indulgence, had 'marriages' that their fathers disapproved of and broke up (George secretly married Maria Anne Fitzherbert without his father's permission, making the marriage invalid) had vitriolic marriages and mistreated their spouses (George ''despised'' his wife Caroline of Brunswick and even banned her from attending his coronation) had delusions of grandeur about their military prowess (George liked to claim responsibility for certain victories in the Napoleonic Wars, even though he had very little input on the armed forces and only ever travelled as far as Scotland) and were regarded as the very worst kings of their respective nations. George was even described as "A more contemptible, cowardly, selfish, unfeeling dog does not exist....There have been good and wise kings but not many of them...and this I believe to be one of the worst." And this was from someone who '''''liked''''' him.