History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseWesterling

** To Jeyne Poole. They're both young, ordinary girls (pretty but not beautiful, neither highborn nor poor, not super brave, etc) with the same eye color, hair color, and first name. Both are explicitly described as the kind of girl you don't [[spoiler:lose a war or risk your life]] for, and both play a pivotal role in the character arc of a prince who ''does'' go out of his way for them. [[spoiler:Also, both end up as Lady of Winterfell, but Jeyne W. became such by rightfully marrying the heir; Jeyne. P was passed off as an impostor heir. Jeyne W.'s marriage was happy, Jeyne P.'s was horrifically abusive. Finally, Jeyne W.'s role in Robb's arc led to his death, while Jeyne P.'s role in Theon's led to his metaphorical rebirth and redemption.]]

** To Lyanna Stark. A liaison with a highborn nobleman of the royalty leads them to elope against everyone's wishes to disastrous results. Lyanna and Jeyne are considered overtly willful by their own families They are both reminisced by the Lannisters as women who were not worth going to war for or throwing away a kingdom for (Robb put his kingdom and war campaign in jeopardy for marrying Jeyne; Rhaeghar started a war due to his kidnapping of Lyanna). Lyanna ends up dying, while Jeyne is made a captive of her own family (who are Lannister loyalists) [[spoiler: though differing accounts of Jeyne's appearance lead to the possibility that she escaped Riverrun with the Blackfish, sending an impostor to the Westerlings]].

[[folder: Tropes related to House Westerling]]

[[folder: Lord Gawen Westerling]]

[[folder: Lady Sybell Westerling]]

[[folder: Lady Johanna Westerling]]

-->''"Honor Not Honors"''
--->--'''Westerling House Words'''

-->''"I shall be a good and true wife to Robb, I swear. And as wise a queen as I can."''

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Forcefully takes Jeyne's crown from her after Robb is killed, which results in Jeyne getting cut on the forehead. She later tries to slap Jeyne for saying she loved Robb, but Jaime Lannister stops her.]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: She was one of the plotters of [[spoiler:the murder of her son-in-law and most of his bannerman in order to gain more power for her houses]].

* SexForSolace: Which promptly leads to a ShotgunWedding at Robb's own insistence.

* {{Expy}}: To the Woodville family. A house of ImpoverishedPatrician nominally serving the Lancaster family but whose eldest daughter catches the eye of King Edward IV. Jeyne and Robb's romance and the consequences thereof parallel the Edward IV's controversial marriage to Elizabeth Woodville.

* {{Expy}}: To Anthony Woodville.

* {{Expy}}: To Elizabeth Woodville.

* BrownEyes: Emphasizing her humble and trustworthy nature.

!!!This is a listing of members of House Westerling who appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.
!!!For the main Westerlands entry, [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireWesterlandsHouses see here]].

** To Ygritte, in some ways. Jeyne is the kindhearted daughter of a noble and is the archetypical 'girl-next-door', while Ygritte is a tomboyish FieryRedhead. Jeyne immediately falls over heels for Robb, and Ygritte's love for Jon Snow only gradually shows up over the course of ''A Storm of Swords''. [[spoiler:Both Ygritte and Robb Stark die in the same book, causing angst for both of their loved ones.]]

* {{Expy}}: To Jacquetta of Luxembourg.

* HoneyTrap: ZigZaggedTrope. Robb's dalliance with Jeyne ended up being his AchillesHeel, but most people agree that their feelings for each other were genuine, and that Jeyne was never involved in any plots against him. [[spoiler:After his death, Jeyne holds on to the crown Robb had made for her and rips part of her dress - a sign of mourning - when leaving Riverrun]].

Second son and fourth child of Gawen and Sybell. He serves as Robb's squire after he and Jeyne are married. [[spoiler:Now heir of the Crag following Raynald's death]].

Wife of Lord Gawen Westerling (and mother to his four children Raynald, Jeyne, Elenya and Rollam) and sister of Ser Rolph Spicer.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Raynald is believed dead after having been struck with crossbow bolts and apparently falling into the river gravely wounded. His body hasn't been located.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:He was shot with several crossbow bolts freeing Grey Wind from his bonds during the Red Wedding, but the only sign of him afterwards was a blood trail leading to the river.]]

[[folder: Lady Sybell Westerling (nè Spicer)]]

[[folder: Lady Johanna Lannister (ne Westerling)]]

* TurnCoat: Along with the rest of her family, she joins the Starks' side after Jeyne and Robb marry.

* {{Pride}}: Despite their loss of power, it is noted they still have much pride in their great past.

[[folder:Gawen Westerling]]

[[folder:Sybell Westerling]]

[[folder: Lady Johanna Westerling]]

[[folder: Lady Johanna Lannister]]

[[folder: Lady Johanna Westerling]]

See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseLannisterAncestors House Lannister Ancestors]] page.

** Jeyne Westerling was one of King Maegor Targaryen's Black Brides, widows who were forced to marry him after their husbands were killed.

[[folder:Queen Jeyne Westerling, wife of King Maegor I Targaryen]]
--> See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTargaryenAncestors House Targaryen Ancestors page]].

* [[DeadGuyJunior Dead Gal Junior]]: She is not only the second Jeyne Westerling in ASOIAF, she is also the second ''Queen Jeyne Westerling''. Just like her namesake, she's not a particularly lucky girl considering that the first one was unfortunate enough to be married to Maegor I Targaryen ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Cruel]]'', who had married her after her Tarbeck husband died, for her ability to have babies.

The eldest daughter and second child of Gawen and Sybell. Jeyne married Robb Stark during his campaign in the Westerlands, after he was wounded capturing the Crag and she helped nurse him back to health and slept with him after news arrived of his brothers supposed deaths.

* {{Foil}}: To Ygritte, in some ways. Jeyne is the kindhearted daughter of a noble and is the archetypical 'girl-next-door', while Ygritte is a tomboyish FieryRedhead. Jeyne immediately falls over heels for Robb, and Ygritte's love for Jon Snow only gradually shows up over the course of ''A Storm of Swords''. [[spoiler:Both Ygritte and Robb Stark die in the same book, causing angst for both of their loved ones.]]