Did Laenor have any children?

During the Great Council of 101, some lords spoke for Laenor. Ser Leanor was known to have male lovers, including Ser Joffrey Lonmouth and Ser Qarl Correy. Ser Laenor and Princess Rhaenyra had three sons, Jacaerys Velaryon, Lucerys Velaryon and Joffrey Velaryon.

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Did Laenor have children with Rhaenyra?

Laenor's funeral was held at High Tide. During the civil war called the Dance of the Dragons (129 AC - 131 AC), Laenor's three sons by Rhaenyra all died. However, during the Sowing of the Seeds, Marilda of Hull brought forth her two sons, Addam and Alyn, claiming them to have been Laenor's bastards.

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Is Laenor the father of Rhaenyra's children?

Jacaerys, Rhaenyra's eldest son, and his two younger brothers have spent their short lives surrounded by whispers that their real father was Ser Harwin Strong. It's an open secret that these “strong” boys aren't the sons of Laenor Velaryon.

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Does Laenor know his children aren't his?

Even Laenor, Rhaenyra's husband, hints that he knows the princes are not biologically his children in Episode 6. Despite the seeming acceptance of the children's true parents, whispers in the Red Keep intensify following Harwin's fight with Criston, the latter of whom teased the former about his secret fatherhood.

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Why couldn t Laenor and Rhaenyra have a child?

But we know exactly why those kids aren't Ser Laenor's, and it's not exactly subtle to the rest of the court. In fact, Ser Criston knows with certainty that Laenor is a gay man. Rhaenyra has no desire to sleep with Laenor if he doesn't want to be with her, and forcing him or her to do that would be atrocious.

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Did Rhaenyra give birth to a dead baby?

The shock of the loss of her father, combined with the Greens' ruthless betrayal sends her into early labor. Without modern medicine, a baby born so early had very little chance of survival in the best of circumstances - and in these terrible conditions the baby, a girl named Visenya, is stillborn.

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Were Rhaenyra's sons bastards?

Rhaenyra's children are bastards, and Vaemond finally let everyone know in Episode 8, as loudly as he possibly could.

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What happened to Rhaenyra's children?

Rhaenyra's three eldest sons all died fighting during the Dance of the Dragons, but her two youngest sons, the sons by her second husband, Prince Daemon, survived the civil war.

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Why Rhaenyra's children aren't blonde?

It isn't explicitly stated in the show, but because we learn after episode six that all three boys have dark brown hair — and despite Rhaenyra and Laenor's matching blond color — it has been strongly implied that they are actually the children of Ser Harwin Strong, the Lord Commander of the City Watch.

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Did Daemon Targaryen love Rhaenyra?

Daemon shows his genuine care and attention to Rhaenyra several times before the two marry. This doesn't take away from the many destructive and inappropriate parts of their relationship, but the books imply that Daemon does love Rhaenyra.

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Does Laenor have a son?

Ser Laenor and Princess Rhaenyra had three sons, Jacaerys Velaryon, Lucerys Velaryon and Joffrey Velaryon. Although due to the traits of these three, and Laenor spending very little time with Princess Rhaenyra, it was clear that Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey were not his children.

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Who is the true father of Rhaenyra's children?

Like Laenor Velaryon's sexuality, it was a “known secret” in the Red Keep that Harwin Strong was the father to Rhaenyra's three children: Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey.

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Do Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen have a child?

So in addition to Rhaenyra's three sons with her first baby daddy Harwin (RIP), she has one daughter and two sons by baby daddy two, Daemon. Visenya, the daughter, is Daemon and Rhaenyra's firstborn child together.

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Did Rhaenyra give birth to twins?

In 196 AC, the year of their marriage, she painstakingly produced a set of twins, Aegon and Aella. Another set, Visenya and Valarr, came in 197 AC. After her troubled deliveries, it was said Rhaenyra had nearly beaten a serving girl to death for having claimed the princess would die in labour.

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How old was Rhaenyra when she married Laenor?

Rhaenyra Targaryen: In episode 2, Viserys mentions his daughter, Rhaenyra, is 15 years old. Then, following a time jump in episode 3, he mentions she is now 17 (and “of age” to marry).

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How many kids did Rhaenyra have?

Rhaenyra Targaryen has six children, but unfortunately has already lost two of them, including one during birth.

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Who are the children of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Daemon?

Rhaenyra and Daemon's sons Aegon, Viserys, and Visenya Targaryen. Sorry for the spoiler, but we did watch Daemon and Rhaenyra get married in last week's episode, so you probably knew this was coming! We haven't seen them yet in the show, but Daemon and Rhaenyra have three sons together.

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Did Rhaenyra Targaryen marry her uncle?

The romance that has long been teased in “House of the Dragon” is finally official. The seventh episode of HBO's “Game of Thrones” prequel starts with a funeral and ends with the wedding of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and her uncle Daemon.

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How old was Rhaenyra Targaryen when she lost her virginity?

The story of the princess and her valiant knight did not end as a fairy tale, though. A sordid and controversial story began to spread that Rhaenyra lost her virginity to her uncle Daemon at age 16. No one knows if that is true. But Targaryens had long married within the family to keep their bloodlines pure.

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Did Rhaenyra's baby have scales?

In the book, Visenya was described as being born with dragon-like defects, including scales, a tail, and a twisted body. Rhaenyra's baby did end up having scale-like defects and a malformed body in House of the Dragon, which aligns with the occasional reports of Targaryen women bearing dragon-like stillborn children.

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Who is Rhaenyra's son that died?

But the death of Rhaenyra's son Lucerys at the hands of Aegon's brother Aemond—mistake or not—enraged Rhaenyra and kicked off a civil war that will play out over several seasons.

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Is Jon Snow descendant of Rhaenyra Targaryen?

Technically, Rhaenyra is Daenerys's sixth great grandmother and Jon's seventh great grandmother. That also makes Daenerys and Jon the direct descendants of Daemon, Rhaenyra's uncle/second husband.

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Who did Rhaenyra lose her virginity to?

This clears the answer to the question. It was Criston Cole to whom Rhaenyra lost her virginity. While Dameon (literally and figuratively) introduced her to the world of sexual pleasures, it was Criston Cole who was the object of the expression of her desires.

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Did Rhaenyra know Laenor lived?

Rhaenyra and Daemon both know Laenor is alive, and faked his death.

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