Yes, Rhaenyra and Daemon do sleep together in House of the Dragon, consummating their relationship after Rhaenyra seeks him out to solidify her power and claim the Iron Throne, leading to their eventual marriage after faking Laenor's death, though in the books, historical accounts differ on whether they were intimate as teens or later, with some suggesting he trained her for other men. TVGuide.com +3
In the book, Mushroom suggests that Rhaenyra was seduced by Daemon and that he took her virginity while Mushroom suggests that Daemon knew that Rhaenyra desired Ser Criston Cole of the Kingsguard so he started to offer her tips and training on how to best seduce him (including teaching her to kiss).
He's 100% in love with Rhaenyra. It's all over his dialogue, body language and the way he looks at her. He is tender with nobody else like he is with her. Even Matt Smith himself said the only 2 people Daemon loves are Viserys and Rhaenyra.
(Just kidding, I do ship them.) But the age difference between the two is 16 years. Daemon was 39 years old when he married Rhaenyra, and she was 23 years old at the time. And that's the truth of the messiest family in all of Westeros.
'House of the Dragon' episode 4: Daemon and Rhaenyra, in league for palace intrigue. Daemon (Matt Smith) is crafty; his crown, however, is artsy-crafty.
After Viserys declared Rhaenyra as his rightful heir, the furious Daemon left for Dragonstone and took Mysaria with him. They remained there for six months, during which time Mysaria became pregnant; when Daemon learned of her pregnancy, he gave her a dragon egg, and by that infuriated Viserys.
He wanted to ruin her reputation, so he could marry her. His conscience most likely affected his physical capabilities. He probably didn't want to take her virginity in a brothal, only appear to do so.In Daemon mind he wanted to marry Rhaenyra, and her likewise.
Daemon Targaryen died on the 22nd of the fifth month and Rhaenyra Targaryen died the same day, 5 months later. #HouseOfTheDragon #Rhaenyra #Daemon. The fact that there are fans who think Daemon survived a fall from *probably* 1,000 feet into water is wild.
Rhaenyra and Daemon's kids Aegon, Viserys, and Visenya Targaryen (deceased)
At the opening feast, the queen wore a green grown, while Princess Rhaenyra wore typical Targaryen colours of red and black. According to Septon Eustace, prior to Rhaenyra turning sixteen, she had lost her virginity to her uncle, Daemon Targaryen after he seduced her.
Once she reached Dragonstone, Rhaenyra was betrayed by Ser Alfred Broome, whose men slew the remainder of her Queensguard. Her half-brother Aegon II then had her fed to his own dragon, Sunfyre, at Dragonstone.
'He's trying his best,' Laena told their daughter Rhaena, and that was how she knew Daemon loved them. Daemon did not try, he just did. Yet here he was, staying away from trouble for a decade, spending his time in the library, tutoring their daughter Baela in High Valyrian.
Daemon is married off for strategic purposes but hates his wife, Rhea Royce and kills her. He eventually marries Laena Velaryon, who gives birth to Baela and Rhaena Targaryen before dying in childbirth. Once Laena dies, Daemon finally marries his niece Rhaenyra, who he has been pining for all along.
Criston 'loved' Rhaenrya, or at least he thought he did when he consented to have a relationship with her. Because in his eyes, love was worth breaking his vows and he would do the right thing by marrying her.
The Targaryens after the Dance followed male inheritance or else one of Aegon III's daughters would've been Queen. Which means that Daemon was ahead of Rhaenyra in succession, making Aegon III king because of Daemon.
So theologians had to explain how Mary could have been ever-virgin––by the standard of having an intact hymen––and given birth (recall that quote from the Lateran Council: Mary “gave birth to Him without injury, her virginity remaining equally inviolate after the birth”).
Jacaerys is diplomatic and a tactician. Not to mention that 2 of Rhaenyra's kids became kings. Viserys II is considered to be one of the greatest kings in Westeros next to Jaehaerys and the Conqueror. He is also considered a competent statesman.
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Targaryens continued to incestuously marry brother to sister "to keep the bloodlines pure" as had their ancestors in the Valyrian Freehold. For a time, at least, they also continued to practice polygamous marriages.
Jacaerys “Jace” Velaryon: Born in 114 AC, Rhaenyra's first son by Laenor Velaryon (but, really, by Ser Harwin Strong) is meant to be four years younger than his half-uncle Aemond.
For the Two Betrayers it's simply a combination between greed for wealth and lust for powers. They aware that their dragons were bigger than everyone else besides Vhagar. Only their fears of Daemon revenge and hope for promotion made them think twice before betray the Half Year Queen.
Alicent dies three years after Rhaenyra in "Fire and Blood."
Rhaenyra struggled to keep the smallfolk happy because she raised taxes to afford the conflict. Three years after Rhaenyra's death, Alicent is placed under house arrest because she fails to persuade her granddaughter to kill Rhaenyra's last surviving son.
After Daenerys' death in the Game of Thrones series finale, her dragon Drogon became a mystery, flying off with her lifeless body and never being seen again.
For their betrayal, Hugh Hammer and Ulf White infamously became known as the Two Betrayers. It was believed that the treachery of the two dragonseeds was out of avarice, as they both resent the lands that Rhaenyra gave them and that Hugh and Ulf, who have a lust for power and wealth, desired to become lords.
We are told he loved Rhaenys yet he had a prolonged affair with Marilda of Hull having two children by her, yet no one questioned that he loved his wife, and I too think he did. This being said I do believe he "loved" Rhaenyra, but in his own way, because of all the things she was and did for him.
During the wedding, exiled knight Ser Jorah Mormont pledges his loyalty to Daenerys while her benefactor Illyrio Mopatis gifts her three petrified dragon eggs. Daenerys is afraid of her new husband initially, but after learning the Dothraki language, she begins to bond with Drogo and genuinely falls in love with him.