Aemma targaryen

In the premiere of HBO's House of the Dragon, Queen Aemma dies during a breech birth. Here's what that means.

Jeyne Arryn is Queen Aemma Arryn’s cousin — she’s Rhaenyra’s own family: “She remains our rightful queen, and mine own blood besides, an Arryn on her mother’s side”

Queen Aemma Arryn was the first wife of King Viserys I Targaryen and queen consort of the Seven Kingdoms. She is the mother of Rhaenyra Targaryen. Aemma is originally from House Arryn, and married Prince Viserys sometime prior to the Great Council at Harrenhal. She has a daughter with him, named Rhaenyra, and is heavily pregnant with a second child at the time of the Great Council.[1] Aemma is half-Targaryen on her mother's side, and thus has Valyrian silver-gold hair. Her mother, Daella…

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House of the Dragon creators have explained why they needed the birthing scene in episode...

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