After the passing of Queen Aemma in 105 AC, Viserys named Rhaenyra his heir and hundreds of lords and landed knights paid obeisance to her. Many of the nobles took note, and Rhaenyra soon acquired a clique of adherents and supporters. Young Rhaenyra was included in discussions of the affairs of state, and was allowed to participate in meetings of the small council. Lacking a son to succeed him, Viserys began to train Rhaenyra to be his heir. King Viserys I Targaryen had three children by his first queen, Aemma Arryn, but only one, Princess Rhaenyra, survived to adulthood. The blacks and the greens by Jota Saraiva

7 Family Tree of House Targaryen during the Dance.

2.3 The Black Council and Coronation of Rhaenyra.

Martin announced that the anthology Dangerous Women, previously expected to include the fourth Dunk and Egg story, would instead include the novella The Princess and the Queen, which Martin described as '(.) the true (mostly) story of the origins of the Dance of the Dragons.' The abridged version in The Princess and the Queen consists of 30,000 words, while the complete 80,000 word history of the civil war is written in Fire & Blood. It saw the deaths of both rival monarchs, and the crowning of Rhaenyra's son, Aegon III. A war of succession between Aegon II and his half-sister Rhaenyra over their father Viserys I's throne, the war was fought from 129 AC to 131 AC.

The Dance of the Dragons was a civil war during Targaryen rule of the Seven Kingdoms. King Aegon II Queen Dowager Alicent Hightower Ser Otto Hightower, Hand of the King Lord Commander Criston Cole, Hand of the King Prince Regent Aemond Targaryen Prince Daeron Targaryen Lord Ormund Hightower Admiral Sharako Lohar of Lys Ser Tyland Lannister Lord Borros Baratheon, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands Lord Unwin Peake

Queen Rhaenyra I Prince Daemon Targaryen Princess Rhaenys Targaryen Prince Jacaerys Velaryon Lord Corlys Velaryon Lord Cregan Stark, Warden of the North Lord Roderick Dustin Lord Dalton Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands Lord Kermit Tully Lord Benjicot Blackwood House Ambrose House Baratheon House Bourney (originally black) House Butterwell (originally black) House Crakehall House Fossoway of Cider Hall House Graceford House Hightower House Lannister House Lefford House Leygood House Mooton (originally black) House Norcross House Peake House Redwyne House Reyne House Risley House Rodden House Rosby (originally black) House Roxton House Stokeworth (originally black) House Strong House Swann House Swyft House Tarbeck House Thorne House Vance of Atranta House Velaryon (originally black) House Wylde The Triarchy

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