Rhaella and Naerys â Parallels
A doomed love
Naerys:
I love him as much as Queen Naerys loved Prince Aemon the Dragonknight â A Game of Thrones, Sansa III
Rhaella:
As a girl, though⊠she was once smitten with a young knight from the stormlands who wore her favor at a tourney and named her queen of love and beauty. A brief thing. â A Dance With Dragons, Daenerys VII Â
Married to unwanted, older brothers:
Naerys:
âŠNaerys wept during the bedding rather than the wedding. â The World of Ice and Fire, Viserys II
Rhaella:
I saw your father and your mother wed as well. Forgive me, but there was no fondness there, and the realm paid dearly for that, my queen. â A Dance With Dragons, Daenerys IV
Had their first child before age sixteen
Naerys:
When Prince Daeron was born on the last day of 153 ACÂ â The World of Ice and Fire, Aegon IV
Rhaella:
there to celebrate the impending birth of his first great-grandchild, a boy later named Rhaegar, to his grandson Aerys and granddaughter Rhaella, â The World of Ice and Fire, Aegon V
Difficulty in having more children
Naerys:
Childbirth also proved a trial to Naerys, for she was small and delicate. â The World of Ice and Fire, Aegon IV
Rhaella:
Relations between the king and queen grew even more strained when Rhaella proved unable to give Aerys any further children. â The World of Ice and Fire, Aerys II
Their first child, a son, was rather bookish
Naerys:
Daeron surrounded himself with maesters, septons, and singers. â A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Sworn Sword
Rhaella:
As a young boy, the Prince of Dragonstone was bookish to a fault. He was reading so early that men said Queen Rhaella must have swallowed some books and a candle whilst he was in her womb. â A Storm of Swords, Daenerys I Â
Abusive marital life
Naerys:
âI have done my duty by you, and given you an heir. I beg you, let us live henceforth as brother and sisterâ. âThis is what we are doing.â â The World of Ice and Fire, Aegon IV
Rhaella:
âYouâre hurting me,â they had heard Rhaella cry through the oaken door. âYouâre hurting me.â â A Feast for Crows, Jaime II
Accused of infidelity by their brother-husbands
Naerys:
âŠthe false accusations of the queenâs adultery made by Ser Morgil Hastwyck were instigated by the king himself, though at the time Aegon denied it. â The World of Ice and Fire, Aegon IV
Rhaella:
By 270 AC, he had decided that the queen was being unfaithful to him. â The World of Ice and Fire, Aerys II
 Had a daughter, Daenerys, born several years after their firstborn son
Naerys:
Another set of twinsâa stillborn boy and a girl, Daenerys, who survivedâwere delivered by Queen Naerys. â The World of Ice and Fire, Aegon IV
Rhaella:
but Daenerys had been only a quickening in their motherâs womb. â A Game of Thrones, Daenerys I
Death in childbirth
Naerys:
Queen Naerys perished in childbed the year after â The World of Ice and Fire, Aegon IV
Rhaella:
Her mother had died birthing her â A Game of Thrones, Daenerys I
















