Targaryen Thursdays: Rhaenys Targaryen the Queen Who Never Was
Rhaenys had the black hair of her Baratheon mother and the pale violet eyes of her Targaryen father. She wed Corlys Velaryon in 90 AC and they had two children, Laena and Laenor Velaryon. Rhaenys was the only child of the heir to the Iron Throne and at birth many hailed her as next in line for the throne after her father, including Queen Alysanne. Rhaenys was passed over in the succession when Jaehaerys named her uncle Baelon his heir after Prince Aemon's death, and was passed over again in the Great Council of 101 AC.
Rhaenys fought for the Blacks in the Dance of the Dragons. She faced certain doom when drawn into a battle with both Aegon II and Aemond on their dragons but made no attempt to flee, instead urging Meleys at the foe and succeeding in grievously wounding Aegon iI and his dragon Sunfyre before she died.
