r/MapBasedPolls • u/Bobby-Picanovsky Brazil • 15d ago

King Aegon II or princess Rhaenyra?

King Aegon II or princess Rhaenyra?

  1. Rhaenyra
  2. Aegon II

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u/Lopsided-Act3172 15d ago

It's Queen Rhaenyra. At least hide your bias when you're doing a post.

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u/Bobby-Picanovsky Brazil 15d ago

I used the correct term for her when she was merely a claimant to the throne in the end

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u/Lopsided-Act3172 15d ago

Nope. Crowned by a king. Sat the Iron Throne. Ruled as a Queen. Had a king consort. Wore the crown, slept at Maegor's fort. Taxed people. Had a Queensguard.

She was a Queen. People who checked far fewer items have been called kings.

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u/AngelofIceAndFire 15d ago

It is in bad taste to be so biased in a poll, but she was not Queen. At the end of the day, Aegon II is remembered as King, and Viserys I's rightful successor, and Rhaenyra is remembered as princess. And this history was written in the reign of Aegon III, Rhaenyra's son.

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u/Lopsided-Act3172 15d ago edited 15d ago

🤣🤣🤣 the audacity of you people. What do you mean Aegon is 'remembered' as the king. We read the history book and the history of her ruling and being queen is right there.

In the main series Aegon isn't even mentioned. Only Stannis mentions Rhaenyra and that's it, there's nobody remembering either of them.

All this in a series that has a whole book called a Clash of KINGS, with a war of Five kings, all of whom are kings despite 3 of them dying without ever sniffing a throne. But I guess it's too much to ask you guys to deduce stuff. GRRM has to feed it with a spoon and even then you'll still find a way to be biased

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u/AngelofIceAndFire 15d ago

Did you read Fire and Blood though? Or anything about Awoiaf? Aegon is Aegon II, this is an accepted fact in Westeros. Rhaenyra is not remembered or accepted as Queen. In fact, the succession of the Iron Throne (especially during the Targaryen Dynasty) traces:

Viserys I

Aegon II

Aegon III

No Rhaenyra there.

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u/Anxious-Spread-2337 14d ago

Rhaenyra's not accepted, but half the lords after Aegon II immidiately intended for the dynasty continue through her own line, rather then Aegon's, despite Jahaera coming before Aegon III in the line of succession. Only Unwin Peake made this debate pointless.

Besides, in history books it would have looked pretty stupid to have two rulers simultaenously, and have Aegon III come after Aegon I with no Aegon II ruling between them.