Jaehaerys and Alysanne’s Partnership

This thread follows a loving political partnership as private affection, shared labor, and grief repeatedly reshape it.

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A Childhood Bond

Two Siblings Grow Close Shared Displacement Jaehaerys and Alysanne experience instability under Maegor and depend on family ties amid confinement and escape. A Marriage Chosen Together When political plans threaten to separate them, they marry on Dragonstone. Their decision is both an intimate commitment and a challenge to the regency.

A Secret Marriage

Love Against Policy A Private Vow The young king and queen marry secretly and remain on Dragonstone, sharing their days while the regents consider undoing the union. A Public Reckoning After the marriage becomes known, the crown must persuade the realm to accept it. Their shared resolve turns a private choice into the foundation of a reign.

Marriage as Partnership

A Shared Reign Counsel and Trust Jaehaerys consults Alysanne on government, while she travels, listens, and advocates reforms. Their affection works alongside practical political cooperation. Different Strengths Their partnership is not identical agreement. Alysanne presses moral concerns; Jaehaerys weighs order and political cost, often changing course after listening.

The Succession Quarrel

A Marriage Tested Aemon’s Place in the Line Jaehaerys names Baelon heir rather than Rhaenys, reopening the question of whether women can inherit the throne. Separation and Reunion Alysanne leaves court in protest. Their disagreement lasts two years before Maegelle helps reconcile them, but it is never fully resolved.

Grief at the End

A Shared Burden Children Lost Alysanne and Jaehaerys endure the deaths of children and grandchildren, including Aemon and Daella. Grief changes their lives and their capacity for rule. The Partnership Ends Alysanne dies on Dragonstone in 100 AC. Jaehaerys survives her, but the emotional and political partnership that defined his reign is over.

Before 48 AC, during their years under Maegor

49–50 AC, before Jaehaerys’s majority

51–73 AC, during the first decades of the reign

92–94 AC, after Aemon’s death

92–100 AC, in the final years together