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Aegon IV Targaryen

King Aegon Of House Targaryen, Fourth Of His Name, King Of The Andals, The Rhoynar And The First Men, Lord Of The Seven Kingdoms, And Proctor Of The Realm. King Aegon IV was also known as Aegon the Unworthy, and Prince of Dragonstone. He was the son of Viserys II Targaryen and Larra Rogare in 135 AC. King Aegon married his sister Naerys Targaryen, and together they had two children Daeron II and Daenerys Targaryen. King Aegon had many bastards some of which were Daemon I Blackfyre, Alysanne, Lily, Willow, Rosey, Bellanora Totherys, Narha Otherys, Balerion Otherys, Aegor Rivers, Mya Rivers, Gwenys Rivers, Bryden Rivers, Aegor Rivers, and Shiera Seastar. King Aegon passed to being overweight and not being able to move in 184 AC, he was 49 years of age.

Early Life: Aegon was the eldest son of Prince Viserys Targaryen, and his wife, Larra Rogare. He was born during the third moon of the year 135 AC in King's Landing, less than a fortnight after his aunt, Princess Rhaena Targaryen, rode her dragon, Morning, for the first time. Aegon grew up during the rule of his uncle, King Aegon III, after whom he was named. Septon Bernard anointed him with the seven oils in the royal sept, and the bells of the city rang in celebration of his birth, and following the custom a dragon egg was placed in his cradle. His grandfather, Lysandro Rogare even declared a day of feasting in Lys in his honor. In 139 AC, his mother Larra returned to her native Lys, where she died in 145 AC. In 153 AC, Viserys had Aegon married to his sister, Princess Naerys, with Aegon III's blessing. Their marriage was an unhappy one. Naerys had a better relationship with her second brother, Prince Aemon, for he knew how to make her laugh and had something of the piety she had, while Aegon did not. When Aegon and Naerys were wed in the early months of 153 AC, Aemon quarreled with Aegon at the wedding feast, and Naerys wept during the bedding. Aegon's first child with Naerys, Prince Daeron, was born on the last day of 153 AC.

As a young prince, Aegon accompanied his cousin, King Daeron "the Young Dragon", in his conquest of Dorne, as did Aegon's younger brother, Prince Aemon "the Dragonknight", who had joined the Kingsguard. After the submission of Sunspear, Aegon was tasked by King Daeron I to escort the highborn Dornish hostages to King's Landing. One of these hostages, Lady Cassella Vaith, became one of Aegon's mistresses for a few years.

When Baelor the Blessed became king after Daeron died in Dorne, Baelor dissolved his marriage to his sister-wife, Daena, and imprisoned her and his other sisters in comfortable confinement of the Maidenvault so the sight of her would not tempt him or the men of his court to carnal thoughts. That did not stop Daena from escaping her confinement on three occasions, one time with the help of her cousin, Aegon. Daena became pregnant, refused to say who the father was, and was dubbed "Daena the Defiant" for her willfulness. In time she gave birth to Aegon's son whom she named Daemon.

Daemon was not the first of Aegon's bastards, however. Aegon had already acknowledged multiple children by two of his four mistresses, and more children would follow. In his marriage, however, childbirth went less easily. During the years of their marriage, Princess Naerys had several difficult pregnancies. In 161 AC, Naerys gave birth to twins who died shortly after the birth. This caused the new king, Baelor I Targaryen, to fast for a moon's turn. Because Naerys nearly died during this pregnancy, King Baelor sent Prince Aegon to Braavos on a diplomatic mission. Accounts at the time suggest it was an excuse to make certain Aegon left Naerys alone as she recovered from the failed childbirth. In 172 AC, after another troubled labor, Naerys gave birth to a daughter named Daenerys. Daenerys' twin brother, however, was stillborn.

Eventually, Baelor starved himself to death during one of his pious fasts, and Daena and her sisters were passed over in the succession. Aegon's father Viserys became king, but he only ruled for a year before passing away himself. So, in 172 AC, the throne passed to Aegon, the Fourth of His Name. Some historians suspect that the sudden death of Aegon's father, King Viserys, was not natural and that his successor and son Aegon poisoned him to hasten his inheritance to the Iron Throne.