Westeros Notorious Rulers and Families

Robert I Baratheon

King Robert was also known as Ser Robert, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, Lord of Storm's End, the Usurper, Demon of the Trident, The Whoremonger, Rob, and the Storm Lord. He is the son of Steffon Baratheon and Cassana Estermont, born in 262 AC. King Robert Married Cersi Lannister, and together they had three children (although it is rumored that it Cersi's twin brother Jamie's children, not Robert's) Joffrey Baratheon, Tommon Baratheon, and Mycella Baratheon. Robert was also known to have bastards some are known as Mya Stone, Bella, Gendry, Edric Storm, and Barra. King Robert died due to a boar attack when hunting in 298 AC, he was 36 years of age.

Early Life: Born in 262 AC, Robert was the first-born child of Cassana Estermont and Steffon Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, and head of House Baratheon. He was a scant year older than his brother, Stannis, who was born in 264 AC. When Robert was already in his teens, his youngest brother, Renly, was born.

According to Stannis, when Robert was five or six years old, the two brothers were brought to court by their father, Steffon, where they witnessed the Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister, sitting on the Iron Throne and holding court. Young Robert also played with an Estermont cousin whose father was good to the future king. Robert had a gyrfalcon named Thunderclap who never missed her strike, and he mocked Stannis's goshawk, Proudwing, as "Weakwing".

From an early age onwards, Robert had been fostered by Lord Jon Arryn at the Eyrie in the Vale of Arryn, together with Eddard Stark of Winterfell. The two boys became fast friends, and Jon, who had no children of his own, became like a second father to them. During the period in which he was fostered, Robert visited Storm's End on multiple occasions. At some point, Robert was knighted. During a tourney at Storm's End, Robert was defeated by Ser Barristan Selmy.

After reaching manhood, Robert divided his time between Storm's End and the Eyrie. In 278 AC, Robert's father was sent on a mission by King Aerys II Targaryen, to travel to Volantis to find a bride for Robert's cousin, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. The mission failed, and Steffon, accompanied by his wife, returned home. Robert and Stannis watched their parents' ship, Windproud, sink in a storm in Shipbreaker Bay while nearing Storm's End. With his father's death, Robert became the Lord of Storm's End.

Lyanna Stark: Robert fell in love with Lyanna Stark, Eddard's younger sister. In time, Lyanna's father, Lord Rickard Stark of Winterfell, agreed to betroth her to Robert. At the time of their betrothal, Robert already had a bastard daughter, Mya Stone, in the Vale of Arryn, which led to Lyanna commenting that Robert would never keep to one bed, despite his love for her. Eddard would later state that Robert saw only Lyanna's beauty, and never recognized her boldness and strength of will. In 281 AC, Robert was present at the tourney at Harrenhal, where he took part in the melee. He held a drinking contest with Ser Richard Lonmouth, and swore to unmask the mystery knight known as the Knight of the Laughing Tree, although he failed to do so. It was Robert's cousin, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, who won the final joust of the tourney. The prince crowned Lyanna—by then long betrothed to Robert—the queen of love and beauty, instead of his wife, Princess Elia Martell. Some say that Robert had laughed, stating that Rhaegar had only paid Lyanna her due, though according to men who knew Robert better, he felt it had been an insult, on which he brooded long, causing him to harden against Rhaegar.

The next year, Prince Rhaegar kidnapped Lyanna, which set in motion a chain of events leading to Robert's Rebellion.

Robert's Rebellion: News of Lyanna Stark's kidnapping led her eldest brother, Brandon, and later her father, Lord Rickard, to King's Landing demanding justice. Both were executed by order of King Aerys II Targaryen, who then demanded that the heads of Robert and Eddard Stark, wards of Lord Jon Arryn at the Eyrie. Jon refused, however, and rose in rebellion instead, with Eddard (now Lord of Winterfell following the deaths of his father and older brother) and Robert rallying the north and the storm lands respectively. Not all of Arryn's bannermen supported the rebellion, however. Robert fought at Gulltown, where Marq Grafton and other loyalists from the Vale blocked the port. Robert slew Marq and sailed back home to Storm's End to call his banners.