House Nymeros Martell of Sunspear retained their independence in Dorne for a time. The Lannisters became Wardens of the West. House Lannister of Casterly Rock was allowed to keep their family holdings in the westerlands after they bent the knee, following defeat at the Field of Fire. House Arryn of the Eyrie submitted and retained the Vale of Arryn as Wardens of the East. House Stark of Winterfell chose to submit and was confirmed as overlords over the north and Wardens of the North.
Within the crownlands, Dragonstone was successively granted to the heir apparent to the throne, the Prince of Dragonstone. The area around King's Landing, which had also been a battleground between several kingdoms, constituted the royal demesne and became known as the crownlands.
Īegon established his new realm's capital on the spot of his landing at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush, for which it was known as King's Landing. Wardens are generals who defend their regions. The lords were granted a degree of autonomy and granted authority over their bannermen and smallfolk. Great Housesĭue to the vast size of the new kingdom, in each region Aegon I Targaryen raised Great Houses who swore fealty to him, mostly the former ruling dynasties. Aegon and his successors laid claim to Dorne, the seventh realm, though in truth the Iron Throne would not add Dorne to its domains for another two centuries, when the southernmost land joined peacefully through marriage. Among the titles that Aegon received when crowned King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men in the Starry Sept in Oldtown, however, was " Lord of the Seven Kingdoms". Additionally, the term omitted the island "kingdom" of Dragonstone, which was ruled by the sovereign Lords of Dragonstone from House Targaryen, and the lands beyond the Wall.Īegon I Targaryen and his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys Targaryen, conquered only six of the seven kingdoms, consolidating them under the rule of House Targaryen and the Iron Throne. Harren Hoare, King of the Isles and the RiversĪlthough the term refers to seven kingdoms, Dorne was ruled by by a princess instead of a king. The term "Seven Kingdoms" derives from the situation in Westeros just prior to Aegon's Conquest three centuries ago, when most of the continent had been consolidated under the rule of seven great monarchs: Throughout thousands of years of history, the continent of Westeros was often divided amongst a multitude of monarchs and realms, including the so-called Age of the Hundred Kingdoms.
2.1 Great Houses that survived the Conquest.The new kingdom created from Aegon's Conquest is divided in nine distinct regions or provinces. Its name derives from the situation three centuries ago when Aegon the Conqueror set to unite the lands of Westeros, which was ruled by seven independent realms, besides the lands beyond the Wall. The Seven Kingdoms is a realm located on the continent of Westeros, ruled by a monarch styled King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, the king who sits on the Iron Throne in the capital city, King's Landing. King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men The north, the Iron Islands, the riverlands, the Vale of Arryn, the westerlands, the crownlands, the Reach, the stormlands, and Dorne. The provinces of the Seven Kingdoms after Aegon's Conquest, from top-left to bottom-right:
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