Queen Visenya Targaryen

Artist: Jota Saraiva (deviantart/instagram)

“-You have eyes like my mother. – he said. – Of all of my children, you would have been my father’s favourite for certain.”

———The Backs and the Greens by Sweetestpopcorn (AO3)

Daemon with his baby girl Visenya XD

Queen Visenya ‘the conqueror’🐉

The fact that Visenya proposed to marry Maegor and Rhaena to “settle the matter of succession” is a vital detail in understanding the Targaryen/Valyrian right of primogeniture. It meant that without a doubt to anyone there, Rhaena was going to succeed her father since she was the first born regardless of any other children (sons) that will come after. And by marrying Maegor to the heir of the Iron Throne, they could rule together and any child that comes from them will unquestionably be the heir to the throne.

The fact that after Aenys’ death, Aegon the Uncrowned was championed as heir & not Rhaena has everything to do with them bowing to Andal customs to avoid more strife since it was their Valyrian tradition of sibling marriages that upset the kingdom in the first place HOWEVER it was established by the Conquerors themselves and then reiterated by Aenys’ rule alongside his brother and also Visenya wanting Rhaena and Maegor to marry and rule together, that there is no sole ruler in Targaryen/Valyrian tradition so regardless Aegon was going to be king and Rhaena queen and they would rule together there wasn’t any one is subservient to the other. They just paraded Aegon around as heir to gain the support of the kingdom.

And Rhaena knew it too. She told Alysanne that she & Jaehaerys already have her crown, they will not have her daughter too. “Queen Rhaena grew ever more resentful that her own claim to the Iron Throne, and that of her daughters, had been disregarded in favor of that of “my baby brother” (as she was wont to call Jaehaerys). She was the firstborn, she reminded those who would listen, and had been a dragonrider before any of her siblings, yet all of them and “even my own mother” had conspired to pass her over.”

Everything points out to women inherinting over men if they are the first born of their parents in Valyrian culture.

Very good points, anon. There's also the "Aegon had to marry Visenya for duty" thing. Aegon was crowned, but Visenya (and Rhaenys) was as much of a ruler as he was. I stand by my theory that Aegon allowed Andal customs to get to his head.

In my opinion Rhaena and Maegor should've been wed first, it would have set precedent for a woman heir and a royal consort not to mention joined the bloodlines of Visenya and Rhaenys.

Visenya the Conqueror and baby Maegor

based on Leyendecker's "Madonna and Child"

In honour of the return of house of the dragon 🫡

Más dibujos sin terminar porque ya no me importa nada

Redo of the Targaryen women I did last year!

note I only Included women born (Name) Targaryen for sanity's sake

The Field of Fire.

She took an arrow to the shoulder and I bet Vhagar was def not happy about it.

“the dragon has three heads”

editing by @toadpeee, part of her tarot card collab <3 the full thread is on her twt

Fire and Blood

Queens and Claimants of House Targaryen

Vhagar trying to understand why Visenya has only one eye and since when Dornish have a dragon

Breathtaking shots of Vhagar Queen of All Dragons.

The Conquerors

By Zacckiell

visenya and vhagar sketch

wip

Rhaenys and Visenya