One of the main characters in the new series is King Viserys Targaryen, played by Paddy Considine. Obviously, he’s related to Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons.

The true turning point in House of the Dragon comes with Rhaenyra’s coronation, a moment that sparks civil war, pits family against family, and changes Westeros forever.

When audiences meet Daenerys Targaryen, she and her brother Viserys are all that remains of the Targaryen dynasty, a family that united the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and ruled over them for ...

For perspective, Game of Thrones began in the year 298 AC. In Season two of Game of Thrones, one of the ships owned by Daenerys Targaryen is named Balerion, after the dragon ridden by Viserys.

Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys are the children of "The Mad King" Aerys II Targaryen and his sister/wife Rhaella. (If that makes you queasy, you might wanna nope out of this explainer ASAP.

The prequel begins with King Viserys I, who is the 5th Targaryen king, while Game of Thrones starts 200 years after the civil war, following the death of King Aerys II, also known as the Mad King ...

After Viserys’ death, Daenerys slowly gathered powerful allies like Tyrion Lannister, Lord Varys and Jorah Mormont, an army of Dothraki, Unsullied, Greyjoy ships and her three dragon hatchlings ...

Rhaenyra Targaryen is going to be at the center of the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon.’ Learn more about the character, her relationship to Daenerys, and mor… ...

Similarly, Daenerys's claim to the throne—as the only surviving child of Westeros's last Targaryen ruler, King Aerys II—is in doubt throughout the series. They both face questions over whether ...

In Game of Thrones Season 7, Jon discovered his real name was Aegon Targaryen. He learned he was the son of Daenerys’ eldest brother, Rhaegar, and heir to the Iron Throne.