Also, did anyone catch Gilly reading to Sam the account of the septon annulling a marriage of a Rhaegar in Dorne? I can't believe he didn't perk up to that. Dany's older brother's marriage to Ellia Martel was ANNULLED. Do you know what this means? Jon Snow is NOT a ****. Rhaegar married Lyanna Stark...
It also means he officially became the rightful heir to the Iron Throne yesterday as the only surviving natural-born child of the crown prince. Heh.
Yes exactly. His birth order would come first, which means Dany is technically rebelling against him by proclaiming herself queen lol.
Wasn't Jon Ned's kid. Or was that just the story Ned told to uphold his sister's good name? Is Brandon the only one who knows that? KInd of hazy on this part.
Jon is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. They showed his birth in a flashback last season at the Tower of Joy. Ned and Howland Reed (Meera's father) went to rescue the presumed to have been kidnapped Lyanna from Rhaegar, only to arrive as Lyanna was giving birth to Jon (it was that kidnapping that actually started Robert's Rebellion). Lyanna died in child birth and as she was dying whispered something to Ned, which most presume was her request to protect Jon. Ned swore Howland to secrecy and took Jon home as his
Edited for profanity. Please do not do it again.. Thus, protecting him from Robert Baretheon who made it his mission to kill all Targaryens. Robert's mission to kill the Targaryen heirs has been on the show a lot. From the assassins sent to kill Dany and her brother early on to Oberyn Martell agreeing to fight the Mountain to gain the truth of what happened to his sister Elia (who was the wife of Rhaegar before the annulment) and Elia's children with Rhaegar.
You also saw something similar with Cersei going around and killing all of Robert's
Edited for profanity. Please do not do it again.s, with Gendry presumably being the only one that got away. In a harsh world such as Westeros, in order to truly establish yourself as ruler, you need to eliminate all those that could possibly challenge you with a birthright.