Rhaegar Targaryen is the most important ‘Game of Thrones’ character you don’t know Westeros’s late crown prince lived a short life filled with tragedy, violence, and prophecy.

Rhaegar Targaryen is arguably the most important Game of Thrones character, and until the season seven finale, we had never even seen him.

While Rhaegar’s father— The Mad King Aerys II —still sat upon the Iron Throne a short while longer, Rhaegar’s death is a more apt mark for the end of the Targaryen dynasty in Westeros ...

Like Rhaegar, Lyanna’s personality was at odds with her appearance. As far as Stark women go, she had Sansa Stark’s conventional beauty coupled with Arya’s difficult personality.

Rhaegar left the pregnant Lyanna to join the fray and ended up dying in the rebellion at Robert's hand, after which the Mountain murdered his family and Lyanna gave birth at the Tower of Joy. She ...

Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark are key players in 'Game of Thrones' and 'A Song of Ice and Fire' even though they both died before the story began.

WARNING: This story contains spoilers for the Game of Thrones Season 7 finale. Now that we know Jon's real name is also Aegon, that brings a funny realization to light: Rhaegar's two sons have the ...

Rhaegar's wife, Elia, and their two children were murdered. Even though Ned found his sister, he was unable to save her from childbirth complications, but history marks her as a casualty of war.

Rhaegar may have pursued a relationship with Lyanna to conceive the Prince That Was Promised. It is possible he was aware of the Song of Ice and Fire and believed Lyanna was the key to fulfilling it.

Rhaegar had both a brother/cousin, Viserys Targaryen (Harry Lloyd), and a sister/cousin, the Mother of Dragons. He was also related to Maester Aemon (Peter Vaughan) of the Night’s Watch, who ...

Rhaegar, though, was not a faithful man and ended up running off with Ned Stark’s sister, Lyanna, who was betrothed to Robert Baratheon.

Which means Rhaegar got the highest priest in the land to put aside his marriage to Elia Martell, and he then he married Lyanna Stark right away, most likely at or near the Tower of Joy where Jon ...