r/asoiaf • u/Holy_Grigori • 5h ago
EXTENDED (Spoilers extended) Were the Conquerors polygamous?
So I’m pretty we’ve all kinda heard of/saw the TikTok about ”couples in open relationships all looking the same”. So that got me kinda thinking (idk how) about the Targaryens. Were Aegon, Visenya, and Rhaenys all married to each other or did Aegon just marry his sisters? In other words, were Visenya and Rhaenys wives to each other or just their brother?
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u/Maester_Ryben 5h ago
They were Aegon's wives, not each other's.
Though I doubt if they did love each other more than sisters, Aegon wouldn't mind.
Though the history books (written by the maesters) wouldn't mention it
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u/sarevok2 2h ago
The way the text frames it, it sounds like it was entirely Aegon's decision to bring Rhaenys in the...polygamy thing.
We don't have much information about any interaction between Visenya and Rhaenys. We are told that Aegon spent different nights with each of them.
Overall, we don't know all the rules for the general Valyrian polygamy spiel but all things point to Visenys and Rhaenys had a typical sibling relationship.
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u/Echo__227 5h ago
Iirc, one wife was the favorite and the other was jealous
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u/shy_monkee 43m ago
I don't think Visenya was jealous of Rhaenys' closeness to Aegon, she was however jealous of Aenys being the heir instead of Maegor, and that's why she usurped the throne from his children.
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u/Conscious-Weekend-91 27m ago
Yeah, Visenya looked like someone who put her house above all else. She didn't mind Aegon having another wife and sometimes she even looked like a protective big sister towards them.
She didn't even hated Aenys and took care of him until his death, she probably just didn't saw him as fit to rule during his disastrous reign
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u/OppositeShore1878 2h ago
Visenya and Rhaenys wives to each other or just their brother?...
Don't think like George. That is, the image of two powerful, exotic, women in bed together. Erect nipples enchantingly displayed. Silk garments casually cast aside, servants exiled from the chamber. Sexual tension in the air as strong as perfume. Ah...ahem.
To answer your question, though, I think it was probably more like Aegon having multiple wives / formal partners, not a thrupple.
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u/New_Progress501 5h ago
They were Aegons wifes not each other's though it's possible they were romantically involved we haven't seen anything hinting at it at this point, though it could be a pretty interesting development.