We're just a few days away from the release of House of the Dragon season two, and honestly it can't come soon enough. However, before we get ready to watch the war of the Greens versus the Blacks unfold, we need to get our heads around the very complicated Targaryen family tree.
With a lot of incestual relationships, it means things can get a bit tricky when it comes to working out who is related to who among the Targaryens, Velaryons and Hightowers. And in fact as we approach season two, at this point the majority of them are all related by blood in some way or another, making this one big (un)happy family fighting for the iron throne. Thank god they don't have to buy Christmas presents for each other, the list would be never ending.
So if you need a quick refresher as to who is whose sister/aunt/wife (or often a combination of all three) then here's a rundown of the main players in the Targaryen family tree in House of the Dragon season two.
King Viserys Targaryen (deceased)
Parents: Baelon and Alyssa Targaryen
Wives: Aemma Arynn (deceased), Queen Alicent
Children: Queen Rhaenyra, King Aegon II, Aemond and Helaena Targaryen
Brother: Daemon Targaryen
Cousin: Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Grandchildren: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon, Aegon and Viserys II Targaryen, Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
Queen Alicent Targaryen
Parents: Otto and Alerie Hightower
Husband: King Viserys Targaryen
Children: King Aegon II, Aemond and Helaena Targaryen
Step daughter: Queen Rhaenyra
Grandchildren and step-grandchildren: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon (from Queen Rhaenyra's marriage to Laenor, although their biological father is Harwin Strong), Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen (from Queen Rhaenyra's marriage to Daemon Targaryen), Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Parents: Aemon Targaryen and Jocelyn Baratheon
Husband: Lord Corlys Velaryon
Children: Laena and Laenor Velaryon (deceased)
Grandchildren: Baela and Rhaena Targaryen, Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon (although technically not as their biological father is Harwin Strong)
Cousins: King Viserys and Daemon Targaryen
Niece: Queen Rhaenyra
Lord Corlys Velaryon
Sibling: Vaemond Velaryon (deceseaed)
Wife: Princess Rhaynes Targaryen
Children: Laena and Laenor Velaryon (deceased)
Grandchildren: Baela and Rhaena Targaryen, Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon (although technically not as their biological father is Harwin Strong)
Daemon Targaryen
Parents: Baelon and Alyssa Targaryen
Sibling: King Viserys Targaryen
Wives: Rhea Royce (deceased), Laena Velaryon (deceseaed), Rhaenyra Targaryen
Children: Baela and Rhaena Targaryen (from marriage to Laena), Aegon and Viserys II Targaryen (from marriage to Rhaenyra)
Cousins: Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Niece: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Parents: King Viserys and Aemma Arynn
Step mother: Queen Alicent Targaryen
Half-siblings: King Aegon II, Aemond and Helaena Targaryen
Husbands: Laenor Velaryon (deceased), Daemon Targaryen
Children: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon (from marriage to Laenor, although their biological father is Harwin Strong), Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen (from marriage to Daemon Targaryen)
Aunt: Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Uncle: Daemon Targaryen
Nephews and nieces: Baela and Rhaena Targaryen (also her step daughters), and Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
King Aegon II Targaryen
Parents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent Hightower
Siblings: Aemond and Helaena Targaryen
Half sibling: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Wife: Helaena Targaryen
Children: Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
Nephews: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon and Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Aemond Targaryen
Parents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent Hightower
Siblings: King Aegon II and Helaena Targaryen
Half sibling: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Nephews and niece: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon, Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen and Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
Helaena Targaryen
Parents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent Targaryen
Siblings: King Aegon II and Aemond Targaryen
Half sibling: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Husband: King Aegon II Targaryen
Children: Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
Nephews: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon, and Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Jacaerys Velaryon
Parents: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon (although biological father is Hawrin Strong)
Siblings: Lucerys (deceased) and Joffrey Velaryon
Half siblings: Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Grandparents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent, Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon, and biologically Lyonel Strong
Cousins: Baela and Rhaena Targaryen (also step sisters)
Uncles: King Aegon II, Aemond Targaryen and biologically Larys Strong
Aunt: Queen Helaena
Lucerys Velaryon (deceased)
Parents: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon (although biological father is Hawrin Strong)
Siblings: Jacareys and Joffrey Velaryon
Half siblings: Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Grandparents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent, Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon, and biologically Lyonel Strong
Cousins: Baela and Rhaena Targaryen (also step sisters)
Uncles: King Aegon II, Aemond Targaryen and biologically Larys Strong
Aunt: Queen Helaena
Joffrey Velaryon
Parents: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon (although biological father is Hawrin Strong)
Siblings: Jacareys and Lucerys Velaryon (deceased)
Half siblings: Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Grandparents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent, Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon, and biologically Lyonel Strong
Cousins: Baela and Rhaena Targaryen (also step sisters)
Uncles: King Aegon II, Aemond Targaryen and biologically Larys Strong
Aunt: Queen Helaena
Baela Targaryen
Parents: Daemon Targaryen and Laena Velaryon
Sibling: Rhaena Targaren
Half siblings: Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Cousins: Jacareys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon (also step brothers)
Grandparents: Lord Corys Velaryon and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Rhaena Targaryen
Parents: Daemon Targaryen and Laena Velaryon
Sibling: Baela Targaren
Half siblings: Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Cousins: Jacareys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon (also step brothers)
Grandparents: Lord Corys Velaryon and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
Parents: King Aegon II and Queen Helaena Targaryen
Grandparents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent Targaryen
Uncle: Aemond Targaryen
Aunt: Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Cousins: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon, and Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Aegon III and Viserys II Targaryen
Parents: Queen Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen
Half-siblings: Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon (on their mother's side) and Baela and Rhaena Targaryen (on their father's side)
Grandparents: King Viserys and Queen Alicent Targaryen
Uncles: King Aegon II and Aemond, and also technically King Viserys
Aunt: Queen Helaena
Cousins: Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and Maelor Targaryen
House of the Dragon season two will be available from 17 June on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW
