Myrcella Baratheon
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| Created by | George R. R. Martin |
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| Kingdom | The Crownlands |
Myrcella Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.[1]
Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Myrcella is the only daughter of Cersei Lannister from the kingdom of Westeros. She subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000).
Myrcella is portrayed by Irish actress Aimee Richardson in the first two seasons of the HBO television adaptation, while English actress Nell Tiger Free portrays her in the show's fifth and sixth seasons.[2][3]
Overview
Myrcella Baratheon is not a point of view character in the novels, so her presence is witnessed and through the eyes of other people, such as her uncle Tyrion Lannister. Myrcella is a background character in the novels.
Character description
Princess Myrcella Baratheon is the second oldest child and only daughter of Queen Cersei Lannister. Like her brothers, she is also fathered by Cersei's brother Jaime Lannister, but she is ostensibly unaware of this. She is described as delicate, beautiful and courteous and is said to have all her mother's beauty but none of her cruel nature. To ensure that House Martell will support Joffrey, Myrcella is betrothed to marry Prince Trystane Martell when they come of age and is sent to Dorne in A Clash of Kings. After Joffrey's death in A Storm of Swords, Princess Arianne Martell schemes to kidnap Myrcella and crown her queen of Westeros. The plan goes awry, however, and Myrcella is severely injured in the kidnapping.
In the TV series
In the HBO television adaptation, she is portrayed by Aimee Richardson in seasons one and two, and by Nell Tiger Free in seasons five and six. Her fate is changed from the novels.
Season 1
Princess Myrcella is first seen arriving at Winterfell along with her father, King Robert Baratheon; her mother Queen Cersei; her two brothers: Prince Joffrey and Prince Tommen; as well as her uncles, Jaime Lannister and Tyrion Lannister. She is later seen at the tournament to celebrate Eddard Stark's inauguration as Hand of the King. It is later revealed that Myrcella and her brothers were products of incest between of her uncle Jamie and her mother Queen Cersei.
Season 2
Myrcella attend's Joffrey's Nameday as King. She greets with her uncle Tyrion and tells him that she is glad that the rumors of his death were false. During the War of the Five Kings, her uncle Tyrion made plans to forge an alliance with House Martell of Dorne by having Myrcella wed to Trystane Martell, the youngest child of the current ruler of Dorne. In return House Martell wouldn't openly side with their enemies, and hopefully would supply the Lannisters with soldiers. Her marriage ceremony would not occur until Myrcella was old enough, but part of the arrangement involved sending her to Dorne to live in the Martell household. Queen Cersei is furious at Tyrion's decision, declaring that she won't let her only daughter be shipped off to Dorne as she was shipped off to Robert Baratheon.
Season 5
Myrcella (now much older) is seen walking through the Water Gardens with Trystane Martell, with whom she has fallen in love, while being watched by Ellaria Sand and Prince Doran Martell. Ellaria, furious about Oberyn's death, offers to torture Myrcella, and send pieces of her back to take revenge on Cersei, whom she feels is responsible for orchestrating Tyrion's show trial which led to the trial by combat that took Oberyn's life, but Doran refuses to harm her. Myrcella is surprised when her "uncle" Jaime Lannister and Bronn finally meet her as she is with Trystane in the gardens. She is upset after Bronn is forced to knock Trystane unconscious, and resists Jaime's urging to leave with him. The Sand Snakes make a sudden ambush in order to kidnap her. She is nearly taken hostage by Nymeria, but the conflict is interrupted after Areo Hotah arrives with a dozen Dornish guards, imprisoning Jaime, Bronn, the Sand Snakes and Ellaria. Myrcella visits Jaime while he is in custody. Jaime tells her that about the situation with Ellaria. He tells her that he needs to take her home to King's Landing. Myrcella, failing to understand, assures him that Dorne is her home now, and that she will stay and marry Trystane. However, her marriage to Trystane never happens as she is poisoned by Ellaria and the Sand Snakes just before she leaves Dorne with Jamie and Bronn. As she's sailing away towards Kings Landing, she dies in Jaime's arms moments after acknowledging him as her father.
Season 6
Her body returns home to King's Landing shortly after her death, and her corpse is later seen in the Great Sept of Baelor.
Family tree
| Tywin Lannister | Joanna Lannister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tyrion Lannister | Jaime Lannister | Cersei Lannister | Robert Baratheon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joffrey Baratheon | Myrcella Baratheon | Tommen Baratheon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Reporters, Telegraph (12 June 2017). "The gruesome Game of Thrones death viewers were never shown" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ Watchers on the Wall [@LovinGoT99] (25 July 2014). "Game of Thrones season five cast announced at Comic Con!" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 October 2014 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Game of Thrones actress Aimee Richardson begs for 'other princess work' after Myrcella Baratheon part is re-cast". The Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
