Game of Thrones may have begun seventeen years after Robert's Rebellion, but the show's story really began with Jaime earning his title of "Kingslayer" by stabbing Aerys II in the back, after the After only three years of rule, King Jaehaerys died of an illness, and Aerys became the 17th Targaryen to sit on the Iron Throne. He named his good friend Tywin Lannister Hand of the King, and for Written by Joshua Ehiosun. C2 certified writer. Ser Gregor Clegane is the head of House Clegane, a landed knight and bannerman to Lord Tywin Lannister of Casterly Rock. He is the elder brother of Sandor Clegane, Joffrey Baratheon ’s hound. Because of his ferociousness and gigantism, he got feared throughout Westeros and earned the nickname The Mad King’s real name was Aerys Targaryen. ‘Burn them all!’ – Who was the Mad King and what happened to him? (Picture: HBO) He came to power at the very end of the Targaryen dynasty in Known mad Targaryens [] Viserys Targaryen was prone to outbursts of rage and petty cruelty. King Baelor the Blessed was the first and original Targaryen king to display the infamous madness. He was overzealously obsessed with religion and purity, to the point that he starved himself into an early grave because he believed that food is of this First we have Aemon Targaryen, whom we see in the flesh, in his very old age, across the first few seasons of Game of Thrones. Having served as a Night’s Watch maester for years, people simply forgot he was even a Targaryen. He is the grand-uncle of Aerys II Targaryen, Daenerys’ father, who most viewers know as the Mad King. The theories about Daenerys becoming a Mad Queen kicked up in earnest after she started hallucinating in the the latest book, A Dance with Dragons, but truth be told Martin laid the track from the Egg is a nickname for Aegon Targaryen, the fourth son of Maekar Targaryen, himself a younger brother of King Aerys I (not the Mad King from Game of Thrones. He was Aerys II). As the fourth son of aWrTV.