High Septon
On this tab
This High Septon was a younger brother of Lord Donnel Hightower of Oldtown, and in time he rose to the highest seat of the Faith of the Seven, during the reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen.
His appointment was not the first path considered for him: it came only after the man first chosen, the septon Alfyn, died in old age.
High Septon Succession
In 54 AC the reigning High Septon died, and King Jaehaerys I Targaryen flew with Queen Alysanne to Oldtown to settle the succession with Lord Donnel Hightower.
Lord Donnel wanted the office to go to one of his own blood: among his kin he counted a younger brother, two nephews and six cousins already ordained as septons, plus another brother, a nephew and two cousins seated among the Most Devout. The king had no objection to a Hightower taking the crown, so long as he upheld the Doctrine of Exceptionalism, and the bargain was sealed with a great feast.
That younger brother of Lord Donnel — the same man this page is about — was one of the candidates the Hightowers put forward that year at Oldtown.
Suggest an edit
Elevation as High Septon
The man chosen in 54 AC was the septon Alfyn, already an old man. When he died, the crown finally passed to a Hightower: Lord Donnel's younger brother became the new High Septon.
Suggest an edit
Relationships
People in their story
- Donnel HightowerAppears in High Septon Succession, Elevation as High Septon
- Jaehaerys I TargaryenAppears in High Septon Succession
- HightowerAppears in High Septon Succession
Books and show
Where they differ
- Books only: High Septon Succession, Elevation as High Septon
| Show | Books | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | — | Dead |
House Hightower of the Hightower
- Ceryse Hightower
- Garmon Hightower
- Manfred Hightower
- Manfred Hightower
- Morgan Hightower
- Norman Hightower
- Donnel Hightower
- Hobert Hightower
- Alicent Hightower
- Lyonel Hightower
- Bryndon Hightower
- Gwayne Hightower
- Hightower
- Ormund Hightower
- Otto Hightower
- Alerie Tyrell
- Lynesse Hightower
- Gerold Hightower
- Walys Flowers
- Addam Hightower
- Alysanne Hightower
- Baelor Hightower
- Barris Hightower
- Bethany Hightower
- Damon Hightower
- Denyse Hightower
- Dorian Hightower
- Eustace Hightower
- Garmund Hightower
- Garth Hightower
- Gunthor Hightower
- Humfrey Hightower
- Jason Hightower
- Jeremy Hightower
- Jeyne Fossoway
- Leyla Hightower
- Leyton Hightower
- Malora Hightower
- Martyn Hightower
- Martyn Hightower
- Most Devout
- Myles Hightower
- Patrice Hightower
- Peremore Hightower
- Rhonda Rowan
- Runcel Hightower
- High Septon
- Triston Hightower
- and 2 more in the index
- Wedding of Viserys I and Alicent Hightower
- Fifth anniversary tourney
- Wedding of Aegon Targaryen and Helaena Targaryen
- Dance of the Dragons
- Death of Lyman Beesbury
- Coronation of Aegon II
- Blockade of Blackwater Bay
- Battle of the Honeywine
- Fall of King's Landing
- Siege of Longtable
- Sack of Bitterbridge
- First Battle of Tumbleton
- Second Battle of Tumbleton
- Robert's Rebellion
- and 1 more in the index