Jeyne Westerling
Not to be confused with Jeyne Westerling.
Jeyne Westerling, Lady of Tarbeck Hall, was one of three widows King Maegor I Targaryen took as wives in a single ceremony in 47 AC, women later remembered as the Black Brides.
The widow of Lord Alyn Tarbeck and mother of a son who proved her fertility, she went from being courted by a younger son of Casterly Rock to becoming queen by Maegor's will, in an episode shadowed by Tyanna of Pentos.
Chapter 1
The king's three widows
47 ACBooks only
Tall and slim, with lustrous brown hair, Jeyne had been married to Lord Alyn Tarbeck, who fell fighting for the rebels at the battle under the Gods Eye. The son she bore him after his death proved her fertility, and one of the younger sons of the lord of Casterly Rock soon began courting her.
Before that courtship went anywhere, King Maegor I Targaryen claimed her for himself. In 47 AC he married her and two other widows in a single ceremony; the three, later known as the Black Brides, had all lost their husbands because of the king. During the rite Jeyne's son was kept close by, as insurance that she would not refuse.
No one could say for certain what happened that night: whether the king shared a bed with all three wives at once, visited them separately, or whether Jeyne drank — or threw in his face — a fertility potion supposedly brought by Tyanna of Pentos. The next day her son was named Lord of Tarbeck Hall and sent to Casterly Rock as a ward.
Chapter 2
The poisoning
47 ACBooks only
Half a year after the wedding, Lord Edwell Celtigar announced that the queen was with child. But labor came three moons early: the baby was born dead and deformed, and Jeyne did not long survive him.
Remembering what had happened to Queen Alys Harroway, the king had Tyanna of Pentos arrested. Under arrest, Tyanna eventually confessed to poisoning Jeyne's child.
