Coronation of Aerys I

The sickness sweeping the Seven Kingdoms made no distinction between commoners and royal blood: it took King Daeron II only hours after killing two of his grandsons, Princes Valarr and Matarys. The rightful heir, Prince Baelor, was no longer there to take the crown either — he had fallen months earlier in a trial by combat during a tourney, struck down by his own brother Maekar.

The throne passed instead to Aerys, Baelor's younger brother, crowned Aerys I Targaryen. His wife, Aelinor Penrose, became queen at his side. For the post of Hand of the King, Aerys chose Brynden Rivers.