Death of Lyman Beesbury
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Lyman Beesbury was a lord of House Beesbury who held a seat on the king's council in King's Landing, on the green side, when the throne fell vacant after the death of Viserys I.
No single account of his death survives: the chroniclers who recorded it — none of them present save one — cannot even agree on where or how it happened.
Death
Beesbury sat with the Hightowers and their allies, backing Aegon's claim to the throne, when Ser Criston Cole ended his life in the middle of the council chamber, with Otto and Alicent Hightower looking on.
What exactly happened has come down in three accounts that cannot be reconciled. Grand Maester Orwyle, the only one of the three who was actually there, held that Beesbury froze to death in the black cells; septon Eustace wrote that Cole cut his throat; Mushroom claimed he was thrown from a window. Gyldayn, weighing the accounts, trusts Maester Munkun — who follows Orwyle — the most, and the fool the least.
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Participants
Who was there
- Lyman BeesburyLord of HoneyholtAppears in Death
- Criston ColeSerAppears in Death
- Otto HightowerSer
- Alicent HightowerQueen consort
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Books and show
The show and the books
| Show | Books | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 129 AC | 129 AC |
| Place | King's Landing | King's Landing |
| Outcome | Lord Beesbury dies at the hands of Ser Criston Cole in the green council | Lord Beesbury muere a manos de Ser Criston Cole en el consejo verde |
| On screen | House of the Dragon · T1E9 | — |
By work
| Work | Format | Where it is told |
|---|---|---|
| House of the Dragon | Show | Death |
The chronology of events
- Burning of Harrenhal
- Field of Fire
- Last Storm
- Coronation of Aegon I
- Submission of Torrhen Stark
- First Dornish War
- Ambush on the Boneway
- Death of Rhaenys Targaryen and Meraxes
- Great Council of 101
- Coronation of Viserys I
- Maidenpool Tourney
- Death of Aemma Arryn
- Naming of Rhaenyra as heir
- Wedding of Viserys I and Alicent Hightower
- War for the Stepstones
- Daemon Targaryen proclaims himself King of the Stepstones
- Battle of the Stepstones
- Fifth anniversary tourney
- Rhaenyra named Princess of Dragonstone
- Wedding of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon
- Wedding of Daemon Targaryen and Laena Velaryon
- Death of Laena Velaryon
- Fire at Harrenhal
- Death of Laenor Velaryon
- Aemond Targaryen claims Vhagar
- Wedding of Daemon Targaryen and Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Wedding of Aegon Targaryen and Helaena Targaryen
- Execution of Vaemond Velaryon
- Dance of the Dragons
- Death of Viserys I
- Death of Lyman Beesbury
- Coronation of Aegon II
- Coronation of Rhaenyra I
- Duel of the Cargyll twins
- Blockade of Blackwater Bay
- Jacaerys Velaryon's mission to White Harbor
- Pact of Ice and Fire
- Death of Lucerys Velaryon
- Blood and Cheese
- March of the Winter Wolves
- Capture of Harrenhal
- Battle of the Burning Mill
- Capture of Stone Hedge
- Sack of Duskendale
- Battle at Rook's Rest
- Sowing of the Seeds
- Capture of the Gay Abandon
- Battle of the Gullet
- Battle of the Honeywine
- Fall of King's Landing
- Dalton Greyjoy's raids on the Westerlands
- Battle by the Lakeshore
- Ambush at Crossed Elms
- Butcher's Ball
- Battle of the Red Fork
- Battle of Acorn Hall
- Siege of Longtable
- Sack of Bitterbridge
- First Battle of Tumbleton
- Arrest of Addam Velaryon and imprisonment of Corlys Velaryon
- Fall of Dragonstone
- and 107 more in the index