Game of thrones character height reference minor spoilers season. A member of house baratheon of kings landing, his half siblings are prince joffrey, princess myrcella, and prince tommen. He is a very tall man, with eddard estimating his height to be six and a half feet 2. Who would win among arthur dayne, barristan selmy, khal drogo, robert baratheon, brienne of tarth, bronn. Stannis baratheon a song of ice and fire wiki fandom. Robert i baratheon a song of ice and fire wiki fandom. The height hierarchy general asoiaf a forum of ice and fire. Biographical information biological information family information. When a mother is short and a father is tall a child would be closer in height to the father but still shorter than him. Stannis baratheon is a tall and powerful man with a sinewy frame and broad shoulders. He gained his throne by usurping house targaryen 15 years before the story begins.
He achieved international fame in his film debut in the full monty in 1997 and went on to play. But id rank them in height order matching their ages from oldesttallest to youngestshortest. How big is robert strong in the books height, weight, etc. This baratheon was cersei lannisters firstborn child, and the only one of her children to actually be fathered by her lawful husband, king robert baratheon, making him the only trueborn child of both parents. He is known for varied roles in british television, including detective constable gary boyle in the sitcom the thin blue line 19951996 and hercules in the fantasy drama series atlantis 202015. Game of thrones character height reference minor spoilers. He roared with proud and anduin straightened up and bowed his head. Robert baratheon is described in quite a detailed way in the books we know he was quite a tall and big man, more that 6 feet 6 inches, as czen has answered already. Renly is described by catelyn as being almost as big as robert, who we all know is 66. The brother of lord steffon baratheon of storms end, arthur wielded the familys ancestral sword iron solace, which had. King robert baratheons arrival at winterfell in the very first episode of the series foretold many of the deaths we have seen in the. As a younger man, robert was proud, tall, commanding and fierce in. His heavy black hair is thick on his chest, and coarse around his sex.
Eddard stark estimates his height to be six and a half feet. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Robert baratheon is the head of house baratheon and was crowned king of the seven kingdoms after winning the war of the usurper. Robert baratheon is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are mainly witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of ned stark. Robert i baratheon is the lord of the seven kingdoms of westeros and the head of house baratheon of kings. King robert i baratheon was the first king of the baratheon dynasty to sit on the iron throne of westeros. Robert baratheonstannis baratheon works archive of our own. Who was taller, robert baratheon or rhaegar targaryen. See more ideas about king robert baratheon, king robert and game of thrones art. The robert baratheon who takes the crown in ac 283 is not the man who they expected, nor will he be the king they looked for. He perished at sea in sight of his castle, along with his wife lady cassana estermont, while returning from a trip to the free cities. Robert baratheon was the first baratheon king of the seven kingdoms. Baratheon son of robert game of thrones wiki fandom.
However, lyanna was allegedly kidnapped by rhaegar targaryen. Theres a new game of thrones theory floating around reddit. Robert was crowned king after king aerys ii targaryen, his first cousin once removed, was killed during robert s rebellion. Wearing roberts crown chapter 19, an a song of ice and fire. Robert baratheon chega a winterfell e e recebido por seu velho amigo ned stark. Jun 29, 2016 we all remember game of thrones robert baratheon, the jolly but meanspirited king whose love of wine eventually played a part in his death. This post was originally published on march 24, 2014. Anduin heard clapping and looked up and saw his father, king robert baratheon, first of his name, and other titles. Born in york, on leaving school he started work as a stage hand at yorks theatre royal and later attended the royal academy of dramatic art. Robert i baratheon is the lord of the seven kingdoms of westeros and the head of house baratheon of kings landing. Lyanna and aerys died during the civil war that followed.
How tall is jon snow compared to rhaegar targaryen. Whyte played the mountain in season 2, and his height is 71, making him the tallest on this list. Martin, of which only the first five volumes have been published as of april 2016. As a young adult, robert was a handsome, cleanshaven man, with rough and hard hands. Robert baratheon is a character in game of thrones. The fate of robert baratheon game of thrones youtube. Although being a quarter targaryen through his paternal grandmother rhaelle, robert has the classical baratheon look. He is the first son of lord steffon baratheon and lady cassana. Last tourney, he dumped the kingslayer on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on cerseis face. Another character that has since died, king robert baratheon was height is 5 11. Spoilers all characters ages at the start of roberts. Mar 05, 2017 rescaling the heights of most of the tall characters from the show version to match the books where it is stated differently. Game of thrones mapking robertimportant life lessonstv show.
He is known for varied roles in british television, including detective constable gary boyle in the sitcom the thin blue line 19951996 and hercules in the fantasy drama series atlantis 202015 he. He is married to selyse florent, with whom he has one daughter, shireen. Did the first game of thrones episode predict all four. In fact, george rr martin has admitted if robert is modelled on anyone, it is more edward iv of england. The height hierarchy general asoiaf a forum of ice and. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Of the many multidimensional characters that game of thrones gives its readers, robert baratheon is the one that intrigues me greatly. Robert, as a baratheon, truly embodies the baratheon fighting spirit. He was mentioned twice in the first season, and is portrayed by starring cast member john malkovich. Winter is not going to get here for at least five more books.
Spoilers all tallest people in the asoiaf universe. Parents need to know that a song of fire and ice adapted for the popular and very mature tv series game of thrones is a sevenvolume fantasy saga by george r. Iirc no sources, unfortunately brienne is of the same height as robert and sandor is a little taller than her, estimated at 67 or 68. Gendry is the last living bastard son of king robert baratheon, who throughout his childhood was unaware of his lineage. Duncan has a good 5 inch height advantage over baratheon which would mean he has longer reach, and possibly heavier as well. Jan 03, 2019 thank you for a 2 a a childs height based on parental heights subjects to regression toward the mean. Ours is the fury, robert fights with emotion, he fights with anger and fury, which makes him extremely terrifying and intimidating. Robert and eddard stark were good friends, which led him to choose. The game of thrones actor who almost played robert baratheon.
Robert baratheon slays rhaegar targaryen at the battle of the trident robert was devastated by lyannas death, but was urged by jon arryn to marry cersei of house lannister, making an alliance with her father, tywin lannister, who had joined his cause late in the conflict and delivered the capital of kings landing to him. Game of thrones art game of thrones characters game of thrones personajes color fly nerd crafts height chart thing 1 got game comic games. Top 10 tallest characters in a game of thrones asoiaf bonus. Kingstannis baratheon is the second son of steffon baratheon and cassana estermont.
He made his film debut as dave horsefall in the full monty 1997, earning a. So renly and stannis could be the same height i guess, but i guess since hes a better warrior i picture stannis as bigger than his younger brother. Following the war, robert married cersei lannister to ensure political stability. Sean bean ned stark had a good inch on him, and robert was about eye level with robb stark richard maddden. Explore their biography, house and history on the game of thrones viewers guide. The actor cast is about six years older than the character, and not quite 6 tall, although this may be in keeping with the fact that mark addy cast as king robert is even further from being robert s book height of 66. Stannis baratheon 18 but only a bare year younger, thanks uthestarkguy renly baratheon 5. Very little is known about him other than that he had black hair, resembled. Gendry did not receive the bastard surname used in the crownlands waters because, like the rest of his halfsiblings, he has never been openly acknowledged by robert. Arthur baratheon game of thrones fanon wiki fandom. The unnamed trueborn son of cersei lannister and robert baratheon was the only trueborn child of both parents. The game of thrones character, king robert baratheon, may have been inspired by an older edward iv with maybe a touch of edward ivs grandson, henry viii.
Jul, 2017 40 best game of thrones characters ranked and updated from arya to yara, the night king to the mother of dragons, we count down the games best and worst players. Robert baratheonmargaery tyrell works archive of our own. Robert baratheon and his brothers were all big men, as was the hound, and back at winterfell there was a simpleminded stableboy named hodor who dwarfed them all, but the knight they called the mountain that rides would have towered over hodor. He was the first cousin of king aerys ii targaryen. Prince arthur baratheon, popularly called the white stag, is a major character in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth seasons, and debuts in the north remembers. Apr 26, 2012 if i remember from correctly robert was around 610 with the mountain speculated to be 82, renly and stannis would be just a bit shorter than robert, but the height of many of the more average height characters is never commented upon, making it hard to do a complete lineup. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works.
Rhaegar is not described as well as him simply because he has so far appeared in hazy recollections only, where people were more concerned with his character than his body. Sep 16, 2005 he was huge, the biggest man that eddard stark had ever seen. He raised a rebellion against the mad king, aerys targaryen, and was complicit in the murder of the targaryen family. He is the younger brother of king robert baratheon and the older brother of renly baratheon. Their deaths sparked a massive uprising against aerys led by robert, eddard and jon arryn. Sep 03, 2019 how tall are the game of thrones actors. Robert is in his midthirties when the events of the books begin.
Why would robert want to kill jon snow on game of thrones. Mark ian addy born 14 january 1964 is an english actor. I went through the books and came up with a short list. Robert baratheon may be edward ivs older half history. In fact i believe we can simplify roberts character to a. Steffon baratheon was a lord of storms end and head of house baratheon.
Through the eyes of others as the seven kingdoms seeks an new balance of power under a new dynasty. Robert baratheon quotes 5 quotes goodreads share book. Brother to daenerys, father to jon snow and mystery to the rest of us, learn why rhaegar targeryen is the most important character in game of thrones. Prince ryam baratheon is the second son later discovered as the only child of king robert baratheon and queen cersei lannister. The height hierarchy general asoiaf a forum of ice. He was the eldest son and heir of lord steffon baratheon and lady cassana estermont and formerly the lord of storms end. Ok, i was rewatching got s01e01, and when robert baratheon mark addy meets the starks, i was struck by how short he was in comparison to members of the family. Spoilers through book 5 and season 6 of game of thrones. Robert then gave storms end with its lordship of the stormlands to renly baratheon, who was still a small child, rather than stannis. House baratheon is much more than robert, renly, and stannis. Jaime was also mentioned to be tall, around 62 or 63, if memory serves, but compared to the other behemoths, hes tiny. He only appears in the first book of the series a game of thrones, though is mentioned numerous times in the later books by characters such as cersei lannister.
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