Why Aegon The Conqueror Was The Best King Of All Time 😨
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Did you know in the books Aegon the Conqueror ruled Westeros with very little rebellion? This short uses evidence from A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons and The Winds of Winter.
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King Aegon The 1st knew how to balance strength with fairness. As well as how to rely on people and keep them relatively happy.
It also helped that his sisters were important with administration if he wasn't there. Though there was literally nothing people could do with the dragons on his side.
Until Dorne
there were a lot of options people could do against him, despite his dragons / It just takes a YOLO balls to the walls mentality with some degree of cunning, Like the Dornish or Torhen Starks brother
But a lot of people just found it easier to bend the knee since the consequences of that were not so problematic, his rule was not an issue and to some even a benefit, so most must've been like, "eechh why not ? let's see what his rule is like"
@@aburoach9268that stark bastard would have just died quickly you think he was special?
And u acting think they won't have rebelled of they had a chance
You think kings like kneeling for fun
defending women in books isnt gonna get you laid, stop simping.
@@Alex-pb6mxhe’s just saying if someone is crazy enough they can still kill a Targaryen. His own sister sliced his face to prove how inefficient his guards were before naming the first 7 kings guard. Fuck deamon didn’t even kill aegon II with his dragon bro jumped Tf off of it and killed him with a sword
“If you secede from my Union, I will secede your head from your body.”
Which, for most of the dominions, would be about the right share of the body.
@@TV-ge3uj now I'm just imagining Balerion hopping up and down as Aegon shakes a lord's head infront of him while saying: "You want a treat, boy? You want treat?"
In a way he also helped many lords solidify their positions since the others could no longer attack them at will, creating a lot of loyalty amongst the minor lords
I feel like that's because he knew he was conquering a land that was not originally his own and they had lives and customs that should be respected even in his new rule. Whereas eventually his descendants (not all of them obviously ) felt that it was their bloodright to own these lands and people in anyway they saw fit simply because of their lineage and never thought much of what duties they had to the realm.
Yeah, that is a main flaw with s lot of his descendants, they feel entitled to the land
@@vardiganxpl1698 yep over time they became spoiled brats not kings queens and warriors.
Aegon I did bare minimum, he was holding together a loose confederation of kingdoms. Jaehaerys Targeryan was the man that transformed them into an Empire and was arguably the best Targ ruler. My only issue with Targs is awarding the Tullys the riverlands when in actuality they should of made the riverlands an extension of the crownlands.
All riverlords should have sworn directly to the Targs. Harrenhal should have been taken by Targs as Crown property and possibly destroy the old fortress and use the material to build another city on the lake as harrenhal holdings is the most fertile region with rich farmlands. Targs with control of massive crownlands and dozens of small houses owing direct allegiance to the crown. They wouldnt even need their dragons to keep control.
I don’t really think it’s fair to say he did the bare minimum, it IS quite difficult to forge a singular Kingdom where once there were seven, or in his case six. His sister queens and himself gave their lives setting the foundations of rule and even Maegor paved the way for those like Jaehaerys to fix other problems in the realm.
True, but their goal was to prepare for the white walkers in a few centuries. They'd become too heavily involved in border disputes with Casterly Rock and Highgarden. As these kingdoms do have deep border disputes (think of Dorne, the Reach and Stormlands all fighting one another for time immorial for 'The Disputed Lands').
And the Targaryen's will have to be too busy governing the Riverlands properly rather than ruling the 7 kingdoms from Dragonstone. Look at Robert Baratheon, he was too busy getting pissed and f*cked. The Targaryen's may just as easily have been weakened and forget their original prupose if they were busy governing the Riverlands. Becoming just as petty as the Lords whom they came to rule (which I guess sort of happened anyway).
@@BallyBoy95 They could have appointed a Targ to rule as Governor of Riverlands from Harrenhal, all Houses would be sworn to the throne but disputes will be settled by the Targ governor in Harrenhal who will act like a lesser Hand of the king.
Having control over the Riverlands would ahev strengthened them so much.
Lords of the Crownlans are some of the most loyal Targ supporters even during aerys reign. Tullys are a weak house will less history than Blackwoods, Brackets, Mallisters, Mootons, Vance etc who are all wealthier and more noble than Tullys.
@@ezdub5762 I don't disagree about Maegor but Aegon deffo did bare minimum. Its the reason why Aenys had so much trouble and rebellions despite having dragons they still turned on him. Aegon left the faith and various Kingdoms with too much autonomy.
@@BALLARDTWIN he couldn’t have done everything in his lifetime to further transform the realm. He held peace summits with Dorne to deal with the animosity from their war and restored trade, instructed his children in their destiny, his sister wives installed the tenets of the Kingsguard brotherhood and did wonders to protect the women of Westeros with the rule of thumb, and they’ve each kept the formerly warring Kingdoms in line just with his reputation. Tywin had it right both in the show and books, “He changed the game, that’s why the whole world remembers him 300 years after his death.”
Bare minimum is not fair to say, if you’d recall the problems with the Faith were only inspired after his death and the subsequent exile of Maegor. They only got uppity after all of the true dragons were old, dead, or gone, even Visenya said that they wouldn’t have tried anything with Aegon alive. Bare minimum would be like what Danerys originally did when she conquered Mereen and Astapor, freeing the people and installing themselves as a ruler without actually helping the realm heal from the wounds it’s sustained.
You also have to consider he was doing all of this while still learning the customs of the Seven Kingdoms and was still considered a foreign invader, so he left the lords many of their original rights to help them better settle into his rule. He put down two of the rebellions that occurred from the vassal Kingdoms he’d acquired instead of just having the former rulers deal with the traitor themselves. He allowed Dorne and the Ironborne peace instead of trying to end them with Dragon fire, which in both cases he most definitely could’ve eventually done but it would’ve taken time and the realm would likely suffer as a result. He built septs to appease the faith since they’d been loyal and…faithful to his rule, been generally open handed to the people in his realm.
Just like Jaehaerys, he had his own peace called, “The Dragon’s peace” which lasted two decades before ending after his death. As far as I can tell, he did a fantastic job in forging seven Kingdoms into one, every problem that sprung up after his death came from Aenys weakness even after his father’s teaching and aunt’s counsel. Jaehaerys mostly only had to fix his father’s and uncles messes, not his grandfather’s.
TL/DR: He did a bunch of stuff to cement the realm, bro was based and was a fantastic king.
It’s great to see historic parallels in Martins writing. This is probably based on Cyrus the great of Persia. Very similar story and ruling.
We need a show for aegon the 1st
Henry cavil in the lead role plz…rn
@@nawepmukwan7502 no pls no that would be dum af aegon was 20 when he conquered westeros most of what he did was driven by his yputh and ambition having a mid 40s man pertray that would be stupid.
@@etcjr24honestly he can
pass for very late 20’s to early 30’s with proper make up and what not.
Plus it’s a common thing to age up characters compared to books and no one cares much.
So honestly if the age thing is the only qualm… that’s 100% worth it.
He would easily play the greatest Targaryen in history.
You’re the first I’ve seen against that idea tbh, but I guess it wouldn’t be the internet without someone opposing everyone 😂
@@scottmeager5919 no this is not a good way to age up a character because most of what aegon did was driven by his ambition and youth.
@@etcjr24 Cool, still worth the trade off to have Cavill as Aegon, they got rid of his moustache in superman, they can easily make him look younger, if your counter argument to that is “he’s too bulked up to look that young even with his face aged down” my counter to that is they came from Valeria, easy enough to piece together they could easily increased muscle mass through magic, they were well known to do all sorts of crazy ass experiments back then, even dragons are created via mixing those worm things with the …other flying thing, sorry I can’t remember they’re exact names.
But that’s just my opinion anyway.
You’re welcome to yours, but just know you’re not going to change mine mate.
This is an extremely subjective topic, and I respect your right to disagree with me and have your own opinion. 😊
Yeah not sharing WHY I’m saying what I’m saying. Not to force you to believe what I do 🤍
It also helped he was rather progressive in his way of thinking wanting everyeingle one of his newly acquired subjects to refer to themselves as westeros instead which ever region they're from.
Have you done a video on the religions of old Valyria? If you havent please do!!!
Oh please!!!
Where ll he find that? Lol, history of old valayria is lost.
A wise ruler lets his people keep their ways
He probably could've done without when their ways regularly contribute to the instability of the realm.
He is my favourite king . I also really like Jaehaerys
This First Law of the Land also shows that the Lannisters were an Enemy of the Iron Throne when they take out the Castameres and Reynes.
It's even doubtful if that law is his own idea.
I'm still a simp for Maegor
Ppl hate him but Without maegor house targaryen would hv been extinguished 300yrs ago.
aegon basically: "everyone's gonna get along and if we dont get along we will be fewer"
Hell no! Jaehaerys Targaryen was objectively the best and most important king in Westerosi history
@videobooks3
1000% agree. He and the Good Queen were the best rulers
Based on the fact that he and his sisters united Westeros, he also helps
An exception to the Maesters rule. While Aegon was on progress his sister Rhaenys sat on the throne. A petition had been brought to her by “the brother of a woman who had been beater to death by her husband after he caught her with another.” It was the law that a man can chastise his wife “so long as he used a rod no thicker than his thumb.” The brothers argued that the husband struck the woman a hundred times, which the husband didn’t deny. After deliberation with trusted counselors Rhaenys declared that, “Whilst the gods made women to be dutiful to their husbands and so could be lawfully beaten, only six blows might ever be struck- one for each of the Seven, save the Stranger, who is death.” Rhaenys that declared, “ninety-four of the husbands blows had been unlawful and agreed that the dead woman’s brothers could match those blows upon the husband.”
Quotes taken from The World of Ice and Fire.
Some random kingdom: Man, fuck my neighboring country
Aegon: I'm sorry I didn't hear you.
*Aegon and every lord of the country of Westeros stands up from their seats*
Aegon: Could you perhaps… *repeat* that *again* ?
Great videos. I want to support you.
Jaehaerys I was the best king
garth vii
Daeron II
...and then the Faith and the High Lords tried to make a coup d'etat literally one king later, and soon deeply regretted this decision another king later
That's just changed how I think of aegon
Tbh, he held all the cards at that point. He shouldve just ended feudal rule then and there and instated himself as Emperor, an absolute monarch. Eliminated house armies and established a single imperial army. Sure, it wouldve caused rebellions a plenty but the ones that rebel intially can be eradicated. Once the bannermen are fully subsumed into the imperial army, any subsequent rebellions would be stuck with sellswords and peasents, incredibly neutered.
You have to remember he was doing this to stop the white walkers he wasn’t thinking of the issues of succession and internal strife
Alfred the great vibes, except more conquering too
Weird how he didn't take the title, High King or Emperor, whilst leaving the prior rulers with their king titles.
I know, I have always found it weird. Aegon didn’t actually change a lot when one thinks about it. He just made his title slightly more important but the Lords still hold most of the power. They are seven Kingdoms in de jure only but de facto, they are still basically the same. Aegon just wants a cut of the hustle or tax money.
I would have significantly weakened their power and centralised everything.
And without dragons, the Lords just vetoed Aegon V anyway.
@@Chernobyl_Reactor4 Not to mention that to anyone who knows heraldry, the King's crown is a *vassal* 's crown. Crowns of sovereigns are supposed to be closed at the top.
@@TV-ge3uj Westeros isn't the real world. And even in the real world, the model of crowns is diffrent from country to country.
@@bmn6292 Not in this regard. If you look at any (European) crown from history (perhaps other than Napoleon's, who wasn't much for tradition anyway), you won't find a sovereign's crown that is open at the top.
@@TV-ge3uj To be honest, I really don’t mind. Now I am no expert on heraldry. It is such a minor detail and I don’t even like crowns, I like the open crowns because they aren’t as noticeable. I like the minimalist crowns.
Crowns don’t represent anything, it is a symbol of trying to stand out. Many powerful leaders have never worn crowns especially Japanese Emperors who very rarely wore crowns.
In fact, US Presidents never wore crowns and they look epic. And more elegant because crowns can be too much. They were sometimes more powerful than monarchs.
The main problem is that feudalism is not needed with dragons. Maybe the crowns are open because in Westeros, the King is the vassal since he is at the mercy of Lords.
Should have had a standing army at all times
Nobody wanted smoke with him and Balerion 😂 Maybe except Dorne
even dorne didn't want smoke aegon and visenya destroyed dorne with vegeance for what happend to rhaenys.
I want the conquest to come to tv
Best the sounds of it Aegon the conqueor sounds like he was a great king he didn't Push his agenda respect the culture of another people and taxed the Lords of the lands too Bad many Kings or Queen used their people as human shield or tools for their own Ambition
He’s like the Sultan Suleyman for Westeros.
The only reason why Aenys was easily overshadowed by Maegor was because of Aegon I's boldness in ruling. The heir to the conqueror was needed to be just and dominant to fix the leftovers by Aegon. The Fandom likes Maegor just because of that
🤔it Should have been a Show About his 🐉
Aegon may have been a conqueror but he was a fair and wise ruler.
Those who say Jaehaerys was the best king, while it's true that he kept the peace for longer, but his reign was just small rebellions and no full-scale wars. Aegon conquered the realm, kept the peace, AND silenced the rebels all at once. Had he lived longer, he would do a much better job than jaehaerys
As long as the taxes flow in, and the laws are largely indifferent, lords have a hard time rebelling. Lords don't like other lords getting legal privileges they don't, and they're welcome to try to charge higher taxes than an existing burden. They'd be screwing themselves over.
Yeah, good luck. Taxes? In Westeros. Would’ve been a nightmare setting up. He had to have an IQ of Einstein to set something that big and complex up. Hope this really just means he got the Wardens to pay tribute.
Anybody know the music at the background?
Did he live long after the conquest?
Did he outlaw Iornborn from reaving?
When did he do this
Sounds like the British Empire 😂
Man he was really nailing it right up until that last thing. Maegor didn’t do nothing right.
Maegor ran so Jaehaerys could fly. The Conciliator wouldn't have been half as successful if Maegor hadn't broken the power of the Faith
Useless Kinslayer
@@archmaester6594 still, Aegon crawled, stood, and walked.
@@TOMEYEARSAGO Kinslayer? Yes. Useless? No. Perhaps not worth it.
@@TheAbominableDrFaustus he had no soft power. That's why I called him useless, any one can burn down a building if they have a dragon well except for Aenys
Yeah but i also think having literal fire breathing dragons may have helped him to execute these orders lmao.
But he didn’t conquer all of Westeros did he?
The Last Roman
Not truly the best i think Jaeherys I and Daeron II are better, and maybe Aegon V
Nah holy courts are literally private laws, i.e. privileges that ruin a state. Very medieval tho
And just like that, I hate on the first even more you mean to tell me that you, with all your power allowed the churches not to pay taxes
People talk about this as it really happened, is just a book bro just stop
Cgst & sgst 😂
No religion should be exempt from taxation. G0d will provide after all
Aegon was good, but Jahaerys I and Viserys II were better.
So…. Charlemagne lol. Exactly what Charlemagne did. Good choice, it worked for him.
no ....... Karl the Greats empire was litrally devided by himself
@@baronbrummbar8691 the video is not about divisions, it's about the laws he passed. Similar to Carlo Magno :)
@@pinkace this is a standart law
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and it becomes irelevant thanks to the divisions
@@baronbrummbar8691 it wasn't standard before Charlie he made it standard.
Uhm, the best king was Jaehaerys the Old King 🙄
If George Washington became king
I was gonna say, a dragon riding, enemy roasting, sister fucking king version of Gee Dub.
But I thought Westeros did not have slavery?
How very roman
The greatest king
Honestly, i petsonally find the Targeryan family to be the most boring and uninteresting in all fantasy. I'm much more interested in the rest of the world, but Martin only seems interested in that specific family and if I'm being honest, his continued near fetishization of close family incest has me concerned that i need to hear from his two sisters how he was like growing up. He can use history all he wants, but actual history never had the level of brother-sister marriages he keeps trying to force. Most incest marriages for royalty were not brother-sister but rather Cousins as even nobles and royalty knew that could actually be better as, you know, if they never added to the family they would be wiped out by a larger force that united through political marriages. In all of Human history, there still isnt even half actual brother-sister incest as there is in his books.
He based them on the real life Ptolemaic dynasty which descended from Alexander the Great's red haired general Ptolemy. The dynasty almost exclusively married siblings because they refused to marry non-Greeks and wanted to keep red hair in the family similar to the Targaryens trying to keep their white hair. The last of the dynasty of course was the infamous Cleopatra who was married to her brothers and her parents were siblings as were her only 2 grandparents.