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‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 family tree: How the Targaryens, Hightowers, and Velaryons connect<\/h1>\n
Here’s your refresher on Westeros’ most incestuous family \u2014 now updated for Season 3.<\/div>\n
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House of the Dragon<\/em><\/a>Season 3<\/a> is here, and you know what that means: It’s time to take a climb into the very tangled branches of the Targaryen family tree.<\/p>\n

Over the first two seasons<\/a> of House of the Dragon<\/em>, some of these branches have been pruned. (RIP to the many Targs who’ve perished<\/a> in this bloody show.) However, Season 2 also added its fair share of new offshoots, further complicating the knotted web between Houses Targaryen, Velaryon, and Hightower. Season 3 has complicated it even further, with new deaths and the face reveal of one Daeron Targaryen. If you’re looking for a refresher on that web as you head into the second half of Season 3, we’ve got you covered.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:<\/span>‘House of the Dragon’ review: Season 3 atones for the sins of Season 2<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

Below, you’ll find the Targaryen family tree as it stands as of House of the Dragon <\/em>Season 3, episode 4, as well as a rundown of the characters and how they connect.<\/p>\n

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Which Targaryens have died since Season 2?<\/h2>\n

There were two key deaths in the Targaryen family in Season 2: one on the Greens’ side and one on the Blacks’. <\/p>\n

Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen’s (Emma D’Arcy) camp lost Princess Rhaenys<\/a> (Eve Best), also known as the Queen Who Never Was. Meanwhile, King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Queen Helaena (Phia Saban) lost their young son Jaehaerys<\/a> when gold cloak Blood (Sam C. Wilson) and rat catcher Cheese (Mark Stobbart) assassinated him on Prince Daemon’s (Matt Smith) orders.<\/p>\n

There are still plenty of Targaryens left standing, though. Here’s who to watch out for in Season 3.<\/p>\n

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The Targaryen family tree: Rhaenyra, Daemon, and their children<\/h2>\n
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Rhaenyra heads up the Team Black branch of the Targaryen family tree, with her husband\/uncle Daemon by her side. (It was touch and go for a minute in Season 2, but after a life-changing study abroad trip to Harrenhal, complete with witches and visions, Daemon is finally ready to accept Rhaenyra as his queen.)<\/p>\n

Their two young sons, Aegon and Viserys, are on their way to Pentos for protection after a brief pit stop in the Vale. However, Rhaenyra and Daemon’s children from their prior marriages are still in Westeros and locked in on Rhaenyra’s fight for the throne.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:<\/span>‘House of the Dragon’ cut a fan favorite book character. But is that a bad thing?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

Rhaenyra’s son Jacaerys<\/a> (Harry Collett) and Daemon’s daughter Baela (Bethany Antonia) are both dragonriders. Daemon’s other daughter, Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell)<\/a>, doesn’t have a dragon, which is why she was sent off as Aegon and Viserys’ guardian. However, when they went to Pentos, she remained behind in the Vale, hoping to tame its wild dragon Sheepstealer. As of Season 3, she’s successfully claimed Sheepstealer, but at a cost: He went rogue during the Battle of the Gullet, and his interference helped lead to Jace’s tragic death. Now, Rhaenyra wants Sheepstealer’s rider’s head, and only Daemon and Lady Jeyne Arryn (Amanda Collin) know the truth of her identity.<\/p>\n

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The Targaryen family tree: Alicent Hightower and her children<\/h2>\n
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Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) remains the matriarch of Team Green, although she’s growing increasingly regretful about her role in the war for succession. (So regretful, in fact, that she’s offered to surrender the Iron Throne to Rhaenyra.) She had four children with the late King Viserys (Paddy Considine).<\/p>\n

The eldest, Aegon, remains King of Westeros. His younger brother Aemond<\/a> (Ewan Mitchell) attempted to kill him in a dragon dogfight at the Battle of Rook’s Rest, and once Aegon recovered from his worst injuries, he fled King’s Landing with the help of Larys Strong (Matthew Needham). Now Aemond is Prince Regent, and Alicent is trying her best to get herself and her daughter Helaena out of harm’s way.<\/p>\n

Alicent’s youngest son Daeron (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) makes his official House of the Dragon <\/em>debut in Season 3, episode 4, although he’s been hiding in plain sight since the Season 3 premiere<\/a>. He’s a ward of House Hightower and squire to Lord Ormund Hightower (James Norton), who’s engineering his own plot \u2014 involving a fake Daeron<\/a> \u2014 to place him on the throne. <\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:<\/span>‘House of the Dragon’ pulls a Daeron Targaryen switcheroo that isn’t in ‘Fire and Blood’<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

The Hightower family tree: Otto, Gwayne, and Ormund<\/h2>\n
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In addition to Alicent, the rest of House Hightower continues to be a major player in House of the Dragon<\/em>. Her father, Otto Hightower<\/a> (Rhys Ifans), former hand of the King, was the first Green loyalist to be executed under Rhaenyra’s reign. Elsewhere, Alicent’s brother Gwayne (Freddie Fox) has been traipsing around the Seven Kingdoms with Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), a nightmare we wouldn’t wish on even our worst enemies.<\/p>\n

House of the Dragon <\/em>Season 3 also introduces a new member of the Hightower family: Lord Ormund<\/a>, head of House Hightower. His late father Hobert (Steffan Rhodri) was Otto’s oldest brother, making Ormund Alicent and Gwayne’s cousin.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:<\/span>‘House of the Dragon’s Ormund Hightower cooks up a villainous plan that isn’t in the book<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

The Velaryon family tree: Corlys and his sons Alyn and Addam<\/h2>\n
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Rhaenyra’s Hand is Corlys Velaryon<\/a> (Steve Toussaint), also known as the Sea Snake due to his naval prowess<\/a>. Over the course of House of the Dragon<\/em>, he’s lost his wife Rhaenys, as well as their children Laena (Nanna Blondell) and Laenor (John Macmillan).<\/p>\n

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