"Our people need to know where they stand. Everyone knows I'm ill. Who is to rule when I am gone? You are a princess. I have no son. Your husband will be king."
—Thorsson, Blood of Beasts
"A man without sons is a man without a future."
Empress Matilda:
Starts in 1135,
When King Henry my father died,
And I think you'll find named me; Matilda as his heir,
But his nephew Stephen said:
Stephen of Blois:
That crown should be upon my head,
I'm a man and men come first.
What? It's only fair.
Starts in 1135,
When King Henry my father died,
And I think you'll find named me; Matilda as his heir,
But his nephew Stephen said:
Stephen of Blois:
That crown should be upon my head,
I'm a man and men come first.
What? It's only fair.
King Henry VIII my father hoped I'd have some Tudor brothers.
Mum had no sons so rather I got plenty of stepmothers.
When at last Prince Ed was born the crown I bid adieu,
They said as king he must be sworn, boys go first in the queue.
Mum had no sons so rather I got plenty of stepmothers.
When at last Prince Ed was born the crown I bid adieu,
They said as king he must be sworn, boys go first in the queue.
"Men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne."
— Rhaenys Targaryen, House of the Dragon
