Their original castle was almost always given to the heir to the throne, the Prince of Dragonstone. The Aegonfort was later torn down and replaced by the Red Keep, which remained their main seat for the duration of their dynasty, and which housed the Iron Throne. They resided for more than a century at Dragonstone on the island of the same name, until Aegon the Conqueror and his sister-wives, Visenya and Rhaenys, began the first of the Wars of Conquest in 2 BC.ĭuring Aegon's Conquest, the family built the Aegonfort in the new capital city of King's Landing. The only family of dragonlords who survived the Doom of Valyria, the Targaryens left the Valyrian Freehold twelve years before the Doom. It eventually became the first royal house of the Seven Kingdoms, as House Targaryen of King's Landing. The Targaryen sigil is a three-headed dragon breathing flames, red on black. House Targaryen is a noble family of Valyrian descent who has ruled the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros for over three-hundred years.
