Joffrey I Baratheon

King Joffrey I Baratheon was the nineteenth ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and the second monarch of the Baratheon Dynasty, his lineage albeit disputed. He was legally the first child and elder son of Robert I Baratheon and his wife, Queen Cersei Lannister, and the older brother of Myrcella and Tommen I Baratheon, although in reality he and his siblings were bastards born of an incestuous affair between Cersei and her brother, Jaime. He reigned from 298 AC until his assassination in 301 AC, and was succeeded by his brother, Tommen I Baratheon. He was formally styled as Joffrey of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm.

Born in King's Landing, Joffrey was spoilt, belligerent and cruel from his youth. Following the death of Jon Arryn and his replacement as Hand by Lord Eddard Stark, he was betrothed to Eddard's daughter, Sansa Stark. During his time as Hand, Eddard uncovered the truth about Joffrey's true parentage, but not before King Robert was fatally wounded in a boar hunt. Joffrey had Eddard imprisoned and later executed when he attempted to remove Joffrey and Cersei from power, leading to the War of the Five Kings. During the war, Joffrey broke his betrothal to Sansa in favour of Margaery Tyrell, but during the wedding feast, Joffrey was covertly assassinated by Margaery's grandmother, Olenna Tyrell, not wanting her granddaughter to be married to 'a monster' such as Joffrey. The assassination was blamed on Joffrey's uncle, Tyrion Lannister, with Olenna only revealing the truth to Jaime just before her own death during the Sack of Highgarden.