Joffrey Baratheon spoils Rhaenyra
6 Aegon II Targaryen
Viserys' first male son, Aegon II Targaryen became heir to the Iron Throne after the Greens ignored Viserys' original declaration, overstepping Aegon's half-sister Rhaenyra in the process. Aegon II's rule as the 6th king of Westeros did not go smoothly, as Rhaenyra refused to accept his reign.
Eventually, Rhaenyra is killed, as is Aegon II, meaning both major claimants to the Iron Throne are dead. As Aegon had no heirs, the Iron Throne fell to Aegon III, Rhaenyra's firstborn son with Daemon Targaryen.
While it seemed that Daemon would never stoop to harming his wife, a shocking twist occurs when he takes out his anger and grief on Rhaenyra by choking her, setting a precedent for Daemon before House of the Dragon's most agonizing scene.
King Aegon II effectively wins the war when he has Rhaenyra burned and eaten by his dragon, Sunfyre. However, he has been badly maimed throughout the events of the Dance of the Dragons, and Rhaenyra's death does not stop the advance of her reinforcements from the North led by Lord Cregan Stark.
The moment happens in season 3, episode 4, “And Now His Watch Is Ended,” when Joffrey Lannister is chilling with Margaery Tyrell and giddily explains, “Rhaenyra Targaryen was murdered by her brother, or rather, his dragon. It ate her while her son watched. What's left of her is buried in the crypts right down there.”
Princess Rhaenyra rules as Queen Rhaenyra for about half a year on the Iron Throne. As many of her children are killed, she flees King's Landing after a riot known as the Storming of the Dragonpit, and is eventually caught. Her half-brother, Alicent's son Aegon II, feeds her to his dragon, Sunfyre.
Joffrey Baratheon spoils Rhaenyra Targaryen's fate on Game of Thrones. As Joffrey tells us, eventually, Rhaenyra's half-brother Aegon Targaryen will feed her to his dragon Sunfyre. She dies as her son, Aegon III, watches.
We're reminded he's still that violent man who killed his wife all those years ago. Daemon chokes Rhaenyra because he's angry, because he feels she's making the wrong decision, and probably even because she reminds him of his late brother. And because he doesn't have self-control.
With no one left to help her, Aegon II demanded his dragon Sunfyre to kill and then consume his older sister right in front of the eyes of her last remaining child and future king, Aegon The Younger.
Rhaenyra never regains power, and she is ultimately betrayed, turned over to Aegon, and killed by his dragon Sunfyre.
Sunfyre devoured Rhaenyra in six bites, leaving only her left leg below the shin. Prince Aegon the Younger was forced to watch his mother die, and Elinda Massey allegedly gouged out her eyes in horror.
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) finally had sex on House of the Dragon. After teasing their deep connection for weeks, making out in a brothel, and flirting their way through King's Landing, uncle and niece at long last did the dirty.
Rhaenyra's eleven year-old son, Aegon the Younger, was crowned king, and married to Aegon II's daughter and only remaining child, Jaehaera Targaryen, uniting the claims.
Daemon Targaryen dies in battle fighting his nephew Aemond.
The pair meet in the Riverlands, both atop their dragons, and have a prolonged fight above a lake known as the God's Eye. In the end, Daemon leaps from Caraxes onto Vhagar and stabs Aemond through his sapphire eye.
As for Rhaenyra Targaryen, she grew up believing she would rule Westeros. But when the time came, her enemies and family stole the crown from her. She answered with fire and blood and was destroyed by them.
The final shot of House of the Dragon Episode 7 confirms that Laenor Velaryon is NOT dead. LAENOR IS ALIVE, FOLKS! Daemon and Rhaenyra didn't plot Laenor's death with Ser Qarl, but rather they planned how to fake Laenor's death.
While this is a revelation in and of itself, this sequence also highlights the truth of Daemon and Rhaenyra - he is an abuser and she is his victim, albeit perhaps one who does not see herself as a victim.
Later on in the episode, Corlys and Rhaenys deliver the news to Viserys that Rhea is dead, explaining that her neck and skull were crushed after she fell off of her horse. So yes, unfortunately, Rhea dies in this episode. And though we don't see it on screen, we can assume that Daemon did kill her.
Rhaenrya takes the news of her son's death none too well. The look she gives the camera upon Daemon delivering the news suggests she is ready to burn Alicent's family alive. The Season 1 finale was named “The Black Queen,” and it seems that Rhaenyra is finally ready to take on that title.
It was during the show-around, trying to win Margery's heart by telling her gruesome stories, Joffrey spoils House of the Dragon for us. In the episode of Game of Thrones, Joffrey says: “Rhaenyra Targaryen was murdered by her brother, or rather his dragon. It ate her while her son watched.
Rhaena continued to ride Dreamfyre until her death in 73 AC. Her body was cremated at Harrenhal, and King Jaehaerys ordered that her ashes be interred there as well, near where her husband Aegon had died by the Gods Eye.
King Aegon III Targaryen
Although he reclaims the capital, Aegon II Targaryen never sits the Iron Throne again after Rhaenyra's death. As such, the next character to sit on the Iron Throne after Rhaenyra is her son King Aegon III Targaryen, who was introduced in House of the Dragon season 1, episode 8.
Just as he had predicted, Otto was the first to be beheaded as a traitor by Rhaenyra after the fall of King's Landing in 130 AC.
Rhaenyra's baby died during childbirth.
We only briefly see Visenya in the TV series, but Fire and Blood, the book House of the Dragon is based on, gives a detailed description of the malformed baby. According to the book Visenya, like Maegor the cruel's children, was born with scaled dragon-like skin and a small tail.