Helaena Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar I)

Queen Helaena Targaryen was the only daughter of King Rhaegar I Targaryen and his wife, Queen Olenna Tyrell. Born in 422 A.C., Helaena would go on to wed her brother, Aenar I, and give birth to three children from that union. She reigned as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms for a time and is regarded as the only true romance of the Old King’s life. Though her love for her brother is well documented, the late queen is known to have been a woman of rather a capricious nature. She was a patron of the arts, and had a particular ear for music, having cultivated the career of many a bard.

Her reign as queen was short, for in giving birth to her third child, Vaella, where she—like so many women before her—perished. Her death greatly affected both her children and her husband, and indeed, precipitated a dynastic contest between those of her bloodline, through Prince Viserys, and Aenar’s second wife, Queen Patrice.

Queen Helaena was a dragon rider, being the first to ride upon the elegant Starfyre, said to be the most beautiful dragon that yet lived in Westeros.