Robert Baratheon

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Robert Baratheon
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon
First appearance	Literature: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Winter Is Coming" (2011)
Last appearance	Literature: A Clash of Kings (1998) Television: "You Win or You Die" (2011)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Adapted by	D. B. Weiss & David Benioff (Game of Thrones)
Portrayed by	Mark Addy
In-universe information
Aliases	The Usurper Novels: Demon of the Trident The Whoremonger King Television: The Stag King
Gender	Male
Title	King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men Lord of the Seven Kingdoms Protector of the Realm Lord of Storm's End Lord Paramount of the Stormlands
Occupation	King War general and revolutionary figure
Family	House Baratheon
Spouse	Cersei Lannister
Children	Mya Stone Bella Gendry Edric Storm Barra Several others (with various women) Joffrey Baratheon (legal son) Myrcella Baratheon (legal daughter) Tommen Baratheon (legal son) Television: Unnamed infant son with Cersei
Relatives	Steffon Baratheon (father) Cassana Estermont (mother) Stannis Baratheon (brother) Renly Baratheon (brother) Shireen Baratheon (niece)

Robert Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and its television adaptation Game of Thrones, where he is portrayed by English actor Mark Addy.

Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Robert is the eldest son and heir of Lord Steffon Baratheon. He is a close friend to Ned Stark, and both of them were wards of Lord Jon Arryn. After his betrothed Lyanna Stark was allegedly kidnapped by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, and Eddard's father and brother were murdered by Rhaegar's father, the "Mad King" Aerys II Targaryen, Robert, Ned, and Jon started a rebellion. After crushing the Targaryen dynasty and winning the war, during which Lyanna died, Robert took the Iron Throne. He married Tywin Lannister's daughter, Cersei, to ensure political stability. Although Robert's reign is relatively peaceful, he proves to be an ineffective ruler. He is unhappy in his marriage to Cersei, whom he abuses, and his responsibilities as king, and lives a life of infidelity and wanton excess. He fathers many bastards and is unaware that his three children with Cersei had been fathered by her twin brother Jaime Lannister.

Although Robert dies in the first novel, the legacy of his rebellion and reign continues to have a great impact on the contemporary events of Westeros. His death creates a power vacuum in which his brothers and Cersei's eldest son, Joffrey, fight for control of the Seven Kingdoms while Robb Stark and Balon Greyjoy fight for secession, known as the War of Five Kings.