He was the son of Aegon IV and his fifth mistress Barba Bracken. In his personal arms, he reversed the colors of the Targaryen Coat of Arms: they depicted a black three-headed dragon on a red field.
He founded House Blackfyre (named after the sword), and all of his successors bore his arms. He was the most important of the bastard sons of Aegon IV his father also gave him Blackfyre, the sword of Aegon I, that was considered the real royal heirloom, a symbol of the royalty itself more than a crown.īecause of this, he was a pretender to the throne, contesting the succession and legitimacy to rule of Daeron II. The most famous bastard sons of House Targaryen were the Great Bastards of Aegon IV in his deathbed, the King legitimized them all, causing five major rebellions and more than sixty years of troubles all the males had a personal Coat of Arms derived in part of the standard Targaryen three-headed dragon. Requests, Comments and Feedbackįinally, if you would like to help improve DrawShield or have suggestions for new features please go to the Contacts page.I'm focusing my answer on bastard sons Aegon's answer has covered pretty much all the legitimate Targaryens, there is no point to duplicate information If you are in the UK I suggest contacting Green Dragon Genealogy for a personalised and professional service. (Disclosure: the author has provided consultancy to ). If you are in North America I can highly recommend. Looking For Your Family History or Coat of Arms?ĭrawShield is just for creating and sharing heraldry, if you want to find your family coat of arms or family I suggest contactingĪ professional genealogist. To get the best out of DrawShield you really need to learn blazonry - this is very authentic (just like a proper herald!) and gives you a great deal of flexibility but can be difficult to learn and frustrating to use! If you prefer a more guided approach to creating coats of arms please take a look at.
As well as the guide and tutorial mentioned above there is a good on-line Grammar of Blazonry written by Bruce Miller of the Society for Creative Anachronism, most of which can be applied directly to Drawshield.
If you would like to learn more about Blazonry and Heraldry there are many books available on the subject, almost all of which cover at least the basics of the blazon language. Other Information on Blazonry and Heraldry
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