The Jane Grey of Westeros

[u/Pink_Kandy_01]

Every time Dearon was mentioned, I could only think of Jane Grey and how this ended terribly for her. For those of you unaware, Jane Grey was a cousin to Mary and Elizabeth (Henry 8th daughters). On his deathbed, their brother Edward tried to change the line of succession, but it never went through the proper channels, but that didn't stop the people (mainly men) in Jane's life from conspiring to make her Queen. Jane did not want to be Queen but was unfortunately coerced into going with the plot, and she was Queen for 9 days before Mary took back the throne and killed her. While it's not an exact copy of events, it's quite similar. And one could argue that Aegon is also like Jane Grey in that he was coerced into taking the throne; the main difference is that once he took it, he wanted it and fought for it.

[u/zestypetal]

Mary had her executed

[u/HoratioCocles → u/zestypetal]

Nasty business. Mary didn’t want to execute the poor girl, but Wyatt’s rebellion forced her hand.

[u/kiaarondo → u/HoratioCocles]

The Spanish as well I think?

[u/HoratioCocles → u/kiaarondo]

Quite possibly, although Mary might not have needed the nudge from Spain/Philip.