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Robert Baratheon
Robert Baratheon, the head of House Baratheon, was crowned King of the Seven Kingdoms after winning the War of the Usurper and taking the crown from Aerys II Targaryen, his first cousin once removed. Robert fought the war to keep the hand of Lyanna Stark, with the aid of her brother, his close friend Eddard. Due to Lyanna's death, Robert married Cersei Lannister to ensure political stability. He is King of Westeros at the beginning of the novels.

Robert was the first son of Lady Cassana and Lord Steffon Baratheon, head of House Baratheon and lord paramount of the Stormlands. He was born and raised in the Baratheon family seat of Storm's End. He was a scant year older than his brother Stannis. Many years later a third Baratheon brother was born, named Renly.
When they were still young, Robert and Stannis watched as their parents died in a shipwreck within sight of Storm's End, making Robert the Lord of Storm's End. Lord Robert went to foster with Lord Jon Arryn at the Eyrie in the Vale of Arryn, along with Eddard Stark. They soon became fast friends and Jon Arryn, who had no sons of his own, came to treat them as his own family.
Robert fell in love with Eddard's sister Lyanna who was promised to him by her father Lord Rickard. At the time Robert already had a bastard daughter, which led to Lyanna commenting that Robert would never keep to one bed. Some time after this event Lyanna was apparently kidnapped and taken by Crown Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. The kidnapping set in motion a chain of events that lead to Robert's Rebellion.

News of the kidnap led Lyanna's eldest brother Brandon and later her father Rickard to King's Landing demanding justice, both were executed by the Mad King, Aerys II Targaryen, who demanded that Jon Arryn turn over Robert and Eddard as well. Lord Jon rose up in rebellion instead, with Eddard (now Lord of Winterfell) and Robert rallying the North and the Stormlands respectively. Robert, whose descent gave him the best claim to the throne of the three lords, soon became the leader of the revolt, which became known as Robert's Rebellion. At the Battle of Gulltown, Robert slew Marq Grafton.
Robert began gathering his banners at Storm's End, but he was separated from his allies in the North. Moreover, some of his bannermen decided to remain loyal to the throne and began gathering their strength at Summerhall. Robert learned of this plan and defeated them all, winning three battles in a single day. While attempting to link up with the forces in the North, Robbert suffered a defeat at the Battle of Ashford and was later trapped in the town of Stoney Sept where he hid in a brothel and bedded nearly every whore while hiding there.
A Targaryen army eventually led by Lord Jon Connington arrived and began to search the town for Robert; Robert was saved when a rebel force from the North joined him and the Battle of the Bells began. He led the combined forces of Baratheon, Stark, Arryn, and Tully to victory over the royal forces led by Rhaegar at the Battle of the Trident and personally killed the crown prince, securing a victory.
Although he won the rebellion and killed Rhaegar, Roberts hatred of his slain foe had not diminished and when Tywin Lannister presented Robert with the mutilated bodies of Rhaegar's wife and two young children, Robert was actually pleased they were dead. Eddard Stark on the other hand was outraged and disgusted by the act, calling it murder, and saying the young prince and princess were no more than babes. Robert's callous response was:
"I see no babes, only dragonspawn".
Even Jon Arryn could not cool the rage and argument that followed between Robert and Eddard over that. Eddard left the Red Keep in a black rage to relieve Storm's End, where Stannis languished under siege. It took the death of Lyanna and their shared grief to reunite the pair in friendship. Robert was thereafter haunted by her memory and the desire for further vengeance against the slain Rhaegar.

Robert's claim to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms was based on his grandmother being Rhaelle Targaryen, daughter of King Aegon V, thus giving him a much stronger claim to the throne than the Arryns, Tullys or Starks.
With King's Landing fallen, Aerys, Rhaegar, and their heirs dead or in exile, the lords of the Seven Kingdoms swore fealty to Robert and accepted him as King. He pardoned many of his former enemies and won some over as allies.
Dorne however, never forgot or forgave the fact that Robert condoned the cold blooded murders of Elia Martell and her children Rhaenys and Aegon. Lord Jon Arryn managed to negotiate a truce with Dorne and a grudging acceptance of Robert's reign. Robert appointed Jon Arryn as his Hand of the King. Jon Arryn, along with Robert's brother Stannis, held the Seven Kingdoms together while Robert ate, drank, hunted, and whored.
Robert began his reign by marrying Cersei Lannister in a political marriage intended to bring stability to the kingdom. The marriage was not a happy one. During their wedding night Robert, while drunk, accidentally whispered, "Lyanna," an act that earned him his new wife's hatred. The queen secretly cheated on him with her brother Jaime, killing Robert's seed and his hope for heirs. Cersei bore three children: Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen. In his unhappiness Robert took to drink, feasting and sleeping with other women. In this way he had several bastard children.
Six years after taking the crown, Robert and Eddard joined forces again to crush the Greyjoy Rebellion, which cemented Robert's position on the Iron Throne. Robert subsequently beggared the realm with the expense of his tournaments and feasts, despite the fact Aerys had left treasure vaults overflowing with gold. Robert's spending eventually left the crown in debt of over six million golden dragons (borrowing heavily from the Lannisters, the Tyrells, the Faith and the Iron Bank of Braavos).
Due to his frequent whoring, Robert also sired many bastards. According to Donal Noye, he changed by becoming a king, and not for the better. Robert Baratheon also learned to close his eyes to anything he did not wish to see, a fact best proven when he was presented with the bodies of Rhaegars children.

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