how old is duncan the tall

Duncan the Tall (Ser Duncan, “Dunk”) is a fictional character from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire universe, and his exact age is never pinned down precisely in the stories. However, we can narrow it down quite well.

Quick Scoop: How old is Duncan the Tall?

• In the Dunk and Egg novellas, Duncan himself isn’t sure of his own birth year; he grew up as an orphan in Flea Bottom and doesn’t know his exact age.

• Textual clues place his birth roughly between 191–193 AC in the in‑world timeline.

• The first novella, The Hedge Knight , is set in 209 AC, and at that time Dunk thinks he’s about 16 or 17. That lines up with the 191–193 AC estimate.

• He later dies in 259 AC during the Tragedy of Summerhall alongside King Aegon V and others.

So, how old does that make him?

If he was born between 191–193 AC and died in 259 AC, Duncan the Tall would have been roughly:

• Around 66–68 years old at his death at Summerhall.

• Mid‑teens (about 16–17) during The Hedge Knight era, when most readers first meet him.

Because the character himself doesn’t know his exact birthday and the books only give a range, fans usually answer the “how old is Duncan the Tall?” question with “mid‑teens in the first novella and around his late 60s when he dies.”

In short: Duncan the Tall is about 16–17 in The Hedge Knight , born around 191–193 AC, and roughly late 60s when he dies at Summerhall in 259 AC.

Little extra for current fans

With the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms show, the actor cast as Dunk (Peter Claffey) is in his late 20s, which makes on‑screen Duncan look a bit older and more mature than his book counterpart, even though the show is clearly adapting those early hedge‑knight years.

TL;DR: Duncan the Tall doesn’t have a precise canon age, but lore places his birth around 191–193 AC and his death at 259 AC, making him mid‑teens in the early stories and late 60s when he dies.

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