who is egg targaryen

Egg Targaryen is actually Aegon V Targaryen, a Targaryen prince who travels incognito as a bald boy squire nicknamed “Egg” long before he unexpectedly becomes king of Westeros.

Who “Egg” Targaryen Is

• Real name: Aegon Targaryen, later King Aegon V Targaryen.

• Nickname: “Egg,” a childhood nickname given by his brother Aemon (the future Maester Aemon of the Night’s Watch).

• Family: Son of Prince Maekar Targaryen, younger brother to Aerion and Daeron, and brother of Aemon, plus sisters Rhae and Daella.

• Disguise: Shaves his head and poses as a lowborn boy so people won’t recognize him as a Targaryen prince.

In the “Dunk and Egg” stories (and the new A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms show), Egg serves as squire to Ser Duncan the Tall, wandering the Seven Kingdoms and learning about common folk, politics, and knighthood from the road rather than from a royal court.

From Bald Squire To King

• As a boy, Egg insists on becoming Duncan’s squire instead of serving his drunken brother Daeron, which pulls him out into the wider world.

• Their adventures take them to places like Ashford and later into major political events such as the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.

• Much later in life, after other claimants die or are passed over, a Great Council chooses Aegon (Egg) as king, making him King Aegon V Targaryen.

Fans often describe him as more compassionate and grounded than many Targaryens precisely because of those rough years on the road, seeing the realm from a smallfolk’s perspective instead of a dragon throne.

Why He’s Trending Now

• The HBO prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, released in 2026, puts Egg on screen as the scrappy, sharp-tongued bald kid traveling with Dunk.

• Viewers who only knew “Aegon V” as a historical name from Game of Thrones or Fire & Blood are now realizing, “Oh, that king was the same kid as Egg,” sparking a wave of forum threads, explainer videos, and wiki dives.

So if you see people asking “who is Egg Targaryen?” in 2026, they’re basically asking:

Who is this bald squire kid in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and how does he end up as King Aegon V Targaryen in Westerosi history?

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