A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (the Dunk & Egg stories) is set about a century before Game of Thrones , during the reign of the Targaryen dynasty and in the aftermath of the Blackfyre Rebellions. The HBO series adaptation is specifically placed 89 years before the events of Game of Thrones.

Where it sits in the timeline

  • The stories take place in Westeros when the Targaryens still rule from the Iron Throne.
  • It is “almost 100 years before A Game of Thrones ,” meaning several generations separate Dunk & Egg from characters like Ned Stark and Daenerys.
  • The era remembers dragons as a recent loss: the last dragons are gone, but their memory has not yet faded from living recollection.

Political era and context

  • The setting is after the First Blackfyre Rebellion, in a period of lingering Targaryen vs. Blackfyre tension and recurring plots against the crown.
  • King Daeron II and his successors are working to stabilize the realm, but loyalties remain divided, giving the stories a background of simmering civil conflict.

Relation to Game of Thrones (show)

  • Official descriptions of the TV series frame it as “a century before Game of Thrones ,” following Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg wandering Westeros.
  • Franchise material and fan wikis nail this down more precisely as 89 years before the events of Game of Thrones.

TL;DR: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is set in Westeros roughly 90–100 years before Game of Thrones , under Targaryen rule, with the Blackfyre Rebellions and the fading memory of dragons shaping the political backdrop.