A few days ago, Martin compared Daeron II with Edward II of England in the Mysticon. Do you agree? Do you see any other historical figures he could have based Daeron on?
Wait, are you sure it was Daeron II and Edward II? Because that would be pretty controversial, given how much of the fandom really buys into the Daeron the Good narrative, when Edward II was a pretty thorough failure as a king.
I saw this reported as well, from a few different people at Mysticon. Strangely, I didn’t see any explanation why GRRM thought the Good King and one of the worst Plantagenet kings were alike (perhaps he did and I just missed it). Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
The Queen Regent (NFriel)
I was just as confused but this cleared it up a little bit.
AHAH! Interesting. I guess is I could see that. A lot of Edward II’s bad publicity came from his favoritism to Piers Gaveston and the Barons Despenser, so I could see the parallels between that and the critiques of Daeron II as favoring the Dornish.
But man were they different in terms of capability when it came to government.
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