If Robert’s Rebellion had succeeded, but Robert himself had been killed, who would have been crowned? Would the lack of a charismatic war leader like Robert Baratheon to crown have caused the kingdom to break up, reverting to how it was before Aegon the Conqueror?

an-easy-word-to-like:

violet-eyes-silver-hair:

winelover1989:

doublehex:

racefortheironthrone:

1. Stannis. 

2. No. 

I think if you want the kingdoms to split, you would need both Robert AND Stannis to die.

Excuse me but there’s still Renley who was quite loved by the general public & was a good politician for peaceful times. Wasn’t he the brother running the government in KL anyway?

@winelover1989 fair point, but wasn’t renly a young kid by then?

If the entire Baratheon line had been killed, then they would have just traced up the Targ family tree until they found a suitable candidate. The best tie by blood I could see would be the Martells, the second best would be House Plumm.

Then again if Robert and his hatred for the Targs died with him, that would leave Ned, Jon Arryn and Hoster Tully the defacto leader of the rebellion, and they could just as easily invite Rhaella back to the capital with Viserys to take the place as King. Or if Ned found Lyanna, put Jon on the throne with a regent. 

I could be wrong.

I’ve seen this scenario around the web in various places, but I don’t think it’s particularly plausible. Installing a Targaryen after you’ve overthrown and killed multiple Targaryens in the name of a non-Targaryen is a very good recipe for being executed when that Targaryen comes of age. However merciful Jon Arryn and Co. were, they were not blind to their own interests.