Sometimes I think that George RR Martin is peering into an alternate reality. These characters and backstories are too well thought out.

I've always wondered why she was never brought up on the show. Daenerys never asked about her either. I wonder if she'll be talked about more in the upcoming books.

Finally something about her, everyone forgets about her

Everyone always wants to talk about and compare Daenerys to her father (and after season 8, it's inevitable now), but I always wanted to compare Dany and Rhaella. What happened to Rhaella wasn't fair. She did her duty like she was supposed to, but I don't think she was ever happy in her life.

Rhaella would've been proud of what Daenerys has achieved in her life. She never would have thought that her daughter would bring dragons back to the world and free slaves.

The lore is so rich and detailed, you would think they were a real family in the real world!

One of the sadder I moments I remember reading from the books is when Jaime has like a flashback of his early days as a kingsguard and is standing outside the royal couple's bedroom with one of his sworn brothers. They both could hear Aerys raping his wife and Jaime, feeling disgusted, mentions that they're duty bound to protect to queen but gets told "yes but not from him".

When Jaime was a Kingsgaurd to Aerys, he was guarding the Queen’s chambers when he overheard Aerys raping Rhaella. As he had to overhear her cries of pain, he told the other guard Ser Darry that they’re sworn to defend their Queen, too. Ser Darry just said, “We are, but not from him.” I have to wonder if this was just another reason among the rest that Jaime finally plunged his sword into the Mad King.

I can't imagine how taxing it is for Rhaella's body to be getting pregnant THAT many times god damn

Rhaella had a very tragic life… she saw so many of her children die, and Aerys blamed her for that. She had to live in fear and abusement … She gave life to a gentle prince, a monster and a dragon. The prince died in the battle for his love, the moster was slain by the dragons wrath. The dragon was once hope for Westeros, but that hope became fear. While the dragon whispered her name in the East, the lion fought the wolf, and in doing so, the wheel spinned and crushed those on the ground. The dragon heard their voices and flew to the West, hoping she would claim what once was her mother's prison. Once a gentle heart turned into fire, and so the dragon was awakened… She burnt the lion's cage, and love she once wanted to share became hate. Their hope became fear. But the dragon had a weakness in her armor… love. Love for a gentle dragon raised by the wolves. And so the last of Rhaella's children died… If only she had a chance to meet her daughter and raise her with love...

She was a very very strong woman in my opinion to have put up with all she did.

It’s amazing how 1 man invented this whole world with all these characters with their back stories, family trees, country’s, languages, cuisines, their own histories etc it’s just amazing. Your a genius George!!

The mothers

I feel like if Rhaella survived the childbirth, things wouldn't be so different. She was not in a good mental state due to all the r@pes, abuses and isolation that she went through. It's hard to say what would happen if she stayed with Dany and Viserys during their time on Essos, but I clearly see her favoring Daenerys due to Viserys' narcissistic and paranoid behaviors. He would remind her of Aerys, I'm sure of it.

Rhaella reminds me of Catherine of Aragon. King Henry's VIII's first wife. Catherine had many miscarriages and stillbirths.

Can we appreciate how in reality the Targaryens would look monstrous and hideous due to generations of in-breeding, and not beautiful as they are described in the books

In the show Dany is seen to be wearing a ring in every single scene of the show and according to Emilia it is her mother Rhaella’s.

We want Elia Martell plz

Bought damn time someone talked about her. People are always so focused on Aerys they forget about Rhaella.

It's a wonder that Aerys never suspected the most likely culprit for the death of their children, their Grand Measter.