Jahaerys made the mistake of letting the lords think that they could decide who inherits the throne

Actually, the lords choosing Rhaenys isn't the lords choosing absolute primogeniture, its the lords choosing Andal tradition, daughters over uncles, so rhaenys heir shall probably be Laenor, and i dont think oldtown or otto would have thar much problem with that(especially if they get to marry alicent and laenor...), unless rhaenys herself change the laws, that i can see oldtown and other noble houses creating problems.

If this happened perhaps Westeros could have done something like the United Kingdom previously practiced. They could have practiced male primogeniture, where sons were preferred, but daughters could still inherit if there were no sons. I don't see Westeros going full primogeniture, where the gender of the eldest child and heir doesn't matter.

Rhaenys would have been a great Queen!

According to Fire & Blood, Laena is one year older than Laenor; they’re not twins.

In this scenario... I assume Leonor Velaryon would not have any children. I assume Lena Velaryon would still marry Prince Daemon and have 2 daughters. This would be 3 generations of ruling queens. This would be quite a lot for Westeros.

I'd like to see the timeline where if some King of Westeros just had a royal decree of, "A Lord/Lady may choose a natural born heir if they wish" otherwise the old rule applies.

I find it very curious and intriguing that all of Westeros, except Dorne. They prefer agnatic and male primogeniture but in Dorne, they have absolute primogeniture, so that has always been the conflict throughout Westeros. Males are always preferred, but when the Dance of the Dragons was concluded, there were more women in power than men because the war took away all male claimants. Women held the power temporarily until their sons were born.

I wonder what would have happened if Visarys and Rhaynes had gotten married rather then who they each actually ended up with (Aemma and Corlys)

I think rhaenys could implement the doctrine of targ exceptionalism to say that just her family could play by these rules of total primogeniture

What if Viserys and Aemma's Children never died in their birth? Would the Children cause so much ruckus in the seven Kingdoms!? Like Jaehaerys own children?

Rhaenys' true result as queen is a Baratheon-Targaryen-Velaryons hegemony for generations. If Rhaenys is as open as Viserys in letting everyone who can have dragons (Jaehaerys, for example, didn't let all of his children have them), I see a timeline where after three generations, there would be Three Dragon Houses: Targaryen: Continuing through Laenor... Velaryon: Continued by whoever inherits Driftmark (probably Laena or any other child). Baratheon: With Rhaenys having such a strong connection to the House, and the history of the House, I don't doubt, not for a second, that it's possible that Rhaenys' next heir or daughter will be betrothed to a Baratheon heir. I would see that triad of Houses as the main ones and after Rhaenys, by marriage and alliances, I would see them dancing with the Iron Throne. The main problem with Rhaenys' reign is Laenor. In the original line he was unable to have heirs of his own for the Iron Throne, in this one, I doubt that will change. So, in the same way, even if he is an heir, there is no one to inherit him, apart from his sister. So, either Rhaenys has more children or the only heir will ultimately be Laena. But, in this line I see Rhaenys capable of marrying Laena to Borros Baratheon. By history and tradition (the Baratheons were his main allies in the vote). Laenor, to be honest, the union with Rhaenyra is such an obvious and good decision with Rhaenys as Queen that, I say it will happen as well, which tells me, that the lack of 'passion'... We may have bastards again. But I doubt Rhaenyra will have such indulgence with it this time. Unless Laenor lives longer and intercedes strongly, saying that they are his sons and heirs. Anyway, Rhaenys may be a strong Queen, but if her children aren't careful, there may be an inheritance war behind her between Laenor's bastard sons and his daughter's sons, with access to the Velaryon fleet, Dragoons, and the Baratheons.

Are your what if’s only for house of the dragon? I loved to see some Robert’s rebellion what ifs

Great video. I’m happy with the outcome, especially since Viserys finally gets to play with his Legos.

Choosing Rhaenys would be male preference primogeniture moreso than absolutele primogenuture. Westerosi/Andal tradition wouldn't have allowed Jahaerys to ever choose Baelon as heir over Rhaenys as she was daughter of the heir. But because he did do this it created a complicated succession instead of what would have been straightforward for Andal Westerosi. It doesn't mean absolute to vote for Rhaenys it just follows the male preference law. Ex. Bran is heir after Robb but if Robb even just has a daughter she is heir over Bran now. The line now follows Robb's offspring and not Ned's according to westerosi law. Just in case that was confusing to anyone

What if Aegon succeed in his escape after the death of Viserys?

Rhaenys my favorite female Targaryen show wise and easily the best choice to rule the seven kingdoms compared to Rhaenyra and Aegon

How about a video where instead of a boy being born in episode 1 Aemma gives birth to a girl (Visenya) Aemma she still passes, but would the king still remarry right away? How would the dance of the dragon's be different if it was the Dragon sisters vs the Hightower brothers? Would Visenya side with her sister for the crown or would she be by her husband (Aegon II) side? Would the green kids even be alive now that the king has two heirs?

The one true queen.

It bothers me how in HotD they call the king/queen the king of the Rhoynar even though Dorne isnt part of the kingdom yet…

Given the ratio of people supporting Rhaenys and Viserys, I highly doubt the lords of Westeros would ever choose her to be queen. The only way aI see this happening would be if Jahaerys himself chose her to be heir.

What-if Rhaenys and Viserys were wed? Aemon (Rhaenys's dad) didn't like Corlys a lot in fire & blood, so I could see him choosing someone else for his daughter to marry. You would have Aemon and Baelon's lines united which could make up for the great council of 92 AC (I am aware that it most likely didn't happen in the show). Rhaenys doesn't become Queen but she becomes Queen Consort. How much would things change? If Rhaenyra is still born, would Rhaenys advocate for her claim to the IT?

What if Daemon eas Viserys sucesor ( Viserys never married after Aemas dead)

What if Viserys maried Rhaenys and Corlys matried Aemma

There is one thing. Gender does matter. In this scenario, Rhaenys becomes Queen due to Andal Law. The effect would be that the Andal law is more respected. The line of succession would be sons, then daughters, then brothers, then sisters. I don't think it would have a lot of difference.

This did not go the way I expected, but it was awesome!

I keep hearing "President" lol

God, when you recited all of Rhaenys' titles as queen, I honestly teared up a little... Rhaenys is one of my favorite characters in the show

Otto and Daemon becomes bffs lol.

Bro come own we need part 2 of what if she killed the greens I need daerons revenge

The happiest person in this scenario is Corlys. Dude will kill himself with joy 😂. People tend to forget that Corlys was far more ambitious than Otto Hightower, he just wasn't lucky like Otto.

Dude give me the part two of what if the Strong’s were actually Velaryons?😊

Describing Raineys, as “decisive“ is Ludacris. If you were actually decisive, she would have torched the usurper in the dragon pit instead of just flying off 🤷

Just looked at the new Posters they put on Twitter for Season 2 and they still have Aegon in the background behind Alicent like isn't this Aegon vs Rhaenyra for the throne or am I missing something?

Okay your video seems to be based on a faulty premise. Its not turning to absolute primogeniture. Its actually enforcing male preference, women already can inherit. Basically passing over Rhaenys imposed agnatic succession

Their dragons change gender well when the circumstances demanded, would it be so wrong if the Targaryens had their line of succession follow suit and possess mirroring flexibility

As it should be. One of the better Targaryens. Can't wait for se02ep4

Also it would’ve been a long line of women as queens because on of leanas daughters had 6 daughters🤭

Given the incident in the Dragon pit, I don't think she'd make such a great queen.

I'm relatively positive that in the book Laenore and Laena were twins and he was the elder. As you mentioned Rhaenys was never put before the great counsel, it was basically down to Viserys and Laenore. Also at that time, Daemon was missing from the counsel (notice his absence in the show during the win for his brother)because he had amassed soldiers to fight for his brother if he had not won. I don't think even he would be so presumptuous to pull a move amassing a army to pull a que without his brothers approval.

The queen who should’ve been

I think they’d move the heirs title to Prince of Driftmark, with Vissy, Aema and Daemon becoming House Targaryen of Dragon stone.