House Tyrell

Margaery Tyrell

Queen

Life
283 AC, at Highgarden
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Queen

A Tyrell rose married three times toward the same throne, twice widowed before the marriage could properly begin, and last seen behind the Faith's bars awaiting a trial the published chronicle has not yet held.

Highgarden's Rose

Granddaughter of Olenna Tyrell and daughter of Mace, Margaery was wed first to Renly Baratheon during his brief bid for the Iron Throne, a marriage his death at the Battle of the Blackwater left unconsummated. House Tyrell pivoted immediately, offering her to King Joffrey Baratheon instead; when Joffrey was poisoned at their own wedding feast in 300 AC, she was married again within the year to his younger brother Tommen, each match executing the same Tyrell strategy of claiming a crown through the marriage bed rather than the battlefield.

The Faith's Prisoner

She cultivated real popularity among the smallfolk of King's Landing through visible almsgiving and warmth Cersei Lannister could never quite manufacture, which made her a target once Cersei's alliance with the newly empowered High Sparrow and his Faith Militant turned against the Tyrells. Arrested alongside her cousins on charges of adultery and perjury, Margaery remains a prisoner of the Faith in a sept cell as the published chronicle's timeline currently ends, her trial not yet held and her fate not yet written.

Key events

  1. 283 ACBorn at Highgarden to Lord Mace Tyrell.
  2. 299 ACWeds Renly Baratheon.
  3. 300 ACWeds King Joffrey; he is poisoned at their wedding feast the same day.
  4. 300 ACWeds King Tommen; later arrested by the Faith Militant on charges of adultery and perjury.

The arc of Margaery Tyrell

This carries the character’s road through the published novels. Read on only if you do not fear to know.

These partings name deaths, endings, and roads not yet ridden in the books. Unveil them only if both roads are known to you — or if you do not fear to know.

Legacy

Margaery's story is, as of the last published book, a cliffhanger rather than a conclusion — the maesters record what is known and decline to guess at what has not yet happened.

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Who is Margaery Tyrell?

A Tyrell rose married three times toward the same throne, twice widowed before the marriage could properly begin, and last seen behind the Faith's bars awaiting a trial the published chronicle has not yet held.

Is Margaery Tyrell from the books or the show?

Book canon. This profile follows George R. R. Martin’s novels and histories, and notes where the television series diverges rather than following it.