Aegon’s Conquest: how did the Targaryens take Westeros?

How did Aegon Targaryen conquer Westeros three hundred years before Game of Thrones? Will Daenerys take the Throne? This video contains spoilers for Game of Thrones up to Season 6 and Book 5. Buy The World of Ice and Fire: http://amzn.to/2j3Kggt Wars and Politics of Ice and Fire: https://warsandpoliticsoficeandfire.wordpress.com/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveZqqGewoyPiacooywP5Ig?sub_confirmation=1 Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AltShiftX Twitter: https://twitter.com/altshiftx Buy A Game of Thrones (ASOIAF Book 1): http://amzn.to/292Jmwy Buy ASOIAF Books 1-5: http://amzn.to/2970vVu Created with Adobe After Effects and a Blue Yeti USB microphone. Images and video from Game of Thrones are the property of their creators, used here under fair use. Images from The World of Ice and Fire used with permission from Random House. References / further reading: https://warsandpoliticsoficeandfire.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/taking-the-throne-a-military-analysis-of-aegons-conquest/ http://asoiafuniversity.tumblr.com/post/120174027885/did-brandon-snow-and-a-weirwood-arrow-kill Thanks to the following Patrons: Jason A. Diegmueller, Reverend Xandria, @MrFifaSA, Cameron Weiss, @Vineyarddawg, Zachary Antin, Eric Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Pan, Jason Rattray, Cynbobby Joe, Kate Lyons, Ryan Steele, Michael Appell, Matthew Elisha Williams, Otter, David Howe, Fallon Mail, Cregg Riley, Sean Ludtke, Todd Marcus, Chris Cole, LightCraft Miniature Studios, Jake Burling, Chris Amolsch, Fred Petty 0:00 Intro 0:32 Aegon the Conqueror 4:36 Harrenhal 6:55 Storm's End 8:19 Field of Fire 9:48 The north 11:44 The Vale 12:26 Dorne 14:11 Oldtown 15:06 Daenerys 19:07 Conclusion