What dragon did King Aegon ride?

Balerion, known as the Black Dread, was the dragon ridden by Aegon the Conqueror during Aegon's Conquest. He was so large, it was said his shadow could swallow an entire town when he took flight.
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What dragon did Aegon ride?

Balerion, called the Black Dread, was a dragon of House Targaryen. He was ridden by King Aegon I Targaryen during the Conquest, alongside his sister Queen Visenya's Vhagar, and his sister Queen Rhaenys's Meraxes.
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What is the name of King Aegon's dragon?

Balerion or "the Black Dread" was a dragon of House Targaryen ridden by King Aegon I during the Conquest.
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Which Aegon had 3 dragons?

King Aegon I Targaryen, [b] known as Aegon the Conqueror and Aegon the Dragon, was the founder and first king of the Targaryen dynasty who conquered Westeros and united the realm (with the exception of Dorne and the lands beyond the Wall) with three great dragons: Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes.
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What was Aegon Targaryen biggest dragon?

Dragonrider: Aegon The Conqueror

Known as "The Black Dread," Balerion was the biggest of the Targaryen dragons and is one of the biggest dragons in Game of Thrones, if not the entire fantasy genre in general.
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The Final Fate Of King Aegon ii Targaryen (Dance Of The Dragons) House Of The Dragon History & Lore

Did Aegon ride Balerion?

Balerion, known as the Black Dread, was the dragon ridden by Aegon the Conqueror during Aegon's Conquest. He was so large, it was said his shadow could swallow an entire town when he took flight.
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Is Vermithor bigger than Vhagar?

Vhagar is the biggest of the living dragons, but that does not mean Vermithor is weaker. He is the second largest of all 17 dragons featured in the show, and his appearance in House of the Dragon season 1, episode 10 depicts him as a fearsome and lethal beast.
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Why was Aegon 3 scared of dragons?

As King, Aegon III strove to give the realm peace and plenty, but his coldness kept him from courting his lords and people. Aegon is often blamed for the death of the last dragon, having a great distaste for dragons after the tragic death of Stormcloud and because he witnessed his mother being devoured by Sunfyre.
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Is Aegon 3 the Mad King?

The individual known as 'The Mad King' is King Aerys II Targaryen. Through his marriage to sister-wife Queen Rhaella Targaryen, Aerys was the father of Queen Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and her older brothers, Crown Prince Rhaegar Targaryen (Wilf Scolding) and Prince Viserys Targaryen (Harry Lloyd).
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Why did Aegon III hate dragons?

Prince Aegon watched in horror as Sunfyre devoured his mother. Aegon was forever mentally scarred, and this event cemented his later fierce hatred for and terror of dragons.
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Does Aegon's dragon eat Rhaenyra?

With no one left to help her, Aegon II ordered his dragon Sunfyre to kill and then consume his older half-sister right in front of the eyes of her last remaining child and future king, Aegon The Younger.
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Who killed Aegon II Targaryen?

Aegon II: Killed by a poisoned wine goblet. The person who poisoned him is unclear, but Cregan Stark, serving as Hand, had twenty-two men arrested for their involvement. Most notable were Corlys Velaryon (pardoned), Ser Gyles Belgrave of the Kingsguard (executed), and Larys “Clubfoot” Strong (executed).
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Who killed Aemond Targaryen?

First of all, Aemond the one eyed Targaren was killed by the Rogue Prince. It was the Rogue Prince, aka Daemon Targaren who inserted the Valarian steal sword , Dark Sister in the remaining eye of Aemond Targaren in the battle above God's Eye.
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Why did Vhagar let Aemond ride her?

The aging Vhagar won't let just anyone mount her anymore, meaning Aemond's considerable boldness was enough for the experienced dragon to let herself bond with him.
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Which Aegon rode Balerion?

Aegon The Conqueror (Aegon I Targaryen)

Balerion's first rider was none other than Lord Aegon Targaryen, most widely known as Aegon the Conqueror. Aegon claimed Balerion as his mount prior to his marriage to his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys.
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Did Aegon ride Vhagar?

Vhagar was a she-dragon of House Targaryen. She was ridden by Queen Visenya Targaryen during Aegon's Conquest, alongside Aegon the Conqueror's Balerion and their sister Rhaenys's Meraxes. Other known riders of Vhagar are Prince Baelon Targaryen, Lady Laena Velaryon and Prince Aemond Targaryen.
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Who killed Aegon 3?

King Aegon, badly scarred and mangled from his injuries many injuries, dies after being poisoned in the Royal Sept. It remains unknown who kills the king, but it is believed to have been one of his own men. It is not long after he kills Rhaenyra with his Dragon, that Aegon dies himself.
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Did Aegon poison the last dragon?

No. The maesters were killing off the dragons covertly. The Grand Maester Munkun himself may have poisoned the last dragon of House Targaryen, but it was not Aegon III Targaryen, Aegon the Dragonbane.
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Why did Aegon III become king?

Aegon III Targaryen, sometimes referred to as 'the Year King', was the ninth Targaryen monarch of Westeros. The younger half-brother and Prince Consort of Queen Baela Targaryen, he inherited the throne after she and their newborn daughter Rhaenyra II Targaryen died in the birthing bed.
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Who ruled after Aegon III?

Aegon III died in 157 AC from consumption and was succeeded by his eldest son, Daeron I Targaryen, born to him by his second wife, Queen Daenaera Velaryon. In 160 AC, Daeron was killed without heir and succeeded by his younger brother, Baelor I Targaryen.
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Who became king after Dance of dragons?

Aegon III Targaryen (131 AC to 157 AC)

He succeeded his uncle, Aegon II Targaryen, at the conclusion of the Dance of the Dragons, which saw the victorious supporters of his late mother Rhaenyra Targaryen install him on the throne.
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How did Aegon become mad?

After the lords prevented him from passing all of the reforms he wanted to make that would have given the smallfolk more rights and freedoms, Aegon became obssessed with dragons.
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Which dragon killed Vermithor?

During the Second Battle of Tumbleton the riderless Vermithor rose into the air and was attacked from above by the only dragon with a rider: Seasmoke. Vermithor was no more than twenty feet above the battle when Seasmoke slammed into him from above, driving him shrieking into the mud.
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Did daemon ride vermithor?

In the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin, there is no character named Daemon Targaryen who rides Vermithor. However, I can provide information based on the known lore and history of House Targaryen.
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Why was Vermithor hidden?

Vermithor accepted Viserys' grandfather, Jaehaerys Targaryen, as his rider when he became king. But after Jaehaerys died, Vermithor didn't take a new rider. He made his lair in the caverns of the Dragonmont on Dragonstone, under an active volcano.
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