House Tyrell

They bloom with beauty and strike with poison at the wedding feast.

House Tyrell of Highgarden is an extinct Great House of Westeros that ruled over the Reach as Lords Paramount and Wardens of the South. The House was formerly led by Lord Mace Tyrell, whose children included the noted tournament knight Loras and Margaery, who married three kings during the War of the Five Kings. After the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor killed Mace, Loras, and Margaery, Mace's mother Olenna assumed lordship and realigned the House with House Targaryen against Cersei Lannister. The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a pale green field, and their house words are "Growing Strong.

Quick Facts

Notable matriarch: Olenna Tyrell
Allegiance: House Baratheon of King's Landing (formerly)

Lore & Background

It establishes that Margaery of House Tyrell was chosen by King Joffrey to marry, a union arranged after he set Sansa Stark aside. This marriage plan is interrupted when Lady Olenna secretly poisons Joffrey at his wedding with her granddaughter. The resulting chaos: Tyrion Lannister is falsely accused of the murder by his family and found guilty, though Jaime and Varys later conspire to smuggle him away.

Reader's Guide

This event leads directly to Tyrion Lannister's false conviction for murder. King Joffrey had decided to marry Margaery of House Tyrell, which was a significant political move after setting Sansa Stark aside. Consequently, any analysis must be limited to their role in this specific royal marriage and the subsequent murder plot that reshaped the power dynamics in King's Landing.