In the original six kingdoms House Baratheon married into the Targaryens and were awarded the Stormlands, after the defeat of King Argilac the Arrogant the House Tyrell was granted over-lordship over the Reach, while House Lannister was allowed to keep their family holdings after they bent the knee, following the defeat at the Field of Fire House Stark chose to submit and was confirmed as overlords over the North. The lords were granted a degree of autonomy and granted authority over their minor lords and small folk. Following a successful conquest of all the lands of Westeros south of the Wall but Dorne, and their consolidation under the rule of the Iron Throne, Aegon established his new empire's capital on the spot of his landing, for which it was known as King's Landing.ĭue to the vast size of the new Kingdom, in each region Aegon raised 'great houses' who swore fealty to him. The number of these kingdoms and their borders have changed many times. Dorne was joined to the realm only two centuries later through diplomatic means, after a few hurdles on the way, thus making the name somewhat inaccurate.įor most of their history the regions of Westeros were independent kingdoms.
The Kingdoms were: The Kingdom of the North, the Kingdom of Mountain and Vale, the Kingdom of the Isles and Rivers, Kingdom of the Rock, Kingdom of the Reach, Kingdom of the Stormlands and Dorne.Īegon managed to conquer only six of the seven kingdoms, consolidating them under the rule of House Targaryen and the Iron Throne. When Aegon used dragons to conquer the seven individually ruled kingdoms that existed on the mainland and forged a huge, strong empire.