Robert I Baratheon

King Robert I Baratheon is a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels and its TV series adaptation, ''Game of Thrones. ''He is the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros at the beggining of A Game of Thrones.

Robert is the firstborn son of Lord Steffon Baratheon and Lady Cassana Estermont. He has two younger brothers: Lord Stannis and Lord Renly, both of them being lords and not princes due to their father not being a king. He is married to Queen Cersei Lannister and has three children: Prince Joffrey, Princess Myrcella, and Prince Tommen. However none of the royal children are actually Robert's and he and Cersei often commited mutal infidelities. Robert's fathered numerous bastards in the Seven Kingdoms. Known bastards among them are Mya Stone, Bella, Gendry, Edric Storm, Barra, and two unnamed dead twins.

Robert's hatred for House Targaryen and delight at the deaths of Aegon and Rhaenys makes him a villainous individual. Years before the series began, Robert was the Lord of the Strom's End and bethroed to Lyanna Stark, the only daughter of Lord Rickard Stark. After Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna disappeared togheter, Robert raise in rebellion against King Aerys II Targaryen. He succeded in killing Rhaegar in the Battle of the Trident and took the Iron Throne after the death of King Aerys at the hands of Ser Jaime Lannister, ending the Targaryen line and becoming the new King of Westeros. He dies at the end of A Game of Thrones.

He is portrayed by Mark Addy.

Personality
Robert, in his youth was a charismatic military leader who was able to successfully command battles to victory and a fierce warrior in combat. As he got older he became more lazy, short-tempered and hedonistic. In his role as king, he was an absurdly incompetent one, he had difficulty with intricate or just easy politics and was something of a party animal as he more focused on drinking, gambling and whoring rather than ruling his kingdom or taking care of his own son. His people whom he rules are aware of how much of an incompetent ruler he is, normally making derogatory and insulting comments towards him. Robert, however is aware of what the Seven Kingdoms think of him but does not seem to care because in his views, life was too short. At times he could be spoilt, boastful and arrogant, with little shame towards his actions even if they were in public and what they represented of his own family name. He could be an almost cruel man with his temper but only Eddard Stark was able to bring out the best of him.

He was known to have severe hatred of Targaryen's, as Aerys Targaryen, the Mad King killed Lyanna Stark, the woman that he loved. He hated anything remotely connected to Aerys, including his granddaughter, Daenerys. He even considered assassinating her and later her unborn child despite being completely innocent, when in reality he probably should have been more focused on Viserys as he was the one more focused on reclaiming the Iron Throne and a much crueller person than Daenerys. His love for Lyanna is what caused an extremely strained marriage with Cersei Lannister. On the eve of their wedding night, Robert while stupendously drunk whispers into Cersei's ear, "Lyanna" indicating he could not come to terms with her death.

In all of his faults, Robert could at least aknowledge his mistakes. He admits to Joffrey that he has always been a terrible father and his dying wish was for Eddard to teach him to become a good man and King. He also agrees to leave Daenerys alone (however by then it was too late as Drogo had already declared war on the Seven Kingdoms for a failed assassination attempt on the Khaleesi's life).