![]() ![]() In 118 AC, with the blessing of the king, Rhaenyra announced the betrothal of her two eldest sons to their cousins, the daughters of Prince Daemon Targaryen and Lady Laena Velaryon. The enforced closeness between the six boys (attending feasts, sometimes training together at arms, or studying under the same maesters) only increased this dislike. Alicent's three sons ( Aegon, Aemond, and Daeron Targaryen) became bitter rivals to Rhaenyra's three sons, resenting the Velaryons for stealing their birthright, the Iron Throne. The king's hopes for peace between his sons and grandsons was futile. According to Septon Eustace, while holding court King Viserys once told the young Jacaerys that the Iron Throne would one day be his. Those who doubted the paternity of the children whispered that the eggs would never hatch, but the birth of three dragons proved otherwise. By royal decree, each of Rhaenyra's sons was presented with a dragon egg while in the cradle. Jace's brother Lucerys was born in 115 AC, followed by Joffrey in 117 AC. Trying to prevent any enmity (as existed between Rhaenyra and Alicent), Viserys ordered that Jacaerys and Daemon share a wet nurse until they were weaned, hoping that them being milk brothers would make a difference. Jace's uncle, Prince Daeron Targaryen, was born soon afterwards to Viserys's second wife, Queen Alicent Hightower. Instead, the child was given a traditional Velaryon name, Jacaerys, and nicknamed "Jace" by his friends and family. Laenor wished to name the boy Joffrey, in memory of his late friend, Ser Joffrey Lonmouth, but he was overruled by his father, Lord Corlys Velaryon. Prince Jacaerys was born at the end of 114 AC to Rhaenyra Targaryen, daughter of King Viserys I Targaryen and Princess of Dragonstone, and her husband Ser Laenor Velaryon. Jacaerys became skilled at arms by serving as a squire. Responsible, bold, and politically savvy, Jace was protective of his family. This made many at court suspect that Ser Harwin Strong, the sworn shield of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, was the brothers' true father. Like his brothers, Lucerys and Joffrey, he had brown hair and eyes, and a pug nose. Jace was a strapping boy, who grew to become a handsome teenager. ![]()
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