#also i don't remember when in the timeline aenys bonded with quicksilver
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navree · 2 years ago
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heyy we know because viserys remarried the dance started so just did the conqueror decide not to remarry despite having just one weak child to avoid the war and westerosi family playing with family ? We know he didn't give his thoughts to his small council but did he ever thought of it specialy that rhaenys was dead in the period all the marriage proposals were strong
It doesn't appear that Aegon ever thought of marrying a different woman. We know that there were rumors that it was being considered, but those appear to be unsubstantiated by anyone in his circle. There were just people at court saying that he should probably remarry because Aenys had a breakdown and Visenya was childless and rumored to be "barren", and so they brought a lot of women in their families to the Red Keep to try and take advantage of that. But there's no hint that Aegon ever considered it, and the fact that Visenya announced that she was pregnant after the speculation started percolating seems to point to the idea that he wanted these rumors put to rest and for people to stop assuming he was going to marry again or trying to pressure him into it.
And the thing is, Aegon had another wife and he already had a son. Viserys didn't. The primary motivator for Viserys remarrying was because he didn't have an heir yet and he had no options of getting one other than remarrying. Aegon already had a son, Maegor would be the spare to Aenys's heir, and he still had Visenya. He had options that weren't present for Viserys, which was why it was necessary for Viserys to remarry. But Aegon had alternatives, so it was less of an issue than it was with Viserys.
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