Did Robert Baratheon lie about Lyanna?

Did Robert Baratheon lie about Lyanna?

It was Robert himself who created the lie of Lyanna's abduction. He did so because he was humiliated by the woman he was betrothed to jilting him for another man, and as a pretence for starting the rebellion (which many people wanted anyway).

Who was Robert Baratheon's love?

Lyanna When he was 16, his parents drowned and died during a storm, and he became the Lord of Storm's End. He was betrothed to Ned's younger sister Lyanna, with whom he was madly (and unrequitedly) in love.

What does Robert think happened to Lyanna?

“Robert was betrothed to marry her, but Prince Rhaegar carried her off and raped her,” Bran explained. “Robert fought a war to win her back. He killed Rhaegar on the Trident with his hammer, but Lyanna died and he never got her back at all.”

Why did Robert give Lyanna a feather?

The significance of the feather, such as it is, turned out to just be an Easter egg for a later time, when Sansa picks it up in Season 5 Episode 4 (Sons of the Harpy). And again, in the Season 8 teaser in the Crypts of Winterfell, the feather is seen again, on the ground, and later with frost forming around it.

Why was Robert's rebellion a lie?

Bran noted how this all meant that Robert's Rebellion, the civil war that set up the events of Game of Thrones, was based on a lie. ... It was widely believed that Prince Rhaegar, heir to the Iron Throne, kidnapped Lyanna, Ned's sister who was betrothed to Robert Baratheon.

Was Robert's rebellion a lie?

No it wasn't. Robert's rebellion sparked when Ned's father and brother were murdered by King Aerys, and became an actual revolution when Aerys asked Jon Arryn to deliver Robert and Ned to him, to which Jon declined. One thing lead to another and houses Baratheon, Stark, Arryn, and Tully formed the official Rebellion.