>Protip: Targaryen women are not in the line of succession until all possible male heirs have died.

>Rhaegar was heir to the throne. After Robert slew him, who became the next heir to the throne? Rhaegar's son Aegon, or his brother Viserys?

>Aegon. Then Rhaenys. Then Viserys.

Actually, this is not exactly true.Yes, the king's son has the stronger claim to the throne than the king's daughter, even if she is older than he is.But the king's daughter still has the stronger claim to the throne than the king's nephew (or any other male relative).I remember a few months ago, we had a discussion about Targaryen succession somewhere here. I got into an argument with another guy here about it. The argument was - who became heir to the throne after Rhaegar died (I.E. After the battle of the Trident but before the fall of King's Landing.)? I argued that it was Rhaegar's (trueborn) son, Aegon. The other person argued that it was Rhaegar's brother Viserys.Eventually, I e-mailed GRRM about it. To my surprise, I got an answer the very same day.Question:Answer:So if female Targaryens were not in the line of succession until all possible male heirs have died, Viserys would have had the stronger claim to the throne than Rhaenys did.