Winterfell

The Stark family tree

The Starks of Winterfell on the eve of the story, drawn with their unions, wards and the line before them.

Everyone on the tree

The line before

  1. Brandon the Builder. Founder of House Stark in the Age of Heroes; the North credits him with Winterfell and the Wall. Lore entry
  2. Torrhen Stark. The last King in the North, who knelt to Aegon the Conqueror at the Trident and kept Winterfell as its lord. Lore entry
  3. Cregan Stark. Lord of Winterfell at the end of the Dance of the Dragons, who served briefly as Hand of the King and then went home.

The family

  1. Edwyle Stark, Lord of Winterfell. Only son of Lord Willam Stark and Melantha Blackwood; his likeness sits in the crypts among his fathers.
  2. Marna Locke, Lady of Winterfell. Of House Locke of Oldcastle; wife to Lord Edwyle and mother of Lord Rickard.
  3. Rickard Stark, Lord of Winterfell. Looked south for allies: fostered Eddard at the Eyrie and matched Brandon to a Tully and Lyanna to a Baratheon. (died 282 AC)
  4. Lyarra Stark, Lady of Winterfell. A Stark by birth, cousin to Lord Edwyle; wife of Rickard and mother of his four children.
  5. Brandon Stark, Heir to Winterfell. Rickard’s eldest, quick to anger and fond of riding, betrothed to Catelyn Tully; he died with his father in King’s Landing. (died 282 AC)
  6. Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, Warden of the North. Rickard’s second son, fostered at the Eyrie beside Robert Baratheon; lord since the war, and a man of few words. Lore entry
  7. Lyanna Stark. Rickard’s only daughter, betrothed to Robert Baratheon; her likeness stands in the crypts beside her brother Brandon’s. (died 283 AC) Lore entry
  8. Benjen Stark, First Ranger of the Night’s Watch. Rickard’s youngest son, who took the black after the war; he leads the rangers beyond the Wall. Lore entry
  9. Hoster Tully, Lord of Riverrun. Lord Paramount of the Trident and father of Catelyn, Lysa and Edmure.
  10. Catelyn Tully, Lady of Winterfell. Elder daughter of Lord Hoster of Riverrun; she keeps the Seven, and Eddard built her a sept inside the walls. Lore entry
  11. Robert Baratheon, King of the Seven Kingdoms. Eddard’s friend from their fostering at the Eyrie; he won the throne in the rebellion and was once betrothed to Lyanna.
  12. Robb Stark, Heir to Winterfell. Eldest son and heir, born at Riverrun while his father was away at the war.
  13. Sansa Stark. Elder daughter, who loves the songs of southern knights and the courtesies that go with them.
  14. Arya Stark. Younger daughter, happier in the yard and the stables than at her needlework.
  15. Bran Stark. Second son, who climbs every wall and tower in Winterfell and means to be a knight.
  16. Rickon Stark. The youngest, three years old as the story opens.
  17. Jon Snow. Raised at Winterfell with Lord Eddard’s children; he bears Snow, the name the North gives children born outside marriage.
  18. Theon Greyjoy, Heir to Pyke. Son of Lord Balon of Pyke, kept at Winterfell since his father’s failed rising, as surety for the islands’ peace.