Robb Stark | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character |
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Richard Madden as Robb Stark
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First appearance |
Novel: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Winter Is Coming" (2011) |
Last appearance |
Novel: A Storm of Swords (2000) Television: "The Rains of Castamere" (2013) |
Created by | George R. R. Martin |
Portrayed by |
Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) |
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Aliases | The Young Wolf |
Gender | Male |
Title | Lord of Winterfell King in the North King of the Trident |
Family | House Stark |
Spouse(s) |
Jeyne Westerling (books) Talisa Maegyr (TV series) |
Relatives |
Ned Stark (father) Catelyn Tully (mother) Sansa Stark (sister) Arya Stark (sister) Bran Stark (brother) Rickon Stark (brother) Jon Snow (half-brother) (Books) (paternal cousin/foster brother) (TV series) Brandon Stark (uncle) Benjen Stark (uncle) Lyanna Stark (aunt) Lysa Tully (aunt) Edmure Tully (uncle) Robert/Robin Arryn (maternal cousin) |
Kingdom | The North |
Robb Stark is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Robb is the eldest son of Eddard Stark, the honorable lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000).
Robb is portrayed by Richard Madden in the HBO television adaptation.
Robb is fourteen years old at the beginning of A Game of Thrones (1996). He is the eldest son of Eddard "Ned" Stark and his wife Catelyn, and has five siblings: Bran, Sansa, Arya, Rickon, and the illegitimate brother Jon Snow. Robb is constantly accompanied by his direwolf, Grey Wind.
Robb is the eldest legitimate son of Lord Eddard Stark, and heir to Winterfell. When Lord Eddard relocates to King's Landing to become the King's Hand, Robb remains at Winterfell to rule in his father's stead. When Eddard is beheaded by Ser Ilyn Payne, Robb declares himself King in the North rather than swear fealty to the Lannister king, Joffrey Baratheon, drawing the banners of the north and of the riverlands to his cause. Despite winning every military battle against the Lannisters, he is betrayed and murdered by Walder Frey at the wedding of his uncle, Edmure Tully, to Frey's daughter Roslin.