The Targaryens, blessed with the best hair, the best pets, and the best lineage, were wronged in the Game of Thrones series, ...

The original Rhaenyra and Alicent actors, Emily Carey and Milly Alcock, were replaced in House of the Dragon by Olivia Cooke and Emma D’Arcy.

As the most comely girl in court, Alicent Hightower used her connections to the throne to crown her son Aegon II Targaryen in House of the Dragon instead of the rightful heir, Rhaenyra Targaryen.

He wedded Alicent Hightower, daughter of his Hand Ser Otto Hightower. Their union is what set the future civil war set in motion, even if the king didn’t realize it.

The finale episode saw Daemon and Rhaenyra finally reunite after a season apart, Alicent beg to end the savage war that's about to unfold, and, er, some random mud wrestling to keep us entertained ...

After her mother's early passing, Alicent was kept under her father Otto Hightower’s tight thumb, and he instructed her to seduce King Viserys after Rhaenyra’s own mother died at the start of ...

Family: Son of King Viserys and Queen Alicent; brother of King Aegon II, Helaena and Daeron; half-brother of Rhaenyra; uncle to Jacaerys and Lucerys Played by: Ewan Mitchell and Leo Ashton (younger) ...

House of the Dragon fans, many of whom already have no love for Alicent, basked in the schadenfreude of this moment. “Cannot believe Alicent was pregnant with Criston’s bastard.

Olivia Cooke plays Alicent Hightower, the dowager queen to her son Aegon II and widow of Viserys Targaryen. Season 2 picks up with her struggling to keep her sons in check as they gain power in ...