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Brienne of Tarth

Brienne of Tarth
A Song of Ice and Fire character
Game of Thrones
character
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Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
First appearance Novel:
A Clash of Kings (1998)
Television:
"What Is Dead May Never Die" (2012)
Created by George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by Gwendoline Christie
(Game of Thrones)
Information
Aliases The Maid of Tarth
Brienne the Beauty
Brienne the Blue
Gender Female
Occupation Former Rainbow Guard (Novels)
Former Kingsguard (Television Series)
Warrior
Family House Tarth
Relatives Selwyn Tarth (father)
Galladon Tarth (brother)
Arianne Tarth (sister)
Alysanne Tarth (sister)
Kingdom The Stormlands

Brienne of Tarth is a fictional character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. She is a prominent point of view character in the fourth novel, A Feast for Crows, and a main character in the television adaptation.

In the series, Brienne is portrayed by British actress Gwendoline Christie, and is introduced in the show's second season. After appearing as a recurring cast member for two seasons, Christie was promoted to the main cast from season four onwards. For her performance in the third season, she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television, and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards alongside the rest of the cast for the third and fourth seasons.

Brienne is the only daughter of Lord Selwyn Tarth, Lord of Evenfall Hall, on the island of Tarth. House Tarth is a bannerman to House Baratheon, lords of the Stormlands. Her mother died when she was a child. She had a single older brother, Galladon, who drowned when she was eight, and two younger sisters - both of whom died in infancy. Brienne as a child was under the tutelage of Septa Roelle who found fault in everything about Brienne and destroyed her self-esteem. She told Brienne that though a man would marry her, as she is heir to her father's land, he could never desire her.

Her father tried to find Brienne a suitor to wed, however, this was not easy, owing to Brienne's resistance and her ungainly appearance, but three unsuccessful betrothals were made. The first was when she was seven and her fiance was ten, but he died of an illness. Next a betrothal was brokered by the lord of land poor house Connington to his young newly knighted heir Ronnet, but young Ser Ronnet broke the betrothal the first time he met her. Her father's last attempt was to betroth her at sixteen to Ser Humfrey Wagstaff, a middle aged friend of his, who was castellan of another house. He informed Brienne that she was expected to give up her training and become more feminine after their wedding. Brienne stated she would acquiesce, but only if he could beat her in combat. Their fight resulted in three broken bones and a broken betrothal.


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