Joffrey Baratheon

Joffrey Baratheon
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon
First appearance	Novel: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Winter Is Coming" (2011)
Last appearance	Novel: A Storm of Swords (2000) Television: "Breaker of Chains" (2014)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by	Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones)
Information
Gender	Male
Title	King of the Andals and the First Men Lord of the Seven Kingdoms Protector of the Realm Regent
Family	House Lannister
Spouse(s)	Margaery Tyrell
Relatives	Robert Baratheon (legal father) Jaime Lannister (biological father/uncle) Cersei Lannister (mother) Tommen Baratheon (brother/cousin) Myrcella Baratheon (sister/cousin) Tywin Lannister (grandfather) Joanna Lannister (grandmother) Tyrion Lannister (uncle)
Kingdom	The Crownlands

Joffrey Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.

Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Joffrey is the eldest son of Cersei Lannister from the fictional kingdom of Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000).

Joffrey is portrayed by Irish actor Jack Gleeson in the HBO television adaptation. In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked the character #4 in their list of the "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time".

Joffrey Baratheon is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, such as his mother Cersei Lannister, his uncle Tyrion Lannister and his one-time fiancée Sansa Stark. Joffrey is mostly a background character in the novels. He inherits his mother's traditional Lannister looks, and has blond hair and green eyes, and is believed by many to be very handsome.

In public, Joffrey is the oldest son and heir of King Robert Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister, both of whom entered into a political marriage alliance after Robert took the throne by force from the 'Mad King' Aerys II Targaryen. In reality, his biological father is his uncle Jaime Lannister, the Queen's twin brother and member of the Kingsguard. He has a younger sister, Myrcella, and a younger brother, Tommen, both of whom are also products of Jaime and Cersei's incestuous relationship. Their sole biological grandparents, Tywin and Joanna Lannister, were also first cousins.