Stannis Baratheon

Stannis Baratheon
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon
First appearance	Novel: A Clash of Kings (1998) Television: "The North Remembers" (2012)
Last appearance	Television: "Mother's Mercy" (2015)
Created by	George R. R. Martin
Portrayed by	Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones)
Information
Gender	Male
Title	Lord of Dragonstone Lord Paramount of the Stormlands Master of Ships Lord of Storm's End
Family	House Baratheon
Spouse(s)	Selyse Florent
Children	Shireen Baratheon
Relatives	Steffon Baratheon (father) Cassana Estermont (mother) Robert Baratheon (brother) Renly Baratheon (brother)
Kingdom	The Stormlands The Crownlands

Stannis Baratheon 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.

First mentioned in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Stannis is the son of Steffon Baratheon from the kingdom of Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000) and A Dance with Dragons (2011)

Stannis is portrayed by Stephen Dillane in the HBO television adaptation.

Stannis Baratheon is the younger brother of King Robert and older brother of Renly. He is portrayed as a brooding and humorless man with a harsh but fair sense of justice and an obsession with slights both real and imagined. He is regarded as a skilled but overcautious military commander.

Stannis was born as the second of Steffon Baratheon and Cassana Estermont's three sons, and in his youth he was constantly overshadowed by his older brother Robert. When Stannis was fourteen he witnessed his parents' death in a shipwreck off the coast of House Baratheon's castle Storm's End, and subsequently lost his faith in the Seven.

During Robert's Rebellion, Stannis holds Storm's End in Robert's absence, but is besieged by Mace Tyrell and Paxter Redwyne for the best part of the year. Stannis' garrison only avoids starvation thanks to the smuggler Davos Seaworth, who evades the Redwyne fleet to bring the Baratheon soldiers a cargo of onions and fish. When Eddard Stark arrives to lift the siege, Stannis knights Davos as reward for his aid, but also insists that Davos have four fingers removed as punishment for his years of smuggling; Davos agrees, on the condition that Stannis removes the fingers himself.