11. Joffrey Baratheon Is Edward Of Lancaster
Ugh, there was a real life Joffrey. That is terrifying. Joffery shared quite a few traits with Edward of Lancaster, from the Lancaster (Lannister) family.
Since Edward was conceived during one of Henry VI’s periods of mental illness, there were rumors that Queen Margaret of Anjou may have strayed in order to get pregnant. This is very much like the very true rumors about Cersei’s sex life and Joffrey’s parentage. In fact, Cersei bares many similarities to Queen Margaret, like the fact that they are both known to be ambitious schemers.
Joffrey was certainly on another level when it came to violence and sadism. The things Joffrey would do (showing Sansa her father’s head, torturing and murdering Ros with a crossbow) were pretty extreme and so, Edward was not nearly as bad as Joffrey. Edward, though, wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Of Edward, Ambassador of the Duchy of Milan said, “This boy, though only thirteen years of age, already talks of nothing but cutting off heads or making war, as if he had everything in his hands or was the god of battle or the peaceful occupant of that throne.”
Another similarity is how both boys were engaged to traitors. Joffrey was engaged to Sansa, the daughter of Ned, who had committed “treason,” and the sister of Robb, the King in the North and an imposing threat to Joffrey. Later, he was engaged and married to Margaery, though the Tyrells supported Renly’s claim to the throne. Likewise, Edward married Anne Neville. Anne’s father had once been a supporter of the Yorks in the War of the Roses, but later switched to support the Lancasters. The marriage between Anne and Edward was to ensure that her father did not switch sides again.
Well, at least Edward wasn’t shooting down prostitutes. That we know of.
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