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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 1082106" data-attributes="member: 8704">Robert had the best claim of those who were on his side in the war. Of course they didn't go to war because he had a good claim to the throne, they went to war because the king was executing members of their families and was insane. Robert not only had a good claim to the throne after it was over but he was also a charismatic hero of the revolution, he was well loved by the people. Of course the thing is after he takes the throne it doesn't matter anymore how strong anyone elses claim is, he started a new line of kings, once in place it's his heirs who will be king, that's how it works, his children were his heirs, the problem being that children of Jaime and Cersie are not his children and therefore are not his heirs. They would have no hold or claim to the throne and would carry little public support as they are not tied to King Robert Baratheon in any way shape or form, they are just a embarasing Lannister family secret exposed. As far as the logic here goes well it is pretty obvious, Robert was king his heirs are his children then his brothers, his is the New Dynasty started by him, very few people even suspect that a Targaryen heir survived, when he became king all claims of kingship now come through relation to him, the old line is though to be dead. Robb never claimed kingship of everything just kingship of the North (which was historically a independant kingdom), Stannis and Renly pressed their claims to the throne because they knew Roberts children were not really his (even though they failed to prove it to the general public), nobody else pressed a claim to the throne because the throne now belongs to house Baratheon.</blockquote>

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