";s:4:"text";s:5733:"Melisandre reminds Stannis that they may need to sacrifice more King's blood in order to better their chances of winning the upcoming battle in the snow which they both saw in the flames, citing the deaths of Robb Stark and Joffrey as examples. learning how to sew, sing, pray, and curtsey (they are also taught mathematics, because a lord's wife is expected to administer his household). Stannis, however, ordered Shireen's instructors to focus on matters relating to good governance: geography, history, religion, and classical literature have been specifically mentioned as topics she studies, and she is an avid reader. Indeed, once Stannis realized that his wife would bear him no new children and Shireen was his only heir, he sought to ensure that she be properly educated to rule in her own right someday. Selyse approaches them and commands Davos to stop speaking of battles and scaring the child. Kerry Danielle Ingram (born 26 May 1999) is an English actress, known for her roles as Shireen Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Rebecca 'Becky' Sidebottom in the Netflix series Free Rein. Princess Shireen Baratheon was the only surviving child (fourth and only daughter) of Stannis and Selyse Baratheon, and the younger sister of Petyr Baratheon, Tommard Baratheon and Edric Baratheon. Shireen isn't described as a shy bookworm type in the books, however, this is in keeping with how the books describe her as withdrawn and lonely. You are the Princess Shireen, of House Baratheon...and you are my daughter." Ever since Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, viewers have debated whether Shireen Baratheon’s death by burning was the most gut … Shireen asks him if there is going to be a battle, and he affirms that she won't be anywhere near it. He has her address the letter as if she was actually her father, and she asks if they should do that: Davos says it is fine (given that he is Stannis's Hand) and that addressing the letter as "from King Stannis" is just to get the Bank's attention.Since Gilly is illiterate, Shireen begins to teach her letters with When Stannis and his army leave Castle Black for Winterfell, he takes Shireen and Selyse with him, not wanting them in the company of the Night's Watch, due to many of them being criminals and rapists. Though visibly horrified after learning what truly happened to Shireen, Jon does not execute Melisandre, but banishes her from the North, declaring that she will be hanged as a murderer if she ever returns, while Davos, admitting that he loved Shireen like a daughter, warns Melisandre that he will be the one to personally hang her.Shireen was not born a princess, though she was born into a powerful noble family. This would make Shireen the same age as actress Kerry Ingram, so it seems plausible.In some versions, Iphigenia is not actually sacrificed, but is saved by Artemis at the last moment and taken to Taurica. Shireen, in turn, tries to avoid her mother, because she is frightened by Selyse's fanatical devotion to Having ignored Selyse and Shireen for several months, Stannis pays them a visit sometime after Later that night, Shireen sneaks out of her tower and into the dungeon to see Davos.
Arya was aged-up by two years in the TV continuity to be 11 in Season 1, and thus 14 in Season 4, meaning that unless Shireen's relative age was also altered, she is also 15 in Season 5. House Targaryen was the ruling house of the Seven Kingdoms for nearly 300 years, holding royal court in King's Landing. Shireen is regarded as a sweet child, but she is not considered pretty. She demonstrates knowledge of the guards and their habits, making sure to visit when the gaoler, a known drunk, is on duty. When she first appears in the Prologue of the second novel, Maester Since her uncle Renly died without issue, and her uncle King Robert died without any legitimate children (only Shireen, like her father, has some Targaryen blood. Shireen claims that she is unafraid, and promises to protect him.During the march the weather turns for the worse and a snowstorm delays Stannis's army. She implores him to read more of Aegon's exploits rather than sort through Stannis's correspondence, which consists mostly of invitations to attend social events thrown by his few remaining bannermen, including the nameday celebration of one of Shireen's Shireen is lectured by Melisandre on the Lord of Light.Selyse fears for Shireen's soul, saying that she is stubborn, sinful and sullen. On the other hand, Stannis has remarked in the books that should he ever die in the war, he expects his soldiers to keep fighting to put Shireen on the throne. Selyse runs to her daughter's aid, but is held back by Baratheon soldiers, and crumples to the ground as she watches her daughter die in the flames and Stannis looking away with tears in his eyes.Shireen's sacrifice allows her father's army to press forwards as the blood magic appears to have been successful in melting the snows. However, the horror of a little girl's sacrifice has led hundreds of Baratheon troops and all his sellswords (about half his army) to desert, while Selyse hangs herself, and Melisandre flees after hearing the news. The TV series's official description of Shireen describes her as escaping her lonely life through stories in books. When Stannis says that they have no chance of locating Shireen discusses the Targaryen civil war with Stannis.Stannis later visits Shireen and the two discuss the events that unfolded between Later on Shireen is escorted and tied to a pyre where she is sacrificed to the Lord of Light by Melisandre, who does so without remorse.