Cersei Lannister
The WesterlandsWestermanPOVFemaleAliveWar of the Five Kings

Lannister

Cersei Lannister

—

Character Overview

Robert’s queen and Jaime’s twin is the mother of three royal children fathered by Jaime. After Robert’s death, she contests power as regent for Joffrey and then Tommen. Suspicion of Tyrion and the Tyrells shapes her decisions. Restoring the Faith Militant is meant to strengthen her position, but the religious authorities she empowers eventually imprison her.

Key Events & Chapters

Key story events this character is involved in, and the chapters where they appear.

The Purple Wedding

Role: present

King Joffrey Baratheon was poisoned at his own wedding feast to Margaery Tyrell. He died choking in his mother's arms. The murder was orchestrated by Olenna Redwyne and Petyr Baelish, who used Sansa Stark as an unwitting courier for the poison hidden in her hairnet.

Relationship graphs & statistics

Relationship Graph

(1 nodes)

Chapter Appearances

{n} chapters

12 chapters

#

Total Mentions

12

Data for Cersei Lannister from A Song of Ice and Fire books 1-5

Data Provenance

Character, relationship, chapter, and event data is compiled from the published books, their appendices, and credited fan research sources. Records are normalized by hand; confidence varies by dataset, and corrections are welcome.