Robert Baratheon is the king when Game of Thrones opens, but multiple Great Houses of Westeros overthrow King Aerys II Targaryen during Robert's Rebellion. That raises questions about why Robert ...

If you’ve been watching “Game of Thrones” for a while, you’ll probably recall plenty of mentions of that time Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark overthrew the Targaryen dynasty and Jaime ...

If you're a Game of Thrones fan, you might have thought you recognized Evgeny from somewhere.He's played by Mark Addy, the same actor who played the brash King Robert Baratheon in the first season ...

"The thing about Robert is that he's not really a kingly king," Mark Addy, who plays Robert, tells TVGuide.com "He's really a guy, a warrior, a soldier who happens to find himself in a position of ...

When Game of Thrones begins, Jon Arryn is the Hand of the King, serving King Robert Baratheon. His predecessor, Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), served the Mad King Aerys.

‘Game of Thrones’ 101: ... A huge number of characters have died in “Game of Thrones,” and it’s left the great house of King Robert Baratheon nearly wiped out. HBO. Phil Hornshaw.

It’s easy to think of King Robert as a fool, and Ned Stark as the wise counselor who tries to save the King from his own folly. But like most things in Game of Thrones, it’s not quite that simple.

In the very first episode of Game of Thrones, King Robert makes his grand entrance to Winterfell. Enjoy this moment because it's literally the only time anyone on this show is happy.

Game of Thrones adds Gwendoline Christie in Season 2 King Robert was killed by a wild boar while hunting in the sixth episode of Season 1 — a loss that eventually led to the War of the Five Kings.

King Robert was played by Mark Addy before Robert died during a boar hunt thanks to the machinations of his wife, Cersei Lannister. But Addy wasn’t the only actor on Game of Thrones who tried ...

Not even a dragon is invincible on Game of Thrones. Sunday's episode of the fantasy epic, "Beyond the Wall," proved that the power balance in Westeros can be completely upended with a well-aimed ...

Keep in mind, of course, that HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is an adaptation, and the showrunners may take liberties with the source material regarding Robert’s Rebellion, just as they’ve done ...