A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms recently hit screens and took fans back to the rich and vibrant medieval world of Westeros, complete with jousts, fair maidens, and devious villains. 

The six-part series is a breath of fresh air for the HBO fantasy franchise, offering a much-needed change of tone with its humorous yet epic stories and an impressive ensemble cast to match. 

The show is adapted from Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin’s beloved novella series Tales of Dunk and Egg, following humble hedge knight Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall (played by Peter Claffey) and his young squire ‘Egg’ (Dexter Sol Ansell). 

Season one follows the meeting between the two leads, who form the unlikeliest of bonds as they face several trials and tribulations together. Here’s a look at the setting of the show and its connections both to Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. 

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is set in 209 After the Conquest (AC), roughly 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones, which started in 298 AC.

Meanwhile, House of the Dragon is set in 101 AC, and the Dance of Dragons civil war ends in 131 AC. 

This means the events of House of the Dragon and its huge fallout in the Seven Kingdoms are still within the living memory of the people. 

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms falls roughly in between these two shows when dragons have become extinct in 153 AC during the reign of Aegon III, and it wouldn’t be until Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) that dragons would return to Westeros.

There are many connections to both spin-offs, particularly Game of Thrones and its characters.

Firstly, there are some characters who are alive during the timeline of both Game of Thrones and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

One big name is Prince Aemon Targaryen, who is one of the sons of Prince Maeker (Sam Spruell), who fans may remember goes on to become Jon Snow’s (Kit Harington) blind mentor, Maester Aemon, for The Night’s Watch at the Wall. 

Although the character doesn’t appear in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, he’s very much alive. 

Another neat tie between the two shows comes when Maester Aemon’s last words before he died in Game of Thrones were: “Egg, I dreamed that I was old.”

Another key character alive in both programmes is Brynden Rivers or ‘Bloodraven’, the illegitimate offspring of Aegon VI Targaryen. 

Bryden earned his name for his blood-red eyes and a bird-like birthmark on his face.

He was later sent to the Wall by Aegon V and disappeared, with Game of Thrones later confirming he had become the Three-Eyed Crow (Max von Sydow) and would serve as Bran Stark’s (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) tutor. 

Bran would then take over his powers and become the all-seeing entity as foreseen early on in Game of Thrones, following his tragic accident at the hands of Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).

These are the main connections. The greats houses of Westeros are very much present, with Dunk forming an alliance with Lyonel Baratheon (Daniel Ings), who is the great-grandfather of the boorish King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy).

Meanwhile, in terms of the Targaryen family featured in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Prince Maekar is the great-grandfather of Aerys Targaryen, also known as the Mad King (David Rintoul), while Prince Baelor (Bertie Carvel) is his great-great-uncle.

It’s worth noting that Dunk also gets an honourable mention in Game of Thrones by Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson), who is looking through a history of the King’s Guard with his uncle/father, Jamie. 

Joffrey notes that Dunk had a four-page entry to his name and was considered perhaps the greatest knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms airs on HBO on Sundays in the USA and on Mondays on NOW in the UK

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