<P> At the beginning of A Game of Thrones Robert , then king , has just come to Winterfell to appoint Eddard Stark the Hand of The King . He was unaware that Cersei 's three children were therefore fathered by her brother Jaime . More interested in food , drink , and tourneys than in governance , Robert has squandered the royal treasury , leaving the crown heavily in debt . After he dies in a hunting accident orchestrated by Cersei , the kingdoms plunge into civil war . His death incites the war that encompasses the entirety of the following two books , the War of the Five Kings , in which his two brothers , Lords Renly and Stannis Baratheon , declare themselves the rightful kings . Robb Stark is also declared King in the North and King of the Trident , and Lord Balon Greyjoy declares himself King of the Iron Islands . </P>
<P> At the beginning of A Game of Thrones Robert , then king , has just come to Winterfell to appoint Eddard Stark the Hand of The King . He was unaware that Cersei 's three children were therefore fathered by her brother Jaime . More interested in food , drink , and tourneys than in governance , Robert has squandered the royal treasury , leaving the crown heavily in debt . After he dies in a hunting accident orchestrated by Cersei , the kingdoms plunge into civil war . His death incites the war that encompasses the entirety of the following two books , the War of the Five Kings , in which his two brothers , Lords Renly and Stannis Baratheon , declare themselves the rightful kings . Robb Stark is also declared King in the North and King of the Trident , and Lord Balon Greyjoy declares himself King of the Iron Islands . </P>
who killed robert baratheon in game of thrones
who killed robert baratheon in game of thrones
Cersei
Cersei