Purple Wedding

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fictional event wedding

The Purple Wedding is a notorious event in Game of Thrones where King Joffrey Baratheon is dramatically poisoned during his lavish marriage feast, triggering major political upheaval in Westeros.

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Label Occurrences
Purple Wedding canonical 5
Purple Wedding (TV adaptation) 1
Purple Wedding episode 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional event ⓘ
wedding ⓘ
adaptedBy HBO ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wedding of Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell ⓘ
appearsIn A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ
Game of Thrones ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial George R. R. Martin ⓘ
bride Margaery Tyrell ⓘ
causeOf Death of King Joffrey Baratheon ⓘ
coConspirator Petyr Baelish ⓘ
consequence trial of Tyrion Lannister for the murder of King Joffrey Baratheon (TV adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: Accusation and trial of Tyrion Lannister

Increased tension between House Lannister and House Tyrell ⓘ
Power vacuum in King’s Landing ⓘ
Rise in influence of Tommen Baratheon as king ⓘ
episodeDepictedIn Game of Thrones season 4 episode 2 ⓘ
episodeTitle The Lion and the Rose ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Westeros (fictional continent) ⓘ
surface form: Westeros
genre fantasy ⓘ
groom Joffrey Baratheon ⓘ
location Great Sept of Baelor ⓘ
King's Landing ⓘ
The Red Keep ⓘ
surface form: Red Keep
methodOfKilling Poisoning ⓘ
motive Political advantage for House Tyrell ⓘ
Power scheme of Petyr Baelish ⓘ
Olenna Tyrell ⓘ
surface form: Protection of Margaery Tyrell

Removal of Joffrey as king ⓘ
narrativeRole Major turning point in the War of the Five Kings ⓘ
notableAttendee Brienne of Tarth ⓘ
Cersei Lannister ⓘ
Ellaria Sand ⓘ
Grand Maester Pycelle ⓘ
Jaime Lannister ⓘ
Joffrey's Kingsguard ⓘ
Loras Tyrell (indirectly) ⓘ
surface form: Loras Tyrell

Mace Tyrell (TV adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: Mace Tyrell

Oberyn Martell ⓘ
Olenna Tyrell ⓘ
Podrick Payne ⓘ
Sansa Stark ⓘ
Tyrion Lannister ⓘ
Tywin Lannister ⓘ
Varys ⓘ
notableEvent Joffrey chokes and dies during the feast ⓘ
Sansa Stark flees King’s Landing ⓘ
trial of Tyrion Lannister for the murder of King Joffrey Baratheon (TV adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: Tyrion Lannister is accused of regicide
organisedBy House Lannister ⓘ
House Tyrell NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator Olenna Tyrell ⓘ
poisonUsed the Strangler ⓘ
takesPlaceAt Feast following the wedding ceremony of Joffrey and Margaery ⓘ
victim Joffrey Baratheon ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Game of Thrones season 4 → notablePlotElement → Purple Wedding ⓘ
War of the Five Kings → majorEvent → Purple Wedding ⓘ
trial of Tyrion Lannister for the murder of King Joffrey Baratheon (TV adaptation) → followsEvent → Purple Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purple Wedding (TV adaptation)
A Storm of Swords → containsEvent → Purple Wedding ⓘ
The Lion and the Rose → notableEvent → Purple Wedding ⓘ
The Lion and the Rose → alternateName → Purple Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purple Wedding episode
Joffrey Baratheon → deathEvent → Purple Wedding ⓘ