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They spoke the old tongue, worshiped the old gods, keep the old ways (such as respecting guest right) and faced the White Walkers some 8,000 years ago. Its people are the descendants of the First Men (as Jon and Ygritte reminded each other when discussing who settled above and below the Wall). The North, though, is generally considered one of the first and oldest of these domains. The term endures, even if it is imprecise.

Despite this, it became the style to refer to it as the Seven Kingdoms. Then, after Aegon’s Conquest, Westeros was divided up into nine provinces that were each part of a greater realm: The North, the Vale of Arryn, the Iron Islands, the Riverlands, the Westerlands, the Stormlands, the Reach, the Crownlands and Dorne.

(The Reach, for instance, once comprised four kingdoms.) Some refer to this period as the days of the Hundred Kingdoms. But the leaders of those kingdoms could just as well have made the same claim Sansa did.Īccording to the books, before Aegon Targaryen united Westeros under his rule, seven kingdoms enjoyed independence for thousands of years: The Kingdom of the North, the Kingdom of the Mountain and the Vale, the Kingdom of the Isles and the Rivers, the Kingdom of the Rock, the Kingdom of the Stormlands, the Kingdom of the Reach, and the Principality of Dorne.Īnd within those kingdoms, there were more kingdoms. If so, they didn’t say much, and so Bran was declared king and lord of the newly reconfigured “Six” Kingdoms. The new prince of Dorne also leads a region that once enjoyed independence judging by their raised eyebrows, they might both have just realized that they missed an opportunity. Yara Greyjoy once bargained for Iron Islands independence with Dany - a concern that seemed suddenly to have taken flight like a dragon in mourning. It might also have prompted a little buyer’s remorse for a few other members of the council. It was a bold, unexpected move - to everyone except maybe Bran. This article contains spoilers for Season 8, Episode 6 of “Game of Thrones.”Īfter everyone else at the Great Council voted for Bran to be the king of Westeros in Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” finale, his sister Sansa announced, “The North will remain an independent kingdom, as it was for thousands of years.”