At the start of the first book, she is 9 years old. Whereas sansa is the daughter of the metaphorical cecily aka catelyn stark, elizabeth of york was cecily nevilles granddaughter. Game of thrones house stark children characters tv tropes. Arguably the most naive of the stark children at the start of the series, sansa often finds herself used as a pawn in the machinations of the other characters. Spoilers all i have made a list of character ages in the show and in. Ned agreed, but kept from twitching at the sudden appearance of the being and the vague sense of something making a sound like shhhah. Age is a nonissue in the show anyway, unless the plot demands otherwise. Sophie turner secretly loved sansa starks game of thrones rape. On the fifth season of game of thrones, sansa starks storyline took a compelling turn.
Robb starksansa stark 243 jon snowsansa stark 52 jon snowrobb starksansa stark 29 jon snowrobb stark 14 joffrey baratheonsansa stark jon snowarya stark arya starkgendry waters 12 catelyn starkned stark 10 cersei lannisterjaime lannister 10 petyr baelishsansa stark 10 include additional tags. Like many girls her age, sansa is enthralled by songs and stories of romance and adventure. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Sophie turner, who plays sansa stark in hbos epic adaptation of george rr martins game of. Sansa and daenerys will clash in game of thrones final season. The character doesnt appear in book 5, a dance with dragons. Later, lyanna mormont hangs a lampshade by noting whether she is a lannister or bolton, while sansa calls herself sansa stark, despite being legally married. Jaime considers her as sansa lannister in season 4 while, in season 6, a bolton soldier trying to capture her calls her lady bolton. Sansa stark is one of the major pov characters in the books. Sansa is very beautiful, with the thick auburn hair and blue eyes that. The stark girls birth years are altered to sansa instead of 11 turning 12 and arya is 11.
Robb stark is played by richard madden in the television adaption of the series of books. Sansa stark has been able to thrive, to govern, to strategize, and to make decisions independent of mens counsel in spite of her history of abuse, not because of it. Book spoilers sansa and tyrion general got a forum. There are some slight differences between robbs tv portrayal and the book version. These ages are taken from the start of 298 ac298 al. During the wedding feast tyrion sat and got drunk which embarrassed sansa. Sansa stark faces this scenario in this weeks episode of game of thrones, the last of the starks, when she learns that jon snow is actually aegon targaryen, rightful heir to the iron.
In the book, she is introduced after eddard stark gets the news about jon arryns death. Joffrey then offered to come to sansa after tyrion passed out from alcohol. Sansa has a feminine and graceful demeanor in contrast with her younger sister arya, who has tomboy features. Sansa stark, eldest daughter of ned and catelyn stark, takes after her mother and her brother rob. Due to the child characters ages being increased, robbs age is changed from fourteen to seventeenyearsold at the start of the series. In keeping with the series themes, each person largely. Differences between books and tv series a wiki of ice and fire. Game of thrones sansas first period s02e07 youtube. Sansa stark is two years older than her sister arya, which means that shes about 20 years old on the show. She is best known for portraying sansa stark on the hbo fantasy television series game of thrones 20112019, which earned her a primetime emmy award nomination for the outstanding supporting actress in a drama series in 2019. Spoilers for the first through third seasons of game of thrones.
Sansa stark gets her first period, but tries to cover it up because she knows that if queen cersei finds out she will be forced to marry the psychopathic prince joffrey. She is eleven years old when a game of thrones begins. Sansa stark is a fictional character created by american author george r. Helen sloancourtesy of hbo but ultimately, the british star was excited to tackle the challenge and.
Sansa stark is a member of house stark and is the elder daughter of lady catelyn and lord eddard stark. How 15 game of thrones characters are different than their. The new season of game of thrones is here, and with it the return of westeros. The young wolf, robb stark, was only 14 years of age in the first book a game of thrones of the a song of ice and fire book series and died at the age of 16 in the third book a storm of swords. See more ideas about sansa stark, sansa and game of thrones sansa. The stark children robb and jon are 17 instead of 15. Winter is coming extra scenes were added to give some backstory. I have finally escaped the red keep with the help of petyr baelish and have journeyed to the eyrie under the guise of alayne stone.
Ser waymar royce is killed in a suprise attack, while in the books, he has a duel with others. She was born and raised at winterfell, and has three younger siblings, bran, arya, and. Has your opinion of sansa stark improved since book 1. By the end of the dance of dragons current last book as of february 2018 she is 11. Sansa stark, played by sophie turner how old are the. Sansa is the oldest daughter of eddard and catelyn stark. Sansa stark was married to tyrion lannister, a marriage neither party wanted. Sansa stark, also known as sansa lannister, is the eldest daughter and second child of eddard stark and his wife catelyn and second wife to tyrion lannister. Game of thrones sansa stark chronology totally timelines. Tvsansa came across as more immature and bratty than booksansa in season 1, because of the difference in behavior and knowledge that can be expected between ages 11 booksansas age and tvsansas age.
Aryas twoyear increase in age mostly effects is mostly effected by her portrayer, maisie williams, going from looking much less like a little girl, or as she was supposed to seem, a little boy, in season 2. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady. What game of thrones gets wrong about sansa stark and abuse. Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of. Game of thrones tv, a song of ice and fire george r. It was sansa starks survival instincts and cunning that got her through to the end of game of thrones season 8. Much of sansa torturing at the hands of joffrey has been dulled down for the screen due. Winds of winter could see sansa stark killed off by george rr martin, after a leak resurfaced. Sansa is younger than robb stark but older than arya, bran, and rickon. Joffrey is 16 instead of, myrcella is 12 instead of 8 and tommen is 10 instead of 6. She is best known for portraying sansa stark on the hbo fantasy television series game of thrones 20112019, which earned her a primetime emmy award nomination for the outstanding supporting actress in a drama series in 2019 turner appeared in the television film the thirteenth tale 20 and made her feature.
Sansa stark is a main character and female protagonist of the a song of ice and fire novel series as well as its hbo tv series adaptation, game of thrones. Like sansa, jeyne is interested in beauty and romance. In the tv series, all of the children are aged up by about 23 years, whilst the adults appear a lot older as well. In the book, sansa is introduced as a point of view character on their way to kings landing. Do you have any sympathy for why sansa informed on. Game of thrones show runners explain why sansa stark twist will be her making before you read on there are spoilers in here that might ruin it. Sansa stark accompanied the lannister family to the port to say goodbye to mycella who was leaving for dorne to be married. At first blush, sansa has a lot in common with a typical nobles daughter in the middle ages, and, quite possibly elizabeth of york. Game of thrones house stark children characters tv. She is a prominent character in martins awardwinning a song of ice and fire series. Well actually, in the books 15 differences from text to tv in game. The daughter of vayon poole, jeyne is about sansas age. If anyone should be bolton right about now, its sansa stark.
In a bid to create an accurate medievalstyle world reflecting a time when life expectancy was short and when marriages would often take place shortly after the bride reached puberty martin chose to make many of his characters extremely young. By the age of 16 in season five, sansa has been married three times. Sansa is incredibly unprepared for the real world well. Why sansa stark is the strongest character on game of thrones. Arya gets taken to kings landing when her father goes to be hand of the king. Do you have any sympathy for why sansa informed on her father to cersei lannister.
The plot demands that tommen be old enough for sex scenes, but too young to have any power. May 19, 2015 sansa stark walks down the aisle with theon grayjoy to marry ramsay bolton on game of thrones. She is beautiful, with the high cheekbones, blue eyes, and auburn hair of the tully side of her family. Feb 12, 2018 at the start of the first book, she is 9 years old. Why sansa stark is the strongest character on game of. Differences between books and tv series a wiki of ice. In fact, turner says sansa joining up with jon snow was a plot development that had her most anticipating season 6. Sansa starks season five storyline in game of thrones. Turner made her professional acting debut as sansa stark on the hbo fantasy television series game of thrones 2011 20112019, which brought her international recognition and critical praise. Sansa stark walks down the aisle with theon grayjoy to marry ramsay bolton on game of thrones. As she has grown up, her figure has been described as tall, graceful, and womanly. She is the sister of the incumbent westerosi monarchs, sansa, queen in the north, and brandon, king of the andals and the first men. Robb and jon are 14, sansa is 11, bran is 7 and rickon is 3.
Much of sansa torturing at the hands of joffrey has. What game of thrones gets wrong about sansa stark and. She tried to remove the bedsheets and destroy the evidence but was discovered by the hound. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least years of age. Consider it a primer if you havent read the booksor shameless pedantry. Differences between books and tv series season 1 game of. The origin of sansa may lie in elizabeth of york history. House stark, under the leadership of jon snow and sansa stark, are able to create an unprecedented threeway alliance with the northern houses loyal to the starks, the wildlings, and the knights of the vale, in order to end the bolton hold on the north and retake winterfell. Onscreen sophie turner comes pretty close, though she did dye her hair for the part. Sansa stark was horrified to discover that her period had started. Dec 23, 2017 catelyn stark looked sansa s creation in the. Arya is the middle child of eddard and catelyn stark.
While this may seem like a huge change for devoted readers, if ramsay had married poole, a character we havent seen since season 1 and arent emotionally. In the books, daenerys is and her older brother is 22. In both a song of ice and fire and game of thrones, arya starks time in. Princess arya stark is the third child and second daughter of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady catelyn stark. Queen sansa stark is the eldest daughter of lord eddard stark and his wife, lady catelyn, sister of robb, arya, bran, and rickon stark, and halfsister of jon snow. While the game of thrones writers decided to expand sansas role, it was to the detriment of another character. Game of thrones characters are younger in the books business. What is the age of everyone in game of thrones the show. Game of thrones season 5 episode 3, four walls and a roof, revealed one of the biggest shocks for fans of george rr martins books, that sansa stark is set to marry bolton ramsay thanks to her.
Who does sansa lose her virginity to in the game of thrones. In the show, poole is more of a background character, and after season 1 her character fizzled out. Jul 30, 20 while sansa is annoying, she may be like the prototypical medieval princess. Actually, booksansa is still very much a virgin as of the end of martins fourth novel, a feast for crows. What is the age of everyone in game of thrones the show not. Introduced in a game of thrones 1996, sansa is the elder daughter and second child of lord eddard stark and his wife lady catelyn stark. Sansa stark actress sophie turner reveals final page of. After narrowly escaping the persecution of house stark by house lannister, arya is trained as a faceless man at the house of black and white in. Shes also younger than jon snow, but she makes sure to let everyone know that hes only her halfbrother. In the book, it isnt sansa that is married to ramsay, but jeyne poole, a childhood friend of sansas. Actually, book sansa is still very much a virgin as of the end of martins fourth novel, a feast for crows. Apr 21, 2020 sansa stark, eldest daughter of ned and catelyn stark, takes after her mother and her brother rob. While sansa is annoying, she may be like the prototypical medieval princess. Sansa stark is a character who is oftcited as one who the readers warmed to over time.
Season 2 is pure misery for almost the entire time. Sansa is traditionally beautiful, taking after her mothers family house tully with her high cheekbones, vivid blue eyes, and thick auburn hair. May 15, 2019 it was sansa starks survival instincts and cunning that got her through to the end of game of thrones season 8. Sansa stark, played by actress sophie turner, is the eldest daughter of eddard stark and catelyn stark. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book. Initially betrothed to prince joffrey baratheon, the heir to the iron throne, sansa travels to kings landing in preparation for her nuptials, but essentially becomes a hostage of house lannister following the execution of her. She is eleven years old at the start of a song of ice and fire. Character name, book age, tv show age, age difference. Martins books, however, will recognize that it is originally jayne poole, not sansa, who marries ramsay.
Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. On the way back to kings landing joffrey was struck by excrement thrown by someone in the crowd. In the television adaptation game of thrones, she is played by sophie turner. A song of ice and fire book spoilers referenced ahead. Bran is 10 instead of 7 and rickons age is increased from 3 to 6. Spoilers all i have made a list of character ages in the. Sansa is 11 years old in a game of thrones and nearly 14 in a feast for crows. While absent from the fifth novel a dance with dragons, as the books are separated geographically, sansa is confirmed to return in the forthcoming next book in.