59 AC

Year 59 After the Conquest (59 AC) is a year in the Westerosi calendar, the 59th after Aegon's crowning in Oldtown that maesters and educated people use as a reference to date the years.

59 AC was the first of a two-year exceptionally cold and cruel winter. Crops failed in the north, the riverlands, the westerlands, the Vale, and the Reach. The price of bread and meat rose, and there was famine. The most terrible adversity was the widespread of the winter plague known as the Shivers, which caused the deaths of thousands of people throughout Westeros, including two great lords, two members of the small council, and two members of the Kingsguard.^[1]

Deaths

In King's Landing^[1]

• Ser Samgood of Sour Hill of the Kingsguard dies from the Shivers.
• Ser Victor the Valiant of the Kingsguard dies from the Shivers.
• Lord Albin Massey dies from the Shivers.
• Rego Draz, murdered by a mob.
• Ser Qarl Corbray dies from the Shivers.
• Grand Maester Benifer dies from the Shivers.

In the Crownlands^[1]

• Lord Edwell Celtigar and his son and heir die from the Shivers.
• Lord Staunton, his wife, and their children die from the Shivers.
• Septa Edyth dies from the Shivers on Dragonstone.
• Lord Daemon Velaryon's second son and three of his daughters dies from the Shivers.
• Lord Bar Emmon dies from the Shivers.
• Lord Rosby dies from the Shivers.^[1]

In Oldtown

• A quarter of Oldtown's population dies from the Shivers.
• The wife and children of Eustace Hightower die from the Shivers.
• Lord Donnel Hightower dies from the Shivers.
• The High Septon dies from the Shivers.
• Twoscore of the Most Devout die from the Shivers.
• A third of the archmaesters, maesters, acolytes and the novices at the Citadel die from the Shivers.^[1]

In the Riverlands

• Lord Prentys Tully dies from the Shivers.
• Lady Lucinda Tully dies from the Shivers.
• Lady Jirelle of Maidenpool dies from the Shivers.

In the Westerlands

• Lord Lyman Lannister dies from the Shivers.
• Lord Marbrand dies from the Shivers.
• Lord Tarbeck dies from the Shivers.
• Lord Westerling dies from the Shivers.^[1]

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