Rosamund Lannister

Rosamund Lannister
Rosamund Lannister, by Grandkhan ©
Allegiances	House Lannister of Lannisport House Lannister of Casterly Rock
Culture	Westermen
Born	around 290 AC
Books	A Feast for Crows (mentioned) A Dance with Dragons (appendix)

Rosamund Lannister is a noblewoman of House Lannister of Lannisport.^[1]

Appearance

Rosamund is a child with straight golden blonde hair.^[1]

Recent Events

Rosamund accompanies Myrcella Baratheon as a handmaid when the princess goes to Dorne. She is chosen by Tyrion Lannister, the acting Hand of the King, to accompany Myrcella due to similarities in height and looks from afar, although Rosamund's hair is straight while Myrcella's is curly. Because of the risk of the Seaswift being taken by Stannis Baratheon's forces on the way to Braavos, Septa Eglantine puts brown dye in Myrcella's hair to disguise the princess, and Rosamund wears her clothes.^[1]

A Feast for Crows

Myrcella tries to teach her cyvasse at Sunspear, but Rosamund thinks the rules are too hard.^[1]

Rosamund is enlisted by Ser Arys Oakheart, Myrcella's Kingsguard protector, in Princess Arianne Martell's plot to crown Myrcella as queen. Rosamund is to pretend to be Myrcella while the real princess is smuggled out of Sunspear by Arys. To make the disguise convincing, Myrcella curls Rosamund's hair, dresses the handmaid in her own bedrobe, and paints dots on the girl's face so it appears she has redspots. Ser Arys tells Maester Caleotte about the redspots, and the maester provides a jar of salve, but keeps away to avoid contracting the disease as an adult.^[1]

Quotes

Dressed in Myrcella's bedrobe with the maester's salve smeared across her face... she might even have fooled me, in a dim light.^[1]

—Arys Oakheart, to Arianne Martell

Rosamund doesn't truly favor me, but when she dresses up in my clothes people who don't know us think she's me.^[1]

—Myrcella Baratheon, to Sylva Santagar

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