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How Did 'Robert I Baratheon' Die In 'Game Of Thrones'?

He ruled after the rebellion, so what battle or betrayal finally took King Robert Baratheon down in the TV adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire?
2025-06-09 11:39:36
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Kenia Morales
Kenia Morales
Robert Baratheon was killed by a wild boar while hunting and his death was made easier by the Lannisters, specifically by the hand of Cersei who kept reloading his cup with very strong wine. His death was the spark that set off the War of the Five Kings. As we have a story about a royal death and great political upheaval, it may be of interest to compare with ‘Sacrificed to the Dragon Prince’ where a great error is made in a ritual intended as a sacrifice and the main character is dragged into a struggle for the throne as early as chapter 1.
2026-08-05
Gabriel
Gabriel
Robert Baratheon, king and warrior, was brought down by his own excesses in a brutal twist of fate rather than in battle. The avowed enthusiast of boar hunting was dismembered by a boar during a hunt after consuming a large amount of wine. Robert Baratheon was murdered by his squire, Lancel Lannister, at the hands of the Queen, Cersei, who had mixed water into his wine in secret.

It was no accident, as Cersei had secretly gotten Lancel to water down Robert’s wine so that the king would be weakened. He was badly gored but lived for days as the wound infected. Grand Maester Pycelle tended to Robert but he eventually died. In his last moments of consciousness, the king bizarrely declared that Ned Stark would be the new Protector of the Realm. What fate for a great warrior king, brought down by his own trusting nature and his vice for drinking too much.
2025-06-10
Wade
Wade
Drunk as a lord, Robert the drunken king of the drunken country was killed by a boar in a hunt gone wrong. It was a classic case of arsenic in the wine. His cup was spiked by Lancel at Cersei’s order. It took a while for the wound to kill him, during which time great changes occurred. His death unleashed the War of the Five Kings, showing that even a random, drunk accident can change the course of history.
2025-06-11
Theo
Theo
It was more of a collapse than a fall. After getting drunk at Cersei's behest via Lancel, Robert chased after the boar in the hunt, rearing up on it and getting his guts ripped open. He died slowly and painfully of infection, and in his last moments of clarity he was devoted to protecting the realm - none the wiser to the manipulations of the Lannisters. A man who had seized the Iron Throne by force, Robert lost it to a beast of the forest.
2025-06-15
Ulysses
Ulysses
Robert was set up and killed by a boar on purpose by Cersei after she had gotten him drunk for the hunt. When he was dying he asked Ned to rule with justice, but that was too late. His death was the spark that started the war in the realm. It was a fitting end to the man who wanted to be king but loved to hunt, eat and drink and wasn’t really interested in ruling. But not the death he had hoped for.
2025-06-15

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