‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 4 Spoilers: Next King And Queen Of Westeros Revealed In Episode 5! Find Out Who Will Sit In Iron Throne

Season 4 of “Game of Thrones” began with a shocking death. King Joffrey Baratheon was poisoned and killed at his wedding feast alongside Margaery Tyrell. And while neither fans nor characters in Westeros are truly mourning the death of Joffrey, he most certainly left a void as the King of Westeros and an eerily vacant set on the Iron Throne. So in the wake of the chaos that followed the King’s death, and of course, the still somewhat raging War of Five Kings, who will be the next King of Westeros?

Warning spoilers for Season 4 of “Game of Thrones” ahead. Do not read any further if you do not want to know what will happen in the fifth episode of the forthcoming season.

Even though he has had a severely minor role on “Game of Thrones,” the new King is already well known to viewers and he is also a Baratheon. Joffrey has a younger brother, Tommen Baratheon, and he will be crowned the next King of Westeros in episode 5, “The First of His Name,” hence the episode title. The episode title implies Tommen will be crowned quickly after the death of his older brother. The King is formally addressed by his subjects as "Your Grace" and in official events he is referred to by his full name which is normally announced by the Royal Steward, “All hail His Grace, Tommen of Houses Baratheon and Lannister, First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm."

Tommen has not had a major role on the TV series, but that is set to change with his new enviable seat on the Iron Throne. And like all kings, Tommen needs a Queen, so who is the lucky lady? None other than Margaery Tyrell, his brother Joffrey’s widow. Despite the completed wedding ceremony, the marriage was never consummated, allowing Margaery to freely move on to the next King in line. In addition to the lack of consummation, the Lannisters and the Tyrells are still in an alliance with one another, and with the number of surmounting enemies in Kin’s Landing, the Lannisters are in no position to refuse Lady Olenna’s proposal despite Cersei immediate distaste.

Tommen is much younger than his brother Joffrey, in George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” he is merely 8 years old. However he is most likely going to be a few years older than that in the TV series, but not yet capable of ruling a Kingdom. Therefore, Cersei and the Lannisters will still be able to rule Westeros with a golden fist until Tommen comes of age. Despite the arranged marriage between Tommen and Marrgaery, the age disparity and lack of consummation will make Maragery’s position less powerful and more vulnerable to elimination by Cersei. Even though Tommen is the younger brother of Joff, don’t expect the young King to rule with the same cruelty and brutality. Tommen is less of a lion and more of a lamb when he sits upon the Iron Throne.