Lady Alerie Tyrell, née Hightower, is the wife of Lord Mace Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden and head of House Tyrell. She is Margaery Tyrell’s mother and the Lady of Highgarden. After the Tyrells side with the Lannisters against Stannis Baratheon, Margaery gets betrothed to King Joffrey Baratheon. Alerie travels to King’s Landing to attend her daughter’s wedding and returns to Highgarden after a tragedy. As the War of the Five Kings rages in Westeros, Tyrion Lannister sends Lord Petyr Baelish, Littlefinger, to negotiate with the Tyrells as King Renly Baratheon gets killed. After a successful meeting, Lord Tyrell agrees to join the Lannisters and marches against Stannis Baratheon in the Battle of the Blackwater.
Alerie Tyrell Character Profile
- Full Name: Alerie Tyrell.
- Year of Birth: Between 257 and 264 AC in Oldtown.
- Title: Lady of Highgarden.
- Father: Lord Leyton Hightower.
- Allegiances: House Hightower, House Tyrell.
- Husband: Lord Mace Tyrell.
- Children: Willas Tyrell, Garlan Tyrell, Loras Tyrell, Margaery Tyrell.
- Culture: Reach.
- Religion: Faith of the Seven.
- Hair Color: Silver.
Appearance and Character
Lady Alerie Hightower is a beautiful woman with a long silvery braid adorned with jeweled rings. She is tall and moves with dignity, earning the respect of many around her, except her husband’s mother, Olenna Tyrell, the Queen of Thorns. She is also described as flavorless by Queen Cersei Lannister.
Relevance in A Song of Ice and Fire
A Storm of Swords
After King Renly Baratheon’s death, Tyrion Lannister agrees with the Tyrells to wed Margaery to Joffrey. Alerie follows her daughter to King’s Landing after the Battle of the Blackwater. Lady Olenna, Mace Tyrell’s mother, also joins the retinue and meets Sansa Stark on reaching the city. She asks the Stark girl about Joffrey and though reluctant, Sansa reveals how cruel the King was to her.
Lady Olenna Tyrell tries arranging a wedding between her grandson Willas and Sansa but Lord Tywin Lannister finds out and interrupts the plan. At Margaery’s wedding feast, tragedy strikes as Joffrey gets poisoned. Alerie comforts her daughter after the Purple Wedding and remains at King’s Landing.
Tyrion gets charged with Joffrey’s death and after his champion, Prince Oberyn Martell, dies, he gets sentenced to death. However, before his execution, his brother, Ser Jaime Lannister, frees him. Before leaving, Tyrion sneaks into the Tower of the Hand and kills his father.
A Feast for Crows
Alerie Tyrell attends Lord Tywin’s funeral and witnesses Cersei destroying the Tower of the Hand. Margaery gets married to Tommen Baratheon and becomes Queen. Olenna returns home with her daughter-in-law but leaves her grandchildren behind.
Relevance in Adaptations
In HBO’s hit tv series Game of Thrones, Alerie Tyrell did not get an appearance. Her children traveled to King’s Landing after the Battle of Blackwater and Margaery became Queen. After the rise of the Faith Militant, Margaery, Loras, and Cersei get arrested on charges of fornication and adultery.
After Cersei makes the walk of atonement, a tribunal gets held by the High Sparrow to decide Loras’s fate. However, Cersei refuses to attend and a massive wildfire bomb gets detonated, killing Alerie’s children and Olenna’s son Mace. After the event, Olenna becomes the de facto leader of Highgarden.
From House of the Dragon, Alicent Hightower is Alerie Hightower’s relative. She is Alerie’s great-great-great-aunt.
Alerie Tyrell: The Lady of Highgarden
Though she barely got enough characterization, Alerie Tyrell is a magnificent woman with the beauty of old Valyria. She is kind and caring, unlike her mother-in-law Olenna. Alerie is one of the few people who did not let the brutal, unforgiving world change her.
FAQs
Who is Alerie Tyrell?
Alerie Tyrell is Lord Mace Tyrell’s wife and the Lady of Highgarden. She is Margaery Tyrell’s mother. When Margaery got betrothed to Joffrey, Alerie followed her and Olenna to King’s Landing for the wedding. However, at the feast, Joffrey dies from poisoning. Alerie comforts her daughter and later returns to Highgarden.
Is Alerie as harsh as Olenna Tyrell?
No. Alerie Tyrell is the opposite of Olenna Tyrell. She is calm and elegant, unlike her mother-in-law. Cersei Lannister described Alerie as an insipid woman with no voice or power in Highgarden.
Did Margaery love Olenna more than her mother?
It is unspecified if Margaery loved her mother more than her grandmother. However, she loved the members of her family dearly and would have done anything for them.
Did Alerie Tyrell appear in Game of Thrones?
Alerie Tyrell never got featured in HBO’s Game of Thrones. The primary people mentioned were Margaery, Mace, Olenna, and Loras. When the Faith Militant held a meeting to decide Loras and Cersei’s fate, Margaery and her family, except Olenna, attended the tribunal. Everything ends terribly when wildfire gets lit beneath the Sept. Margaery and her family die in the explosion.
