The Tyrells rose to power as stewards to the Kings of the Reach, though they claim descent from Garth Greenhand, gardener king of the First Men. When the last king of House Gardener was slain on the Field of Fire, his steward, Harlen Tyrell, surrendered Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror. Aegon granted him the castle and dominion over the Reach. Mace Tyrell declared his support for Renly Baratheon at the onset of the War of the Five Kings, and gave him the hand of his daughter Margaery. Upon Renly’s death, Highgarden made alliance with House Lannister, and Margaery was betrothed to King Joffrey.
MACE TYRELL, Lord of Highgarden, Warden of the South, Defender of the Marches, and High Marshal of the Reach,
—his wife, LADY ALERIE, of House Hightower of Oldtown,
—their children:
—WILLAS, their eldest son, heir to Highgarden,
—SER GARLAN, called THE GALLANT, their second son, newly raised to Lord of Brightwater,
—Garlan’s wife, LADY LEONETTE of House Fossoway,
—SER LORAS, the Knight of Flowers, their youngest son, a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard, wounded on Dragonstone
—MARGAERY, their daughter, twice wed and twice widowed,
—Margaery’s companions and ladies-in-waiting:
—her cousins, MEGGA, ALLA, and ELINOR TYRELL,
—Elinor’s betrothed, ALYN AMBROSE, squire,
—LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, LADY ALYCE GRACEFORD, LADY TAENA MERRYWEATHER, MEREDYTH CRANE called MERRY, SEPTA NYSTERICA, her companions,
—his widowed mother, LADY OLENNA of House Redwyne, called THE QUEEN OF THORNS,
—his sisters:
—LADY MINA, m. Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor,
—her son, SER HORAS REDWYNE, called HORROR,
—her son, SER HOBBER REDWYNE, called SLOBBER,
—her daughter, DESMERA REDWYNE, sixteen,
—LADY JANNA, wed to Ser Jon Fossoway,
—his uncles:
—his uncle, GARTH TYRELL, called THE GROSS, Lord Seneschal of Highgarden,
—Garth’s bastard sons, GARSE and GARRETT FLOWERS,
—his uncle, SER MORYN TYRELL, Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown,
—his uncle, MAESTER GORMON, serving at the Citadel,
—Mace’s household at Highgarden:
—MAESTER LOMYS, counselor, healer, and tutor,
—IGON VYRWEL, captain of the guard,
—SER VORTIMER CRANE, master-at-arms,
—BUTTERBUMPS, fool and jester, hugely fat,
—his bannermen, the Lords of the Reach:
—RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill, commanding King Tommen’s army on the Trident,
—PAXTER REDWYNE, Lord of the Arbor,
—SER HORAS and SER HOBBER, his twin sons,
—Lord Paxter’s healer, MAESTER BALLABAR,
—ARWYN OAKHEART, Lady of Old Oak,
—MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove
—LEYTON HIGHTOWER, Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port,
—HUMFREY HEWETT, Lord of Oakenshield,
—FALIA FLOWERS, his bastard daughter,
—OSBERT SERRY, Lord of Southshield,
—GUTHOR GRIMM, Lord of Greyshield,
—MORIBALD CHESTER, Lord of Greenshield,
—ORTON MERRYWEATHER, Lord of Longtable,
—LADY TAENA, his wife, a woman of Myr,
—RUSSELL, her son, a boy of six,
—LORD ARTHUR AMBROSE,
—LORENT CASWELL, Lord of Bitterbridge,
—his knights and sworn swords:
—SER JON FOSSOWAY, of the green-apple Fossoways,
—SER TANTON FOSSOWAY, of the red-apple Fossoways.
The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a grass-green field. Their words are Growing Strong.