For the record, none of this happens in the book, so the ramifications for what it would mean for Rhaenyra and Westeros are profound. A Kingsman Kills God’s ManThe king and archbishop in question were Henry of House Plantagenet, a.k.a. Martin as well, because Henry II was the son of essentially Rhaneyra’s real-life counterpart, the Empress Matilda. In the case of Henry II and Thomas Becket, at a glance it initially went to the secular world. Henry II would officially co-rule with his son, but by coronating this living junior, the elder king defiantly usurped the Archbishop of Canterbury’s authority and privilege to annoint English monarchs.