King Joffrey’s character seems to be closely patterned after Edward of Lancaster. Edward was the son of King Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou—and, and, like Joffrey, he was rumored to be of illegitimate birth.
They are both murderous madmen. The Ambassador of Milan once wrote of Edward, “This boy, though only 13 years of age, already talks of nothing but of cutting off heads or making war, as if he had everything in his hands or was the god of battle or the peaceful occupant of that throne.”
Sound familiar?
Number 1: The Red Wedding