Joffrey is a child king, whereas Caligula assumed power at the age of 25. Caligula seems to have been a reasonably competent and effective ruler at the start of his reign. Caligula is notable for proclaiming himself to be a god. Joffrey did a lot of crazy things, but he never quite got around to that. Joffrey gets poisoned at his wedding feast and dies. During the commotion, Sansa flees with Dontos and meets Petyr, who reveals Olenna collected the poison used on Joffrey from her hairnet. Tyrion gets arrested for Joffrey’s murder, and rumors spread about Sansa poisoning him. Meanwhile, she gets taken to meet Petyr at the Fingers in the Vale April 23, 2016 at 1:29 p.m. EDT. Tyrion Lannister of "Game of Thrones" (Mordi Levi/for The Washington Post) Life is hard in Westeros and Essos, the fictional continents in "Game of Thrones 7 Tommen & Margaery's Wedding Had Very Little Drama. Margaery Tyrell was also twice-wed in Game of Thrones, first marrying Joffrey Baratheon and later his younger brother, Tommen. Unlike the carnage that ensued at her first wedding, the second went swimmingly in terms of the actual event itself. However, the marriage itself did have disturbing Alert: This story contains major spoilers from Sunday's Game of Thrones episode. First, the king was killed. Now, the real power at the heart of Game of Thrones is dead, too.. In Sunday's (A Game of Thrones, pg. 136). Tyrion has just realized that it was Joffrey who sent the cutthroat, and is subtly telling Joff that he knows. However, Tyrion later worries over what Joffrey might do because of what he discovered: He squirmed uncomfortably. He ought to have held his tongue at breakfast. The boy knows now. The trial of the century started on Game Of Thrones on Sunday as Tyrion Lannister faced charges that he murdered his nephew King Joffrey. The sixth episode of the hit HBO show's fourth season was It should be noted that an alternate theory has been put forward, suggesting that Lady Olenna or another Tyrell was actually targetting Tyrion, based on the fact that Joffrey succumbed to the poison shortly after eating from the piece of pie given to Tyrion (III: 683). HjOMmhl.