
However, Shireen adores her father and he loves her deeply as well, though he is a dour man who doesn't often let it show through his stern exterior. Shireen, in turn, tries to avoid her mother, because she is frightened by Selyse's fanatical devotion to Melisandre and the Lord of Light. Selyse resents Shireen because she could not give Stannis a healthy son, only a sickly daughter, and dismisses her as stubborn and sinful. Normally considered a death sentence, Stannis refused to give up on her and called in every healer he could find from both sides of the Narrow Sea to try to cure her, and through the combination of their efforts they managed to succeed, though the left side of her face was left permanently scarred. The left side of her face is scarred by Greyscale, which she caught as an infant.


She had three older brothers, who were stillborn. Shireen is Stannis's only living daughter and therefore his heir presumptive.

Her father is the head of House Baratheon of Dragonstone and has declared himself King of the Andals and the First Men. Shireen is the daughter of Stannis and Selyse Baratheon.
